SAN MARCOS, Calif. - The Cal State San Marcos softball team will conclude the 2017 season with a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The series will start with a doubleheader on Friday, April 28 at 1 p.m. and will conclude with two more games on Saturday at noon. 

THE SCHEDULE
Games 45 & 46
Friday, April 28 - 1 p.m. 
Cal State San Marcos (9-35, 8-27 CCAA) at Cal State Dominguez Hills (7-42, 5-31 CCAA)
Carson - Toro Diamond
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Games 47 & 48
Saturday, April 29 - 12 p.m. 
Cal State San Marcos at Cal State Dominguez Hills
Carson - Toro Diamond
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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• CSUSM went 1-3 last week against Stanislaus State. The Cougars were swept in a doubleheader on Friday, losing 11-0 in five innings in the first game and 5-2 in the second game. CSUSM dropped a 5-3 decision in game three before bouncing back and taking game four, 5-2, with a huge sixth-inning rally. 
• Freshman pitcher Cheyenne Alvarez has the sixth best ERA in the CCAA at 2.01. 
• Senior pitcher Amanda Horbasch is 10th in the conference in strikeouts with 65. 
• Lindsay Cerulle is third in the conference in sacrifice hits with 11. 

CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS BREAKDOWN

• Cal State Dominguez Hills is last in the CCAA standings with a 5-31 conference record. The Toros are 7-42 overall. 
• Cal State Dominguez Hills hits .264 as a team. The Toro pitching staff have a combined ERA of 8.14.
• Head coach Kim Aggabao, the 2004 CCAA Player of the Year, is in her fourth season at the helm. 

ARIZAGA NAMED CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK

• Freshman infielder Gabriela Arizaga was named the CCAA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 27 - March 5. 
• She went 8-for-15 with five RBI, five runs, three doubles and a home run as the Cougars took three of four games from Cal State East Bay
• Arizaga went 2-for-4 with one run and two RBI as the Cougars won game two, 4-1.
• In game three, she went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, three RBI and a home run as CSUSM defeated the Pioneers, 8-7, in nine innings. 

COACH NEVAREZ

• Head coach Laurie Nevarez is in her fourth season at the helm of the Cougars in 2017.
• Hired in 2014, Nevarez put together an 83-61-1 (.576) record in her first three years.
• Over her 13-year, head-coaching career, Nevarez has put together a 402-177-2 (.694) overall record. Prior to her time at CSUSM, Nevarez coached NCAA Division III Redlands for 10 seasons.

THE CCAA

• Cal State San Marcos is a part of the 13-team California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), 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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