Omar Hernandez

March 5, 2020

No. 8 Gauchos To Kick Off Conference Play On Saturday

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos will take on a pair of Claremont Colleges, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas  and Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, before facing off against the Cal State Northridge Matadors.

February 26, 2020

Gauchos Host Flames Squad In Search of Their First Win

By Omar Hernandez

UCSB is riding high early on in its Big West title defense season, but this next slate of games has all the makings of a trap series.

February 20, 2020

No. 9 UCSB Women’s Water Polo Heads South for Barbara Kalbus Invitational

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos’ first match is set to get underway at 4:15 p.m. on Friday in Irvine, and the game against either San Diego State or Stanford will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

February 6, 2020

Women’s Water Polo Set to Compete in Triton Invitational

By Omar Hernandez

This weekend is a great opportunity for the Gauchos to take on some of the top teams in the nation, and they will be hoping to gain some momentum heading into conference play.

January 23, 2020

No. 9 UCSB Looking for Revenge at Michigan Invite

By Omar Hernandez

UCSB will have a great chance for revenge on Sunday, but they’ll have to be on their A-game if they want to take down the No. 7-ranked Wolverines. 

January 20, 2020

No. 11 Gauchos Kick Off Season With Historic Win Over No. 2 Bruins

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos closed out the weekend with a 19-2 blowout against Ottawa University-Arizona.

January 16, 2020

No. 11 UCSB Women’s Water Polo To Host Winter Invite

By Omar Hernandez

This opening slate of games will be a great opportunity for UCSB to see how it currently measures up against some of the top teams in the country.

January 9, 2020

Women’s Water Polo Looks to Build Off Historic Season

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos will be looking to build off a historic 2018-19 campaign that included a program-record 22 wins.

December 8, 2019

UCSB Men’s Soccer Falls Just Short of College Cup Berth

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos lost 1-0 to the No. 4 Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament.

December 3, 2019

UCSB Advances to Elite Eight in Double-Overtime Thriller

By Omar Hernandez

UCSB set the tone of the match early on with a physical style of play that seemed to throw the Hoosiers off their game. 

November 25, 2019

Gauchos Rout No. 12 St. Mary’s, Advance To Sweet Sixteen

By Omar Hernandez

This has been a historic postseason run for the Gauchos, marking their first time winning 3 games in the NCAA Tourney since 2009.

November 22, 2019

No. 23 Gauchos Take Down Golden Bears in First Round of NCAA Tourney

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos came out on Thursday night and played one of their best games of the season against a Cal squad that had defeated two top-five teams in the last couple weeks.

November 17, 2019

No. 15 Gauchos Fall to No. 24 Aggies in Big West Championship Game

By Omar Hernandez

With the defeat, UCSB has now lost the opportunity to automatically qualify for the NCAA D1 Tournament.

November 14, 2019

Gauchos Return to the Thunderdome for Two-Game Homestand

By Omar Hernandez

UCSB faces off against SJSU at 7 p.m. on Friday and plays USC at 7 p.m. on Monday.

November 10, 2019

No. 15 Gauchos Beat Matadors 2-0, Advance to Big West Tournament Final

By Omar Hernandez

The UCSB men's soccer team controlled the ball — and the game — from kickoff on Saturday night.

November 7, 2019

UCSB Women’s Basketball Starts Off Season With Win Over Utah Valley

By Omar Hernandez

The Gauchos never trailed during the 59-51 victory and were able to get key contributions from freshman players playing in their first official game.