With their season on the line, the USC Trojans baseball squad rose to the challenge
Facing elimination, USC took the field to challenge the number one seed UCSB. In the top of the third, Stubbs finally broke the stalemate with a double off the wall giving the Trojans a 1-0 lead. After trading quiet innings back and forth the Trojans tacked on another run in the top of the 5th providing the Trojans with a bit of a cushion.
The UCSB Gauchos, began to climb back into the contest loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the 5th.