2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
Tony Gwynn Legacy Series champions
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	36–18 (16–14 Big West)
Head coach	Andrew Checketts (14th season);
Associate head coach	Matt Fonteno (6th season)
Assistant coach	Kyle Hunt (1st season)
Pitching coach	Dylan Jones (6th season)
Home stadium	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium

2025 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 23 UC Irvine ‍†‍‍^y	24	–	6	–	0	.800	43	–	17	–	0	.717
Cal Poly ‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	43	–	19	–	0	.694
Cal State Fullerton ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0	.633	29	–	27	–	0	.518
‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0	.533	36	–	18	–	0	.667
Hawai'i ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0	.533	35	–	21	–	0	.625
UC San Diego ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	26	–	25	–	0	.510
Long Beach State ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	22	–	31	–	0	.415
UC Davis ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	27	–	28	–	0	.491
CSUN ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	15	–	34	–	0	.306
Cal State Bakersfield ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	18	–	38	–	0	.321
UC Riverside ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0	.167	16	–	36	–	0	.308

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 1, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team representes University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gauchos play their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as a member of the Big West Conference. They are led by head coach Andrew Checketts, in his fourteenth year as head coach.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 7, 2025. UCSB was selected to win the conference.^[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	UCSB	99 (9)
2	UC Irvine	89 (2)
3	Cal Poly	79
4	Hawaii	76
5	UC San Diego	63
6	CSUN	50
7	UC Davis	47
T−8	Cal State Fullerton	36
T−8	Long Beach State	36
10	Cal State Bakersfield	18
11	UC Riverside	12

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH

Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Game log

2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball game log (30–16)

Regular season (30–16)

February (8–1)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	BWC
February 14	ESPN+	Campbell*	No. 22	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 6–1	Krodel (1–0)	Murray (0–1)	Tryba (1)	709	1–0	—
February 15	ESPN+	Campbell*	No. 22	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 7–2	Flora (1–0)	Rossow (0–1)	Jackson (1)	932	2–0	—
February 16	ESPN+	Campbell*	No. 22	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 14–4	Hoover (1–0)	Grubich (0–1)	None	585	3–0	—
February 18	ESPN+	Saint Mary's (CA)	No. 21	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 5–1	Gardini (1–0)	Moring (0–1)	Santiago (1)	496	3–1	—
Tony Gwynn Legacy Series
February 21		vs. Seattle U*	No. 21	Triton Ballpark La Jolla, CA	W 9–3	Jackson (1–0)	Smith (0–2)	None	422	4–1	—
February 22	MW Network	at San Diego State*	No. 21	Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA	W 7–5	Peterson (1–0)	Young (0–1)	None	1,751	5–1	—
February 23		vs. Cal Baptist*	No. 21	Tony Gwynn Stadium	W 6–3	Prosky (1–0)	New (1–1)	Hoover (1)	338	6–1	—

February 25	ESPN+	at Pepperdine*	No. 20	Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, CA	W 13–2	Moring (1–0)	Rios (0–1)	None	181	7–1	—
February 28	ESPN+	Fresno State*	No. 20	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 3–1	Bremner (1–0)	Anker (2–1)	Hoover (2)	556	8–1	—

