SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team wraps up its 2017 season this week, facing Cal State L.A. in a split-venue series with two games in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday before returning on Saturday for a Senior Day doubleheader beginning at noon.  
 
The Schedule
Games 47
Thursday, May 4 – 6 p.m.
Cal State San Marcos (16-30, 6-28 CCAA) at Cal State L.A. (23-21, 16-18 CCAA)
Los Angeles – Reeder Field
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Game 48
Friday, May 5 – 3 p.m. (DH)
CSUSM at CSULA
Los Angeles – Reeder Field
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Game 49 & 50
Saturday, May 6 – 11 a.m.  
CSULA at CSUSM
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
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SENIOR DAY

• The Senior Day ceremony will take place prior to first pitch so make sure to arrive early to the doubleheader
• CSUSM will honor its four senior: Taylor Ahearn, Ross Lemmel, Riley Manquen and Hayden Weir. 

 
THE COUGARS AT A GLANCE

• The Cougars took the series opener, 7-3, from Cal State San Bernardino last Friday. CSUSM dropped the remaining three games by scores of 14-7, 8-4 and 9-6.
• Freshman Riley Froom went 4-for-6 with two RBIs, a double and a triple.  

 
CSUSM RANKS IN CCAA STATISTICS

• The Cougars fell to fourth in the CCAA statistics with a .296 batting average (440-for-1484). Chico State moved into a tie with Cal Poly Pomona for the No. 1 spot with a .314 clip. UC San Diego slipped past CSUSM to secure third with a .300 average.  
• Junior shortstop Tyler Place is the CCAA doubles leader with 18 while the team dropped to second with 90 doubles, one shy of first place Cal State L.A.
• The Cougars are second in the CCAA with 61 batters being hit by a pitch, 17 less than Chico State. 

 
CAL STATE L.A. BREAKDOWN

• The all-time series between CSUSM and CSULA is tied at 4-4.    
• The Golden Eagles took 3-of-4 from UC San Diego last week, dropping the series opener, 9-3, before snagging the final three games by scores of 8-7, 9-4 and 2-1.  
• CSULA ranks sixth in the nation in double plays per game (1.02) and eighth with 45 double plays converted in 2017.
• The Golden Eagles have already secured a spot in the CCAA Tournament and will finish third in the conference standings. 
• In the CCAA Preseason Poll, CSULA was picked to fourth 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 for Feb. 13-19.
• 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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