The Gaucho9 Podcast

Ep76: Coach Spencer Erdman, Aaron Parker, Gauchos defeat UC Irvine

UCSB comes away with another series win on the road as they take 2 of 3 from UC Irvine and their magic number to win the BigWest sits at 2.  This week's podcast features a pregame interview with Friday's hero, Fr. Aaron Parker as well as a visit from Volunteer Asst. Coach Spencer Erdman who breaks down so big moments from the weekend and dives into the many elements of coaching college infielders.

Ep75: Gauchos Sweep CP, Coach Checketts, Gianni Bloom, Matt Ager, Nick Oakley

Huge weekend in San Luis Obispo as UCSB sweeps Cal Poly for the first time since 1998 to take a commanding 6-game lead in the BigWest Conference.  This week we have game highlights plus player interviews with Gianni Bloom, Matt Ager, and Nick Oakley (15:30) and a breakdown of the weekend with Head Coach Andrew Checketts (37:01) - Blake Klassen wins BigWest Field Player of the Week.

Ep74: Veterans Christian Kirtley, Bryce Willits & Jason Willow, Gauchos sweep Long Beach

Loaded podcast! I missed Justin Trimble's home run on Tuesday vs UCLA because of a sprinkler malfunction so I had to ask him about his at bat (5:50).  Then we welcome on a trio of veteran Gauchos (20:15) who have all played in over 120 division 1 games, Christian Kirtley, Bryce Willits & Jason Willow who discuss the progress of the season as we look forward to the Cal Poly series next weekend.  Plus UCLA & Long Beach St. highlights!

Ep73: Asst. Coach Dylan Jones

This week we are joined by Assistant Coach Dylan Jones to talk about the success of the Gaucho pitching staff this year who lead the BigWest with a 3.76 team ERA.  We break down the importance of roles and how to stay level headed throughout the course of the season.  UCSB has won 6 games in a row after sweeping UC San Diego and remains in 1st place in the BigWest at 13-2 with a big week coming up with home games vs UCLA and Long Beach St.

Ep72: UCSB Sweeps CSUN, Bryce Willits, Coach Ferg & Social Media Team

The Gauchos completed the sweep of CSUN on the road over the weekend and go 3-1 in week 8 improving to 21-8 (10-2 BigWest).  Fr RHP Ryan Gallagher was named BigWest Pitcher of the Week and 3b Bryce Willits had a career game on Friday belting 2 homers and driving in 7 runs.  This week we had a chat with 2 of the students behind all of the great social media content, Brandi Shin & Patrick Molin; plus Coach Ferg and Bryce Willits.

Ep71: Coach Ferg & Ryan Gallagher, Gauchos win series vs Hawaii

Week 7 is in the books, Gauchos split the week after taking 2 games from Hawaii over the weekend and remain in first place in the BigWest Conference at 7-2.  Associate Head Coach Donegal Fergus is our guest as we recap a wild weekend and discuss the progress of the Gauchos over their first 25 games.  We have game highlights plus a pre-game interview with Ryan Gallagher from last Tuesday's game @ UCLA.

Ep70: Willow, Klassen, Sprinkle & Darby, Gauchos sweep the week @ St. Mary’s & UC Davis

The Gauchos return home with 4 wins after a 4-game 7-day road trip to St. Mary's and UC Davis, they improve to 16-5 (5-1 BigWest) and get set to finish the road stint Tuesday night vs UCLA.  This week we open with stats, figures and trends from this week and the season overall, a preview of UCLA and Hawaii, some dramatic game highlights and interviews with Jason Willow, Blake Klassen, Zander Darby, Jordan Sprinkle & Vol. Coach Spencer Erdman.

Ep69 Gerry Fall & Fullerton Series

This week we have game highlights plus a chat with the great Gerry Fall about the start of the season and his impressions on thie2022 squad.  Gauchos take 2 of 3 games from Cal State Fullerton to kick off BigWest Conference play.  Cory Lewis and Mikey Gutierrez provided another strong showing on the mound and they were led by Jordan Sprinkle and Jason Willow who had breakout weekends with the bats.  UCSB starts a 5 game road trip at St. Mary's Tuesday before heading to Davis for 3 conference games then down to UCLA on March 29th, catch all the games on ucsbgauchos.com.

Ep68: Week 4 Head Coach Andrew Checketts, Broc Mortensen & Bryce Willits

Gauchos win streak moves to 5 games after a 3-win week after defeating LMU at home on Tuesday and taking both games from UC San Diego in Lake Elsinore.  This week are are joined by Head Coach Andrew Checketts (28:02) who breaks down the first quarter of the season as the Gauchos improved to 10-4 on the year.  We have game highlights plus pregame interviews with OF Broc Mortensen and 3B Bryce Willits.

Ep67 Zander Darby & Matt Ager, Gauchos split with Oregon

UCSB bounces back to split the series with the Oregon Ducks after 2 huge wins in the final 2 games.  In a tightly contested series where the games were decided by a grand total of 5 runs the Gauchos came through with clutch hitting and outstanding bullpen efforts.  We have game highlights plus interviews with Assistant Coach Dylan Jones and 2 Freshman heroes, Zander Darby and Matt Ager, plus a weekend recap.  Gauchos sit at 7-4 overall after week 3.