SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team competes in its final three-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series of 2017, hosting Stanislaus State this weekend.    
 

The Schedule Games 32 & 33 Saturday, April 8 – 12 p.m. (DH) Stanislaus State (20-12, 10-11 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (13-18, 3-16 CCAA) San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats    Game 34 Sunday, April 9 – 11 a.m. Stan State at CSUSM San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field Live Stats | Webcast

Stat CSUSM Stan  All CSUSM Opponents AVG .295 .248 .334 R 177 163 248 H 291 247 356 RBI 159 144 217 SLG% .385 .355 .469 BB 113 98 135 OB% .383 .331 .426 SB 42 40 46 FLD% .970 .966 .957 ERA 7.67 3.09 4.84 SO 166 202 169

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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• The Cougars were swept by No. 1 Chico State last weekend, falling by scores of 10-3, 18-4 and 9-0.
• Junior Colin Dvorak went 5-for-12 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the series.

 
CSUSM RANKS IN CCAA STATISTICS

• The Cougars are now third in the CCAA with a .295 batting average (291-for-988). Cal State East Bay ranks first with a .300 clip, followed by Chico State with a .296 average.
• Thanks to junior shortstop Tyler Place's CCAA leading 16 doubles, CSUSM is tied for No. 1 with Cal State East Bay and Cal State L.A. in the conference with 65 doubles.
• CSUSM is second in the CCAA with 42 batters being hit by a pitch, 14 less than Chico State. 

 
STANISLAUS STATE BREAKDOWN

• Stanislaus State leads the all-time series at 2-1 against CSUSM
• The Cougars won the opening game of the series, 12-6, before dropping the final two games by scores of 5-2 and 8-2.
• Thanks to Charlie Gaff's national-leading 15 sacrifice bunts, the Warriors rank seventh in the NCAA Division II with 35 this season.
• Stan State ranks 11th out of 12 CCAA teams with a .248 batting average but third in the conference with a 3.09 earned run average.
• In the CCAA Preseason Poll, Stan State was picked to finish last alongside San Francisco State in the North Division. 

 
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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