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2:05 p.m.
Baseball
at No. 24 UC Santa Barbara
The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, February 28
Santa Barbara, Calif.
4:05 p.m.
University of Utah
4-4
1
at
7
UC Santa Barbara
7-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Utah
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
UC Santa Barbara
0
4
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
7
15
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: N. Aceves (2-0)
L: Riske, Payton (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Long, Jake 1
RBI: Long, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gurney, Cameron 1
HBP: Jacobs, Luke 1
PO: Gurney, Cameron 1
Batting:
2B: C. Goldstein 1 ; N. Karliner 1 ; N. Vargas 1
RBI: R. Kelly 1 ; C. Goldstein 2 ; W. Vasseur 2 ; N. Vargas 1
SF: W. Vasseur 1
Base Running:
RUNS: R. Kelly 1 ; N. Husovsky 1 ; J. Mendez 2 ; N. Karliner 1 ; W. Vasseur 1 ; M. Stagg 1
SB: R. Kelly 1 ; J. Mendez 1
HBP: C. Kosciusko 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
LHP
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Utah Defeated by UCSB, 7-1
2/28/2026 7:17 PM | Baseball
Jacobs logs two hits, including RBI double
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The University of Utah baseball team was defeated 7-1 by the UCSB Gauchos on Saturday evening at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Utah's 2026 record is now 4-4.
Two of Utah's three safeties on the day came courtesy of Jake Long, who reached on an infield single in the seventh and dropped an RBI double into center in the ninth. That knock plated Cameron Gurney, who finished the evening with a single and two walks. Luke Jacobs reached base twice as well, being hit by a pitch in the first and drawing a walk in the eighth.
The Gauchos started the scoring with four runs in the second thanks to a pair of RBI singles and a two-run double off the bat of Cade Goldstein. They would add another when Jonathan Mendez stole home in the third.
Sammy Cova, who entered in relief in the fourth, proceeded to hold the deficit at 5-0 through the sixth. For three consecutive stanzas, he threw up zeroes, including a stretch of seven-in-a-row set down at one point. Unfortunately for Cova and the Utes, UCSB found a way to push across two more in the seventh before Ian Culver capped the evening with two scoreless frames.
Next Up
The Utes and Gauchos will meet one more time on Sunday, with the first pitch scheduled to be thrown at 2:05 p.m. MT.
Follow Utah Baseball
Keep up with the Utes by following @utahbaseball and by visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.
Utah's 2026 record is now 4-4.
Two of Utah's three safeties on the day came courtesy of Jake Long, who reached on an infield single in the seventh and dropped an RBI double into center in the ninth. That knock plated Cameron Gurney, who finished the evening with a single and two walks. Luke Jacobs reached base twice as well, being hit by a pitch in the first and drawing a walk in the eighth.
The Gauchos started the scoring with four runs in the second thanks to a pair of RBI singles and a two-run double off the bat of Cade Goldstein. They would add another when Jonathan Mendez stole home in the third.
Sammy Cova, who entered in relief in the fourth, proceeded to hold the deficit at 5-0 through the sixth. For three consecutive stanzas, he threw up zeroes, including a stretch of seven-in-a-row set down at one point. Unfortunately for Cova and the Utes, UCSB found a way to push across two more in the seventh before Ian Culver capped the evening with two scoreless frames.
Next Up
The Utes and Gauchos will meet one more time on Sunday, with the first pitch scheduled to be thrown at 2:05 p.m. MT.
Follow Utah Baseball
Keep up with the Utes by following @utahbaseball and by visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.
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