It’s showdown week in girls tennis and volleyball and boys water polo in the Channel League.
Santa Barbara High hosts San Marcos in a battle of unbeaten tennis teams in the first round of league play on Tuesday. In volleyball, Thursday night’s San Marcos at Dos Pueblos match will be for the league championship. A DP win will give it the title outright. If San Marcos prevails, the race could end up in a three-way tie with Santa Barbara.
The first crosstown boys water polo game is on Wednesday, with Channel League unbeatens Santa Barbara and San Marcos meeting at Santa Barbara. San Marcos is ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 2.
In football, Santa Barbara High faces another tough opponent in Pacifica in the first homecoming game at the renovated Peabody Stadium on Friday night.
The red-hot UCSB men’s soccer team returns home for Big West matches against UC Irvine on Wednesday at Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday.
Monday, Oct. 4
Meeting
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Press Luncheon, Harry’s Plaza Cafe, Noon
Women’s Golf
SBCC at WSC No. 4, Bakersfield
Girls Volleyball
San Marcos at Lompoc, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
Carpinteria at Thousand Oaks, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 5
Girls Volleyball
Santa Clara at Bishop Diego, 6 p.m.
Dos Pueblos at Cabrillo, 6:30 p.m.
Santa Barbara at Santa Ynez, 6 p.m.
Carpinteria at Hueneme, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
San Marcos at Santa Barbara, 3 p.m.
Santa Ynez at Dos Pueblos, 3 p.m.
Santa Clara at Bishop Diego
Carpinteria at Nordhoff, 3:30 p.m.
Girls Golf
Dos Pueblos at Lompoc, 3 p.m.
Santa Barbara at Santa Ynez, 3:30 p.m.
Cabrillo at San Marcos, Sandpiper, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 6
Men’s Soccer
UC Irvine at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
San Marcos at Santa Barbara, 3:15 p.m.
Santa Ynez at Dos Pueblos, 3:15 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Cabrillo at Santa Ynez, 3 p.m.
Bishop Diego at La Reina
Women’s Volleyball
Ventura at SBCC, 6 p.m.
Girls Golf
San Marcos vs. Royal, Soule Park,
Cross Country
Santa Ynez at Dunn, 4 p.m.
SBHS, San Marcos, Carpinteria at Casitas Twilight Meet, Lake Casitas
Thursday, Oct. 7
Girls Volleyball
Lompoc at Santa Barbara, 6:30 p.m.
San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 6:30 p.m.
Bishop Diego at Thacher, 6 p.m.
Cabrillo at Santa Ynez
Fillmore at Carpinteria, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 3 p.m.
Santa Paula at Carpinteria, 3:30 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
Righetti at Dos Pueblos, 3:15 p.m.
Santa Barbara at Harvard Westlake Elite 8
Women’s Soccer
CSUN at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Westmont at Hope International, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Westmont at Hope International, 7 p.m.
Girls Golf
Lompoc at Santa Barbara
San Marcos at Santa Ynez, Alisal River, 3:30 p.m
TVL Meet hosted by St. Bonaventure
San Marcos at Santa Ynez
Friday, Oct. 8
Football
Pacifica at Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.
San Marcos at Channel Islands, 7 p.m.
Dos Pueblos at Oxnard, 7 p.m.
Carpinteria at Fillmore, 7 p.m.
Santa Ynez at Buena, 7 p.m.
Lompoc at Rio Mesa, 7 p.m.
Cabrillo at Ventura, 7 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
Santa Barbara at Harvard Westlake Elite 8
Santa Ynez at Buena Tournament
Cabrillo at Cate, 4 p.m.
Carpinteria, Santa Ynez at Buena-Oxnard Tournament
Women’s Volleyball
Long Beach State at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Saint Katherine at Westmont, 7 p.m.
SBCC at Rio Hondo, 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
SBCC at Pierce, 4 p.m.
Women’s Water Polo
SBCC at Ventura Tournament
Saturday, Oct. 9
Men’s Soccer
Cal State Bakersfield at UCSB, 7 p.m.
Westmont at Life Pacific
Women’s Soccer
Westmont at Life Pacific
Men’s Water Polo
Long Beach St. at UCSB, Noon
Women’s Water Polo
SBCC at Ventura Tournament
Women’s Volleyball
Cal State Fullerton at UCSB, 6 p.m.
Master’s at Westmont, 7 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
Santa Barbara at Harvard Westlake Elite 8
San Marcos at Edison, 4 p.m.
Santa Ynez, Carpinteria at Buena-Oxnard Tournament
Girls Tennis
Santa Barbara at Bay Area Tournament
Cross Country
Cabrillo, SBHS at Clovis Invitational
Sunday, Oct. 10
Women’s Soccer
Cal State Bakersfield at UCSB, 5 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo
UCSB at Loyola Marymount