Dos Pueblos' Robert Vickers knocked down two free throws in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime, but the Chargers dropped off the pace in overtime and fell to Golden Valley on Tuesday in the Simi Valley Tournament, 70-62. … [Read more...]
Pontius a semifinalist for Player of the Year
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
UCSB senior forward Chris Pontius was named one of 15 semifinalists nationwide for the prestigious 2008 Missouri Athletic Club Men’s Hermann Trophy. The award recognizes the Player of the Year in Division I men’s soccer.One of the top offensive players in the nation, Pontius’ 32 points this season led the Big West while his 14 goals were second in the conference. He was the lone Gaucho to be named to the All-Big West First Team. … [Read more...]
Royals bounce back to tie Oxnard 2-2
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Whatever they did at halftime, it worked.The San Marcos boys soccer team turned things around drastically after a hapless first half Tuesday, picking up a 2-2 tie against visiting Oxnard in the Royals' first game of the season."Everybody started communicating and we got our chemistry together at halftime," said senior captain Alvaro Garcia. "We stepped it up in the second half, which was really good." … [Read more...]
Wigo announces his first women’s recruits
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The UCSB women’s water polo team has signed six high school seniors to National Letters of Intent it was announced recently by head coach Wolf Wigo. Ruth Milne (Woodside HS/Redwood City), Sarah Zuziak (Laguna Beach HS/Laguna Beach), Bryce Winton (Chino Hills HS/Chino), Kilee Dreyer (Riverside Poly HS/Riverside), Kacey Creek (Royal HS/Simi Valley) and Rachel Nelson (Cabrillo HS/Lompoc) will join the Gauchos for the 2009-10 season. … [Read more...]
Golic, Price named All-MPSF
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Two UCSB men’s water polo players earned All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation accolades it was announced Tuesday by the conference. Sophomore Milos Golic received First Team All-MPSF honors and senior Miles Price was named to the conference’s third team. Golic, a utility player, led UCSB with his 82 goals scored this season and was the MPSF leader for goals per game with an average of 3.04. Additionally, Golic led UCSB with 21 assists and 19 steals. … [Read more...]
Randall leads rout of Santa Monica, 77-61
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Katie Randall scored 11 of her game-high 15 points in the second half Tuesday night at the Sports Pavlion, leading SBCC to a 77-61 women's basketball victory over Santa Monica.SBCC (6-3) outrebounded the Corsairs 59-34 while improving to 6-3. The Vaqueros made 19 steals, leading to numerous easy layups. Santa Barbara led by 13 late in the first half and 34-23 at halftime. … [Read more...]
A day after baby’s birth, Warriors deliver Torres a win
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Carpinteria boys soccer team put the cherry on top of head coach Daniel Torres' week.A day after his wife gave birth to their first child, the Warriors came through with a 3-1 road-win over Buena for a victory in his coaching debut."I'm just happy to get a win in my first game as a varsity coach," said Torres, who complimented his players for all the hard work they have put in during preseason practices. … [Read more...]
Royals a little shaky in first loss
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Jeanette Mendoza poured in 12 points and added six rebounds for the San Marcos girls basketball team in its season opener, but the Royals coughed up too many turnovers to Channel Islands in a 66-46 decision in Oxnard.Marissa Unzueta scored nine points and hit the boards with six cleanups. Mendoza, Unzueta, Claudia Ochoa and Vanessa Curiel combined for 26 rebounds between the three of them. … [Read more...]
Royals get final tune-up before regular season
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
With 10 seniors gone from last year's CIF playoff team, San Marcos' girls soccer team held Thousand Oaks to a 0-0 halftime tie before the Lancers turned up the heat in the second half, winning the scrimmage 5-0. "Our defense played really well in the first half," said coach Christy Lozano, who also liked what she saw from junior forwards Ali Raack and Jenny-Ann Martinez. The Royals travel to Oxnard on Tuesday to face Pacifica in their regular-season opener. The home opener is Thursday … [Read more...]
Muñoz’s monster debut carries Cardinals
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Freshman Elias Muñoz had a memorable high-school debut on Monday night, scoring 32 points to lead the youthful Bishop Diego boys basketball team to a 76-70 season-opening victory at Santa Ynez.Cardinals coach Ray Vazquez started two freshman, two sophomores and a junior, and his team quickly fell behind 7-0. Then Andy Nevarez knocked down a three-pointer and Muñoz hit his first bucket to make it 7-5."You could just see us settle in right there," said Vazquez, whose team is co-hosting … [Read more...]
Winter sports sprout into full bloom
Monday, December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It’s a time of rebirth in Santa Barbara.Pretty soon vegetation will start to peek through in areas that were burned in the Tea Fire.It’s a time of rebirth for the Westmont community, as classes began again on the partially-burned campus Monday.It’s also a time for rebirth in the athletic community, with the last of fall sports seasons officially completed and the winter sports just starting up. … [Read more...]
Warriors rusty in opener against Providence
Monday, December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Caitlin Wallace and Nicole Pearce each had 12 points for the Carpinteria girls basketball team, but the Warriors couldn't crawl all the way back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and fell to Providence 40-32 in the first round of the Viewpoint Tournament Monday."We were rusty in the beginning and missed a lot of layups, otherwise it would have been our game," said coach Dan Mercer.The Pioneers went up 10 in the final period before Carpinteria put on a full-court press and got … [Read more...]
