2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 baseball 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Gauchos wordmark.svg 250 Big West Conference Big West 7 6 43–20–1 13–11 Andrew Checketts 5th Neil Walton 4th Eddie Cornejo 5th Matt Harvey 2nd Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Louisville Super Regional championsNashville Regional champions The 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season, the team competed in the Big West Conference and was led by head coach Andrew Checketts, who was in his fifth season with the program. They played their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos finished the season with a 43–20–1 overall record. In the Big West Conference, they had a record of 13–11, and finished third in the standings. The team earned an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The Gauchos won the Nashville Regional, hosted by Vanderbilt. They then won the Louisville Super Regional. For the first time in program history, UC Santa Barbara reached the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. They lost to Oklahoma State in the first round before beating Miami (FL).Oklahoma State kicks off CWS with 1-0 win over UCSB https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/2016/06/19/oklahoma-state-kicks-off-cws/21833645007/ 2026-04-02 Columbia Daily Tribune en-USMussatto Joe 2016-06-21 UC Santa Barbara tops Miami at College World Series: Live updates recap https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2016/06/miami_vs_uc_santa_barbara_in_c.html 2026-04-02 oregonlive en They then lost to eventual runner-up Arizona, finishing with a 1–2 record in the College World Series.College World Series: Arizona shuts out UCSB 3-0, advances to CWS bracket final https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/2016/06/22/college-world-series-arizona-shuts/10679761007/ 2026-04-02 Akron Beacon Journal en-US Notable players Shane Bieber was a pitcher who played for the Gauchos in 2016.Shane Bieber - 2016 - Baseball https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/baseball/roster/shane-bieber/146 2026-03-28 University of California, Santa Barbara en He later went on play professionally, joining the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball.Wagner Andrew 2016-06-10 UCSB’s Shane Bieber Drafted by Cleveland Indians https://www.noozhawk.com/ucsbs_shane_bieber_drafted_by_cleveland_indians/ 2026-04-02 Noozhawk en-US Schedule Source:2016 Baseball Schedule https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/baseball/schedule/2016 2026-04-02 University of California, Santa Barbara en Legend Gauchos win Gauchos loss PostponementBoldGauchos team member {| class="toccolours" width=95% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="UC Santa Barbara Gauchos" | 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball game log (43–20–1) |- ! colspan=2 style="UC Santa Barbara Gauchos" | Regular season (37–18–1) |- valign="top" | February (7–1) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC February 19 2:00 p.m. — 2016 San Francisco Dons San Francisco* — Caesar Uyesaka StadiumSanta Barbara 8–2 Bieber (1–0) Ponticelli (0–1) None 400 1–0 — February 20 (DH) 11:00 a.m. — San Francisco* — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 6–5 Nelson (1–0) Parker (0–1) None 320 2–0 — February 20 (DH) 2:30 p.m. — San Francisco* — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 13–5 Bettencourt (1–0) Post (0–1) None 360 3–0 — February 21 1:00 p.m. — San Francisco* — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7–3 Record (1–0) Goodman (0–1) None 369 4–0 — February 23 2:00 p.m. — vs. 2026 St. Mary's Gaels St. Mary's* — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 4–7 Loeprich (1–0) Bettencourt (1–1) Gonsolin (2) 179 4–1 — Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament February 26 1:00 p.m. — vs. 2016 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky* — Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, California 11–4 Bieber (2–0) Brown (0–2) None 200 5–1 — February 27 1:00 p.m. — vs. 2016 Bryant Bulldogs Bryant* — Tony Gwynn Stadium 16–2 Davis (1–0) Bingel (1–1) None 876 6–1 — February 28 10:00 a.m. — vs. 2016 San Diego Toreros San Diego* — Tony Gwynn Stadium 9–3 Record (2–0) Richan (0–1) None 450 7–1 — |- | March (11–4) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC March 1 2:00 p.m. — No. 21 UCLA* No. 19 Caesar Uyesaka StadiumSanta Barbara, California 11–6 Chapman (1–0) Burke (0–1) None 318 8–1 — March 4 3:00 p.m. — at No. 7 2016 Oregon Ducks Oregon* No. 19 PK ParkEugene, Oregon 1–13 Irvin (2–0) Bieber (2–1) None 1,533 8–2 — March 5 12:00 p.m. — at No. 7 Oregon* No. 19 PK Park 1–0 Nelson (2–0) Stiles (0–1) None 1,120 9–2 — March 6 12:00 p.m. — at No. 7 Oregon* No. 19 PK Park 1–3 Peterson (2–0) Record (2–1) Nogosek (4) 1,111 9–3 — March 12 (DH) 11:00 p.m. — 2016 Hartford Hawks Hartford* No. 22 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7–4 