Week in Sports
TOP SPORTING EVENTS: MAY 12-23
Coming off its first victory over UCLA since 2006, UCSB’s baseball team returns to Big West Conference action this weekend. The Gauchos host a three-game series against UC Irvine starting Friday at 3 p.m. Irvine’s Anteaters (10-5 Big West, 31-13 overall) are ranked 17th in the nation. The Gauchos (6-9, 21-21) hope their 5-4 victory over 13th-ranked UCLA on Wednesday evening at Westwood will give them a boost going into the last three weekends of conference play.
SBCC advanced in the California Community College baseball playoffs last week, winning a three-game series against Riverside. The seventh-seeded Vaqueros (24-15) will take on No. 4 Orange Coast (30-8) in the Southern Cal Super Regionals on Friday at Santa Ana College. Third-seeded Santa Ana (27-12) and No. 8 Cerritos are the other participants in the double-elimination tournament that will send the winner to the state’s final four.
Sophomore left-hander Chris Joyce (7-0, 1.78 ERA) leads SBCC’s pitching staff that will try to shut down Orange Coast’s potent offense (8.2 runs per game).
In high school CIF playoffs, Santa Barbara High hits the road for a second-round tennis match Friday. The Dons lost their first-round match in the volleyball playoffs this week, as did Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, Bishop Diego and Laguna Blanca. The baseball and softball playoffs will start next week.
Carpinteria High hosts the CIF Division 4 track and field prelims Saturday. The division includes Serra, which features USC football recruit George Farmer, runner-up in the state 100 last year. All four of Serra’s relay teams, boys and girls, are among the four fastest in the state this year. Other state contenders hail from St. Mary’s, Louisville, JSerra, Templeton, Oaks Christian and Santa Ynez.
Thursday, May 12
High school baseball – Dos Pueblos at San Marcos, 3:15 p.m.
High school softball – San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 3:30 p.m.; Villanova Prep at Carpinteria, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 13
College softball – UC Davis at UCSB (2), 12 p.m.
College men’s rugby – USA Rugby Division 1 semifinals at Stanford: UCSB vs. Bowling Green, 2 p.m.
College baseball – UC Irvine at UCSB, 3 p.m.; Southern Cal Super Regional at Santa Ana College: SBCC vs. Orange Coast, 3 p.m.
High school boys tennis – CIF playoffs: Santa Barbara at Huntington Beach Marina, 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 14
College track & field – Qualifying meet at Westmont, 10 a.m.
High school track & field – CIF Division 4 prelims at Carpinteria, 11 a.m.
College softball – UC Davis at UCSB, 12 p.m.
College baseball – UC Irvine at UCSB, 1 p.m.; Southern Cal Super Regional at Santa Ana College.
Basketball – Nationwide Allstars at Santa Barbara Breakers, SBCC Sports Pavilion, 4 p.m.
College men’s rugby – USA Rugby Division 1 championship at Stanford, 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 15
Mountain biking – State High School Championships at Stump Grinder Dirt Club, Los Olivos, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
College baseball – UC Irvine at UCSB, 1 p.m.; Southern Cal Super Regional at Santa Ana College.
Polo – Lisle Nixon Memorial at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 p.m.
Monday, May 16
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Café, 12 p.m.
Tuesday, May 17
High school boys tennis – CIF quarterfinals.
Wednesday, May 18
Running / swimming – Nite Moves Summer Sunset Series (1k swim, 5k run), Leadbetter Beach, 6 p.m. Continues every Wednesday through August 31. runsantabarbara.com.
Thursday, May 19
High school baseball – CIF playoffs, first round, 3:15 p.m.
High school softball – CIF playoffs, first round, 3:15 p.m.
Friday, May 20
Cycling – Amgen Tour of California at Solvang: Women’s International Time Trial Challenge, 11:30 a.m. Amgen Tour Men’s Sixth Stage Time Trial, 12:30 p.m. amgentourofcalifornia.com.
College baseball – UCSB at UC Davis, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 21
High school track & field – CIF Southern Section Championships, Cerritos College, Norwalk, 11 a.m.
College baseball – UCSB at UC Davis, 1 p.m.
Basketball – Newport Beach Surf at Santa Barbara Breakers, SBCC Sports Pavilion, 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 22
College baseball – UCSB at UC Davis, 1 p.m.
Polo – Pope Challenge at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 p.m.
Monday, May 23
44th Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame Banquet, Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, 6 p.m. Inductees: Jenny Santos Lafferty, Linnea Mendoza Meister, Omel Nieves, Scott Puailoa, Kyle Shotwell, Ken Preston, Bill Pintard and the South Coast Community Aquatics Association. Reservations: www.sbart.org
RUNNING, WALKING
Saturday, May 14 – Lakes of Love 4-Mile Run/Walk for Cancer Research, Stow Grove Park, 9 a.m. lakesoflove.com.
Sunday, June 5 – Platinum Performance State Street Mile, Pedregosa and State Street, 8 a.m. sbmile.com.
Tuesday, June 7 – Reef & Run Summer Series (1-mile swim, 1K swim, 5K run), Cabrillo Bath House, 6:25 p.m. Continues every Tuesday through September 13. reefandrun.org .
