{"id":338059,"date":"2018-11-15T16:39:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T23:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=338059"},"modified":"2019-10-09T08:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:41:46","slug":"ucsb-statement-on-gcc-water-polo-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ucsb-statement-on-gcc-water-polo-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"UCSB Statement on Skipping 2018 GCC Men&#8217;s Water Polo Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent post, <em>Swimming World<\/em> identified that\u2014despite a break-out season that resulted in a 5th-place ranking <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/polls\/2018-mens-varsity-polls-week-11-november-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nationally<\/a> and a second place regular season finish in their conference\u2014the <a href=\"http:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/m-wpolo\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of California Santa Barbara<\/a> (18-8; 3-1 GCC) will not participate in the 2018 Golden Coast Conference men&#8217;s water tournament this weekend at Long Beach State.<\/p>\n<p>Following is a statement supplied this afternoon to <em>Swimming World<\/em> by\u00a0<strong>Bill Mahoney<\/strong>, Associate Athletics Director, Communications, UC Santa Barbara Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The UC Santa Barbara Men&#8217;s Water Polo team will not participate in the Golden Coast Conference championship or any other post season opportunity during the 2018-19 academic year because of a\u00a0University-imposed corrective measure in connection with an on-going review by the University and the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consistent\u00a0with NCAA bylaws, the University will not comment further about this matter until the conclusion of the cooperative review process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_336035\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336035\" data-attachment-id=\"336035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mpsf-battles-take-center-stage-as-2018-mens-water-polo-regular-season-winds-down\/collegiate-mens-water-polo-california-golden-bears-vs-uc-santa-barbara-gauchos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wigo-hayne-oct18-e1570635677779.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;October 21, 2018; Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, CA, USA; Collegiate Mens Water Polo: California Golden Bears vs UC Santa Barbara Gauchos; UC Santa Barbara Head Coach Wolf Wigo\\rPhoto credit: Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1540155610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;330&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Collegiate Mens Water Polo: California Golden Bears vs UC Santa Barbara Gauchos&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Collegiate Mens Water Polo: California Golden Bears vs UC Santa Barbara Gauchos\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;October 21, 2018; Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, CA, USA; Collegiate Mens Water Polo: California Golden Bears vs UC Santa Barbara Gauchos; UC Santa Barbara Head Coach Wolf Wigo Photo credit: Catharyn Hayne MPSF, USA Water Polo, Water Polo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wigo-hayne-oct18-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wigo-hayne-oct18-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-336035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wigo-hayne-oct18-e1570635677779.jpg\" alt=\"October 21, 2018; Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, CA, USA; Collegiate Mens Water Polo: California Golden Bears vs UC Santa Barbara Gauchos; UC Santa Barbara Head Coach Wolf Wigo Photo credit: Catharyn Hayne\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-336035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCSB&#8217;s Wolf Wigo. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a disappointing turn of events for Gauchos&#8217; Head Coach <strong>Wolf Wigo<\/strong> and his team, which overall this season complied an 8-1 record against GCC opponents and produced a number of signature wins, including a 16-13 win over #10 UC San Diego on September 13, a 13-11 win over then-#5 Pacific on September 15. 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