SAN MARCOS, Calif. – No. 12 Cal State San Marcos hosts its first top-25 opponent of the season in No. 14 Biola on Thursday at CSUSM Softball Field. Sunday's originally scheduled doubleheader against La Sierra has been canceled due to a lack of available players from LSU. CSUSM will be granted two forfeit victories pending approval from the NAIA.

The Schedule
Games 22 & 23
No. 14 Biola (14-6) at No. 12 Cal State San Marcos (17-4)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Softball Field
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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.
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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 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.

Biola Preview
Biola enters Thursday's contests as a winner of four straight after taking home back-to-back doubleheaders against Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) and Arizona Christian in Arizona. The Eagles had dropped six of their last nine prior to that.

All-time vs. Biola: 18-10 (.643)

Last meeting: W, 3-2; L, 1-3 (Feb. 22, 2014); In the first game, the Cougars got on the scoreboard early after Caylyn Rodriguez singled, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch. Biola's CeCe Luster flipped the score with a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the frame, but CSUSM scraped together two more runs in the second inning on a pair of errors, the second of which allowed Amy Hartwell and pinch runner Breana Reyes to score. The second game started out well for the Cougars as well, with Ashley Dagenais tossing four shutout innings and Tani Leasau's single in the second inning giving CSUSM a 1-0 lead. However, Biola's bats came through in the fifth inning for three runs.

Streak Snapped
The Cougars had a 14-game winning streak snapped o Feb. 27 against Vanguard. After taking down the Lions 4-2 on a walk-off homerun by Melyssa Bellamy, the Cougars dropped a 7-3 contest to VU in game two. The unbeaten run is tied for the fourth-longest in CSUSM program history.

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

• Naomi Amu – home runs (10), RBI (33)
• Robyn Alvara, Lindsay Cerulle – fielding percentage (1.000)
• Ashley Dagenais – wins (9)

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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