TOP SPORTING EVENTS: APRIL 16-26
UCSB will host two rounds of the USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s Division I Collegiate Rugby Playoffs this weekend. Matches will commence at 1 p.m. Friday and continue on Saturday and Sunday at Harder Stadium and the adjacent Storke Field. Featured teams include defending men’s champion BYU, which opens against Delaware at 7 p.m. Friday, and four-time women’s champion Stanford, which faces Northern Iowa at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The Gaucho baseball team hosts 22nd-ranked Cal State Fullerton in a three-game Big West Conference series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The first 250 UCSB students to show up for Saturday’s game will receive “Gunnar Shades,” sunglasses modeled after those worn by centerfielder Gunnar Terhune in a widely circulated comic video.
Other highlights of a busy sports weekend include the Santa Barbara High/Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions boys volleyball tournament; UCSB’s volleyball matches Friday and Saturday against Hawaii; and Roller Derby at Earl Warren Showgrounds on Saturday featuring Santa Barbara’s Brawlin’ Betties.
Four thousand pounds of trout have been planted for the Cachuma Lake Nature Center’s 15th annual Trout Derby on Saturday and Sunday. Register at the lake ($35 for adults, $10 for children 10 and under) to be eligible for $5,000 in cash prizes. Information: (805) 693-8381 or TroutDerby.org.
Runners will be flooding the waterfront Saturday morning in the Santa Barbara Chardonnay 10-Miler, followed by an optional wine tasting. Late registrations are being taken at the Outfooters in La Cumbre Plaza or before the start of the race at 8 a.m. at Leadbetter Beach.
Friday, April 16
High school boys volleyball – SBHS/Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions at Santa Barbara. First-round matches include: Dos Pueblos vs. Thousand Oaks, 12:45 p.m.; San Marcos vs. Newport Harbor, 12:45 p.m.; Santa Barbara vs. Palisades Charter, 4:15 p.m.
College men’s rugby – Division I Playoffs at UCSB, Harder Stadium: St. Mary’s vs. Arkansas State, 1 p.m.; Arizona vs. Syracuse, 3 p.m.; San Diego State vs. Bowling Green, 5 p.m.; BYU vs. Delaware, 7 p.m.
College women’s tennis – Portland at UCSB, 1:30 p.m.
College baseball – Cal State Fullerton at UCSB, 2 p.m.
High school baseball – Santa Barbara at San Marcos, 3:15 p.m.; Ventura at Dos Pueblos, 3:15 p.m.
High school softball – San Marcos at Santa Barbara, 3:30 p.m.
College men’s volleyball – Hawai’i at UCSB, Robertson Gym, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 17
Fishing – Cachuma Lake Nature Center Trout Derby.
Running – Santa Barbara Chardonnay 10-mile/5K, Leadbetter Beach, 8 a.m.
High school track and field – Russell Cup at Carpinteria, 9:30 a.m.
High school boys volleyball – SBHS/Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions at Santa Barbara, 9 a.m. Championship match, 6:15 p.m.
College women’s rugby – Division I Playoffs at UCSB, Harder Stadium: Stanford vs. Northern Iowa, 9 a.m.; UC Davis vs. UCLA, 11 a.m. Storke Field: Virginia vs. Texas A&M, 9 a.m. Army vs. Delaware, 11 a.m.
College men’s rugby – Division I Playoffs at UCSB, second round at Harder Stadium and Storke Field, 1 & 3 p.m.
College baseball – Concordia at Westmont (2), 12 p.m.; Moorpark at SBCC, Pershing Park, 1 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at UCSB, 1 p.m.
College women’s tennis – Concordia at Westmont, 11 a.m.
College men’s tennis – Sacramento State at UCSB, 1 p.m.; Concordia at Westmont, 2 p.m.
Roller derby – Down & Dirty Derby, Mission City Brawlin’ Betties vs. NorCal Rollergirls, Earl Warren Showgrounds, 5 p.m.
College men’s volleyball – Hawai’i at UCSB, Robertson Gym, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 18
Fishing – Cachuma Lake Nature Center Trout Derby.
College women’s rugby – Division I Playoffs at UCSB, second round at Storke Field, 9 & 11 a.m., and Harder Stadium, 1 & 3 p.m.
College women’s tennis – UC Riverside at UCSB, 11 a.m.
College baseball – Cal State Fullerton at UCSB, 1 p.m.
Youth track and field – Club West Meet at San Marcos, 8:30 a.m.
Monday, April 19
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Café, 12 p.m.
Tuesday, April 20
College softball – Cuesta at SBCC (2), Pershing Park, 1 p.m.
High school baseball – Santa Barbara at Dos Pueblos, 3:15 p.m.; Buena at San Marcos, 3:15 p.m.
High school softball – Santa Barbara at San Marcos 3:30 p.m.; Ventura at Dos Pueblos, 3:30 p.m.
High school boys volleyball – San Marcos at Santa Barbara, 6 p.m.; Ventura at Dos Pueblos, 6 p.m.
Running / swimming – Reef & Run Summer Series (1k swim, 1-mile swim, 2-mile run, 4-mile run), Cabrillo Bath House, 6:25 p.m. Continues every Tuesday through September 7. Sign-up information.
College baseball – UCSB at USC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21
High school track and field – Santa Barbara at Dos Pueblos, 3 p.m.; Ventura at San Marcos, 3 p.m.
High school baseball – Carpinteria at Bishop Diego, 3:30 p.m.
High school softball – Santa Barbara at Carpinteria, 3:30 p.m.; Camarillo at Dos Pueblos, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 22
College baseball – Point Loma Nazarene at Westmont (2), 11 a.m.; Ventura at SBCC, Pershing Park, 2:30 p.m.
High school swimming – San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 3 p.m.
High school softball – Grace Brethren at Bishop Diego, 3:30 p.m.
High school boys volleyball – Ventura at San Marcos, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 23
College track and field – GSAC Championships, Westmont College, 10 a.m.
High school baseball – Dos Pueblos at Santa Barbara, 3:15 p.m.; Bishop Diego at Carpinteria, 3:30 p.m.
High school softball – Santa Barbara at Dos Pueblos, 3:30 p.m.; Buena at San Marcos, 3:30 p.m.
College baseball – UCSB at Long Beach State, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 24
Walking – Barbara Ireland 10-Mile Walk for the Cure, Chase Palm Park, 8:30 a.m. Information.
Running – Gaucho Gallop (Dioji Dog Dash and 10K/5K runs), Harder Stadium, 8:15 a.m. Information.
High school track and field – Santa Barbara County Championships, Carpinteria High, 10 a.m.
College track and field – GSAC Championships, Westmont College, 10 a.m.
Rugby – Old Mission Beach at Santa Barbara Grunion, Elings Park, 1 p.m.
College baseball – UCSB at Long Beach State, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 25
College baseball – UCSB at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.
Monday, April 26
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Café, 12 p.m.