No. 2 USC scored on five power plays and beat No. 5 UCSB, 10-6, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation water polo match in front of a full house at Campus Pool on Sunday afternoon.With the loss, UCSB falls to 13-7 overall and 1-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. The Trojans improve to 13-2 and 4-0 in league games.USC capitalized on its six-on-five possessions, scoring during five of its eight power plays. On the flipside, the Gauchos scored on just three of their 13 … [Read more...]
Stanford shuts down Gauchos 8-6
Sunday, October 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
UCSB's men’s water polo team dropped a defensive battle by the score of 8-6 to No. 4 Stanford Sunday afternoon at Campus Pool. The Gauchos struggled offensively throughout most of the game, and a fourth quarter comeback was stifled by an extremely solid Cardinal defense.“We gave a couple cheap goals away at the end of the game,” said Gauchos head coach Wolf Wigo. “We slipped up a couple of places and it hurt to have a couple of penalties called against us.”Stanford converted … [Read more...]
Coaches rank UCSB 7th in water polo poll
Friday, August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
UCSB is ranked seventh in the country in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Coaches Preseason Poll.The Gauchos, who return All-Americans Milos Golic and Zsombor Vincze, were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.MPSF powers Cal, UCLA, Stanford, USC and Irvine were ranked first through fifth in the national and MPSF polls. Loyola Marymount is sixth.UCSB earned 71 points in the national poll, trailing LMU by three points and coming in three points ahead … [Read more...]
Golic named to second MPSF First Team
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UCSB junior Milos Golic earned his second consecutive First Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honor it was announced by the conference on Tuesday.Golic led UCSB and the conference in scoring for the second consecutive season. The native of Belgrade, Serbia tallied a total of 77 goals this year and averaged 2.75 per game. He was second on the team with 11 assists and 45 earned penalties or ejections.During the 2009 season, Golic became just the fourth player in program history … [Read more...]
DP’s Hill commits to UCLA
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Sami Hill, the outstanding goalie for the Dos Pueblos High girls water polo team, has made a commitment to play her college ball at UCLA.Hill's stellar play in the cage has been instrumental in the Chargers winning back-to-back CIF Southern Section championships. She comes into her senior season after helping the U.S. Junior National team to a bronze medal this summer at the FINA Junior World Championships in Siberia. Santa Barbara area players have had a big impact in the UCLA program … [Read more...]
