SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Men’s golf, men’s and women’s track & field, softball and baseball will all be in action this week for Cal State San Marcos Athletics.
Men’s golf will get the week started by competing in the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s (CCAA) Championships at Bayonet & Black Horse in Seaside, California. The action will start with the first two rounds at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday before the final round on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.
Men’s and women’s track & field will compete in its final meet before the CCAA Championships at UC Irvine’s Steve Scott Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Anteater Stadium. Friday’s events will begin at 1 p.m. while Saturday’s events will start at noon.
Softball will close its 2019 season with a four-game series at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Friday’s doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. while Saturday’s twin bill will begin at noon.
Baseball will wrap up its regular season this weekend with a home-and-home series against Cal Poly Pomona. The Cougars and Broncos will play at 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at CSUSM Baseball Field before wrapping up the series with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Sunday in Pomona. Prior to Saturday’s game, CSUSM will honor its 15 seniors.
MEN’S GOLF
Tuesday, April 23 – Wednesday, April 24
CCAA Championship
Seaside, Calif. – Black Horse Golf Course (par 72, – Day 1: 6,864 yards; Day 2: 6,953)
LIVE SCORING
CSUSM TOP FIVE
1. Ryan Bisharat (San Diego/Cathedral Catholic HS)
2. Justin Vrzich (El Cajon/Cuyamaca College)
3. Daniel Kim Arredondo (Chula Vista/Christian HS)
4. Matthew Moss (San Diego/Point Loma HS)
5. Ben Hume (Yorba Linda/Yorba Linda HS)
TEAMS
Cal State East Bay, Cal State Dominguez Hills, No. 18 Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State San Marcos, No. 5 Chico State, No. 11 Sonoma State, Stanislaus State, UC San Diego
*rankings by Golfstat.com
COUGAR UPDATE
•The Cougars last competed at the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout on March 18.
•Five CCAA schools took the top five spots in the Shootout with UC Colorado Springs sneaking in at sixth, right in front of CSUSM’s seventh place finish with a 31-over 595.
•Justin Vrzich earned his first top 10 finish as a Cougar after tying for 10th with an even-par 216.
CCAA CHAMPIONSHIP •Cal State Monterey Bay is the host of the 2019 CCAA Championship.
•The teams will play 36 holes in a shotgun format on Tuesday, before playing 18 holes with tee times on Wednesday.
•The Cougars tied for fifth at the 2018 CCAA Championship in Chico, finishing with a 30-over 894.
THE HUTTON FILE •Head coach Greg Hutton has been at the helm of the men’s program since the 2010-11 season and was named the women’s head coach in 2014.
•Under Hutton’s leadership, the women’s team won CSUSM’s first CCAA Championship in school history in 2018.
•Both teams qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships last season.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Friday, April 26 – Saturday, April 27
Steve Scott Invitational
Irvine, Calif. – Anteater Stadium
LIVE RESULTS
PREVIOUS WEEK
•The Cougars had a very busy weekend by competing in three separate meets at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the Mt. SAC Relays and the Long Beach State Beach Invitational.
•Joshua Litwiller put up an NCAA Division II Provisional time of 30:19.43 in the 10,000-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays – the second-fastest time in program history.
•At the Bryan Clay Invitational, Jonathan Burton posted an NCAA Division II Provisional time of 52.77 in the 400-meter hurdles – the fourth-fastest time in program history.
•Bryan Quintero put up the third-best hammer throw mark in program history at 47.71 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays.
•Nick Heid posted the eighth-best triple jump mark in program history at 13.12 meters at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational.
•In the 100-meter dash at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Alyssia Gonzalez tallied the third-fastest time in program history at 12.29.
•Gonzalez then posted the seventh-fastest 200-meter time in school history at 25.32.
•In the same event, Shareen Estremera’s time of 12.56 tied for the ninth-best time in program history.
•Jenna Hernandez had the seventh-best javelin throw mark in program history at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational with a mark of 32.98 meters.
THIS WEEK AT UC IRVINE •The Steve Scott Invitational will get underway at 1 p.m. on Friday while Saturday’s events will start at noon.
•This will be CSUSM’s final meet before the CCAA Championships in La Jolla at UC San Diego on May 2-4.
