2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

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
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	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
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	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 represents 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

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball 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

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.
8. "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

External links

• UCSB Baseball