When:	7:30 p.m. PST
Where:	The Thunderdome (6,000), Santa Barbara, Calif.
Records:	UCSB 23-7, Texas-San Antonio 24-8.
Last Time Out:	UCSB lost to #12 BYU, 3-0 (11/24). Texas-San Antonio beat Southern Methodist, 3-1 (11/25).
Series:	It will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Coaches:	Kathy Gregory 651-276, Katrinka Jo Crawford 401-349-2

UC Santa Barbara Probable Starters

OH: Courtney Guerra- So./6-0
OH: Erica Menzel- Fr./5-9
MB: Simone Kuhn- Fr./6-2
MB: Danielle Bauer- So./5-11
S: Brooke Rundle- Jr./5-6
OH: Brooke Niles- So./5-9

Top Subs: OH Brieanna Lampe- Jr./6-0, DS Deb Samson- So./5-6, DS Casey McFarland- Fr./5-9

Leaders: Total Attacks(Hitting Pct.)- Bauer 1054 (.303), Kuhn 848 (.285), Menzel 827 (.233). Kills/Game- Bauer 4.50, Menzel- 3.69, Kuhn- 3.58. Dig/Game- Menzel 3.02, Niles- 3.01, Rundle- 2.99.

Texas-San Antonio Probable Starters

OH: Tamara Luckemeyer- Sr./5-10
OH: Stacy Schmidt- Jr./5-11
MB: Nicole Camp- Sr./6-0
MB: Charlsie Heifrin- Fr./6-1
S: Natasha Biggers- Jr./5-8
OH: Katy Risinger- Sr./5-10

Top Subs: OH Molly Lowery- Fr./5-10, MB Mandy Garcia- So./5-11, MB Cari Teague- Jr./6-0.

Leaders: Total Attacks(Hitting Pct.)- Schmidt 1250 (.268), Luchemeyer 1018 (.251), Risinger 907 (.248). Kills/Game- Schmidt 4.26, Luckemeyer 3.95, Heifrin 3.95. Digs/Game- Schmidt 4.61, Luckemeyer 3.97, Risinger 3.00.

Notes

UC Santa Barbara is one of four schools (Stanford, Pacific, and Penn State) that have appeared in all 20 NCAA Championships. This marks the first appearance by Texas-San Antonio.

The Gauchos and the Roadrunners share one common opponent this season, UC Irvine. The Gauchos swept their Big West foe twice this season, while Texas-San Antonio lost to the Anteaters in four games in September.

Texas-San Antonio is currently on a 15-match winning streak, which launched them to a Southland Conference title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

UC Santa Barbara's Rundle, Bauer and Kuhn were named to the All-Big West Conference first team this week. It was Rundle's third nomination in three years. Kuhn and Menzel were also named to the All-Big West All-Freshman team.