FOOTBALL ’90 Gauchos Still Green, Wildt to Cossacks in Season Opener, 42-10 by Melissa Lalum Staff Writer
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1 0 u T L O O K FOOTBALL ’90 Gauchos Still Green, Wildt to Cossacks in Season Opener, 42-10 By Melissa Lalum Staff Writer In the late 1970s, the ever optimistic Ernie Banks was asked why he still had hope for his team after the Cubs lost 10 of their first 12 games. His answer “You have to back up before making a running start.” Much like last year, when it began the season with a 1-2 record, the UCSB football team backed into the 1990 season with a 42-10 loss to the Sonoma State Cossacks last Saturday at Harder Stadium. Hie season opening loss ranked as its worst defeat since the program was brought back in 1986. "This feels a lot like the San Francisco game last year. We have to turn it around. It's like a 180 degree turn from top to bottom (from last year),” Gaucho wide receiver Bnan Fleming said after tne loss. “It seems (the youth of the team) could be part of it, but I’m not making any ex cuses. They were a good team, we just didn’t execute and have our good stuffon every play. It’s a new season with new players so we’ve just got to adjust.” The likenesses between Saturday’s contest and last year’s 32-14 loss to the Gators are notable. The Gauchos turned over the bail eight times in each game, with five coming on interceptions Saturday. In 1989, Santa Bar bara let the Gators gain 453 total yards, while the Cos sacks gained 315 to the Gauchos’ 177 on Saturday. Fi nally. the Gauchos used three quarterbacks in ’89, while Head Coach Rick Candaele called upon junior Rick Wildt and senior Mike Curtius against SSU. ‘To be honest, with the young team that we have, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect,” Candaele said. "What it looked like when we started defensively was that we were playing eight new starters. We didn’t play well de fensively right at the start and offensively the big key was that they dominated the line of scrimmage. Then we See GRID, p.2A FOOTBALL FOLLOW-UP Gaucho Gridsheet............ RICHARD O'ROUKKH/DaOy N n u Division 11 Status............. ............p.2A UCSB wide receiver Brian Fleming (1) high steps past Sonoma State’s Johnny Wright (32) in the Gauchos’42-10 Player Profiles.................. ............ p.3A defeat last Saturday at Harder Stadium. Fleming led Santa Barbara with four catches for 49 yards against the Cossacks. Fleming and teammate Johnny Ace are preseason All Americans. WOMEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WATER POLO Coach: Tad Bobak, fourth season. Coach: Kathy Gregory, 16th year. Coach: Pete Snyder, 14th year. 1989 Record: 22-13,12-6 Big West, #12 national 1989 Record: 15-2-1. 1989 Record: 10-18, #10 National Ranking. Playoffs: 1-1, received second seed in NCAA West ranking. Playofh: None. Although the Gauchos finished with I Regional Tournament, defeating Wisconsin in the Playoffs: Lost in first round of NCAA playoffs. a #10 ranking, it wasn’t enough to gain a berth in the first round, 1-0, and losing to Santa Clara in second 1989 Season Highlights: Twelfth straight postsea NCAA playoffs. UCSB plays in the rugged Big West- round, 2-0. son appearance and 14th consecutive top-20 team, Conference, where a plethora of top-ranked teams Oct. 1$: The Gauchos cancel trip to Holiday Inn can be found. Thus, the Gauchos' 3-7 league record See SOCCER, p.7A Stanford Invitational because of the Bay Area Earth was good for only fourth in the conference standings .......................% s.rx . .... quake. Oct. 21: Gregory becomes only the third wo and, in order to achieve a balanced field, the NCAA man in history to be named to the Volleyball Hall of traditionally only selects the top two or three schools MORE PREVIEWS Fame. Nov. 18: The Gauchos upset mird-ranked from the Big West in order to Include more schools Long Beach St. at home in a thrilling five-game mar from the eastern part of the United States. Men’s Soccer................................p.6A athon that sews up a postseason berth, 5-15,16-14, 1989 Season Highlights: The Gauchos suffered Men’s Cross Country................... p.9A See V-BALL, p 5A See POLO, p.8A Women’s Cross Country............ p.lOA 2 A Friday, September 14,1990 Daily Nexus GRID Continued from Cover threw five turnovers for three touchdowns and you Gaucho Gridsheet can’t do that to sustain.” Of course there is a happy ending to the 1989 stoiy, af ter losing to the Gators, NOMA 14 7 14 7 Santa Barbara embarked on a seven game winning streak SB 3 0 0 7 and ended the season with FIRST QUARTER TEAM STATISTICS Receiving an 8-2 record. Is it possible Gauchos Sonoma Receiving 11:28, UCSB—Russell 32 yard field goal First Downs 11 17 Gauchos No. Yds. TD again? 8:55, SS—Campbell 38 yard run (Beaulac Rushes-Yards 28-68 42-220 Ace 4 49 1 “We have to play better kick) Net Yd. Pasting 145 103 Flelning 4 39 0 than that,” Candaele added. 8:34, SS—Trosclair 10 yard run (Beaulac Passes 39-16-5 25-13-1 Thomas 2 29 0 kick) Punts-Average 7-35.7 7-28.7 Perry 2 17 0 “They were definitely more Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-2 Bauer 1 2 0 physical than we were. We SECOND QUARTER Penalties-Yds. 6-55 9-70 Riddell 2 2 0 Wilson 1 7 0 just have to play with a little :04, SS—Hernandez 3 yard interception more effort and a little more return (Beaulac kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Sonoma No. Yds. TD precision.” Rushing Mitchell 7 66 1 • THIRD QUARTER Gauchos No. Yds. Avg. TD Demery 2 8 0 Youth and inexperience Bauer 7 18 2.6 0 Campbell 10 0 are most likely the team’s 13:15, SS—Williams 53 yard interception Zola 5 16 3.2 0 Mendiola 1 5 0 return (Beaulac kick) Riddell 8 11 1.4 0 Epps 1 6 0 worst enemies, as Candaele 5:14, SS—Mitchell 5 yard pass from Speer Cuitius 5 -2 (-0.4) 0 Demugnaio 1 8 0 noted. (Beaulac kick) Wildt 3 -11 (-3.7) 0 RICHARD 0'ROURKE/D.Ay Nexus Missing offensively is Passing After a three-year wait the Gaucho football program quarterback Steve Arms Gauchos PA PC PI YdsTD Wildt 17 6 3 41 0 will be granted Division n status in time for the 1991 trong, last season’s leader of the Gaucho “air show” FOURTH QUARTER Sonoma No. Yds. Avg. TD Cuitius 22 10 2 104 1 season, the NCAA announced this summer. Campbell 16 115 7.2 1 which was grounded last 6:39, SS—Epperson 23 yard interception Trosclair 15 61 4.1 1 Sonoma PA PC PI YdsTD Saturday. Wildt (6-17, 41 return Qfemulac kick) Ramani 5 24 4.8 0 Vanderpool 13 6 0 45 0 1:53, UCSB—Ace 6 yard pass from Cur- Milton 5 18 3.6 0 Speer 11 7 1 58 1 yards, 3 int.), a junior- tius (Anderson kick) Speer 1 -1 (-1) 0 Baily 1 0 0 0 0 Gaucho Football Wins college transfer from Long Beach who redshirted last year, started the game and the line of scrimmage the year we’ve played them and "We’ve just got to play Div. II Status for 1991 Curtius (10-22,104 yards, 2 whole game and we never defensively we took them better as a team, we have to int.), who has seen playing could generate any running out of the game. condition a little bit harder By Scott Lawrence time in each of the last two game. We turned the foot “We were (expecting a and we’ve got to come on to Staff Writer ____________________________________________________ seasons, ended it ball over five times — three little bit more from UCSB), the field more ready to “I couldn’t see that either picks for three touch they’ve always given us a lot play,” Gaucho comerback quarterback stood out, to be downs,” he said about his of problems. We were ex Kurt Bomke said after the honest,” Candaele said. “I team which returned just pecting it to be a real hard loss. “Game-wise I don’t UCSB football’s drive to step up in division classifica will have to look at the film two starters at offensive line battle,” he added. think we were quite as in tion ended this summer when the NCAA announced the to evaluate it, but it really this season, center Lance Although Santa Bar tense and enthusiastic as we Gauchos will have Division II status in time for the 1991 doesn’t appear that either Comes and tackle Greg bara’s defense was run over should have been and ready season. was better than the other.” Hirschler. by the Cossacks early in the for this game, on the other The announcement comes four years after the The two found preseason game — Glen Campbell hand we pretty much got school’s Division III gridders regained intercollegiate “Defensively we put out All Americans Johnny Àce as good a performance as scored on a 38-yard run and out manned by the other status in 1986 following a 15-year hiatus, and three years and Fleming a total of just I’ve seen," said Sonoma Shelton Trosclair ran 10 team.” after the program began actively seeking Division II four times each — Ace for State Head Coach Tim yards for a TD in the first NOTES membership.