SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The 11^th-ranked Cal State San Marcos baseball team hosts a pair of games against Azusa Pacific and Westmont before heading to Santa Barbara for a doubleheader on Saturday with the Warriors.

The Schedule
Game 33
Tuesday, April 9 – 3:00 p.m.
Azusa Pacific (10-24) at No. 11 Cal State San Marcos (26-6)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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Game 34
Thursday, April 11 – 2:00 p.m.
Westmont College (21-20) at No. 11 Cal State San Marcos (26-6)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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Games 35-36
Saturday, April 13 – 12:00 p.m.
Cal State San Marcos (26-6) at Westmont College (21-20)
Santa Barbara, Calif. – Russell Carr Field
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Back on Track
The Cougars answered a four-game losing streak heading into last weekend with a four-game sweep of La Sierra. CSUSM out-hit LSU .409 to .159 and outscored the Golden Eagles, 39-6. 13 Cougar batters tallied at least one hit in the series as CSUSM improved to 9-1 in Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) play and 6-1 against La Sierra this year.

A.I.I.'s Finest
Cal State San Marcos will officially participate in the Association of Independent Institutions Championship Tournament hosted by the University of Houston-Victoria, May 1-3 at Riverside Stadium. The Cougars will join UHV, Fisher College, Ashford University and LSU-Alexandria in the five-team competition with an automatic berth to the NAIA Nationals Opening Round Tournament on the line. Official seeds and the tournament schedule will be released later in the month.

Sepulveda's Pass
Opposing pitchers could not get past the bat of Kody Sepulveda last week, as the catcher/designated hitter went 10-for-18 (.556) over five games. Against La Sierra, he batted .643 (9-for-14) with four RBI. He went 6-for-7 in the final doubleheader of the series, tallying three doubles and three RBI. Sepulveda earned A.I.I. Male Athlete of the Week honors, the third time the award has been taken home by a CSUSM player this season.

Notable Performances vs. La Sierra
Brooks Noble went 5-for-9 with four RBI in Sunday's doubleheader against La Sierra, securing his first extra-base hit of the season with a double in game one. Rich Montanez finished 5-for-7 (.714) with a homerun and three RBI. Marcus Meraz and Brandon Bentson led the team with five RBI during the series.

Azusa Pacific Preview
CSUSM and APU are all-too-familiar foes. Head coach Dennis Pugh's team is 4-8 all-time against APU. San Marcos went 0-5 last season. APU is 3-7 over its last 10 and most recently lost three of four at Cal Baptist. The Cougars are in Candidacy Year Two of their transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division II.

Westmont Preview
The Cougars and Warriors have faced off four times in the past, with CSUSM prevailing in all contests. CSUSM and Westmont most recently faced each other on April 21, 2011, when the Cougars took the Warriors down, 14-11. Kyle Secciani is the only current CSUSM player to have appeared in that game. He went 2-for-4 with two runs and a walk.