2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team

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2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos wordmark.svg
Conference Big West Conference
Record19–9 (6–4 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Blaine Nielsen (3rd season)
  • Jonah Seif (3rd season)
Home arena Robertson Gymnasium
The Thunderdome
Seasons
 2021
2023  
2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  y82 .800216 .778
No. 1 Hawai'i  y73 .700275 .844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara  64 .600199 .679
No. 10 UC San Diego  55 .5001311 .542
No. 13 UC Irvine  37 .3001015 .400
CSUN  19 .100615 .286
Conference champion
2022 Big West Tournament champion

The 2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team represents University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Gauchos, led by fourteenth year head coach Rick McLaughlin, split their home games between Robertson Gymnasium and The Thunderdome. The Gauchos compete as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as one of two teams to finish fourth in the Big West preseason poll. [1]

Contents

Roster

2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos roster [2]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 1 Jaden Glenn - Sophomore
  • 8 Ryan Pecsok - Sophomore
  • 19 Max Gordon - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 6 Donovan Todorov - Sophomore
  • 10 Brandon Hicks - Junior
  • 15 Dain Johnson - Sophomore
  • 20 Reece Francke - Sophomore
  • 24 Rhys Tracy - Sophomore
 

Outside hitters

  • 3 Owen Birg - Freshman
  • 5 Ben Coordt - Freshman
  • 9 Ryan Wilcox - Junior
  • 12 Dayne Chalmers - Sophomore
  • 13 Ethan Young - Sophomore
  • 14 Andrew Reavis - Sophomore
  • 17 Andrew McSweeney - Sophomore
  • 19 Max Gordon - Freshman
  • 21 Nick Amoruso - Sophomore
  • 22 Max Cajuste - Sophomore
  • 23 Sam Collins - Sophomore
  • 25 Dominic Lang - Sophomore
  • 30 Sam Meister - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 2 Geste Bianchi - Freshman
  • 3 Owen Birg - Freshman
  • 4 Rees Barnett - Sophomore
  • 7 Haotian Xia - Junior
  • 21 Nick Amoruso - Sophomore
  • 30 Sam Meister - Freshman
  • 31 Spencer Olivier - Redshirt.svg Junior

Setters

  • 1 Jaden Glenn - Sophomore
  • 16 Conor Dunn - Sophomore
  • 18 Patrick Paragas - Sophomore
  • 28 Greg Baglio - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:

ESPN+ will carry most home and all conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaming partner.
Date
time
OpponentRankArena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(Big West Record)
1/6
3 p.m.
USC #11 Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational)
ESPN+ L 2–3
(25–19, 22–25, 25–17, 23–25, 8–15) [3]
10–1
1/7
3 p.m.
USC#11Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
(UCSB Asics Invitational)
ESPN+L 1–3
(25–20, 17–25, 18–25, 22–25) [4]
10–2
1/8
3 p.m.
#10 UC San Diego #11Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
Cancelled- COVID-19
1/11
3 p.m.
Saint Xavier Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–17)
11–2
1/19
5 p.m.
Princeton The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+L 1–3
(25–22, 18–25, 29–31, 13–25) [5]
11–3
1/21
5:30 p.m.
@ #4 Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WaveCasts W 3–2
(24–26, 25–21, 25–22, 21–25, 15–7) [6]
8252–3
1/28
6 p.m.
#4 Penn State The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–13, 25–21, 25–21) [7]
1113–3
1/29
7 p.m.
#9 Ohio State The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
(Battle of the Bigs)
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–19, 25–18, 26–28, 25–17)
1764–3
2/4
5 p.m.
#2 Pepperdine#11The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(26–24, 25–19, 23–25, 25–15)
1255–3
2/9
7 p.m.
@ #7 USC#8 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 LA L 0–3
(20–25, 22–25, 23–25) [8]
3035–4
2/11
7 p.m.
@ #9 Grand Canyon #8 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–2
(22–25, 25–23, 25–21, 14–25, 20–18) [9]
6926–4
2/12
7 p.m.
@ #9 Grand Canyon#8GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–2
(21–25, 25–12, 25–23, 20–25, 15–12) [10]
6047–4
2/18
7 p.m.
#13 BYU #6The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–21, 25–18, 25–23) [11]
1008–4
2/19
7 p.m.
#13 BYU#6Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
W 3–1
(25–22, 28–26, 26–28, 26–24) [12]
1259–4
2/24
7 p.m.
#11 UC San Diego*#6The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–20, 23–25, 25–19, 25–21) [13]
27210–4
(1–0)
3/3
7 p.m.
Cal Lutheran #5Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB SN on StretchW 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–10)
8511–4
3/4
7 p.m.
LIU #5Robertson Gymnasium
Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB SN on StretchW 3–0
(25–13, 25–22, 25–13)
10012–4
3/10
7 p.m.
CSUN*#5The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–18, 25–17, 25–17)
21213–4
(2–0)
3/11
7 p.m.
@ CSUN*#5 Matadome
Northridge, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–23)
28614–4
(3–0)
3/25
7 p.m.
#3 Long Beach State*#6The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+L 1–3
(25–22, 19–25, 16–25, 19–25)
1,38614–5
(3–1)
3/26
7 p.m.
@ #3 Long Beach State*#6 Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, CA
ESPN+L 0–3
(21–25, 24–26, 22–25)
34214–6
(3–2)
3/30
7 p.m.
@ #14 UC Irvine*#6 Bren Events Center
Irvine, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–19, 25–18, 26–28, 25–22)
55815–6
(4–2)
4/1
7 p.m.
#14 UC Irvine*#6The Thunderdome
Isla Vista, CA
ESPN+W 3–0
(26–24, 25–19, 25–20)
10016–6
(5–2)
4/8
10 p.m.
@ #4 Hawai'i*#5 Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
ESPN+L 0–3
(16–25, 23–25, 26–28)
4,96016–7
(5–3)
4/9
10 p.m.
@ #4 Hawai'i*#5Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
ESPN+L 2–3
(25–19, 20–25, 26–24, 18–25, 10–15)
6,74416–8
(5–4)
4/15
7 p.m.
@ Concordia Irvine #6CU Arena
Irvine, CA
EagleEyeW 3–0
(25–23, 25–22, 25–21)
7717–8
4/16
7 p.m.
@ #9 UC San Diego*#6 RIMAC
La Jolla, CA
ESPN+W 3–1
(25–22, 18–25, 25–22, 25–14)
1,06918–8
(6–4)
4/21
9 p.m.
vs. CSUN
(6)
#6
(3)
Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West 1st Round)
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–19, 26–24, 26–24)
3,52119–8
4/22
9 p.m.
@ #4 Hawai'i
(2)
#6
(3)
Stan Sheriff Center
Manoa, HI
(Big West Semifinal)
ESPN+L 0–3
(18–25, 24–26, 14–25)
5,23819–9
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AVCA Coaches11 [14] RV [15] RV [16] RV [17] 11 [18] 8 [19] 6 [20] 6 [21] 5555665666
Off the Block MediaNot releasedRV [22] [23] [24] 9 [25] 8 [26] 7 [27] 6 [28] 64776777^8

^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Post-Conference Tournament poll.

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