SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team returns to the field on Saturday, April 4 to host a doubleheader against Hawai'i Pacific University.
 
The Schedule
Games 32-33
Saturday, April 4 – 12 p.m. (DH) 
Hawai'i Pacific (12-15) at Cal State San Marcos (21-10)
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.

Track The Cougars!
There are now more ways than ever to stay in tune with the CSUSM baseball team.
        •    Cougar Update: an email digest of every pregame, postgame and news story regarding the baseball program.
        •    Text Messages Updates: Receive the score on your phone right after each doubleheader.
        •    Cougar Tracks: CSUSM Athletics' weekly email digest.

       For more ways to keep track of the program, click here.
 
Hawai'i Pacific Preview
All-time vs. HPU: First meeting
HPU Breakdown: The Sharks have lost 10 consecutive games after stops at Cal Baptist, Azusa Pacific and Point Loma. Four of those contests were decided by one run.  Nolan Barraza is hitting a team-best .360 with 36 hits and 21 RBIs.
 
Notes
The Cougars have outscored their opponents 109-32 in their last 11 games which also included four shutouts … Stefan Miladinovich has had 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games this season … Emilio Esquibel is a member of 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 – 10 games for Austin Ott
Reach Base Safely – 14 games for Brandon Bentson

In the NAIA
After taking a 10-day break, 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. 8 in hits per game (11.3)
•  No. 8 in batting average (.339)

Individual Rankings
•  Justin Hertzmann – No. 7 in saves (7)
•  Emilio Esquibel – No. 7 in wins (7)
•  Stefan Miladinovich – No. 14 in hits per game (1.6)
 
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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