NORTHRIDGE - The UCSB baseball team lost its first series of the year, dropping its second consecutive game to Cal State Northridge on Sunday, falling 3-2 at Matador Field. It is the first time this season that the No. 19 Gauchos have lost on consecutive days.Tied 2-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, UCSB starter Mike Ford faced just two batters as Todd Eskelin doubled and Jason Dabbs walked. Clayton Edwards relieved Ford, but had troubled with Justin DeMarco's squeeze attempt to … [Read more...]
SBCC does best Bash at Beach impression with 25 runs
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The bashers came alive on Sunday at Pershing Park as SBCC totaled 25 runs on 26 hits to post a pair of wins on the final day of the Bash at the Beach softball tournament. The Vaqueros opened with an 8-3 win over Golden West and then went wild in a 17-5 victory over El Camino that was halted after five innings due to the run rule.And the offensive fireworks came one day after SBCC managed just seven hits in losses to Santa Ana and Saddleback. … [Read more...]
Everybody in on this Royal win
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A six-run seventh catapulted the San Marcos baseball team to an 8-3 non-league victory at Nordhoff on Saturday, taking the Royals to their fourth-straight win.Head coach Rob Crawford used the game as a warmup for the team's spring break trip to Arizona and used 20 players. The traveling team, made up mostly of juniors and seniors, will be playing a round-robin tournament and will also attend a Dodgers-Diamondback spring training game and a USC-Arizona game while there. … [Read more...]
Zandona tallies fourth win, 9-6 over Sylmar
Sunday, March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Danny Zandona ran his record to a perfect 4-0 for the Santa Barbara baseball team by hanging on for just long enough in a 9-6 win over Sylmar in the Chatsworth Tournament on Saturday.Zandona earned the victory by keeping the Dons ahead in the fourth inning despite giving up three runs before getting the first out. The sophomore recovered to close out the inning and left with Santa Barbara up 5-4."We knew he was going to go only so far," said assistant coach Mike Cooney, citing … [Read more...]
Vaquero mini-streak snapped last second
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Two days after SBCC posted a 6-5 walk-off baseball win in its final at-bat against Moorpark, the Raiders broke the Vaqueros' heart on Saturday with a 6-5 walk-off win. Daniel Nimoy drove in the game-winning run on an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.Jeremy Baum went 2-for-4 with a double for the Vaqueros (15-15, 4-10), who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Baum's two-run double in the eighth pulled the visitors within 5-4 and SBCC tied it on an error by the … [Read more...]
71st Easter Relays feature plenty of strong marks by locals
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The glory days may have passed, but our city's biggest track meet is still going strong.Just like Gordon McClenathen.The 75-year-old came to his first Easter Relays in 1949, and on Saturday he was roaming the field at La Playa Stadium with a big grin on his face, quick to tell an old story, like the one about the rain-out in 1950 or the time when 1948 Olympic bronze-medalist Fortune Gardein threw the discus so far it landed on the track.McClenathen, a former All-American distance … [Read more...]
Beverly Hills tops Rams, 9-5
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Cate boys lacrosse team couldn't hang on to possession and paid for it on Saturday, losing out to Beverly Hills 9-5 in a non-league matchup.Beverly Hills took an early three-goal lead to start but Cate was able to draw within one before halftime. The Hills responded with three straight scores after the break and the Rams never fully recovered. … [Read more...]
Foothill nips Cate in nail-biter, 12-11
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The tables were turned on the Cate girls lacrosse team on Saturday as Foothill came from behind to knock off the undefeated Rams 12-11 in Orange County.The Knights avenged a 9-8 loss to the Rams earlier this month in the final of Rose Bowl Tournament by coming back from a 6-3 halftime deficit. … [Read more...]
Gauchos eat Hollands’ quality start in loss
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
NORTHRIDGE - After receiving a quality start from left-hander Mario Hollands, the UCSB baseball team could not deliver a win the rest of the way as Cal State Northridge upended the No. 19 Gauchos, 9-4 at Matador Field on Saturday.Hollands allowed three runs on six hits in six innings and left with the Gauchos leading 4-3. However, David Meals, who is the team's leader in saves, allowed six runs on as many hits in the final two innings as the Gauchos succumbed and fell to 14-6 overall and … [Read more...]
UC Davis pulls away from Gauchos in the end, 12-7
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The No. 13 UCSB women's water polo team rallied early from a four-goal deficit only to see No. 11 UC Davis pull away for a 12-7 victory on Saturday at Campus Pool. It was just the second loss for the Gauchos at home this season.Gillian Morgan led the Gauchos with two goals while five other players each scored once. Davis' Dana Nelson led the Aggies by scoring three times and Lindsay Kiyama added a pair of scores.UCSB falls to 12-7 overall. It was the inaugural Big West Conference game … [Read more...]
Riverside nicks Gauchos for first time ever
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The UCSB softball team split its Big West Conference opener against UC Riverside on Saturday at Campus Diamond. UCSB (17-13) captured game one by way of 4-1 score before falling victim to an 11-5 come-from-behind victory by Riverside (12-19) in the second game of the twin bill.The loss marked the first ever to UC Riverside in program history. The Gauchos hold a 30-1 series advantage against the Highlanders.UC Riverside scored first in game one when Kameryn Hebenton scored on a … [Read more...]
Gauchos shut out Broncos with ease
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The UCSB women's tennis team captured the doubles point with ease and swept Santa Clara in singles at the Rob Gym Tennis courts Saturday to post its third win in its last match of the four game home-stand. With the win, the Gauchos improve to 12-5 overall (3-4 in Big West) while the Broncos drop to 7-9 on the season.The Gauchos started off hot, winning the doubles point decisively at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. The pair of Michelle Murphy and Sofia Novak rocked S. Galainena and M. Davoudi … [Read more...]
