The Gaucho women's 200 medley relay and the Gaucho men's 200 and 800 free relays set UC Santa Barbara school records on Thursday, the first day of the 2009 Big West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships being held at Bellmont Plaza in Long Beach.The Gauchos opened the meet with a bang when the UCSB women's "A" 200 medley relay team of Naomi Javanifard, Katy Freeman, Erin Yamamoto and Anne Marie May successfully defended their conference title and broke their own Big West Conference … [Read more...]
Loss to Northridge brings end to UCSB’s four-game winning streak
Thursday, February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Despite playing one of its best defensive games of the season, UC Santa Barbara could not hold a 13-point second half lead and dropped a 62-57 decision at Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night. The loss ended UCSB's four-game winning streak.The Gauchos (12-14 overall, 5-8 in the Big West) jumped out to a fast start on the first-place Matadors (13-12 overall, 9-4 in the Big West), taking an 11-2 lead just 4:12 into the game. The first half lead ballooned to 12 points at 21-9, before … [Read more...]
Lady Cardinals knocked out at charity stripe
Thursday, February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Jennifer Jimenez held her head high as she left the game with five fouls and just over a minute remaining.When she got to the end of the Bishop Diego bench and sat down, it hit her that her four-year varsity basketball career had ended, and she got choked up a bit. Coach Jeff Burich — who learned early in the season that he was actually a distant cousin of his senior captain — came over for a sincere embrace.The Cardinals fell to top-seeded Chadwick at the Brickhouse Wednesday, … [Read more...]
SBSC U-13 White team makes Final Four
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara Soccer Club Girls’ U13 White team completed its amazing run in the Southern California State Cup Tournament Sunday at the Lancaster National Soccer Center. They finished in the "Final Four" teams after winning their quarterfinal match against the Rebels Soccer Club in penalty kicks. They came up a little short in the semi-final, losing the match to the Simi Valley Eclipse Soccer Club 1-0. With 104 teams entering the tournament, the SB Girls U13 White team … [Read more...]
Collins: “Club history in the making” at SBVC
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This past weekend, many SBVC teams participated in final qualifying rounds and first regular season mandatory tournaments and begin the season on a remarkable note!Just coming off a 3-day tournament for both teams in the Las Vegas Invitational tournament over President’s weekend, on Sunday, the 18 Blue and 18 White teams came out swinging! Competing in the Gold bracket final qualifying round of their age division, they both took first in their pools to both begin the season in Division 1 … [Read more...]
Westmont women clawed by No. 3 Cougars, 8-1
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Women's Tennis (1-4, 0-4 GSAC) suffered an 8-1 loss to Azusa Pacific (4-0, 4-0 GSAC) on Tuesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts on the Montecito campus. "Overall, I was pleased," said head coach Kathy LeSage about her team's performance against the third ranked team in the NAIA. "I thought we came out and fought hard. Overall, I thought we played the first sets tough. I was a little disappointed that the score indicated that we didn't try as hard in some of the second … [Read more...]
Westmont netters lose heartbreaker to No. 5 APU
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
It was a dramatic afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts as the #25 Warriors of Westmont took on #5 Azusa Pacific. After being swept by the Cougars in doubles play, the Warriors made a valiant effort to try and win five of six singles matches and claim the victory. In the end, Azusa Pacific (3-1, 2-1 GSAC) prevailed 7-2 over Westmont (1-6, 0-4 GSAC).In doubles action, the Cougars' Matthijs Bolsius and Mathias Weber defeated Mattias Neuman and Bryan Cox 8-3 at number one. On the number … [Read more...]
Mighty Sunbirds beat Westmont to clinch GSAC
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sophomore forward Dan Rasp and junior point guard Christopher Jackson each scored 18 points but it wasn't enough to keep Westmont Men's Basketball from falling to #6 Fresno Pacific on Tuesday night in Fresno. The Sunbirds improved their record to 24-4 overall and 17-1 in the Golden State Athletic Conference with a 97-84 win over the Warriors (15-12, 9-9 GSAC).With the win, Fresno Pacific claims sole possession of the GSAC regular season championship, earns an automatic berth in next month's … [Read more...]
Warriors never lead in loss to Fresno Pacific
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Fresno Pacific led from tip off to buzzer on Tuesday night as #14 Westmont Women's Basketball (21-5, 13-5 GSAC) suffered a 62-55 Golden State Athletic Conference loss to the Sunbirds (13-12, 9-9 GSAC) in Fresno.Fresno Pacific jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the game and the Warriors never caught up. The closest Westmont came was with 2:08 remaining in regulation when senior Annie Johnson made two free throws to make the score 55-54. … [Read more...]
Braly scores in sixth straight, Owls advance
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As Laguna Blanca's boys basketball players were absorbing a season-ending loss in Merovick Gym Tuesday night, the school's girls soccer team pulled into the parking lot on a victory bus.Pint-sized freshman powerhouse Becca Braly scored in her sixth consecutive game for the Owls, who picked up a 4-0 win at Serra to advance to the CIF quarterfinals for the first time in school history."It feels great. I'm just glad to be a part of this team, and I don't want it to end," said Braly. … [Read more...]
Gauchos lose to Oregon State in “Pink Zone”
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The UCSB women’s basketball team looked pretty in pink Tuesday night through its efforts to raise breast cancer awareness, but the Gauchos were left blue after a 70-51 loss at home to Oregon State.While the Gauchos racked up a school-record record 12 blocks, they also gave 14 turnovers to the Beavers and were out-rebounded 38-26. Moreover, UCSB was unable to prevent three of the Beavers from scoring double figures. Sophomore guard Talisa Rhea led with 23 points, while UCSB was led by 12 … [Read more...]
