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NCAA Regional Analysis

GAUCHOS L O O K F O R L U C K Y 1 3 By Brian Berger PALO ALTO—Watching the 1996 NCAA West Regional this weekend, one thing became very apparent: UCSB has a long way to go. Yes, the 1996 season came as a great surprise to many. The team was expected to finish fifth in one of the nation’s-toughest conferences and miss the league tournament for the second con­ secutive year. However, the Gauchos be­ came one of the strongest offen­ sive squads, not only in the league but in the country, post­ ing 8.4 runs per game. Unfortu­ nately for the pitching staff and Head Coach Bob Brontsema, that high-powered offense dis­ appeared over the last four games, resulting in Santa Bar­ bara’s early exit from both the B ig West and NCAA tournaments.

a i t a t i j a l u b i i u i u ] i m n i A number of explanations THE WHIFF: UCSB junior right fielder Collin Weitzman goes down on strikes against Florida State's Chuck Howell in the first inning o f lacITof runs °lmtthe onlvcansis- Florida State’s 10-1 victory at Stanford’s Sunken Diamond. The loss ended the Gauchos' season. tent reason is that the Gauchos were simply outmatched. In its two games at Stanford, Santa Barbara had the misfor­ Gauchos Fall to Seminóles in NCAA Playoffs; tune of facing both Mississippi State and Florida State. Both teams have a rich history of post­ Loss Is Team’s Eighth-Straight Regional Defeat season success (MSU has ap­ peared in 13 regionals, FSU in > 34,’including 19- consecutive), while UCSB has had only five UCSB Eliminated From NCAAs After Managing Just One Run Against #1 Seed Florida State playoff berths—the last in 1990. By Curtis Kaiser ida State Seminoles (51-16) in a must-win game at the NCAA West Whether the Gauchos choose Staff Writer Regional Tournament. UCSB was clearly no match for the powerful to admit it or not, their lack of FSU squad, which downed Santa Barbara 10-1 en route to winning postseason experience assuredly the tourney and advancing to the 50th annual College affected the team's performance. PALO ALTO — Missing: the Gaucho offense.... Last seen: in a in Omaha, Neb. As seen in all professional and come-from-behind 10-9 win to close out the regular season at Cal “We’re disappointed with the way we played on the weekend,” college sports, veteran squads State Fullerton. ... Current status: unknown. said UCSB Head Coach Bob Brontsema. “We didn’t show the of­ know how to execute in the The UCSB team’s batting lineup, a cast of sluggers that fense that we showed much of the year, and a lot of the credit goes to clutch while teams with little ex­ propelled the squad to a 32-16 regular season mark and a second- the we faced.” perience seem to be over­ place tie in the Big West, suddenly disappeared when the postseason Having lost to #3 seed Mississippi State (38-22) 6-2 after blowing a whelmed. Not one player on came along, scoring a total of just seven runs as the squad lost four 2-0 lead on Friday, UCSB had its back against the wall as it faced one Santa Barbara’s 25-man roster straight playoff games to end the season. of the nation’s top teams. had any playoff experience, and On Saturday afternoon at Stanford University’s Sunken Dia­ mond, the #4-seeded Gauchos (32-20) took on the #l-seeded Flor­ See SUNKEN, p.3A See GAUCHOS, p.2A Okada Named All-American After Two NCAA Victories By Steven Large Staff Writer

The saying goes, “There is a first time for everything,” and for UCSB senior Jean Okada, that held true in her second-round win at the NCAA individual championships, which fortunately could not have come at a better time. Okada’s 6-4, 6-3 stomping of the University of Florida’s Bon­ nie Bleeker in Tallahassee, FI., Erin Patrick on Thursday gave the Gauchos’ #1 singles player All-American status—the first women’s tennis player at Santa Barbara ever to SPORT: women's ACCOMPLISHMENT: achieve that feat. swim m ing The senior captain led While the All-American title may be downplayed by the HOMETOWN: Gaucho women's humble Okada, her ability to ad­ Pittsburgh, PA swimming in almost every \ vance to the round of 16 in the championship — also the last meet this year by being YEAR: Senior tournament of her college career competitive in four —shows that her timing was just Jean Okada right. different individual events. STATS: “This was probably my best year,” Okada said. “I improved a little each year and there was never any digression.” Finished second in the QUOTABLE: “Going into a race, I just want to Okada’s straight-set defeat of Bleeker was a little surprising to some, after a less-than-crushing first-round victoiy against an in­ Big West Championships beat the other swimmers. I have swam the race jured Dana Peterson, also of Florida. Bleeker is known for her intense attitude on the court, but her for the 100 freestyle with so many times, I know I can win. I just have to game was not at its peak when second-round action began. a time of 51.36 seconds do it." “She wasn’t playing her best,” Okada said. “She had had a singles and a doubles match the day before, and I think that she was kind of worn-out.”

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not offer any scholarships to their athletes — all of GAUCHOS which feel that they are Continued from p.lA worthy of at least one. The no one was used to playing athletics budget is tight in front of 1,000-plus fans and community support is (as was the case in the nearly nonexistent, so the regionals). hands of Athletic Director The question that is Dr. Gary Cunningham are raised from this year’s tied. games is what can UCSB The only true answer is do to return to the region­ that Santa Barbara must als within six years? There eliminate money from are a few easy answers, but other programs, but the actually getting results will only way this can occur is be difficult. by eliminating entire The Gauchos have only sports programs. A.YX by Marc Peterson half of the allotted scholar­ The 21 current intercol­ ships NCAA regulations legiate athletic teams do allow. Northeastern Illi­ nothing but drain money nois was the only other from the budget and put squad in the region with­ those programs that are on out 13 full scholarships. the verge of being nation­ Not coincidentally, the ally successful that much Golden Eagles and Santa farther away. Barbara were the first two If Santa Barbara wants teams eliminated. to achieve glory in the ath­ The obvious solution is letic arena, it is time to re­ ■* ? r v * " *■ «1 *• O ri? to give the team the re­ ctify by thinning programs "loo S ia ALL 15® CltouJbE-O mainder of the scholar­ and then rebuilding when ships and let them hand it can truly support them. out 13 full rides a year, but Maybe then, other schools the truth is UCSB cannot one year can return from afford to do that. the playoffs wanting to be É M Currently on campus, like the Gauchos instead there are numerous inter­ of UCSB dreaming about collegiate sports that do being like other teams. Keri Phebus began. A nt And then it was over, as OKADA was her illustrious collegi­ lo o £xft5V£lVÉ 3 u sr P iM tr Continued from p.lA ate career. Buyer's guide to desert islands. Okada was a little spent Okada, who was de­ herself, as were most of the feated by Phebus at the contestants suffering from preseason Rolex Invita­ Florida’s neverending tional earlier this year, lost T h e (furio) by RJtoon heat, which nearly to the #5 player in the eclipsed the century marie country 6-2, 6-1. on several occasions “[Phebus] returns a lot throughout the week. of balls, so to win you can’t “I was still not playing make any unforced er­ my best,” Okada said. “But rors,” Okada said. “I was I just stuck with my game really off. I wasn’t aiming and I guess I got lucky. It and I wasn’t working my w asn ’t my best points well. I "wasn’t really tournament.” playing well.” But' hei luck did not The NCAA Champion­ cany into third-round ac­ ships culminated Monday tion at the NCAAs. Just with Florida’s Jill Craybas 1V4 hours after her win (4) defeating file Univer­ against Bleeker, Okada’s sity of Kansas’ Kylie Hunt match against UCLA’s (1) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

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