SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team hosts San Francisco State this weekend in a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) three-game series.  
 

The Schedule Games 26 & 27 Saturday, March 25 – 12 p.m. (DH) San Francisco State (4-19, 2-13 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (12-13, 2-11 CCAA) San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats | Webcast   Game 28 Sunday, March 26 – 11 a.m. SF State at CSUSM San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats | Webcast

Stat CSUSM SFSU  All CSUSM Opponents AVG .298 .218 .327 R 157 63 191 H 237 160 280 RBI 140 58 167 SLG% .387 .266 .452 BB 98 58 105 OB% .392 .284 .417 SB 37 13 39 FLD% .967 .954 .951 ERA 7.30 4.29 5.25 SO 148 128 135

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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• The Cougars were swept by Sonoma State on the road this past weekend, dropping three games by scores of 10-3, 8-0 and 14-1.
• Freshman outfielder Jose Osete went 4-for-10 with a double in the series.

 
CSUSM RANKS IN CCAA STATISTICS

• The Cougars are tied for second with Cal State East Bay in the CCAA with a .298 batting average (218-for-699). Cal Poly Pomona ranks first with a .303 clip.  
• Thanks to junior shortstop Tyler Place's CCAA leading 15 doubles, CSUSM ranks No. 1 in the conference with 58 doubles. Cal State LA is second in the conference with 57 doubles.
• The Cougars dropped to second with 37 batters being hit by a pitch, four less than Chico State. 

 
SAN FRANCISCO STATE BREAKDOWN

• The CSUSM-SF State three game series last year was shorten to just one game due to showers over the weekend. The Cougars rallied from a 3-2 deficit to earn a 6-3, 16-inning victory over the Gators at Maloney Field.
• The Gators have won only one of their last 11 games. They were swept by Chico State and most recently UC San Diego.
• SF State ranks last in the CCAA with a .224 batting average.
• In the CCAA Preseason Poll, SF State was picked to finish tied for fifth with Stanislaus State out of six teams in the north. 

 
AHEARN NAMED A SAN DIEGO HALL OF CHAMPIONS STAR OF THE MONTH

• Senior starting pitcher Taylor Ahearn was named a San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for February.
• The right-hander went 3-1, registering 25 strikeouts versus just a single walk in 29.1 innings. Ahearn tossed a complete game shutout over San Diego Christian and a seven-inning complete game at Concordia-Irvine, allowing only one run.
• Ahearn is CSUSM's second Star of the Month for 2017. Men's basketball junior guard Ethan Alvano received the honor in January.

 
CSUSM MADE 1ST APPEARANCE IN TOP 10 NCBWA WEST REGION

• The Cougars made their National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) West Region debut in the second week of the season, earning a No. 6 ranking.
• In week two of 2016, CSUSM received votes after compiling an 8-4 record.

 
TORRES EARNS CCAA WEEKLY HONOR

• Sophomore catcher Isaias Torres was named CCAA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 13-20. He started all four games behind the plate and hit .500 (7-for-14) with eight RBIs, seven hits, two runs and a .714 slugging percentage. Torres had three doubles, a sacrifice fly and handled 22 putouts in the series.

• This was CSUSM's first conference weekly honor in program history.

 
NCBWA 2017 PRESEASON HONORS

• The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) selected junior shortstop Tyler Place to the first team.
• This marks the first time in program history a player has received a NCAA Division Regional honor.

 
THE GUILIANO FILE

• Head coach Matt Guiliano became CSUSM's second coach in program history this past summer.
• Guiliano spent nine seasons as the University of Sioux Falls Head Baseball Coach where he accumulated a 175-236-1 (.426) record.
• A graduate of USF, Guiliano remains in the Top 5 of several career and single season statistics including third in the all-time career batting average (.452) and first in triples (10).
• Guiliano began his college career at Palomar College, leading the Comets to Pacific Coast Conference Championships, a No. 4 ranking in California and No. 7 ranking in the nation.
• A Valley Center High School graduate, Guiliano led the Jaguars to back-to-back Valley League Championships and runner-up finishes in the CIF finals in 2000 and 2001.

THE CCAA CONFERENCE

• Cal State San Marcos is a part of the 13-team California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Conference, made up of 12 Cal State institutions and UC San Diego.
• The CCAA is one of the premier NCAA Division II conferences in the nation. Its teams have won more national championships (153) than any other conference.

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