Volleyball

October 12, 2010

Bright Future for Gaucho Volleyball Behind Two Surprise Freshmen Starters

By Ryan Porush

Two freshmen have impressed immediately for the UCSB women’s volleyball team, contributing in a big way. Starting libero Kelly Heenan and outside hitter Kara Sherrard have both been crucial for Santa Barbara (10-8 over...

October 10, 2010

Gaucho Volleyball Drops Cal Poly, Improves to 4-1 Big West

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB women’s volleyball team persevered on the road Saturday night, surviving a late comeback by Cal Poly to beat the Mustangs 3-2.

October 5, 2010

‘Chos Head to Pepperdine to Topple Waves

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will travel to Pepperdine tonight to take on the Waves in a nonconference match: the first of four straight games on the road.

October 3, 2010

Volleyball Splits Weekend

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB women’s volleyball split its pair of weekend games, beating #21 Long Beach State in five sets on Friday before being swept by Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.

September 30, 2010

Volleyball Takes On #21 Long Beach State

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will look to capture its fourth straight win Friday, when it takes on #21 Long Beach State in its Big West home opener, followed by a home match against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.

September 26, 2010

Irvine No Match for Dominant UCSB

By Joshua Greenberg

UCSB women’s volleyball concluded a five-week road trip over the weekend with matches at CSU Northridge on Friday and at UC Irvine on Saturday.

September 23, 2010

Volleyball Opens Big West Play

By Ryan Eagleson

The UCSB women’s volleyball team begins Big West play this weekend, playing road matches against conference foes Cal State Northridge and UC Irvine. “We’re really excited to start conference,” senior setter Dana ...

September 16, 2010

Ladies End Preseason Tourney

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women’s volleyball team split its pair of games at the Comcast Lobo Challenge on Friday before ousting the University of New Mexico.

October 6, 2009

Gauchos Stumble on Trip

By Matt Connolly

The UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team (11-4 overall, 2-2 Big West) was blazing through both nonconference and conference play heading into this past weekend, torching its adversaries through six straight games for...

October 2, 2009

SB Streaks to the Beach

By Matt Connolly

Coming off a comeback thriller against #21 UC Irvine, the red hot Gauchos take their six-game win streak on the road this weekend to take on #22 Long Beach State (8-3, 1-0) and Cal State Fullerton (9-5, 0-1). Though they...