Week in Sports Update
TOP SPORTING EVENTS: NOVEMBER 8-22
The CIF girls volleyball playoffs begin tonight (Tue., Nov. 8) with Santa Barbara High (Division 1AA) and Cate School (4AA) hosting matches. Dos Pueblos, the Channel League champion, is seeded third in Division 1AA and received a bye into the second round Thursday, as did Laguna Blanca in Division 4AA. Santa Barbara is the top-seeded team in Division 2 girls tennis and will open the playoffs on its home courts Thursday.
Channel League boys water polo co-champions Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos both will have home games Wednesday evening in the first round of the Division 1 playoffs.
UCSB’s soccer team enters the postseason with a Big West Tournament semifinal match Wednesday night against visiting UC Davis. With a victory, the second-seeded Gauchos would either travel to top-seeded UC Irvine or host UC Riverside in the championship match Saturday night.
Dos Pueblos, coming off a 20-12 win over Santa Barbara, will try to cap its push for the football playoffs with a Thursday night home game against San Marcos. Santa Barbara might still qualify for the playoffs with a win over Buena.
On Friday night, Bishop Diego and Carpinteria will take the football spotlight at La Playa Stadium. Bishop has won the Frontier League championship, while Carpinteria could share the Tri-Valley League title if Nordhoff loses to Oak Park this weekend.
UCSB hosts Chapman in a season-opening men’s basketball game Friday night. Two other Gaucho teams play their home finales Saturday — the water polo men against UC Irvine and the volleyball women against Cal Poly.
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Tuesday, November 8
High school girls volleyball — CIF playoffs, first round: Royal at Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.; Don Lugo at Cate, 7 p.m.; Bishop Diego at North Torrance, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 9
High school boys water polo — CIF playoffs, first round: Los Alamitos at Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.; Dana Hills at Dos Pueblos, 5 p.m.
College women’s volleyball — Cal State Northridge at UCSB, 7 p.m.
College men’s soccer — UC Davis at UCSB (Big West Tournament semifinals), 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 10
High school girls tennis — CIF team playoffs, first round: Villa Park at Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.; Dos Pueblos at Flintridge Prep, 2 p.m.; Beaumont at Carpinteria, 2 p.m.
High school girls volleyball — CIF playoffs, second round: Redondo at Dos Pueblos, 6:30 p.m.; Santa Barbara at Mater Dei, 7 p.m.; St. Paul at Laguna Blanca, 7 p.m.
High school football — San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 7 p.m.; Buena at Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.
Friday, November 11
High school football — Carpinteria at Bishop Diego, La Playa Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
High school 8-man football — CIF playoffs, first round.
College men’s basketball — Chapman at UCSB, 7 p.m.
College women’s basketball — UCSB at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 12
College men’s water polo — UC Irvine at UCSB, 12 p.m.
High school girls tennis — CIF team playoffs, second round.
High school girls volleyball — CIF quarterfinals.
College men’s soccer — UCSB at UC Irvine (Big West Tournament championship), 7 p.m.
College women’s volleyball — Cal Poly at UCSB, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13
College women’s basketball — UCSB at Portland State, 2 p.m.
Monday, November 14
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Café, noon.
Tuesday, November 15
High school girls tennis — CIF team quarterfinals.
High school girls volleyball — CIF semifinals.
College men’s basketball — Santa Clara at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 16
High school boys water polo — CIF semifinals.
Thursday, November 17
High school girls tennis — CIF team semifinals.
College women’s basketball — St. Mary’s at UCSB, 7 p.m.
College men’s soccer — NCAA tournament, first round.
Friday, November 18
High school girls tennis — CIF individual prelims at Carpinteria and Cate.
High school girls volleyball — CIF finals.
High school football — CIF playoffs, first round.
College men’s basketball — Westmont at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 19
High school cross-country — CIF finals at Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, 7:45 a.m.
High school boys water polo — CIF finals.
College women’s basketball — Loyola Marymount at UCSB, 2 p.m.; Lubbock Christian at Westmont, 5:30 p.m.
College women’s soccer — Southern California Community College Regionals, first round.
College men’s basketball — St. Thomas (FL) at Westmont, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 20
College men’s soccer — NCAA tournament, second round.
Monday, November 21
High school girls tennis — CIF team finals at The Claremont Club.
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Café, noon.
Tuesday, November 22
College men’s basketball — Portland at UCSB, 7 p.m.
College women’s soccer — Southern California Community College Regionals, second round.
RUNNING, WALKING, CYCLING
Saturday, November 12 — Select Staffing Santa Barbara International Marathon, Dos Pueblos High School to SBCC, 7:15 a.m. Half Marathon, Page Youth Center to SBCC, 7:45 a.m. sbimarathon.com.
Saturday, November 19 — UCSB Recreation Turkey Trot, 5K-10K walk/run, UCen lawn, 8:30 a.m. gauchosplay.com.
Thursday, November 24 — Thanksgiving 4 Miler, Magnolia Shopping Center, 9 a.m. runsantabarbara.com.
Saturday, November 26 — Red Rock 50-Mile Trail Run, Rancho Oso Guest Ranch, 6 a.m. allwedoisrun.com.
Saturday, December 17 — Santa Claus 5K and Mile, East Beach Parking Lot, 9 a.m. sbactionpro.com.
