Coming into this weekend's home and home series with No. 3 ranked Long Beach State, the No. 6-ranked UCSB men’s volleyball team was riding a nine-match winning streak and was unbeaten in Big West Conference play.
However, The Beach brought the Gauchos back down to earth with a four-set victory on Friday night before defeating UCSB in straight sets 25-21, 26-24 25-22 on Saturday night at Rob Gym.
“Both teams are really talented and I think that for us we did a great job of staying really balanced with our emotions, preparation, serving, passing all facets of the game for much longer periods of time,” said Long Beach State coach Alan Knipe. “That’s been a big push in our gym and I think they did a nice job with that.”