SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The No. 14 Cal State San Marcos softball team (14-1) will head up to San Francisco State (12-4, 1-1 CCAA) for its first CCAA road trip of the season, opening the series with a Friday 12 p.m. doubleheader and a Saturday 11 a.m. twinbill. 

RECENT GAME UPDATES

• The Cougars opened conference play with a series sweep over Stanislaus State last weekend in San Marcos. 
• CSUSM registered a 6-2 win in the series opener before posting a 5-4 comeback victory on Friday. On Saturday, the Cougars collected a 5-2 victory before closing out the series with a 1-0 win. 
• Madison Waymire batted .583 (7-for-12) with two doubles, one home run, four runs, two RBIs and a stolen base.                                                              

COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM remained at No. 14 in Week 3 of the NFCA/GOROUT Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. 
• The Cougars enter the weekend on a nine-game win streak, their longest one since the 2022 14-game streak. 
• CSUSM moved into the top spot in the CCAA with a .367 batting average, ranking 13th in NCAA Division II. 
• The Cougars also lead the CCAA in on-base percentage (.425) and slugging percentage (.509). 
• CSUSM has the second-highest average in the conference in RBIs (4.93) and home runs (0.53) per game. 
• The Cougars have the second-best fielding percentage in the CCAA at .976. 
• CSUSM is averaging 5.87 runs a game, the second highest in the CCAA. 
• The Cougars have tallied seven sacrifice flies this season, second highest in the CCAA and 15th in Division II. 
• Four Cougars are ranked in the top 10 in the CCAA in batting average – Savannah Coyle and Delaney Prater rank third with a .500 avg., followed by Paige Donnelly in fifth (.457) and Jillian Albayati in seventh (.429). 
• Coyle is ranked eighth in Division II with three saves so far this season. 
• Donnelly's 17 RBIs rank second in the CCAA. 
• Albayati is third in the nation with 3.36 assists per game. 

FIRST CCAA ROAD SERIES AT SF STATE

• SF State is receiving votes in the latest NFCA Division II Coaches Poll. 
• The Gators split their opening CCAA doubleheader at Cal Poly Humboldt last Thursday, dropping game one 5-4 before bouncing back with a 6-1 win. Friday's doubleheader was halted in the top of the fifth inning (Jacks leading 6-1) of the first game due to unforeseen circumstances. 
• SF State went 3-2 at Stanislaus State's Tournament of Champions Feb. 14-16, with wins over then-No. 24 Northwest Nazarene (4-2), Central Washington (5-1) and Academy of Art (6-0) while falling to Vanguard (4-1) and Saint Martin's (10-7, 10 inn.)
• The Gators are leading the CCAA in stolen bases per game (2.31) and total stolen bases (37). 
• SF State has the second-worst slugging percentage in the conference at .351. 
• The Gators are batting .284, ranking seventh in the CCAA while having the third-best ERA in the conference at 1.71. 
• Marley Gonzales has tallied a CCAA-best 12 stolen bases, ranking her 15th in Division II. 
• Elise Roy has the fourth-best ERA in the CCAA at 1.15 in 30.1 innings. 
• Since 2022, CSUSM is 8-4 against the Gators including a series sweep in 2022. 
• The Cougars went 2-2 against the Gators last season in San Marcos, taking the first and last games of the series at 6-2 and 9-5, respectively. The middle games were decided in extra innings with the Gators winning 5-4 in 10 innings and 1-0 in 11 innings. 
• The Gators were picked to finish sixth in the 2025 CCAA Softball Preseason Coaches Poll. 

2025 OUTLOOK

• CSUSM was picked to finish first in the 2025 CCAA Preseason Softball Coaches Poll. 
• The Cougars' roster of 26 consists of 17 returners, one transfer and eight freshman. 
• Athletically, the Cougars are made up of four redshirt seniors, six seniors, three juniors, five sophomores and eight freshman. 
• The Cougars' 53-game schedule includes 28 home contests and 25 road games.

THE ROBINSON FILE

• Head Coach A.J. Robinson was promoted to the top spot on July 31, 2024. 
• As the program's assistant coach from 2022-24, Robinson helped guide CSUSM to three NCAA Division II West Regional appearances, an NCAA National Championship appearance, a West Regional Championship, a CCAA Regular-Season Championship and a CCAA Tournament Championship.
• For the 2021 season, Robinson was a volunteer assistant coach at San Diego State and helped the Aztecs to an overall record of 28-16.
• Robinson's first stint at CSUSM was as a volunteer assistant coach from 2018-20 where he was named CSUSM Athletics' Volunteer Assistant Coach of the Year in 2020.
• Robinson was the founder and president of The Factory Softball Club in San Diego until 2024. In 2018 and 2019, he and his coaching staff earned West Region Travel Ball Coaching Staff of the Year honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).