SAN MARCOS, Calif. - The Cal State San Marcos softball team will return to California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play and hosts No. 13 Chico State on Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. Action will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday. The first 50 fans in attendance on Friday will receive a free CSUSM Athletics umbrella. 

THE SCHEDULE
Games 34 & 35
Friday,  April 7 - 1 p.m. 
No. 13 Chico State (25-6, 15-5 CCAA) at Cal State San Marcos (7-26, 6-18 CCAA)
San Marcos - CSUSM Softball Field 
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Games 36 & 37
Saturday, April 8 - 11 a.m. 
No. 13 Chico State at Cal State San Marcos 
San Marcos - CSUSM Softball Field 
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THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• CSUSM went 0-4 last week, suffering doubleheader sweeps against No. 25 California Baptist and at Concordia-Irvine.  
• Freshman pitcher Cheyenne Alvarez has the ninth best ERA in the CCAA at 2.02. 
• Lindsay Cerulle is fourth in the conference in sacrifice hits with nine. 

CHICO STATE BREAKDOWN

• Chico State is ranked 13th nationally and sits in fourth in the CCAA standings. The Wildcats are 25-6 overall and 15-5 in conference play. 
• Chico State ace Haley Gilham has the second-lowest ERA in the CCAA at 0.91 in 107.1 innings pitched. She leads the league in opponent batting average at .206. 
• Cailin Garmon is the top hitter for the Wildcats with a .462 batting average and 29 steals. Ari Marsh is Chico State's leader in RBI with 32. 
• Head coach Angel Shamblin is in her eighth season. 

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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