UCSB's suffocating defense made Sean Castillo's fourth-quarter goal stand up in a stunning 5-4 men's water polo victory over No. 2 Stanford at Campus Pool on Sunday. It was the first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation loss for the Cardinal (21-3) this season as the No. 7 Gauchos (15-8) stayed perfect at home.Head coach Wolf Wigo beat his alma mater — which features two of his younger brothers — for the second time in two years after the UCSB program had gone 20-plus years without a win … [Read more...]

The No. 7 UCSB men’s water polo team preserved its perfect home record on Saturday with a 13-12 overtime win in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest with No. 10 Long Beach State at Campus Pool. The drama-prone Gauchos have used overtime periods to capture their last four wins, including their last three victories at home.   With the win, UCSB improves to 14-8 overall and 3-2 in MPSF games. Long Beach State falls to 11-14 overall and 0-5 in conference play. The Gauchos are now 5-0 at … [Read more...]

In front of a boisterous home crowd, the No. 8 UCSB men's water polo team defeated No. 9 UC Irvine, 13-12, in sudden-victory overtime on Saturday afternoon at Campus Pool. Senior driver Daniel Natalizio scored the game-winner two minutes and 33 seconds into the third overtime period giving the Gauchos their third consecutive win over the Anteaters this season.With the victory, UCSB improves to 11-7 overall on the season while UC Irvine falls to 6-8. The Gauchos have posted a 3-1 record … [Read more...]

The No. 7 UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team dropped a pair of closely contested games on Sunday to finish eighth at the 2008 SoCal Tournament being hosted this weekend by Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. On Sunday morning, UCSB fell 12-10 to No. 4 Pepperdine and later in the afternoon the Gauchos came up short, dropping the tournament's seventh-place game in sudden victory to No. 10 UC San Diego at Pepperdine's Raleigh Runnels Aquatic Center. With the losses, UCSB falls to 10-7 overall on … [Read more...]

 The seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara men's water polo split two contests on the first day of the SoCal Tournament being hosted by Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount this weekend. The Gauchos defeated No. 8 UC Irvine, 11-10, before falling to No. 1 USC, 11-4, on Saturday at Pepperdine's Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.With the split, the Gauchos now hold a 10-5 overall record this season.In the first game of the day against UC Irvine, senior Michael Machado got the Gauchos on the board … [Read more...]

No. 9 ranked UC Santa Barbara easily defeated visiting Iona College (8-13), 16-2, on Tuesday afternoon at Campus Pool. Twelve different Gaucho players tallied goals in the win that helped UCSB improve to 9-4 on the season.Current Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week, Milos Golic, was the first to get the Gauchos on the board with a goal just 30 seconds into play. The Gauchos would stretch their lead to 4-0 by the end of the first quarter with goals from Jesse … [Read more...]

IRVINE — Sophomore Milos Golic scored seven goals to lead No. 9 UC Santa Barbara past eighth-ranked UC Irvine, 14-12, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game at Anteater Pool Sunday.Daniel Natalizio added three goals as the Gauchos improved to 8-4 overall and 1-1 in the MPSF.Brandon Johnson led UCI (2-6, 0-2) with a career-high six goals while Greg Enloe added three.Johnson gave the Anteaters an early 2-0 lead on goals at the 7:29 and 6:47 marks of the first period. … [Read more...]

LOS ANGELES — The No. 9 UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team fell to No. 1 USC, 17-5, in its Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener on Saturday afternoon at the Trojan’s McDonald’s Swim Stadium. A total of 10 Trojan players scored to catapult USC over the Gauchos.    With the loss, UCSB falls to 7-4 overall this season and 0-1 in the MPSF. The Trojans remain undefeated with their 12-0 overall record and 2-0 MPSF mark. … [Read more...]

STOCKTON - The No. 10 UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team defeated Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe No. 14 Pacific for the second time this season in a non-conference match-up at Chris Kjeldsen Pool on Friday evening. The Gauchos edged the Tigers 7-6 to improve their overall record to 4-2 on the season; Pacific falls to 6-4 overall with the loss. … [Read more...]

   The UCSB men’s water polo team defended Campus Pool in its home opener on Friday, defeating visiting UC Davis 7-5 in a low-scoring affair thanks to some stingy defense from the Gauchos.    “The first half we played excellent,” said UCSB head coach Wolf Wigo, whose No. 10-ranked squad improved to 3-2 on the young season.  “We talked the whole pregame about defense. And our defense was as perfect as it could be in the first half.”    UCSB limited Davis to only one … [Read more...]