Bieber (3–1) Gauthier (2–1) Bettencourt (1) 215 10–3 — March 12 (DH) 2:00 p.m. — Hartford* No. 22 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 2–1 Nelson (3–0) LaRossa (0–1) None 230 11–3 — March 13 1:00 p.m. — Hartford* No. 22 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7–6 Bettencourt (2–1) McKay (0–1) Nelson (1) 260 12–3 — March 18 3:00 p.m. — UConn* No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 5–3 Nelson (4–0) Polonia (1–1) None 350 13–3 — March 19 2:00 p.m. — UConn* No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 9–6 Hatton (1–0) Darras (1–1) Bettencourt (2) 340 14–3 — March 20 1:00 p.m. — UConn* No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 6–2 Record (3–1) Rossomando (0–2) None 300 15–3 — March 22 6:00 p.m. — at 2016 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Bakersfield* No. 17 Hardt FieldBakersfield, California 10–4 Hatton (1–0) Carter (0–3) None 508 16–3 — March 24 3:00 p.m. — 2016 USC Trojans USC* No. 17 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 10–1 Bieber (4–1) Wheatley (0–2) None 400 17–3 — March 25 3:00 p.m. — USC* No. 17 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 5–2 Davis (2–0) Wegman (2–1) Nelson (2) 550 18–3 — March 26 2:00 p.m. — at USC* No. 17 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 5–9 Navilhon (1–2) Record (3–2) None 1,364 18–4 — March 29 3:00 p.m. — at 2016 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine* No. 11 Eddy D. FieldMalibu, California 2–6 Green (1–0) Chapman (1–1) Garcia (1) 335 18–5 — |- | April (10–5–1) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC April 1 6:00 p.m. — at No. 26 2016 Long Beach State Dirtbags Long Beach State No. 11 Blair FieldLong Beach, California 4–3 Bieber (5–1) Mathewson (3–3) Nelson (3) 1,616 19–5 1–0 April 2 2:00 p.m. — at No. 26 Long Beach No. 11 Blair Field 3–1 Davis (3–0) McCaughan (4–1) Nelson (4) 1,393 20–5 2–0 April 3 1:00 p.m. — at No. 26 Long Beach No. 11 Blair Field 0–2 Brown (4–2) Record (3–3) Rivera (11) 1,614 20–6 2–1 April 8 3:00 p.m. — at 2016 Charleston Cougars College of Charleston* No. 12 CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots PointMount Pleasant, South Carolina 7–4 Bieber (6–1) Helvey (4–3) None 422 21–6 — April 9 11:30 a.m. — at College of Charleston* No. 12 CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point 3–10 Ober (3–1) Davis (3–1) None 616 21–7 — April 10 10:00 a.m. — at College of Charleston* No. 12 CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point 6–6 No Decision 461 21–7–1 — April 15 3:00 p.m. — 2016 Cal State Northridge Matadors CSUN No. 13 Caesar Uyesaka StadiumSanta Barbara, California 1–0 Bieber (7–1) Rodriguez (3–3) None 400 22–7–1 3–1 April 16 2:00 p.m. — CSUN No. 13 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 5–4 Nelson (5–0) Diaz (1–1) None 425 23–7–1 4–1 April 17 1:00 p.m. — CSUN No. 13 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 8–2 Record (4–3) O'Neil (3–4) Bettencourt (3) 375 24–7–1 5–1 April 18 3:00 p.m. — 2016 Nevada Wolfpack Nevada* No. 11 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 5–4 Nelson (6–0) McMahan (1–1) None 200 25–7–1 — April 22 6:00 p.m. — at 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly No. 11 Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, California 0–7 Smith (5–3) Bieber (7–2) None 1,302 25–8–1 5–2 April 23 6:00 p.m. — at Cal Poly No. 11 Baggett Stadium 5–10 Uelmen (5–0) Davis (3–2) None 2,269 25–9–1 5–3 April 24 1:00 p.m. — at Cal Poly No. 11 Baggett Stadium 3–4 Zill (4–1) Record (4–4) Calomeni (6) 1,505 25–10–1 5–4 April 26 3:00 p.m. — 2016 St. Mary's Gaels St. Mary's* No. 21 Louis Guisto FieldMoraga, California 4–3(11) Bettencourt (3–1) Holdgrafer (0–1) None 124 26–10–1 — April 29 3:00 p.m. — 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawai'i No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 14–2 Bieber (8–2) Hornung (3–7) None 210 27–10–1 6–4 April 30 2:00 p.m. — Hawai'i No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 6–3 Bettencourt (4–1) Chew (0–3) None 500 28–10–1 7–4 |- | May (9–8) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC May 1 1:00 p.m. — 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawai'i No. 21 Caesar Uyesaka StadiumSanta Barbara, California 5–4 Davis (4–2) Valencia (3–1) None 400 29–10–1 8–4 May 3 3:00 p.m. — 2016 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine* No. 13 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 4–3 Hatton (3–0) Pendergast (2–3) Bettencourt (4) 150 30–10–1 — May 6 2:30 p.m. — 2016 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis No. 13 Dobbins StadiumDavis, California 2–6 Brown (1–3) Bieber (8–3) None 272 30–11–1 8–5 May 7 3:00 p.m. — UC Davis No. 13 Dobbins Stadium 7–3 Record (5–4) Henderson (1–3) Nelson (5) 382 31–11–1 9–5 May 8 1:00 p.m. — UC Davis No. 13 Dobbins Stadium 3–13 Hamby (3–4) Hatton (3–1) None 402 31–12–1 9–6 May 10 3:00 p.m. — 2026 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Bakersfield* No. 