Victory in the Cards for UCSB in Final Match
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Victory in the Cards for UCSB in Final Match ■ Men's Volleyball: Eliminated From MPSF Playoffs, Gauchos End Season by Defeating Stanford Cardinal in Four Games By Brooke Roberts ning game one, 15-11. But Staff Writer Santa Barbara refused to MPSF lie down, and it raised the Final Standings stakes by answering with a Mountain Division In its last match of the win- in game two, 15-7. £ season this past weekend, W ith the match tied 1-1, 1 the UCSB men’s volleyball game three proved to be a 1. Pepperdine 16 3 team sent the Stanford drawn-out battle. It was Cardinal flying home from the type of game that fans 2. UCLA 14 5 the Thunderdome with its live for, and UCSB’s home 3.BYU 13 6 tail between its legs. crowd rose to the occasion, The Gauchos (12-13 cheering the team on. 4.LM U 8 11 overall, 8-11 Mountain Ultimately Santa Barbara 5. UCSB 8 11 Pacific Sports Federation) squeezed out the victory, defeated the Cardinal 11- but just barely— 17-15. 6.CSUN 7 12 15,15-7,17-15,15-13 last “The third game was a 7. UC Irvine '4 15 Saturday evening, in what long one,” Tomkinson was Santa Barbara’s last said. “That decided who 17, and senior middle hurrah after the Gauchos had the momentum. I blockers Chris Komer and were eliminated from have to say that the crowd Tomkinson tied for the postseason play last week. helped too. They were on team lead in blocks, with 8 The contest *was just Stanford’s back the whole apiece. another game for Stan time.” “At the beginning of ford, which would advance Ti***è~"* Game four clinched the the year we never learned to the MPSF playoffs match victory for UCSB. how to win tight games,” regardless of a win or loss It- was another close-scor UCSB Head Coach Ken to UCSB, but for the ing game, but the Gauchos Preston said. “This was Gauchos’ graduating sen jumped ahead and cap our last game of the year, iors, the game meant a tured the win, 15-13. and the last two were Very great deal more. Santa Barbara ended up tight games ... It was a . *T, think’ that we had .taking the .match, three great win for us.” mòre to play for’in' that games to one. The. leaders “I was very pleased that game,” senior middle for UCSB included senior we won,” added Collins, a blocker Andy Tomkinson opposite Kevin Collins, graduating senior. “It was said. “We wanted to end who led the team in kills especially sweet because on a good note.” with 37. Freshman outside I’ve never beat Stanford in JASON SCHOCK / DAILY NEXUS Stanford took control hitter Jan Carlo Zegarra my four years here, and D0N7 CALL ME GERALDO: Sophomore outside hitter Andy Rivera and the UCSB men's volley early in the match by win led the squad in digs with now we have.” ball team closed out their season with a four-game victory over the visiting Stanford Cardinal. Santa Barbara Swept by #17 Fullerton in Big West Conference Series ■ Softball: Titans’ Bats Too Much for Gauchos, Who Drop Fourth Straight By Zack O ’N eill Titans (34-11 overall, 9-3 m Staff Writer Big West). On Saturday « the Gauchos lost both ends of a doubleheader, The UCSB softball 10-4 and 7-2, and Sunday they lost the final game of II m team hosted #17 Cal State m Fullerton for a three-game the series, 6-3. m conference series this past “This was the worst weekend at Campus part of our schedule,” m Diamond. Santa Barbara UCSB Head Coach Liz 9mSP. ' o Kelly said. “O f all the m WÈ (20-17 overall, 6-6 Big West) was facing a nation teams left, [Cal State] ally ranked Big West Northridge will be tough, opponent for the second but we should be able to straight weekend, having do well against the rest of squared off against #16 the teams on our schedule Long Beach State on [Pacific, Utah State and April 8 and 9. New Mexico State].” In that series, UCSB In the first game of the took one of three from the series Saturday, Fullerton 49ers, but unfortunately wasted no time in getting on the board, scoring in JASON SCHOCK/ DAILY NEXUS the team didn’t fare as well four of the first five MUST...AVOID...TAG... Senior shortstop Mandy Edwards went one-for-four with a double and a run batted in, but the UCSB against CSUF, failing to softball team was unable to avoid losing to ffl 7 Cal State Fullerton when the Gauchos fell to the Titans, 6-3, on Sunday. notch any wins against the See UCSB, p.2A Sporting Events Calendar MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Softball <® Loyola Baseball vs. Marymount, 2 p.m. Long Beach State N o Events N o Events N o Events Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, Baseball vs. Baseball vs. 1 p.m. Long Beach State N o Events Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Long Beach State Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, Women’s water polo @ 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Western Qualification Tournament (Fri-Sun) 2A Monday, April 17,2 0 0 0 Daily Nexus and won the second game, 7-2. 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