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Cougars Host Seven Games in Five Days This Week

SAN MARCOS, Calif. –  The Cal State San Marcos softball team (10-1, 4-0 CCAA) will play seven games in five days this week, beginning with a three-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday with Simon Fraser (2-3) before facing Sonoma State (8-5, 1-3 CCAA) on Friday and Saturday. 

LAST TIME OUT

  • The Cougars opened CCAA play with a four-game series sweep at Stanislaus State, recording 8-6 and 7-5 victories on Friday before completing the sweep on Saturday with 6-3 and 3-2 wins. 
  • This marks CSUSM's second CCAA sweep since joining the conference in 2016. In 2019, the Cougars took four from Cal State East Bay up in the Bay Area.
  • Savannah Coyle picked up two wins and two saves in the sweep over Stan State, finishing the weekend with a 0.58 ERA over 12.0 innings and striking out 13 batters. She allowed only two runs (one earned) on five hits with only one extra-base hit. 
  • Makenzie Guiliano recorded a .571 batting average after going 8-for-14 with five runs and one RBI. 

BY THE NUMBERS

  • CSUSM is off to its best start since moving to NCAA Division II in 2016.
  • The Cougars are on a nine-game win streak, their best since moving to NCAA Division II. The program's record is 22 consecutive wins set between Feb. 18 - March 21, 2012 when CSUSM competed at the NAIA level.
  • CSUSM is supporting a .350 batting average, the highest in the CCAA and 14th best in the nation of teams with 10 or more games played. 
  • CSUSM's pitching has been outstanding as well with a 1.45 ERA in 77.1 innings, ranking second behind Cal State Monterey Bay in the CCAA and fifth in the nation (teams <60 IP). 
  • Savannah Coyle's 0.58 ERA over 26.1 innings is the third lowest in Division II among pitchers with 15 or more innings pitched. 
  • Coyle along with West Georgia's Kaley Dowdy are the only Division II pitchers with three saves so far this season. 
  • Makenzie Guiliano's .522 batting average (12-for-23) and .607 on-base percentage is the highest in the CCAA. 
  • Guiliano has recorded in each of the last six games.
Morgan Salgado, Sammie Olvio
Photo Credit: Greg Siller
GAMES 12-14 | SIMON FRASER
DateTuesday, Feb. 22 - Wednesday, Feb. 23
TimesFeb. 22 - 11 a.m. (DH)
Sat. 23 - 12 p.m. 
LocationSan Marcos, Calif.
VenueCSUSM Softball Field
RecordsCSUSM (10-1)
Simon Fraser (2-3)
Live StatsSidearm Stats
Live Video ($)CCAA Network
COVID-19 Policy2021-22 CCAA Universities Spectator Policies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDWEEK CONTEST VS. SIMON FRASER

  • CSUSM holds a 5-2 lead in the all-time series against Simon Fraser. This marks the first time the Cougars will face SFU since moving to NCAA Division II.
  • The last time these two teams met was in Las Vegas' Desert Stinger Tournament where the Cougars walked away with a 16-3 mercy-rule victory.
  • In 2011, CSUSM swept SFU on April 2 by scores of 7-2 and 4-3 before falling 2-1 in the first round of the A.I.I. Softball Conference. Championships. All three of those games were played at CSUSM.
  • SFU just competed in the D2 Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona, where it went 3-2 with wins over Eastern New Mexico (7-3), California of Penn. (11-3) and Western New Mexico (13-5). SFU dropped games to Colorado Christian (2-6) and Colorado Mesa (3-4).
  • SFU did not compete in any games in 2021 and played 18 games in 2020 before its season was canceled due to the pandemic. SFU finished 2020 with a 13-5 overall record and 7-1 in Greater Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.
  • Janique Balcaen is off to a hot start, batting .615 after going 8-for-13 with four doubles and a home run in SFU's first five games.
  • Anissa Zacharczuk (2-1) is SFU's ace in the circle with 17.0 innings pitched and a 1.35 ERA in three starts and two complete games.
  • Simon Fraser was picked to finish fifth in the 2022 GNAC Preseason Softball Coaches Poll.

CCAA HOME OPENER AGAINST SONOMA STATE

  • The Cougars have won only three games in the 17 times they have played Sonoma State.
  • In their last meeting, the Cougars prevented a series sweep at home with a 1-0 eight-inning victory over the Seawolves in 2019. That was CSUSM's first win against SSU at home.
  • SSU started off the season with a 3-2 record at the Concordia Irvine Kickoff Classic, registering wins over Hawaii Pacific (4-3), then-No. 3 Biola (13-8) and Colorado Mesa (6-4). The Seawolves fell to Azusa Pacific (11-3) and Northwest Nazarene (7-2).
  • The Seawolves recorded non-conference sweeps against Holy Names (2-1, 7-5) on Feb. 10 and Academy of Art (10-2, 1-0) on Feb. 16.
  • Last weekend, SSU went 1-3 against San Francisco State at home in its opening weekend of CCAA play. The Seawolves dropped the first three games by scores of 6-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before rallying back to take the series finale, 4-2.
  • Giana Hays is leading the Seawolf offense with a .395 batting average, 15 hits, five doubles, two triples, 11 RBIs and 11 runs.
  • Jesse DuPuis and Camille Rodriguez have split starting pitching duties with DuPuis supporting a 2.36 ERA over 29.2 innings and Rodriguez turning in a 2.50 ERA in 28.0 innings.
  • SSU was picked to finish second in the 2022 CCAA Preseason Softball Coaches Poll.
GAMES 15-18 | SONOMA STATE
DateFriday, Feb. 25 - Saturday, Feb. 26
TimesFeb. 25 - 12 p.m. (DH)
Sat. 26 - 11 a.m. (DH)
LocationSan Marcos, Calif.
VenueCSUSM Softball Field
RecordsCSUSM (10-1, 4-0 CCAA)
Sonoma State (8-5, 1-3 CCAA)
Live StatsSidearm Stats
Live Video ($)CCAA Network
COVID-19 Policy2021-22 CCAA Universities Spectator Policies

COUGAR OUTLOOK

  • After seeing their 2020 season canceled after 19 games and sitting out the entire 2021 season, CSUSM returns 11 student-athletes from the 2020 season in Marissa Alvarez, Nikki Andelin, Zoe Ballen, Mayca Brown, Bianca Gutierrez, Gianna Lombardi, Kayla Mack, Sabrina Morales, Klarissa Munoz, Jamie Ponce and Ryann Steiner. 
  • Seven Cougars will take the field in Cougar blue for the first time this season - Paige Donnelly, Rachel Jardim, Mackenzie Kestler, Sammie Olivo, Jackie Ramirez, Morgan Salgado and Madison Waymire.
  • Joining the team in 2022 as true freshmen are Aneesa Arredondo, Savannah Coyle, Makenzie Guiliano, Delaney Prater and Jayline Sloss.
  • CSUSM was picked to finish eighth in the 2022 CCAA Softball Preseason Coaches Poll.

THE EWING FILE

  • Head coach Stef Ewing enters her second fourth in charge of the Cougar softball season, finishing the 2020 shorten season due to COVID-19 pandemic with a 7-12 record that ended with an exhibition game against Team USA that was preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  • Ewing captured her first win as a collegiate head coach on Feb. 17th as the Cougars won 5-4 in a walk-off over Concordia Portland at CSUSM Softball Field.
  • She previously served as the assistant coach at New Mexico State where she helped the Aggies to three WAC Regular Season Conference Championships and two WAC Conference Tournament Championships.