Pasternack also made a point to revive fan support. “It’s been amazing what the community has done to help our program.” “We’ve redone the Thunderdome with chair-backed seating, video board, locker rooms, weight rooms. “The community has really jumped behind us and poured in a lot of private donations,” he said during Friday’s post-game presser. His personal efforts in particular have brought an aging Thunderdome back to life. Attendance there dropped to an average of just 2,155 per game this season.Ĭal is well aware of the miracles that Pasternack has worked at UCSB even beyond his six-year record of 132-53. Haas Pavilion, an 11,877-seat arena built in 1999 on the site of old Harmon Gym, is in need of another rebuild. The lowly financial support they received, by power-conference standards, also has been a tripping point. Its last few coaches struggled to hurdle Cal’s high academic standards when recruiting. That ranks high on the Berkeley checklist. “In addition to being a dogged recruiter, he has experience coaching in Berkeley and leading a program in the UC System.” “He will have significant donor support to get the job this time,” Letourneu reported March 9. He now tops that list, according to Connor Letourneu of the San Francisco Chronicle. Pasternack, who assisted Ben Braun at Cal from 2001 to 2007, was high on the Bears’ list the last two times they searched for a coach. Sources in touch with Golden Bears’ athletic director Jim Knowlton acknowledged to Noozhawk that Cal has been in serious discussions with Pasternack’s representatives. “Yeah, I love UC Santa Barbara, the community and everybody else,” Pasternack replied, “and I’m going recruiting tonight.”īut the rumors of his probable departure from UCSB have being growing. Carson Crawford is also a player to watch for Cal Berkeley with nine hits, eight runs, four double, two home runs, and 15 runners batted in.“Is your first intention, desire to stay at UCSB?” he was asked. 357/.413/.690 with 15 hits, 13 runs, four home runs, and three stolen base. In his first ten games this season, Lomavita has 14 hit, 12 runs, three double, two home runs, and seven RBI. 272/.345/.414 with 10 doubles, seven homers, 45 runs batted in, and stole a total of 15 bases in the 2022 season. In his freshman year, Lomavita named to the All-PAC-12 First Team at the end of the season, the first time since Andrew Vaugn in 2017. Sophomore catcher Caleb Lomavita was named to the PAC-12 Preseason All-Conference Team entering 2023.The Bears had a field day against Ohio State with a blowout 16-1 win, their only victory on the weekend.
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