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 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 Mandy Edwards went one-for-four with a double and a , 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

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UCSB Loses Two Games to Cal Poly ■ Baseball: Mustflngs Win Series With Two Comeback Victories IVI By Brian C hong [Cal Poly] thought they Had the game ADULT SUPERSTORE Reporter and were very confident, but the pitcher R fell back 2-0 on me and pitched a ball in Gean and Gassy • Just Minutes From UCSB my zone and I hurt him.” Being defeated at the very end of a Coming off of a last-inning comeback competition, match or game spells heart­ in game one, UCSB was looking to carry 8000+ Videos • DVDs • CD-ROMs break in the world o'f sports. For the" that momentum into game two Saturday. Lubes • Party Favors • Greeting Cards UCSB baseball team, that seemed to be However, the Gauchos ended up on the the story of a weekend series with Big other end of the stick and were edged, 12- (and of course, Toys, Toys, Toys) West rival Cal Poly. The Gauchos, in 11. their three-game series with the UCSB’s offense on Saturday was led Mustangs, suffered the experience of a by junior left fielder Jeff Carter, who went come-from-ahead loss not once, but twice three-for-six with two runs, Peshke, who this past weekend, at Caesar Uyesaka went two-for-four, and sophomore first Stadium. baseman Tyler Von Schell, The Mustangs (19-18 who also went two-for-four overall, 10-8 Big West) were on the day. up on top of UCSB (18-19 Sophomore pitcher overall, 8-7 Big West) for Jeremy Sugarman started most of game one Friday, the rubber match for the but the Gauchos’ persistence Gauchos on Sunday, and throughout the game despite the abundance of sparked a comeback. offense produced in the two UCSB’s offense came previous games, he held the alive in the home half of the Mustangs to three runs in seventh inning, sending five Dave Molidor 6.2 innings. runs across the plate to put the Gauchos Sugarman was pulled out of the game ‘Cause every night ahead, 7-6. in the seventh due to fatigue, and the Santa Barbara sent 11 batters to the offense of Cal Poly fired up immediately, plate and banged out four hits, the big bringing five men across the plate in that needs a climax. one coming from the bat of junior infield­ inning to put the Gauchos behind, 9-6. Check out our amazing selection of toys & gifts! er Chad Peshke, who tripled to right, Looking for a late-inning comeback, to UCSB Hwy 154 bringing in two runs. _ the Gauchos put two more runs on the 101 FREEWAY YOUR FIRST RENTAL With the score tied 8-8 in the ninth board in the bottom half of the eighth, IS ALW AYS inning and runners on first and second, but fell short, losing 9-8. State St. Exit junior Dave Molidor “We’ve lost in a lot of different ways,” HolHsterAve. K f i State St. I stepped up to the plate and blasted a 2-0 UCSB Head Coach Bob Brontsema said. toLA.p pitch over the right-center field fence, to “Some games we lost due to bad pitching with Student I.D. give UCSB game one of the series with an and poor defense, and other games we lost RÜÜÈSA 1 11-8 victory. due to a lack of offense. We will play two 4135 State St. V IVI “All three games were battles,” said of the top teams in the Big West in the 967-8282 JT Molidor, who went three-for-fbur Friday RWSBA coming weeks, and I think we will make witlj. tfie game-winning . “They or break it here for our playoff hopes.” 4135 STATE (State & Hwy 154) 967-8282

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