Barry Punzal

If the last match on Saturday at the $60,000 AVP Santa Barbara Open is any indication of how Sunday’s final day of action is going to go, then beach volleyball fans are in for real treat. Defending men’s champions and top-seeded Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst we... See more

It’s going to be a hot time at East Beach this weekend, and it’s not just due to the weather. The AVP is back in town and the action on the volleyball courts will be fast and furious as professional and semi-pro men’s and women’s doubles teams battle for ... See more

This wasn’t the way the UC Santa Barbara’s men’s soccer team expected things to go in its Big West opener on Wednesday at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos struggled at finishing scoring chances, conceded a second-half goal on a defensive miscue and had a key p... See more

Several of the players who started the winning tradition in boys soccer at Santa Barbara High gathered for a reunion at the home of their coach, Lito Garcia, recently. Started in 1973 by student Alfonso Guzman, the Dons’ soccer program three-peated as CIF... See more

The start of conference play provided a fresh start for a UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team that ended its preseason schedule on a six-match losing streak. But after losing the first set against visiting Cal State Northridge on Friday night, the Ga... See more