Volleyball

May 20, 2021

Gauchos Win First-Ever Big West Championship Title in Successful Season

By Preston Espar

The Gauchos defeated Pepperdine 3-1 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

April 26, 2021

Gauchos Win Their First-Ever Big West Championship, Clinch Berth in NCAA Tournament

By Preston Espar

An 8-3 run at the end of the final set secured the victory for UCSB

April 19, 2021

Gauchos Knock Off Tritons in Season Finale, Clinch Second Seed in BWT

By Preston Espar

With the victory, the Gauchos clinched the second seed as well as a first-round bye in the Big West Tournament

April 18, 2021

No.18 Gauchos Take First Two Games Against Tritons

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara men’s volleyball team extended their winning streak to seven games as they took the first two matches of a three-game set against the UC San Diego Triton

March 5, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Beats No. 12 UCLA 3-1 on Tuesday Night

By Jesse Morrison

With 3 games and 9 straight set wins, the No. 4 UCSB men’s volleyball team, now 3-0, toppled their competition in their 2020 season debut at-home invitational. 

February 24, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Men’s Volleyball Sweeps No. 6 Pepperdine

By Jesse Morrison

Senior setter Casey McGarry had another huge performance picking up 40 assists in this game.

February 19, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Travels to Pauley Pavilion To Take on No. 8 UCLA

By Jesse Morrison

All signs point to UCSB coming out and putting on a show at Wednesday night’s match.

February 10, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Takes Down No. 15 Ohio State and No. 9 Penn State

By Jesse Morrison

Now, with an 8-2 record, UCSB has one more road match at UCLA before a much-needed home stretch.

February 6, 2020

UCSB Travels to the Midwest for a Matchup With Ohio State

By Jesse Morrison

UCSB has another great opportunity ahead of them, a chance to bounce back after a tough week and pick up a gritty road win versus a top team in college volleyball

February 4, 2020

Men’s Volleyball Suffers First Loss of the Season

By Jesse Morrison

BYU would win Friday’s matchup 3-1 and Saturday’s contest 3-2.

January 30, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Set for Primetime Matchups Against No. 2 BYU

By Jesse Morrison

The Gauchos currently hold the highest rank in the Big West Conference for kills per set, digs per set and assists per set.

January 27, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Extends Win Streak With Sweep Of No. 8 Stanford

By Jesse Morrison

The Gauchos were challenged with their first true road match of the year as they traveled north to take on the Cardinal.

January 23, 2020

No. 3 UCSB Men’s Volleyball Travels North To Face No. 8 Stanford

By Jesse Morrison

This is the second year in a row that UCSB has begun its season 5-0; a testament to their good coaching as well as a consistent winning culture around UC Santa Barbara

January 20, 2020

UCSB Men’s Volleyball Dominates at Home and Advances to 5-0

By Jesse Morrison

The weekend was a busy one for the Gauchos, as they had a matchup with No. 10 Purdue University Fort Wayne on Friday and Ball State University on Saturday

January 16, 2020

Gauchos Put Perfect Record to the Test Against No. 10 Mastodons

By Jesse Morrison

A road win against a highly ranked team like UCSB would be huge for the landscape of Purdue Fort Wayne’s season, whereas UCSB looks to maintain their perfect home record going into league play.

January 14, 2020

UCSB Men’s Volleyball Rolls Through Asics Invitational

By Annika Pearson

Santa Barbara’s success awarded four of its players to the All-Tournament Team: setter Randy DeWeese, setter Casey McGarry, opposite Keenan Sanders and libero Grady Yould.