# 2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

The 2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team representes 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.
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.
* C
* 1B
* 2B
* 3B
* SS
* LF
* CF
* RF
* DH
Weekend Pitching Rotation :
* Day
* Friday
* Saturday
* Sunday

## Game log

2025 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball game log (15–3) :
Regular season (15–4) :
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 (7–3) :
| 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 | | UC Irvine | No. 21 | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | | | | | | | |
| March 22 | | UC Irvine | No. 21 | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | | | | | | | |
| March 23 | | UC Irvine | No. 21 | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | | | | | | | |
| March 25 | | at Saint Mary's* | | Louis Guisto Field Moraga, CA | | | | | | | — |
| March 28 | | at Long Beach State | | Blair Field Long Beach, CA | | | | | | | |
| March 29 | | at Long Beach State | | Blair Field | | | | | | | |
| March 30 | | at Long Beach State | | Blair Field | | | | | | | |
April (0–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Stadium | BWC |
| April 1 | | at Loyola Marymount* | George C. Page Stadium | — |
| April 4 | | UC Davis | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| April 5 | | UC Davis | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| April 6 | | UC Davis | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| April 8 | | Pepperdine* | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | — |
| April 11 | | at UC Riverside | Riverside Sports Complex Riverside, CA | |
| April 12 | | at UC Riverside | Riverside Sports Complex | |
| April 13 | | at UC Riverside | Riverside Sports Complex | |
| April 14 | | at Cal Baptist* | James W. Totman Stadium El Sobrante, CA | — |
| Blue–Green Series ||||||||||||
| April 17 | ESPNU | Cal Poly | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium |
| April 18 | | Cal Poly | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| April 19 | | Cal Poly | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| April 21 | | Cal Baptist* | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | — |
| April 25 | | at UC San Diego | Triton Ballpark | |
| April 26 | | at UC San Diego | Triton Ballpark | |
| April 27 | | at UC San Diego | Triton Ballpark | |
| April 28 | | at San Diego* | Fowler Park San Diego, CA | — |
May (0–0) :
| Date | Opponent | Stadium | BWC |
| May 2 | at Cal State Fullerton | Goodwin Field Fullerton, CA | |
| May 3 | at Cal State Fullerton | Goodwin Field | |
| May 4 | at Cal State Fullerton | Goodwin Field | |
| May 6 | USC* | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | — |
| May 9 | at Loyola Marymount* | George C. Page Stadium | — |
| May 10 | Loyola Marymount* | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | — |
| May 11 | Loyola Marymount* | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | — |
| May 15 | Cal State Bakersfield | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| May 16 | Cal State Bakersfield | Caesar Uyesaka Stadium | |
| May 17 | 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. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 22 | 22* | 19 | 15 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 24 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 25 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 22 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | 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.