Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
For the soccer players from Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos, Friday night is the dream game.After years of playing with and against each other as kids on AYSO and club soccer teams, the crosstown rivals will meet in the biggest match for a prep player: the CIF Championship.The Dons and Chargers clash for the Division 2 boys title in the first all-South Coast, CIF final at 7 p.m. at UCSB’s Harder Stadium.The home of the 2006 national-champion Gauchos and the site for this … [Read more...]
CORVALLIS, Ore. - UCSB (2-5) captured its second win of the season on Saturday defeating Oregon State, 59-53, at the Beavers' Gill Coliseum.The Gauchos shot 43.4 percent from the field while holding the Beavers to 31.9 percent, a season-low for UCSB opposition. UCSB also tallied a season-low 13 turnovers with just four in the second half.For the Beavers, Talisa Rhea led the charge, scoring 20 points for Oregon State while also posting four assists.The game was a seesaw battle … [Read more...]
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — UCSB's Scott Smith and Crystal Reed competed at Monday's NCAA Cross Country Championships, held at Indiana State University's LaVern Gibson Course.The athletes were greeted by a warm day and a firm course, which contributed to the fast times clocked in the races.Smith finished 50th in the men's 10k race, narrowly missing the All-American honors awarded to the top 40 runners. He began the race briskly and was in contention for an All-American placement for the … [Read more...]
The spirit of Coach O will forever live on at Dos Pueblos High.On Friday night, DP will officially dedicate its football stadium in the name of former coach and athletics director Scott O‘Leary, who died in 2003 after serving 34 years at the school.Scott O’Leary was — and always will be — the main man of the athletics department at the Goleta school. In his long career, he coached practically everything and everybody, and also ran a tight ship as the Chargers’ AD.And … [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 UCSB women's volleyball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big West's Coaches Preseason Poll, released by the conference on Tuesday.The Gauchos return several key players from last year's squad and thus are expected to finish higher than they ended the 2008 season. UCSB will be led by senior outside hitter Rebecca Saraceno (2.23 kills per set) junior setter Dana Vargas (8.47 assists per set) and 2008 All-Freshman Team selection Lily Lopez (0.97 kills per set, 0.66 blocks per set). … [Read more...]
Santa Clara takes care of UCSB in four-set matchSTANFORD — ? Last weekend head coach Kathy Gregory celebrated her 800th career victory and Thursday another coach, ?Santa Clara’?s Jon Wallace, ?celebrated a milestone: his 200th career win.Unfortunately, that win came at UCSB’s expense as the Gauchos dropped a four-set match to the Broncos in its opening contest at the Stanford Invitational being held at Maples Pavilion this week. Santa Clara took the match with set scores of 25-19, … [Read more...]
