Sports

UCSB women’s basketball drops thriller against UCSD in defensive back-and-forth battle

The UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball team fell to the UC San Diego Tritons on Thursday, Jan. 29, in a  52-49 low-scoring nail-biter. Both teams played stifling defense all game, but the Gauchos ...
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Gauchos vanquish Titans, extend win streak to 6

UC Santa Barbara is starting to string together wins when it matters, with their 83-69 win over the California State University, Fullerton Titans on Saturday, Jan. 31 giving them their sixth consecuti...
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Young USWNT team builds chemistry in dominant 5-0 win at Santa Barbara

Following the United States women’s national soccer team’s match versus Chile, the Daily Nexus Sports team interviewed three players from USWNT in the mixed zone — Emma Sears, Trinity Rodman and...
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From framework to flow: USWNT executes Emma Hayes’ vision at Harder Stadium

Ahead of the United States women’s national soccer team’s return to Santa Barbara for the first time since 1991 for their match against Chile, Head Coach Emma Hayes met with the media to outline h...
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International showdown: the stars and stripes take over Harder Stadium

The United States women’s national soccer team faced off against Chile on a historic night in Santa Barbara. In their first ever international match on California’s Central Coast, Harder Stadium w...
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From UCSB to the USWNT: Aaron Heifetz’s full-circle return to Santa Barbara

When the United States women's national soccer team faces off against Chile at UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 27, the match will mean much more than an international friendly in Harder Stadium. For Aaron He...
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UCSB men’s volleyball opens season undefeated

The UC Santa Barbara men’s volleyball team closed out the final round of the 61st ASICS Invitational with a 3-1 victory over Harvard University last Saturday.
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Gauchos outlast the Aggies in conference win

The UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball team earned their 12th win of the season on Thursday, Jan. 8, beating UC Davis 55-47
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History arrives at Harder: USWNT to play Chile at UCSB

UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium is set for its biggest guest appearance in decades, and it’s arriving in red, white and blue.
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Heartbreak at Harder Stadium

On an uncharacteristically rainy Nov. 14 night in Santa Barbara, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos faced off with the increasingly familiar UC Irvine Anteaters in the Men’s Soccer Big West Championship g...
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UCSB women’s basketball defends home court against GCU

The UC Santa Barbara Women’s Basketball team delivered a clutch victory over the Grand Canyon University Lopes on Saturday Nov. 15, winning 72-70 in the Thunderdome.
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Highs and lows of gaucho women’s soccer postseason

As the team took the pitch again at CSUN’s Matador Soccer Field, they knew what it would take to defeat their opponents in a championship game edition of the storied Blue-Green Rivalry. Santa Barbar...
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Gauchos’ sublime semifinal revenge

Benches clearing, twice. Dramatic goalline saves. Three statement goals. What may have been the most exciting game of the season for the men’s soccer team almost turned sour before the final whistle...
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Men’s soccer secures No. 1 seed in Big West

While the UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team moved on in the Big West Championship tournament, the UCSB men’s soccer team was fighting for the number one spot in their last regular season confer...
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UCSB women’s soccer wins and advances to semis

The UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team, which ranks fifth in the Big West standings, faced off against UC Irvine, which ranks fourth, in the first round of the Big West Championship tournament on ...
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