SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Men’s golf, men’s and women’s track & field, softball and baseball will all be in action on the road this week for Cal State San Marcos Athletics.
Men’s golf will get the week started at Cal State East Bay’s Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout on Monday and Tuesday at Corica Park Golf Club in Alameda.
Men’s and women’s track & field will compete at San Diego State’s three-day Aztec Invitational starting on Thursday.
Softball will play a pair of doubleheaders at Cal State Monterey Bay. Friday’s doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. while Saturday’s doubleheader will start at 11 a.m.
Baseball will also be at Cal State Monterey Bay for a four-game series beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. The Cougars and Otters will play a doubleheader on Saturday at noon before wrapping up the series with a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m.
MEN’S GOLF
Monday, March 18 – Tuesday, March 19
Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout
Alameda, Calif. – Corica Park-South Course (par 72, 6,846 yards)
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. Jordan McBrayer (Carlsbad/Regis)
TEAMS
Academy of Art, Cal State East Bay No. 21 Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Marcos, Chaminade, No. 10 Chico State, Colorado Christian, Dominican, Holy Names, Notre Dame de Namur, Regis, No. 15 Simon Fraser, No. 13 Sonoma State, Stanislaus State, Univ. of Colorado-Colorado Springs, West Texas A&M
*rankings by Golfstat.com
LAST OUTING •The Cougars tied for fifth out of 16 teams with a 23-over 887 at the UCSD SoCal Intercollegiate on March 5.
•Ryan Bisharat was CSUSM’s top golfer, tying for 17th place with a 6-over 222.
CSUEB’S TIM TIERNEY PIONEER SHOOTOUT •The Cougars tied for sixth in last year’s Pioneer Shootout after carding their lowest round of the tournament at 291 to finish with a 23-over 887.
•Chris Tuulik was CSUSM’s top golfer, tying for 12th with a 2-over 218.
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
Thursday, March 21 – Saturday, March 23
41st Annual Aztec Invitational
San Diego, Calif. – Aztrack Sports Deck
Live Results
PREVIOUS WEEK •The men’s team finished fourth out of 12 teams while the women’s team took seventh out of 14 teams at Point Loma’s Ross and Sharon Irwin Collegiate Scoring Meet this past Saturday.
•Ndoto Strong won the men’s shot put event while breaking his own school record with an NCAA Division II Provisional mark of 16.85 meters.
•Justice Chima won the high-jump event with the fourth-best mark in program history at 2.01 meters.
•Thomas Fadden came up just .01 meters shy of tying the school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 50.97 meters.
•Elijah Smith put up the fourth-best discus throw mark in program history at 44.57 meters.
•Kau’ilani Miki-Han posted the second-best hammer throw mark in program history at 43.22 meters before putting up the third-best shot put mark in program history at 11.20 meters.
•Alyssia Gonzalez had the fourth-best 100-meter time in program history at 12.34 meters while Shareen Estremera had the 10th-fastest time at 12.61.
THIS WEEKEND AT SAN DIEGO STATE •The Cougars will split between competing in SDSU’s Invitational and Open.
•The decathlon and heptathlon will get underway on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.
•All of the Open events and the Invitational’s hammer throw and distance events will take place on Friday beginning at 8 a.m.
•With the exception of the hammer throw and distance events, all of the Invitational events will take place on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
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, March 22 – 1 p.m. (DH)
Saturday, March 23 – 11 a.m. (DH)
CSUSM (7-13, 6-12 CCAA) vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (13-12, 10-10 CCAA)
San Marcos, Calif. | CSUSM Softball Field
LIVE STATS
PREVIOUS WEEK •The Cougars dropped the first three games to Stanislaus State by scores of 6-4, 3-0 and 3-0 before recording a 4-0 victory over the Warriors.
•Caitlin Vinyard tossed a complete gem in the shutout, allowing only three hits and walking only one batter. For the weekend, she threw 14 innings without allowing an earned run.
•Nikki Andelin went 8-for-12 against Stanislaus State who was ranked No. 1 in the CCAA in ERA entering last weekend’s series.
•As a team, CSUSM hit .258 against the Warriors while holding them to a .213 batting average.
•The Cougars rank second in the CCAA in sacrifice flies with eight behind Cal State San Bernardino.
CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY BREAKDOWN •The Otters split their series last weekend at then-No. 20 Cal State San Bernardino, winning the first and last games of the series by scores of 4-1 and 2-0 while dropping the middle ones 12-5 and 8-7.
•CSUMB is the CCAA leader with 214 hits and is second with 41 doubles.
•Korina Krueg ranks in the top 10 in the CCAA in four categories: second in stolen bases (17), third in runs (24), third in triples (2) and fifth in hits (31).
•Alyssa Burt appears in the CCAA top 10 in three categories: second in RBIs (24), fourth in doubles (8) and sixth in hits (29).
•With a 10-10 conference record, the Otters are seventh in the CCAA standings.
THE EWING FILE •Head coach Stef Ewing enters her first season in charge of the Cougar softball team 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, March 22 – 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 23 – 12 p.m. (DH)
Sunday, March 24 – 11 a.m.
CSUSM (11-15, 7-13 CCAA) at Cal State Monterey Bay (15-11, 13-7 CCAA)
Seaside, Calif. – Otter Sports Complex
Live Stats
PREVIOUS WEEK •CSUSM was swept in its four-game series against No. 3/10 UC San Diego.
•Cabot Van Til holds the second-best batting average (.426) and runs scored (26) in the CCAA.
•Austin Ott falls within the top 10 in the CCAA in multiple categories: batting average (.410), slugging percentage (.615), on-base percentage (.465), runs scored (22), hits (34), RBI’s (25) and triples (2).
•CSUSM continues to lead the conference in batting average (.315), hits (271), runs (157), sacrifice flies (18) and triples (7).
•The Cougars now sit 10th in the conference standings.
ON THE ROAD AT THE OTTERS •Cal State Monterey Bay swept its four-game series against Cal State East Bay this past weekend.
•The Otters currently sit third in the CCAA standings with their 15-11 overall record and 13-7 CCAA record.
•CSUMB is third in the conference for pitching with an ERA of 4.08.
•Brian Morley leads the Otters in home runs with five on the season, tying for third in the CCAA.
•Kokko Figueiredo leads the CCAA in runs scored (31) and is fifth for on-base percentage (.480).
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 48-81 (.372) as CSUSM’s head coach and is 223-314-1 (.415) for his entire head coaching career.
