Amanda Sharp had a pair of RBI singles in a 5-4 second-game win on Tuesday at Pershing Park as the SBCC softball team gained a WSC split with Oxnard. The Condors won the first game 1-0 on a six-hitter by Courtney Checky.Sharp and pitcher Lauren Gniadek were both 2-for-3 in the opener. SBCC hurt its cause by leaving eight on base, including five with runners in scoring position and one out or less."We couldn't get the key hits, which was frustrating considering what we had done on Sunday … [Read more...]
McFarland shines with shutout for Vaqueros
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Blake McFarland turned in SBCC's best pitching performance of the year on Tuesday -- a four-hit shutout at Ventura. He limited the Pirates to four singles in a 10-0 victory and didn't allow a hit after the third inning.It was the first shutout and first complete game for the Vaqueros (16-15, 5-10), who are two games out of third place in the WSC North."Blake was great and our defense was outstanding," said coach Teddy Warrecker, whose team has won four of its last five. "We didn't have … [Read more...]
No. 21 Aztecs hand Gauchos third consecutive loss
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The UC Santa Barbara baseball team dropped its third straight game on Tuesday, this one a 7-4 loss to No. 21 San Diego State at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. It is the first time the Gauchos have lost three in a row since May 4-10 last season.UCSB, 14-8, will have a chance to exact revenge on Wednesday as the Gauchos will play at San Diego State (19-9) to complete the non-conference series.UCSB starter Jesse Meaux pitched four strong innings, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out … [Read more...]
Russo wins medal at fencing tourney in San Jose
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 By 1 Comment
Four fencers from Presidio Fencing Club (www.presidiofencing.com) competed in the Paul Pesthy Memorial Super Youth Tournament in San Jose last weekend. It was a very difficult tournament, drawing some of the top youth athletes from around the country.Sophie Russo, who is currently ranked 25th nationally in her age group, triumphed with the bronze medal in the Youth 12 Womens Foil event. She lost in the semi-finals to the 3rd ranked fencer. Russo is a student at Crane Elementary. … [Read more...]
Third-place finishes highlight SBVC’s weekend
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This past weekend the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 18’s, 15’s and 12’s teams competed in Anaheim at a regular Mandatory tournament. The 18 Blue and 15 Blue, after coming off a 3-day intense tournament the weekend before, both took 3rd for the day in division 1 of their age brackets. Coach Liz Towne-Gilbert was pleased with the results of her 18-Blue team, “The team played solid all day …Hitters Mimi Cuttrell and Samantha Wopat had great days offensively. Setter Sammie Brown did a … [Read more...]
Goldstein on track in Toro Canyon
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today was the second stop on my comeback tour, a CCCX race this time at Toro Cyn Park, which is right across Hwy 68 from the Sea Otter course. Again, 5 laps, but this time is was a pure mountain bike course, up 800 feet, then down a tricky single track decent. Good times. Same class as last time, single speed pro/expert class. Smaller field, but the fast guys from the last race lined up with me at the start. … [Read more...]
Every stroke counts in Vaquero losses
Monday, March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The scenario was frustratingly familiar for the SBCC men's golf team on Monday as the Vaqueros finished third -- just two shots behind the winner -- for the second straight WSC meet.Canyons captured WSC No. 5 with a 9-over 369 at par-72 Brookside GC in Pasadena. Ventura, last week's winner, was one shot back and SBCC was two behind at 371. The top six teams in the eight-team field were all within eight shots of each other. … [Read more...]
Bishop takes fourth at Frontier Meet
Monday, March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bishop Diego's boys golf team finished fourth out of six teams at the Frontier League Tournament #2 at Soule Park in Ojai, par 71 on Thursday.Bishop was led by Anthony Pell's 89, followed by a strong showing from from Scott Grimes (90) and Garrett Garcia (91).Pell and Garcia have both been pleasant surprises for the Cardinals, as Pell has earned the top spot after starting the season as the team's No. 3 player. Garcia has been with the team only two weeks after switching over from … [Read more...]
Cate netters fall to Arnold’s Tigers
Monday, March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Highly ranked star Julian Arnold did what he had to do for the San Luis Obispo tennis team Monday, sweeping his singles sets as the visiting Tigers defeated Cate 11-7.The Rams, however, saw Max Sabel, Geoffery Mak and Cam Seo each go 2-1 in singles sets while Wyatt Geiger and Blake Mackall picked up the only doubles set for Cate (2-2). San Luis Obispo improves to 8-3 on the season. … [Read more...]
Gaucho rally for naught in 4-3 loss to Pacific
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
No. 13 UCSB fought back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the score in its Big West women's water polo game against visiting Pacific, but the Tigers scored a goal with 1:25 remaining in the fourth period to earn a 4-3 win on Sunday at Campus Pool.Trailing 3-0, the Gauchos got on the scoreboard with just 47.4 seconds to play in the first half on a goal by sophomore Alisha Khan. Sophomore Claire Buchanan scored a pair of goals in the second half, the first coming with 3:40 left in the third quarter … [Read more...]
Atlético Morelia slays Club América, 1-0
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bullhorns were blaring, drums pounding, flags waving and the fans bouncing at Estadio de Harder.Mexican professional soccer took over the UCSB stadium on Sunday afternoon, and it was the fans of Atlético Morelia who left the happiest of the estimated 9,000 at the fiesta as their team defeated Club América 1-0 in an exhibition game.The game’s only goal came in the 57th minute on a beautifully executed play. Forward Miguel Sabah, who entered the game in the second half, ran down a … [Read more...]
UCSB takes series from Highlanders
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After splitting a doubleheader on Saturday with UC Riverside (12-20, 1-2), the UCSB (18-13, 2-1) softball team captured the Big West series' rubber game by way of a 3-1 score to win its first conference series of the 2009 season.UC Riverside scored first during Sunday's game. At the top of the third inning, Kameryn Hebenton led off with a double down the left field line. A sacrifice bunt by Taylor Thomas then pushed Hebenton to third with one out. … [Read more...]
