The Lake Elsinore Regional is the only one of the sixteen regionals not being played at the one-seed’s home stadium.
UC-Santa Barbara’s Caesar Uyesaka Stadium does not have lights, which makes hosting the regional round basically impossible with the number of games you have to get in at a site.
So the Gauchos will host their regional 176 miles down the road at Lake Elsinore’s The Diamond, and have a very difficult and unfavorable draw.
The other three teams in town will be the USC Trojans, Virginia Cavaliers, and San Diego State Aztecs.