26 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 4–5 Coats (1–0) Bettencourt (4–2) Gusbeth (3) 200 31–13–1 — May 13 3:00 p.m. — No. 15 2016 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton No. 26 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 3–2 Bieber (9–3) Seabold (6–4) Nelson (6) 600 32–13–1 10–6 May 14 2:00 p.m. — No. 15 Cal State Fullerton No. 26 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 2–18 Gavin (5–2) Davis (4–3) None 568 32–14–1 10–7 May 15 1:00 p.m. — No. 15 Cal State Fullerton No. 26 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 3–6 Prohoroff (1–1) Nelson (6–1) Serigstad (4) 575 32–15–1 10–8 May 17 6:00 p.m. — UCLA* — Jackie Robinson StadiumPasadena, California 4–3 Kelly (1–0) Forbes (1–2) Nelson (7) 200 33–15–1 — May 20 6:30 p.m. — 2016 UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine — Anteater BallparkIrvine, California 10–3 Bieber (10–3) Surrey (3–6) None 746 34–15–1 11–8 May 21 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports UC Irvine — Anteater Ballpark 4–5 Faucher (2–0) Nelson (6–2) None 605 34–16–1 11–9 May 22 6:00 p.m. ESPNU UC Irvine — Anteater Ballpark 9–5 Nelson (7–2) Faucher (2–1) None 541 35–16–1 12–9 May 23 3:00 p.m. — 2016 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga* — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 6–5 Davis (5–3) LeBrun (5–3) None 300 36–16–1 — May 26 3:00 p.m. — 2016 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 1–3 Sodders (7–4) Davis (5–4) Fagalde (3) 250 36–17–1 12–10 May 27 3:00 p.m. — UC Riverside — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 2–1 Bieber (11–3) Delgado (1–8) Nelson (8) 400 37–17–1 13–10 May 28 1:00 p.m. — UC Riverside — Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 0–6 Landazuri (5–5) Record (5–5) None 500 37–18–1 13–11 |- ! colspan=2 style="UC Santa Barbara Gauchos" | Postseason (6–2) |- | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament #Louisville Super Regional Vanderbilt Regional (3–0) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT Record June 3 12:00 p.m. — vs. No. 21 Washington — Hawkins FieldNashville, Tennessee 3–2(14) Kelly (2–0) Nesbitt (6–3) None 1,898 38–18–1 1–0 June 5 12:00 p.m. — vs. Xavier — Hawkins Field 5–4 Davis (6–4) Astle (5–5) Kelly (1) 2,039 39–18–1 2–0 June 6 12:00 p.m. — vs. Xavier — Hawkins Field 14–5 Record (6–5) Jacknewitz (1–7) None 1,944 40–18–1 3–0 |- | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament #Louisville Super Regional Louisville Super Regional (2–0) Date Time (PST) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT Record June 11 9:00 a.m. — vs. No. 5 Louisville No. 14 Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, Kentucky 4–2 Bieber (12–3) McKay (12–4) Nelson (9) 4,634 41–18–1 4–0 June 12 9:00 a.m. — vs. No. 5 Louisville No. 14 Jim Patterson Stadium 4–3 Chandler (1–0) Burdi (1–3) None 4,784 42–18–1 5–0 |- | {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! colspan=14 style="padding-left:4em;UC Santa Barbara Gauchos" | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 2016 College World Series College World Series (1–2) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Time (PST) ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | TV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Rank ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Overall ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | NCAAT Record |-bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 18 || 12:00 p.m. || ESPN 2 || vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State || No. 8 || TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, Nebraska || 0–1 || Hatch (9–2) || Bieber (12–4) || None || 20,956 || 42–19–1 || 5–1 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | June 19 || 12:00 p.m. || ESPNU || vs. No. 2 Miami || No. 8 || TD Ameritrade Park || 5–3 || Davis (7–4) || Garcia (9–5) || Nelson (10) || 15,748 || 43–19–1 || 6–1 |-bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 20 || 12:00 p.m. || ESPN || vs. No. 7 Arizona || No. 8 || TD Ameritrade Park || 0–3 || Cloney (7–4) || Kelly (2–1) || Ming (3) || 22,133 || 43–20–1 || 6–2 D1Baseball Pacific Rankings 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings 2016 18 Baseball Coaches Poll Baseball America College: Top 25 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2016/ NCBWA Division I poll July 4, 2016 January 31, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180131080814/http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2016/ dead NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR* NR 19 NR NR NR 22 NR NR NR 21 30 22 24 17 26 19 18 11 22 20 12 12 23 19 13 13 20 14 9 11 14 19 17 21 16 14 15 13 13 18 24 26 16 NR NR NR 20 21 NR NR 19 23 NR NR 21 23* NR* 14 13 23* NR* 8 13* 7 9 6 7 References Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball seasons UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Category:College World Series seasons