SBCC right-hander Greg Selarz continued to sparkle on Saturdays, holding Cuesta to no earned runs in a 9-1 WSC North baseball victory in San Luis Obispo.Selarz went eight innings, allowing six hits with two strikeouts and two walks. He's 4-0 on the year and 3-0 on Saturdays."Justin Aspegren (the pitching coach) said it was one of the easier games he's called because Greg was throwing everything for strikes," said coach Teddy Warrecker. "His command was superior."Taylor Lyons went … [Read more...]
Sailors wrap up Rams, 20-7
Saturday, March 27, 2010 By
Newport Harbor came to Cate on Saturday and knocked the Rams around, posting a 20-7 non-league victory.Cate's Steph Ruys de Perez and Alexis Hill accounted for all of Cate's seven goals, with Ruys de Perez going for a team-high four.Junior goalkeeper Alexx Temena recorded 24 saves under Newport's potent attack.The Rams (2-3, 1-0) return to Condor League play on Wednesday against Dunn. … [Read more...]
UCSB not strong on last day at Stanford
Saturday, March 27, 2010 By
STANFORD – UCSB (9-20) was unable to overcome Santa Clara (6-13) and No. 9 Stanford (22-4) during its final two games of the Stanford Invitational on Saturday at Smith Family Field. The Gauchos fell 6-2 to the Broncos before being shutout by the host Cardinal, 7-0, in their tournament closer. After three scoreless innings, the Broncos were able to break through at the top of the fourth inning in the first game of the day. Amanda Edmonson led off with a walk before Kristin Welsh hit a … [Read more...]
Gauchos sweep at own invite
Saturday, March 27, 2010 By
UCSB (13-8) stretched its current winning streak to four games on Saturday as the Gauchos defeated Big West foes Pacific (17-7) and UC Irvine (8-11) by way of 8-5 and 7-5 scores, respectively, in non-conference games on the first day of the UCSB Invitational being played at Campus Pool.In the first game of the day, UCSB struck first when Lizzie Rouleau notched the first of her two goals just 1:12 into the contest. Pacific countered back with a six-on-five goal from Siobhan Larsen with 4:07 … [Read more...]
Capito captures all-time mark for Brontsema
Saturday, March 27, 2010 By
Nick Capito had his best start in a UCSB uniform and it allowed his head coach to tie the school's all-time wins record. Capito, a left-hander who transferred to UCSB from Santa Ana CC, pitched a complete game as the Gauchos defeated the University of San Francisco, 3-2 on Saturday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.The victory gave UCSB head coach Bob Brontsema his 445th career win, tying him for the most all-time in UCSB school history.BOX SCOREHowever, his young southpaw stole the show … [Read more...]
Dons, Chargers linked forever in memorable season
Saturday, March 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Years from now, when players from the 2009-10 Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos boys soccer teams talk about that incredible night of March 5, people probably will think they’re making it up.Who would believe that a high school soccer match could draw a crowd of 8,000 people to a stadium?Maybe in some soccer-mad nation like Brazil, England or Mexico.But here?The CIF-Southern Section Division II championship game between crosstown and Channel League rivals Santa Barbara and … [Read more...]
Barrett goes bonkers again
Friday, March 26, 2010 By
Santa Barbara handed Ventura its first Channel League baseball loss on Friday, pocketing a 7-3 win thanks to another strong day at the plate from Trey Barrett.The Dons first baseman has tallied three home runs and 11 RBIs in two league wins this week after going 3-4 with one home run and five RBIs on Friday."He's on a tear," said Dons assitant Mike Cooney. The Dons (7-1-1) have benefitted, improving to 2-1 in league after losing their first game to San Marcos.Collin Dewell and … [Read more...]
Hollands shows human side in Gaucho loss
Friday, March 26, 2010 By
Every one is due for an off day now and again and it would be wrong to expect the brilliance Mario Hollands had shown recently in every outing.After wracking up 29 strikeouts in his past two starts, Hollands didn’t dominate in the opener of a three-game series against the University of San Francisco on Friday like many have come to expect. Hollands allowed six runs – five earned – on nine hits in six innings as the Gauchos dropped their fourth straight, 6-4, to USF.UCSB, which has … [Read more...]
Buena stifles DP offense, Chargers lose 9-0
Friday, March 26, 2010 By
At first glance, Dos Pueblos looked like it was going to kick off Spring Break with a barn-burner against defending Channel League softball champion Buena on Tuesday, but the Bulldogs scored twice in the third inning and kept adding layers to their safety blanket after that, eventually leaving Goleta with a 9-0 win.Hannah Harris struck out five of the first six batters she faced and finished with nine Ks on the day, but Buena would end up with 11 hits while also capitalizing on three DP … [Read more...]
Rams take final set, match
Friday, March 26, 2010 By
Friday's non-league boys tennis match between Cate and San Marcos came down to the wire. It was San Marcos that tripped on that wire, falling 10-8 to the Rams.Cate's doubles team of Gregory Mak and Blake Mackall overcame Scott Messier and Jackson Mann in the day's final set 7-5 to claim the overall team victory. Had Messier and Mann prevailed, the Royals would have had the edge on games in a tiebreaker."It was a well played, tough-nails match," said Rams head coach Bob Bonning, noting … [Read more...]
BYU bumps Gauchos in four
Friday, March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PROVO, Utah — Jake Rosener contributed 15 kills and a .455 total hitting percentage, but could not provide enough punch against No. 4 BYU, as the No. 10 UCSB men's volleyball team fell, 3-1, to the Cougars in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) play Friday night at Smith Fieldhouse.The Gauchos have now lost their last four matches and remain in ninth place in the MPSF, one spot out of the eight-seed and an automatic bid into the postseason conference tournament. With the win, BYU … [Read more...]
Vaqueros see for Miles in sweep of El Camino
Friday, March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Miles Evans pounded 17 kills, blocked five balls and hit an impressive .609 on Friday night in the Sports Pavilion, leading SBCC to a 3-0 men's volleyball sweep of El Camino."We practiced really hard this week and figured out what they run," said Evans, a 6-4 sophomore from Dos Pueblos High. "Our block was really nice. We closed the holes when we needed to and we penetrated over the net really well."Justin Hertlein added 13 kills and a .450 hitting percentage while middle blocker … [Read more...]
