Santa Barbara High started its own girls volleyball tournament by sweeping defending state champion Newport Harbor at the Tournament of Champions on Friday."(Coach) Dan Glenn has five state titles, so anytime you play well and beat a team like that it's great," said Dons assistant coach Lee Carlander.In the day's second match, Santa Barbara took a 2-1 set lead on La Costa Canyon but ended up losing in the fifth set 15-6. It was knotted up at 5-5 before the Dons got into a funk and gave … [Read more...]
All-Stratman team not enough to top Valencia
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Lauren Stratman and Kate Stratman formed a successful doubles unit for Dos Pueblos' girls tennis team on Friday, yet Valencia was able to get past the Chargers on games after a 9-9 tie.Leah Tran-Le and Nicoletta Bradley won 2-of-3 sets for Dos Pueblos in singles while the Stratmans glided through three wins. … [Read more...]
Warriors upset ranked Sea Lions
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Westmont Women's Volleyball (11-13, 5-10 GSAC) earned their first win this season over a ranked opponent as the Warriors defeated #14 Point Loma Nazarene (14-11, 8-8) by a score of 3-1 (25-18, 17-25, 25-23, 25-20) on Friday night.Senior outside hitter Alison Sharp led the Warriors with 15 kills in the Golden State Athletic Conference game while freshmen middle blockers Ciara Turner and Marie Trudelle added 12 and 10 respectively.With the first set tied at three, the Warriors put together … [Read more...]
Telluride Mountainfilm Tour Climbs to the Top
Friday, October 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
This week the Telluride Mountainfilm Tour made its way from Colorado to California, packing UCSB’s largest lecture hall almost to the brim on Wednesday night for a showing of nine short films.The shorts ranged from several minutes to half an hour in length, from fishing to mountain climbing in topic, and from sentimental to humorous in tone. In all, the ensemble of films was entirely enjoyable to watch, taking the audience on a rollercoaster of emotion and through a wide range of … [Read more...]
WeissCrax: Today’s MVPs are easy to see
Friday, October 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
It’s a crazy time of the sports year….Hoops starting. Football underway. World Series in full swing.And soon, a slew of accolades and awards to be announced.In baseball, a new World Champion – either the Texas Rangers or San Francisco Giants.Plus individual performance awards a la Cy Young … Rookie of the Year…. MVP.As in Most Valuable Player.It’s life on sport’s grand stage.And then there are other MVPs…Those who quietly do their work … [Read more...]
WeissCrax: From the Heart (Adelaide Ortega Interview)
Friday, October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Adelaide Ortega sheds light on living in blindness WC: Thanks for your time today. It was great to meet you at Sunday’s Guide Dog event.AO: It was so much fun! I even had my photo taken with Betty White!WC: That’s awesome. She’s really something! Let’s start with you telling me about yourself.AO: My family has lived in Santa Barbara since the 1700s. My dad is of Chumash descent and my mom was from Mexico.WC: What do you miss most about having sight?AO: People’s … [Read more...]
Gauchos near-unanimous pick to repeat in Big West
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
UCSB was picked to repeat as Big West Conference champions and juniors Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally were selected to the preseason all-league team in a poll of the media, it was announced Thursday.The Gauchos received 20 first-place votes from the 23-member voting panel for a total of 204 points. UCSB, which captured both the conference co-regular season and tournament championships in 2009-10, return all five starters from the team that finished 20-10 overall. Johnson led the Big West … [Read more...]
Cardinals defeated in sweep at La Reina
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nicole Tetherow dished out 19 assists and notched four kills on Thursday, but it wasn't enought to save the Bishop Diego girls volleyball team from a 25-11, 25-10, 25-18 loss at La Reina."They're a good team, but we as a team played very lackluster volleyball," said coach Erika Lilley, who praised Tetherow for showing good energy.The Cardinals have been battling a flu all week which has left Lilley without two starting middle blockers.Diana Sleep and Lauren Underwood each added six … [Read more...]
Barroca, Emerson lead Lions over OVS
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Olivia Barroca had 16 digs and a whopping 13 aces, including eight straight in the third game, to lead the Providence Hall girls volleyball team to a 25-21, 23-25, 25-12, 25-18 win at Ojai Valley School on Thursday.Faith Emerson also had a monster game, tallying 17 kills and 17 digs for the Lions (7-7).Sasha Harris came off the bench and notched a kill while bringing in some good energy, according to coach Laura Trudelle, and Jenna Wilcox was stellar in her passing en route to eight digs … [Read more...]
Chargers fall to Eagles, 12-6
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kate Stratman and the doubles team of Kee Kee Daniel/Sophia Rasmussen each went 2-1, but the short-handed Dos Pueblos girls tennis team fell to Arroyo Grande 12-6 on Thursday. The Chargers were missing their top singles player as well as two of their top doubles players.The Channel League tournament begins on Tuesday at Ventura High School. … [Read more...]
Valentine gets love as pre-season first-teamer
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Following a record-breaking season, UCSB women’s basketball player Mekia Valentine was picked as one of six Big West players to be on the conference’s First Team in a preseason media vote revealed on Thursday.UCSB, which reached the conference tournament’s semifinals last year, was tabbed to finish fourth in the preseason media poll despite receiving three first-place votes.The team that won the conference’s regular-season title last year, UC Davis, was chosen to finish first … [Read more...]
