SAN MARCOS, Calif. – No. 12 Cal State San Marcos is in the middle of a 14-game homestand, and will take on Vanguard and Claremont McKenna in a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Sunday.

The Schedule
Games 20 & 21
Friday, February 27 – 1 p.m.
Vanguard (13-1) at No. 12 Cal State San Marcos (16-3)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Softball Field
Live stats | Live video unavailable

Games 22 & 23
Sunday, March 1 – 12 p.m.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (5-1) at CSUSM (16-3)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Softball Field
Live stats | Live video

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• Cougar Update: an email digest of every pregame, postgame and news story regarding the softball program.
• Text Messages Updates: Receive the score on your phone right after each doubleheader.
• Cougar Tracks: CSUSM Athletics' weekly email digest.
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Live Coverage of Home Games
Most home games of the 2014-15 season will be broadcasted with live video and play-by-play through Ustream.tv/channel/csusmsports. To find the link for the game, visit the Cougars' broadcast page or find the link on the team's schedule page. One can also follow the game with live stats on a brand-new interface. There will be no live video for: Feb. 27 vs. Vanguard and April 17 vs. Azusa Pacific. Live tweeting of all home games will be available through the team's twitter account, @CSUSMSoftball. Limited tweeting is available for road games.

Lucky Win #13… In A Row
CSUSM upped its winning streak to 13 games with three doubleheader sweeps of Hope International, Adelphi and San Diego Christian last week. The stretch is tied for the fifth-longest winning streak in CSUSM history, matching the run from Feb. 16-Mar. 11, 2013. CSUSM is hitting .341 as a team and Cougar hurlers have limited opposing batters to a .195 clip while posting a 1.54 ERA. The longest winning streak in CSUSM history is 22 games from Feb. 18-Mar. 21, 2012.

Base-hits
Caylyn Rodriguez is hitting a team-high .545 during the streak …. Devin Vanderhoff and Naomi Amu are batting .538 and .500, respectively … Amu has hit eight home runs while driving in 26 during the streak … Melyssa Bellamy's 13 assists and Sarah Quiambao's 11 assists provided a solid defensive effort on the left side of the infield last weekend … Brogan Hoenisch hit .417 over the weekend in four wins against Adelphi and San Diego Christian … Ashley Dagenais posted a 0.50 ERA in wins over Adelphi and SDCC … CSUSM was 8-for-8 stealing over the weekend … Rodriguez and Holly Fauria had three stolen bases apiece.

Tops in the NAIA
The Cougars are ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in a variety of statistical categories:

• Runs scored – 134
• RBI – 115
• Naomi Amu – home runs (9), RBI (32)
• Brogan Hoenisch – chances (166), putouts (161)
• Robyn Alvara, Lindsay Cerulle – fielding percentage (1.000)
• Katie Wilkinson, Ashley Dagenais – wins (8)

Vanguard Preview
The Lions enter Friday's contests riding an eight-game winning streak and has not allowed more than two runs in any of those games. Their lone loss came against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps – the Cougars' Sunday opponent. VU has six players hitting over .400 on the season, and the VU pitchers have registered a 1.35 ERA to this point.

All-time vs. VU: 21-9

Last meeting: W, 8-0 (5 inn.), W, 6-1 (Mar. 27, 2014); Wilkinson delivered a four-hit, complete-game shutout in game one. In game two, CSUSM scored three in the first inning and a two-run homer from Tani Leasau in the fifth essentially put the game out of reach. Fauria went 5-for-10 on the day with two stolen bases.

CMS Preview
CMS is a NCAA Division III program which hails from the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Athenas have rattled off five straight wins since dropping their season opener on Feb. 7 against Vanguard. CMS has outscored its opponents 29-5 over that stretch. Tara Robinson is hitting .588 and Carly Roleder is batting .538.

All-time vs. CMS: 2-1

Last meeting: L, 0-6, W, 3-1 (Feb. 9, 2013); The Stags and the Cougars last met in 2013, when they split their doubleheader in Claremont. In game two, Jourdan Lamoureaux picked up her second win of the season and Olivia Lucatuorto delivered a two-run double to put the Cougars ahead for good in the fifth inning.

Who We Are
CSUSM is an NAIA Division I institution which competes in the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Conference. CSUSM was accepted into NCAA Division II Candidacy Year One and the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the summer and is currently going through a three-year transition phase in order to gain full NCAA DII status for the 2017-18 season. The 2014-15 season will be the school's final year competing in the NAIA.

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