Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is the current Editor in Chief and was a Sports Editor before that since freshman year. He prefers to be called Merk as that was his nickname given to him by the gods. Sometimes, his evil twin Mork appears. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

June 7, 2016

Gauchos Defeat Xavier To Advance to First Super Regional in Program History

By Jorge Mercado

UCSB completed the sweep of the Nashville Regional after defeating Xavier 14-5 to advance to its first Super Regional in program history.

June 5, 2016

UCSB Defeats Xavier To Clinch Spot in Regional Championship

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos are now one win away from reaching their first ever Super Regionals after defeating Xavier in a narrow one-run victory at 5-4.

June 3, 2016

Gauchos Win on Walk-Off Home Run in 14th Inning

By Jorge Mercado

Sophomore Austin Bush hit a walk-off home run after a 14-inning contest, blasting the Gauchos to the winners match with a 3-2 victory.

June 2, 2016

UCSB Confident Heading into Nashville for NCAA Regionals

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos are the No. 2 seed headed into the Nashville Regional and will face Washington of Friday at 12 pm in the first game of the Double Elimination tournament.

June 2, 2016

2016 Nexus Sport Awards: Gauchos in Full Effect

By Sean White, Jorge Mercado, Daniel Moebus-Bowles, Ryan Burns, Antonia Bird, Sinead Leon, Liam Bailey, Xavier Cardenas, Elliot Thornton, Duncan MacPhee

Reminisce on the best moments, storylines and highlights of the 2015-2016 sports season.

May 30, 2016

UCSB Ends Regular Season With Disappointment

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos lost their final series of the regular season but still have high hopes in making the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row.

May 26, 2016

UCSB Looks to Secure Third in Conf. Standings

By Jorge Mercado

Preparing for its home finale this weekend, UCSB is 23-4 in home games and will look to secure a series victory over UCR in order to clinch the third seed and a good seeding in the NCAA Regionals.

May 24, 2016

UCSB Wins in Walk-Off Fashion Over Gonzaga

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos were able to win its final non-conference game of the season by scoring three runs in the final inning to defeat the Bulldogs.

May 23, 2016

Gauchos Score Two Road Victories at Irvine

By Jorge Mercado

UCSB picks up two solid wins at Irvine to maintain a solid conference record and third place standing with only one week left in conference play.

May 19, 2016

Checketts’ Method: A Winning Culture Reborn

By Jorge Mercado

Since his arrival in 2011 and his coaching debut in 2012, Head Coach Andrew Checketts has brought a winning culture back to UCSB baseball.

May 19, 2016

Gauchos Look to Enchance Playoff Chances at Irvine

By Jorge Mercado

Having not won a series at UC Irvine since 1986, UCSB will look to end that 30-year drought this weekend in order to climb up the conference ladder and make a run at making its second straight NCAA regional.

May 18, 2016

UCSB Sweeps UCLA For First Time Since 2006

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos narrowly defeated UCLA 4-3 at Jackie Robinson Stadium to secure a season sweep against the Bruins for the first time since 2006.

May 16, 2016

UCSB Struggles to Get Back on Track

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos were unable to capitalize on hosting Cal State Fullerton and lost the series putting them now four games behind the Titans.

May 13, 2016

Gauchos Look To Break Slump Against Big West Best Fullerton

By Jorge Mercado

UCSB looks to climb the conference ladder as it takes on the best team in the Big West so far this season in Cal State Fullerton.

May 11, 2016

Gauchos Doomed by Lackluster Performance at Home

By Jorge Mercado

UCSB's 17-game home winning streak is no more after squandering a 3-0 lead heading into the eighth inning and losing to Cal State Bakersfield.

May 9, 2016

UCSB Drops Another Conference Road Series

By Jorge Mercado

The Gauchos were riding a five-game winning streak when they entered their weekend match-up with UC Davis, however, the Aggies gave them more than they expected and handed UCSB another conference road loss.