SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team hosts No. 17 Concordia University Irvine on Wednesday, March 10 before taking a 10-day break.
 
The Schedule
Game 31
Wednesday, March 24 – 2 p.m. 
No. 17 Concordia University Irvine (26-9) at Cal State San Marcos (21-9)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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Live Coverage of Home Games
For fans that can't make it out to the ballpark for any of CSUSM's 36 home games, you can now watch the action live on your home computer, smartphone or tablet. Just navigate to Ustream.tv/channel/csusmsports at game time for live video and play-by-play of all the action. One can also follow the game with live stats on a brand-new interface.

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Concordia University Irvine Preview
All-time vs. CUI: 6-11
Last Series:  0-3 (March 20 & 22, 2014). The Cougars dropped a 4-1 decision at home before falling 5-0 twice at then-No. 9 Concordia last season. Dylan Costello and Brandon Bentson both went 4-for-10 in the series.
CUI Breakdown: The Eagles bounce back from a three-game series sweep by then No. 11 The Master's College with a pair of victories over University of Sioux Falls and a three-game series sweep at Arizona Christian.
 
Notes
The Cougars have outscored their opponents 100-22 in their last 10 games which also included four shutouts … Stefan Miladinovich has had 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games this season … Emilio Esquibel is now in an elite CSUSM club, joining five other Cougars who have reached the seven win mark in a season. James Dykstra reached this feat twice and surpassed it with a record nine wins in 2013.
 
CSUSM Record Books
The streaks of Ray Patchen and Denny Vigo came to an end recently, but do not fret as CSUSM has others still going strong. Patchen's hit streak halted at 20 games, ranking him No. 2 in the program's record books behind Kevin Silvett's (2010) 23-game streak.  Vigo reached base safely in 23 games that lands him at No. 6 in the record books. Trent Jemmett (2011) set the bar high at 43 games. 
 
Current streaks:
Hitting – 9 games for Stefan Miladinovich and Austin Ott
Reach Base Safely – 13 games for Brandon Bentson

In the NAIA
Despite only playing two games in 10-day span, the Cougars remain in the nation's top 10 in numerous categories. Here is a list of the significant rankings…
 
Team Rankings
•  No. 2 in doubles per game (2.5)
•  No. 3 in doubles per game (75)
•  No. 5 in hits per game (11.3)
•  No. 10 in earned run average (2.85)

Individual Rankings
•  Justin Hertzmann – No. 4 in saves (7)
•  Emilio Esquibel – No. 5 in wins (7)
•  Stefan Miladinovich – No. 5 in total hits (50)
 
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 in the NAIA.

CSUSM Athletics Social Media
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