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

The Schedule Games 20 & 21 Saturday, March 11 – 11 a.m. (DH) Cal State East Bay (12-6, 3-3 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (11-8, 1-6 CCAA) San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats | Webcast   Game 22 Sunday, March 12 – 11 a.m. CSUEB at CSUSM San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats | Webcast

Stat CSUSM CSUEB All CSUSM Opponents AVG .308 .275 .289 R 119 96 110 H 181 153 173 RBI 106 85 91 SLG% .395 .347 .400 BB 78 77 67 OB% .410 .367 .382 SB 21 49 29 FLD% .971 .958 .950 ERA 5.63 3.44 5.58 SO 109 119 97

 
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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• The Cougars bounced back with a 7-1 victory in the series finale after dropping both games of Saturday's doubleheader at Cal State Monterey Bay by scores of 6-2 and 17-2.
• Sophomore pitcher Marc Vela shined in his first collegiate start, going the first seven frames and allowing just one run on four hits.
• Sophomore catcher Isaias Torres moved into the top spot of CSUSM's offense with a .396 (19-for-48) batting average.  
• Five Cougars who have appeared in 14 or more games are hitting above .300.  

 
CSUSM RANKS IN CCAA STATISTICS

• The Cougars rank second in the CCAA with a .308 batting average (181-for-587). UC San Diego leads the conference with a .312 clip.
• Thanks to junior shortstop Tyler Place's 11 doubles, CSUSM ranks No. 2 in the conference with 41 doubles. Cal State East Bay is in the top spot with 45 doubles.  
• The Cougars are tied with Chico State with 30 batters being hit by a pitch. 

 
CAL STATE EAST BAY BREAKDOWN

• The Pioneers hold a 2-1 lead in the all-time series over the Cougars.
• The Cougars recorded a 6-4 victory in the series finale at CSUEB after falling in both ends of the Saturday doubleheader (7-3, 8-4) last year.
• CSUEB had its three-game series against UCSD last weekend cut short due to weather. The Pioneers split the doubleheader, dropping game one 9-4 before registering a 6-1 victory in the nightcap.
• Senior catcher Wyatt Foreman leads the CCAA with a .444 batting average (20-for-45).
• Senior outfielder Kris Bartlett has a conference-best 19 walks in 16 games.

 
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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