March (9–8)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	BWC
March 1	ESPN+	Fresno State*	No. 20	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 8–7 (10)	Froling (1–0)	Anderson (0–2)	None	679	9–1	—
March 2	ESPN+	Fresno State*	No. 20	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 1–2	Cremarosa (2–2)	Proskey (1–1)	Hay (1)	621	9–2	—
March 4	B1G+	at USC*	No. 16	George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, CA	W 8–1	Aceves (1–0)	Baker (0–1)	None	291	10–2	—
March 7	ESPN+	CSUN	No. 16	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 4–3 (13)	Jackson (2–0)	Hernandez (0–1)	None	667	11–2	1–0
March 8	ESPN+	CSUN	No. 16	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 11–9	Olivas (1–0)	Davis (0–2)	Aceves (1)	821	12–2	2–0
March 9	ESPN+	CSUN	No. 16	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 10–9	Jackson (3–0)	Hall (0–1)	None	635	13–2	3–0
March 11	ESPN+	San Diego*	No. 15	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 8–4	Hoover (2–0)	Giordano (0–1)	Gallegos (1)	531	14–2	—
March 14	ESPN+	at Hawaii	No. 15	Les Murakami Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 2–1	Bremner (2–0)	Takemoto (1–3)	Jackson (2)	3,948	15–2	4–0
March 15	ESPN+	at Hawaii	No. 15	Les Murakami Stadium	L 5–17	Rodriguez (2–0)	Flora (1–1)	Magdaleno (2)	4,421	15–3	4–1
March 16	ESPN+	at Hawaii	No. 15	Les Murakami Stadium	L 0–1	Walls (2–0)	Proskey (1–2)	Magdaleno (3)	3,914	15–4	4–2
March 21	ESPN+	UC Irvine	No. 21	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 0–10	Kelly (3–0)	Bremner (2–1)	None	997	15–5	4–3
March 22	ESPN+	UC Irvine	No. 21	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 3–9	Hansen (4–0)	Flora (1–2)	Martin (5)	874	15–6	4–4
March 23	ESPN+	UC Irvine	No. 21	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 4–9	Ojeda (4–0)	Proskey (1–3)	Martin (6)	698	15–7	4–5
March 25	ESPN+	at Saint Mary's*		Louis Guisto Field Moraga, CA	W 7–2	Jackson (4–0)	Joslin (0–2)	None	417	16–7	—
March 28		at Long Beach State		Blair Field Long Beach, CA	L 6–9	Montgomery (5–2)	Bremner (2–2)	Roblez (2)	2,443	16–8	4–6
March 29	ESPN+	at Long Beach State		Blair Field	W 9–0	Proskey (2–3)	Fields (0–1)	None	2,217	17–8	5–6
March 30	ESPN+	at Long Beach State		Blair Field	L 4–5	Geiss (3–5)	Krodel (1–1)	Roblez (3)	2,815	17–9	5–7

April (3–1)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	BWC
April 1	ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount*		George C. Page Stadium	W 3–1	Aceves (2–0)	Chavez (0–1)	Tryba (2)	206	18–9	—
April 4	ESPN+	UC Davis		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	L 0–1	Green (2–2)	Bremner (2–3)	Lerma (1)	464	18–10	5–8
April 5	ESPN+	UC Davis		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 5–0	Proskey (3–3)	Frutchey (1–2)	None	593	19–10	6–8
April 6	ESPN+	UC Davis		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium	W 8–2	Flora (2–2)	Wood (2–3)	None	607	20–10	7–8
April 8	ESPN+	Pepperdine*		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium							—
April 11	ESPN+	at UC Riverside		Riverside Sports Complex Riverside, CA
April 12	ESPN+	at UC Riverside		Riverside Sports Complex
April 13	ESPN+	at UC Riverside		Riverside Sports Complex
April 14	ESPN+	at Cal Baptist*		James W. Totman Stadium El Sobrante, CA							—
Blue–Green Series
April 17	ESPN+	Cal Poly		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 18	ESPNU	Cal Poly		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
April 19	ESPN+	Cal Poly		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium

April 21	ESPN+	Cal Baptist*		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium							—
April 25	ESPN+	at UC San Diego		Triton Ballpark
April 26	ESPN+	at UC San Diego		Triton Ballpark
April 27	ESPN+	at UC San Diego		Triton Ballpark
April 28	ESPN+	at San Diego*		Fowler Park San Diego, CA							—

May (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	BWC
May 2	ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton		Goodwin Field Fullerton, CA
May 3	ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton		Goodwin Field
May 4	ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton		Goodwin Field
May 6	ESPN+	No. 25 USC*		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium							—
May 9	ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount*		George C. Page Stadium							—
May 10	ESPN+	Loyola Marymount*		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium							—
May 11	ESPN+	Loyola Marymount*		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium							—
May 15	ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
May 16	ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
May 17	ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield		Caesar Uyesaka Stadium

Postseason (0–0)

Big West tournament (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	BWCT Record	Source
May 21–25	ESPN+			Goodwin Field

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = UCSB team member * Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[4]	22	22*	19	15	17	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[5]	23	22	21	25	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[6]	25	20	18	18	17	15	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
D1Baseball^[7]	22	21	20	16	15	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game^[8]	24	22	22	22	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "Big West Conference 2025 Baseball Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
^ "UC Santa Barbara Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025 Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll". bigwest.org. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". ucsbgauchos.com. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
^ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

UCSB Baseball

[1] "Big West Conference 2025 Baseball Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved May 25, 2025.

[2] "UC Santa Barbara Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025 Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll". bigwest.org. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

[3] "2025 Baseball Schedule". ucsbgauchos.com. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

[4] "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[5] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[7] "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[perfect_game-8] "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
Venues	Campus Diamond (1922–1963) Caesar Uyesaka Stadium (1964–present)
People	Head coaches
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College World Series appearances in italics