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For about 14 minutes on Saturday night, Westmont was beating the tenth-ranked team in NCAA Division I men's soccer.Michael Nonni and the UCSB Gauchos, however, finally began to convert their opportunities down the stretch and barraged the Warriors with three goals in the final 20 minutes to pull out a 3-1 win at Harder Stadium.Nonni, a native of South Africa playing in his first game as a Gaucho, scored the first two goals within five minutes of each other.PHOTO GALLERY"It's … [Read more...]
San Francisco's John Dahlz championed the Santa Barbara Triathlon's long course in 2 hours, 53 minutes and two seconds on Saturday to lead a handful of competitors that eclipsed the three-hour marker.Dahlz, 25, excelled in the swim and bike sections and built a healthy lead going into the run. He needed it, as second-place finisher Patrick Baldwin, 33, took back over six minutes by scorching the 10-mile run in just under 57 minutes. Baldwin's total time was 2:54.39.Nine hundred people … [Read more...]
Sometimes, the losing coach is more satisfied than the winning one.That was certainly the case on Thursday at Harder Stadium, as the UCSB women’s soccer team defeated Westmont 1-0 in a preseason scrimmage.The Gauchos out-shot the Warriors 14-2 and freshman Victoria Thomas’ goal (assisted by Kailyn Kugler) in the 41st minute was enough to get the victory, but coach Paul Stumpf was far from thrilled.CLICK HERE FOR WESTMONT WOMEN'S SOCCER PAGECLICK HERE FOR UCSB WOMEN'S SOCCER … [Read more...]
The 2009-2010 scholastic sports year arrived on Wednesday night as Santa Barbara City College and Westmont played a hard-fought and surprisingly well-attended men's soccer scrimmage under the lights at La Playa Stadium.No official score was kept and the scoreboard wasn't even on, but the Vaqueros pulled out a 4-1 victory nonetheless and controlled the pace of play for most of the match.Both programs set the bar high last season, as SBCC won the Western State Conference title with a … [Read more...]
The UCSB men's water polo team was picked to finish fifth in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings according to a preseason coaches' poll released by the conference on Wednesday.The Gauchos received 32 points in the poll, 10 behind fourth-ranked UCLA and six points ahead of Pepperdine and UC Irvine, which were tied sixth.USC, the 2008 NCAA Champion and MPSF Champion, was ranked first with six first-place votes and 61 total points. No. 2 Stanford received the remaining three … [Read more...]
Monday’s deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign players came and went and it brought good news for the UCSB baseball team. Left-handed pitcher Mario Hollands, an All-American two years ago, and infielder Matt Valaika, who led the club in batting average and slugging percentage last year, did not agree to contracts with the teams that selected them in the June amateur draft. Valaika was taken in the 20th round by the Cincinnati Reds while Hollands was a 24th round pick by the … [Read more...]
Former AVP player Daven Allison and partner Will Harris defeated Steve Byrd and Jen Corral in the final match of the 5th Annual Lime and the Coconut Invitational last weekend at East Beach.Allison, a two time winner of the event, and Harris defeated Shane Cervantes and Santa Barbara Volleyball Club coach K.C. Collins in the crossover semifinals to advance to the last match of the day. … [Read more...]
Local water polo standouts Kiley Neushul and Sami Hill seem to find success everywhere they go.This time, it was in Siberia.HILL COMMITS TO UCLAThe Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara Water Polo Club players won a bronze medal last Saturday at the Junior World Women's Water Polo Championship in Khanty-Mansiyk, Siberia. The Americans faced Hungary in the medal round and Neushul recorded a hat trick while Hill made 10 saves in goal.In the semifinals, the U.S. lost a double-overtime … [Read more...]
Kris Kampsen led his Audi side to a repeat title in the Lucchese America Cup on Sunday, scoring nine goals in a 16-12 triumph over Lucchese at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club.The match was tied late in the fourth chukker 10-10 when Audi took off with four unanswered goals.Grants Farm defeated Patagones 14-10 in the Subsidiary Final.Now that the Lucchese America Cup is settled, only the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open remains in the summer High-Goal season. … [Read more...]
Former Santa Barbara High standout Daniel Nguyen and partner JT Sundling are one victory away from a doubles title at the USTA Junior Tennis National Hardcourt Championships in Michigan. The top-seeded duo will be challenged by eighth-seeded Sekou Coker Bangoura and Nathan Pasha in Sunday's final. Nguyen and Sundling hadn't lost a set the entire draw until fighting off Evan King and Denis Kudla in the semifinals 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. … [Read more...]
