Richard Benites

October 11, 2018

Men’s Water Polo Travels to Stanford for MPSF Tournament

By Richard Benites

The No. 5 Gauchos will take a break from Big West competition when they travel to Stanford to take on No. 15 Pomona-Pitzer on Friday as part of the invitational tournament.

October 4, 2018

No. 7 UCSB to Host No. 17 San Jose State as Conference Play Commences

By Richard Benites

After 17 matches’ worth of invitational meets and tournaments, Golden Coast Conference play for Men’s Water Polo is now finally upon us. To open up the new campaign, No.7 UCSB will be hosting No. 17 San Jose State th...

May 2, 2018

Ready For More: DeWeese’s UCSB Journey Has Yet To Peak

By Richard Benites

After a nationally ranked finish to the season, the UCSB Men's Volleyball team can certainly say the first year of Big West play was a success. Sophomore Randy DeWeese provided his perspective on the Gaucho's campaign.

April 25, 2018

Meta Mock Draft: Breaking Down The First Round Of The 2018 NFL Draft

By Richard Benites

Staff Writer Richard Benites randomly selected the mock drafts of 25 of today’s top sports world analysts and isolated their popular majority per player, per draft pick to piece together his annual Meta Mock Draft.

April 20, 2018

No. 12/5th-Seeded Gauchos Eliminated From Big West Tournament

By Richard Benites

UCSB's postseason hopes were dashed as fourth-seeded CSUN bested the Gauchos in four sets. Santa Barbara ends the season at 11-13 overall.

April 19, 2018

5th-Seeded Gauchos Will Hope To Make Miracle Run at Inaugural Big West Tourney

By Richard Benites

It’s a short week for the UCSB men’s volleyball team this time around, as the Gauchos are heading down to Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid for the first inaugural Big West Tournament.

April 16, 2018

No. 12 UCSB Closes Out Regular Season With 3-0 Loss at UC Irvine

By Richard Benites

This loss puts Santa Barbara at No. 5 in the Big West League standings as they finish the regular season 11-12 overall and 4-6 in Big West to hold the No. 5 seed heading into the tournament.

April 13, 2018

No. 12 UCSB Completes 5-Set Comeback, Upsets No. 3 UCI at Home

By Richard Benites

The UCSB men's volleyball team can now take a sigh of relief as its losing streak is broken after managing to pull off an exciting comeback win as it defeated UC Irvine for the upset in the last home game of the regular ...

April 12, 2018

No. 11 Gauchos Look To Gain Momentum as Season Ends

By Richard Benites

With this being the final weekend before the Big West Tournament, this is UCSB’s final chance to improve its current fifth-place standing and make a little noise come postseason time.

March 20, 2018

No. 12 UCSB Drops Back-to-Back Matches vs. No. 1 Long Beach State

By Richard Benites

The Gauchos' five match streak has officially come to an end following back-to-back losses against the nation's top team.

March 15, 2018

The Time is Now: Gauchos Will Attempt to Pull Off Upset Of No. 1 LBSU

By Richard Benites

This week is sure to be an exciting spectacle as the UCSB men’s volleyball team will visit No. 1 Long Beach State on Thursday. The Gauchos will play host to the 49ers the following day. These next couple of games are a...

March 12, 2018

UCSB Continues Win Streak Over Ball State

By Richard Benites

After five total wins in a row, and three of which were clean sweeps, the Gauchos are now officially on fire. Their fine form and recent string of dominant performances are now beginning to cement their status as a top 1...

March 10, 2018

Gauchos Extend Win Streak to Four With 3-0 Sweep of Fort Wayne

By Richard Benites

It was yet another fine showing by the UCSB men’s volleyball team as it hosted Fort Wayne at home this Friday and came to play right from the very first whistle as they bested the visiting Mastodons by a 3-0 score.

March 9, 2018

T-No. 14 UCSB Set to Host Fort Wayne and No. 10 Ball State This Week

By Richard Benites

The regular season rolls on as the recently in-form UCSB men’s volleyball team will want to continue their winning ways with matches against Fort Wayne and No. 10 Ball State this weekend.

March 4, 2018

Gauchos Cruise Past Tritons With 3-0 Sweep

By Richard Benites

UCSB captured its third consecutive while on the road with its defeat of the UCSD Tritons.

March 2, 2018

No. 15 Gauchos Win Third Straight Following Road Victory over the Trojans

By Richard Benites

Now at an even split of a 3-3 overall road record, the UCSB men’s volleyball team was calm and composed as it got the job done on Thursday night against USC.