SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team takes on Cal State San Bernardino in a split-venue California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series this weekend with home games on Friday and Sunday in addition to a doubleheader in San Bernardino on Saturday.
 
The Schedule
Games 43
Friday, April 28 –3 p.m.
Cal State San Bernardino (11-31, 8-22 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (15-27, 5-25 CCAA)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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Game 44 & 45
Saturday, April 29 – 11 a.m. (DH)
CSUSM at CSUSB
San Bernardino, Calif. – Fiscalini Field
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Game 46
Sunday, April 30 – 11 a.m.  
CSUSB at CSUSM
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• The Cougars were swept in their second consecutive series, this time at the hands of Cal Poly Pomona. Final scores were 28-12, 7-6, 16-0 and 8-4.    
• Junior first baseman Andy Garretson went 4-for-11 with four runs, three RBIs, a double and a home run in the series.

 
CSUSM RANKS IN CCAA STATISTICS

• The Cougars continue to sit in third in the CCAA with a .299 batting average (406-for-1359). Cal Poly Pomona moved into first with a .316 clip and Chico State drops to second with a .308 batting average.
• Junior shortstop Tyler Place remains on top of the CCAA standings with 18 doubles while the team fell to second with 83 doubles, one less than first place Cal State Dominguez Hills.
• The Cougars are second in the CCAA with 57 batters being hit by a pitch, 16 less than Chico State. 

 
CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO BREAKDOWN

• The Coyotes hold a 6-3 advantage in the all-time series against the Cougars. CSUSM won the series opener last season, 1-0, before falling in each of the final three games by scores of 2-0, 8-6 and 11-5.   
• The Coyotes suffered a three-game series sweep at No. 4 Chico State last weekend. Final scores were 7-4, 6-2 and 9-4.
• Senior outfielder Dillon Fahr is in a three-way tie for seventh place in the CCAA with 53 hits.   
• In the CCAA Preseason Poll, CSUSB was picked to finish third in the South Division. 

 
AHEARN EARNS CSUSM'S FIRST WEST REGION WEEKLY HONOR

• Ahearn snagged CSUSM's first NCAA Division II West Region weekly honor in school history after being named NCBWA West Region Pitcher of the Week.
• The senior ace also got CCAA Pitcher of the Week, CSUSM's second conference honor after sophomore Isaias Torres collected CCAA Player of the Week for Feb. 13-19.
• Ahearn was named a San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for February.

 
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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