2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team

2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball
2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	19–9 (6–4 Big West)
Head coach	Rick McLaughlin (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Blaine Nielsen (3rd season); Jonah Seif (3rd season);
Home arena	Robertson Gymnasium; The Thunderdome
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

ConferenceBig West Conference

Record19–9 (6–4 Big West)

Headcoach

Rick McLaughlin (14th season)

Assistant coaches

Blaine Nielsen (3rd season)
Jonah Seif (3rd season)

2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	2	.800	21	–	6	.778
No. 1 Hawaii ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	3	.700	27	–	5	.844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	6	–	4	.600	19	–	9	.679
No. 10 UC San Diego ‍‍‍	5	–	5	.500	13	–	11	.542
No. 13 UC Irvine ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	10	–	15	.400
Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍	1	–	9	.100	6	–	15	.286

† – Conference champion ‡ – Big West tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from AVCA

The 2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team represented 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 competed 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]

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Date time	Opponent	Rank	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (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]	1	0–1
1/7 3 p.m.	USC	#11	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA (UCSB Asics Invitational)	ESPN+	L 1–3 (25–20, 17–25, 18–25, 22–25) ^[4]	1	0–2
1/8 3 p.m.	#10 UC San Diego	#11	Robertson 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)	1	1–2
1/19 5 p.m.	Princeton		The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	L 1–3 (25–22, 18–25, 29–31, 13–25)^[5]	1	1–3
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]	825	2–3
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]	111	3–3
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)	176	4–3
2/4 5 p.m.	#2 Pepperdine	#11	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (26–24, 25–19, 23–25, 25–15)	125	5–3
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]	303	5–4
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]	692	6–4
2/12 7 p.m.	@ #9 Grand Canyon	#8	GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ	ESPN+	W 3–2 (21–25, 25–12, 25–23, 20–25, 15–12)^[10]	604	7–4
2/18 7 p.m.	#13 BYU	#6	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–18, 25–23)^[11]	100	8–4
2/19 7 p.m.	#13 BYU	#6	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA		W 3–1 (25–22, 28–26, 26–28, 26–24) ^[12]	125	9–4
2/24 7 p.m.	#11 UC San Diego*	#6	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–1 (25–20, 23–25, 25–19, 25–21)^[13]	272	10–4 (1–0)
3/3 7 p.m.	Cal Lutheran	#5	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB SN on Stretch	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–10)	85	11–4
3/4 7 p.m.	LIU	#5	Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB SN on Stretch	W 3–0 (25–13, 25–22, 25–13)	100	12–4
3/10 7 p.m.	CSUN*	#5	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–17, 25–17)	212	13–4 (2–0)
3/11 7 p.m.	@ CSUN*	#5	Matadome Northridge, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–17, 25–23)	286	14–4 (3–0)
3/25 7 p.m.	#3 Long Beach State*	#6	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	L 1–3 (25–22, 19–25, 16–25, 19–25)	1,386	14–5 (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)	342	14–6 (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)	558	15–6 (4–2)
4/1 7 p.m.	#14 UC Irvine*	#6	The Thunderdome Isla Vista, CA	ESPN+	W 3–0 (26–24, 25–19, 25–20)	100	16–6 (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)	4,960	16–7 (5–3)
4/9 10 p.m.	@ #4 Hawai'i*	#5	Stan Sheriff Center Manoa, HI	ESPN+	L 2–3 (25–19, 20–25, 26–24, 18–25, 10–15)	6,744	16–8 (5–4)
4/15 7 p.m.	@ Concordia Irvine	#6	CU Arena Irvine, CA	EagleEye	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–22, 25–21)	77	17–8
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)	1,069	18–8 (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)	3,521	19–8
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)	5,238	19–9

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	11^[14]	RV^[15]	RV^[16]	RV^[17]	11^[18]	8^[19]	6^[20]	6^[21]	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6
Off the Block Media	Not released	RV^[22]	—^[23]	—^[24]	9^[25]	8^[26]	7^[27]	6^[28]	6	4	7	7	6	7	7	7	^	8

2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team

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