Gauchos Host Formidable Foes Marshall and San Diego

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — If the UC Santa Barbara Men’s Soccer team’s 3-0 opening night win over San Jose State looked like something of a warm-up, that is because it effectively was. Having dispatched a Spartans squad without a number of the players who brought them one game from the NCAA Tournament last season, the Gauchos will now host a pair of teams that picked up wins in 2025’s national postseason and proved their credentials to return to the dance this year: No. 12 Marshall and the fast-rising No. 2 San Diego. The Thundering Herd, who trampled Santa Barbara, 4-0,…