SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara Softball team came out on top in The Big West. The Gauchos won six straight elimination games to capture the inaugural Big West Championship and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Following today’s selection show, the Gauchos were seeded No. 4 in the Los Angeles Regional. The Gauchos will be one of four teams in the regional featuring No. 3 seed Arizona State, No. 2 seed San Diego State and host institution UCLA.
This will be the fourth time the Gauchos have made it to the NCAA Tournament in the program’s 43-year history. The last time the Gauchos made it to the NCAA Tournament was during the 2007 season as they were selected as an at-large team. The other two times the Gauchos have made the NCAA Tournament were also as at-large selections. This is the first time the Gauchos will enter the National Tournament as the automatic qualifier after winning their first-ever Conference Championship.
UC Santa Barbara will play No. 1 seed and ninth overall national seed UCLA in the Los Angeles Regional opening round. The game between the Gauchos and Bruins will be at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16. Ticket information will become available shortly. Keep checking ucsbgauchos.com for more information.
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