All season, UCSB Track and Field has been working toward the Big West Conference Championships. That event is finally here. “[This is] what we’ve been waiting for,” junior Barbara Nwaba said. “Everyone’s really amped going to get out there and compete hard for the team. We want to show that Santa Barbara’s the place to [...]
Two games behind first place Long Beach with one series left in the season, the UCSB softball team travels to Cal State Northridge today with the oppor- tunity to earn a Big West Championship crown. With three other teams in conten- tion of receiving the conference’s auto- matic berth to the NCAA tournament, the Gauchos [...]
The UCSB men’s lacrosse team heads to South Carolina for the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association tournament after a tough 10-8 loss to Arizona State in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference semifinal game. The Gauchos will play a 12-2 Pittsburgh team (4-1 CCLA) in their first round matchup on Monday. Despite Pittsburgh scoring 35 more goals than [...]
Seniors Mathieu Forget from Geneva, Switzerland and Natalia Lozano from Valladolid, Spain helped lead the way for the UCSB men’s and women’s tennis teams this season. Last week, Forget was named First Team All-Big West and Lozano was named Second Team All-Big West in singles. The doubles teams of Forget and junior Mbonisi Ndimande, and [...]
The UCSB softball team enters its final series of the season this weekend with a chance of winning the Big West for the first time in the program’s history. There is no doubt that the Gauchos would not be in this position if not for the stellar play of junior shortstop Keilani Jennings. Appearing in [...]
UCSB men’s lacrosse recently clinched a spot in the MCLA National Championship playoffs after reaching the SLC semifinals this weekend. The Gauchos fell 10-8 to eventual SLC winner Arizona State on Friday, May 4 in San Diego. Despite outshooting the Sun Devils by 14, UCSB was unable to pull out the victory. In total, UCSB [...]
UCSB women’s lacrosse heads to Colorado Springs to participate in the WCLA National Championship Tournament this week, beginning play Wednesday against the University of Minnesota. The Gauchos enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed while the Gophers go in as the underdog at No. 15. UCSB is currently 14-2 overall, while Minnesota holds an [...]
What do you do when everything goes wrong? Where do you turn when the players you drafted for their production are not producing and that one random player who you didn’t expect to produce much at all stops being so surprisingly useful? That’s my situation at the moment, folks. On paper, my roster is fantastic. [...]
In its final homestand of the regular season, the UCSB softball team was able to stay in contention for first place in the Big West as the Gauchos completed a sweep of Cal Poly at Campus Diamond last weekend. “We wanted to get that sweep,” sophomore second baseman Kathryn Pilpil said. “It’s good we ended [...]
The UCSB track and field team began postseason play in strong fashion on Friday and Saturday, taking first place at the Big West Multi-Event Championships at UC Irvine on both the men’s and women’s sides. Three Gauchos represented the men’s team, collecting a total of 20 points for UCSB. Junior Derek Masterson placed first in [...]
A three-day trip to face lower-ranked UC Irvine turned into a three-game series sweep for the Anteaters and two shutout losses for the UCSB baseball team. The Gauchos fell to UCI 2-0, 2-0 and 5-4 on the road this past weekend in a Big West Conference series. “Their pitchers did a good job of switching [...]
Tied for the No. 3 spot in the Big West, the UCSB baseball team faces No. 5 UC Irvine this weekend in one of the last three league series of the season. The Gauchos are currently tied with Cal Poly at 9-6 in the Big West and could break into the top three teams in [...]
In its final outing of the season, the UCSB men’s golf team finished fifth out of nine schools in the Big West Championship at the La Quinta Mountain Course on April 29, 30 and May 1. The Gauchos shot 867 over the three days, finishing nine shots behind first place UC Davis. Senior Kei Kita [...]
After a disappointing series loss to UC Davis last weekend, the UCSB softball team returns home for a three game series against rival Cal Poly this weekend. The loss against Davis cost the Gauchos control of the No. 1 spot in the Big West, a ranking they will continue to compete for in the final [...]
While most of the UCSB track and field team rests this week in preparation for the Big West Championships next weekend, four members will head to UC Irvine for the Big West Multi Championship while others will participate at the Occidental Invitational. The Big West Multi Championships, taking place today and Saturday, mark the start [...]