By John Greely / Staff Writer Published Thursday, October 9, 2008 Craig Calkins / Daily Nexus Some days, nothing goes right. The Gauchos just had one of those days. In front of a crowd of over 2,500 fans, UCSB blew two leads and squandered several opportunities on their way to a 2-2 tie with conference rival Cal State Northridge. “It hurts,” junior forward David Walker said. And no, he was not just referring to the numerous battle scars he was sporting from the violent contest. UCSB started off dominating the Matadors and capitalized in the eighth minute when Walker finished off a couple of beautiful passes from senior strikers Chris Pontius and Nick Perera. After receiving the ball while streaking down the right side, Walker put the ball past CSUN keeper Kevin Guppy to give the Gauchos an early lead. However, as would be a...
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