THE OLSON FILE •Head coach Torrey Olson begins his first season at the helm of the men’s and women’s track and field programs after taking over in the summer of 2018.
•Olson came to CSUSM after spending three seasons as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at the Academy of Art University where his teams earned 50-plus All-American honors.
•Olson served as the head cross country coach the previous three years at Academy of Art.
•In addition to the Academy of Art, Olson has also worked with the University of San Francisco and Pomona-Pitzer College.
•A graduate of Pomona College in 2009, Olson also holds an MFA from St. Mary’s College (2012).
SOFTBALL
Friday, April 26 – 1 p.m. (DH)
Saturday, April 27 – 12 p.m. (DH)
CSUSM (12-29, 8-26 CCAA) vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (25-17, 19-15 CCAA)
Carson, Calif. | Toro Diamond
Live Stats
PREVIOUS WEEK
•The Cougars took a game away from No. 10 UC San Diego, shutting out the Tritons 2-0 in the second game of the series.
•Raven LeClair tallied four hits and two runs in the series.
•Caitlin Vinyard held the Tritons to three runs (two earned) while striking out four batters.
CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS •The Toros split their series at Cal State San Bernardino, dropping the first and last games of the series by scores of 13-8 and 6-5, but walking away with 3-0 and 9-2 victories in the middle games.
•Sitting in seventh place in the conference standings, CSUDH is fighting for a spot in the CCAA Championships with the top six teams making the cut.
•CSUSM holds an 11-7 advantage in the all-time series, splitting the 2018 series in San Marcos
•The Toros have hit into a conference-high 15 double plays in 2019.
•CSUDH has a CCAA-leading 70 stolen bases with six Toros recording five or more this season.
•Damari Simon is leading the team in hits (51), RBIs (53), runs (40), home runs (9), triples (3), slugging percentage (.697) and stolen bases (16).
THE EWING FILE •Head coach Stef Ewing enters her first season in charge of the Cougar softball season as the fourth head coach in program history.
•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.
BASEBALL
Friday, April 26 – 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 27 – 3 p.m.
CSUSM (22-24, 18-22 CCAA) vs. Cal Poly Pomona (22-24, 20-20 CCAA)
San Marcos, Calif. – CSUSM Baseball Field
LIVE STATS | COUGAR SPORTS NETWORK
Sunday, April 28 – 1 p.m. (DH)
CSUSM at Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, Calif. – Scolinos Field
LIVE STATS | WATCH
PREVIOUS WEEK
•The Cougars won their second series in a row and fourth series of the season by taking three out of four games against Cal State San Bernardino this past weekend.
•CSUSM posted wins of 10-4 and 14-6 on Thursday and Friday before falling 9-7 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. They closed out the series with a 6-2 win.
•The Cougars own the best team batting average in the CCAA at .323.
•Cabot Van Til has the second-best batting average in the conference (.402), while Andrew Garcia’s .389 holds third and Austin Ott is fourth with at .381.
•Van Til’s 78 hits this season are tied for the third most in program history and lead the CCAA.
•Garcia improved his hitting streak to 18 games – the longest this season.
•CSUSM’s 502 hits ranks sixth in the nation while its .323 batting average is 20th.
THIS WEEK AGAINST THE BRONCOS •CSUSM will begin the week at home on Friday and Saturday where they will be celebrating their 15 seniors before heading to Pomona to play a doubleheader on Sunday.
•The Broncos split their series with Chico this past weekend.
•CPP stands seventh in the CCAA standings at 20-20.
•The Broncos team batting average of .281 ranks sixth in the CCAA while their team ERA of 5.37 ranks seventh.
•Ryan Knowles leads the Broncos with a batting average of .344.
•CSUSM is 1-11 in the all-time series against CPP and is 1-5 when facing them on their home turf.
THE GUILIANO FILE •Head coach Matt Guiliano enters his third season at the helm of the Cougars baseball program.
•Prior to making his way to San Marcos, Guiliano was the head coach for nine seasons (2008-16) at his alma mater Sioux Falls.
•Guiliano is a 2006 graduate of the University of Sioux Falls and a 2001 graduate of Valley Center High School.
•Guiliano is 59-90 (.396) as CSUSM’s head coach and is 234-323-1 (.420) for his entire head coaching career.
