April 26, 2021 at 8:38 pm by Preston Espar
Allison Fann / Daily Nexus
With two 3-1 wins in the Big West Tournament against Long Beach State University and UC San Diego, the UC Santa Barbara menâs volleyball team won their first-ever Big West Championship and clinched a berth in the NCAA menâs volleyball tournament.
This will be the programâs first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2011 and marks one of the greatest seasons of in-conference play in UCSB history. After a successful regular season that saw the Gauchos finish 13-4, UCSB breezed by their first tournament opponent, Long Beach State, who had to defeat UC Irvine to move onto the semifinals. However, the championship game was not as easy as the semifinals as UCSD kept it close until the deciding point. Â