SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (4-1) will open CCAA play with a four-game series against Cal State Dominguez Hills (4-5) on Friday at 2 p.m. at CSUSM Baseball Field. The series will continue with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m., and the series finale will be played on Sunday at noon.
 
Due to other conflicting home events for CSUSM, Saturday's doubleheader will not be streamed on FloCollege, but live stats will be available.
 
LAST GAME

• CSUSM's last game occurred on Feb. 6 against Colorado School of Mines and saw the Cougars take their first loss of the season, falling 9-7.
• Phoenix Sommay extended his program-record reached-base streak to 47 games.
• Hayden Tregidga hit his team-leading third homer and 11th RBI.

 
COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM ranks 10th nationally in fielding percentage (1.000), double per game (2.80), scoring (10.2) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.3).
• Hitting 1.60 home runs per game, the Cougars rank 11th nationally.
• CSUSM has the 16th-best slugging percentage (.538) and 24th-best on-base percentage (.439) in Division II.
• Swiping 2.20 bags per game, the Cougars lead the CCAA.
• Getting on base with 1.40 walks per game, Cameron Mahaffy and Garrett Teunissen lead the conference. The duo also leads the conference with 0.60 stolen bases per game.
• Hayden Tregidga's .60 home runs per game lead the CCAA and rank eighth nationally while his 2.20 RBIs per game lead the league and rank seventh nationally.
• Spencer Anderson is allowing the second-fewest hits per nine innings in the CCAA (5.00) while ranking 10th in ERA (3.00) and 11th in strikeouts per nine innings (10.00).
• At 163 career strikeouts, Nolan Long is 10 away from tying Garrett Apker's program record of 173 set in 2022.

CCAA OPENER AGAINST CSUDH

• The Toros went 4-5 in non-conference play, losing at three-game series at Fresno Pacific, splitting a four-game series against CUI and splitting a doubleheader with La Sierra.
• In the CCAA, the Toros rank second in batting average (.295), base on balls (39), doubles (20), home runs (13), runs (68) and sacrifice flies (5).
• Alex Sepulveda leads the Toros with a .500 batting average and ranks third in the CCAA while Noah Karliner leads the conference with four home runs.
• On the defensive side, CSUDH ranks 10th in fielding (.955), eighth in walks allowed per nine innings (4.19), seventh in ERA (6.21), fifth in WHIP (1.49), fifth in strikeouts per nine innings (9.0).
• Evan Vazquez leads the conference with 16 strikeouts while Justin Abercrombie has the fifth-best ERA in the league at 2.45.
• The Cougars own a 20-16 record against the Toros in the all-time series and are 8-6 at home.
• CSUSM swept last year's series in Carson by scores of 13-8, 15-5, 16-8 and 12-7.

2025 OUTLOOK

• CSUSM was picked to finish third in the 2025 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• The Cougars' roster of 39 includes 19 transfers, 14 returners and six freshmen.
• CSUSM has 18 pitchers in its arsenal, with 15 right-handers and three southpaws.
• The Cougars have 22 position players, including one two-way player.
• All but seven Cougars are upperclassmen.

THE GARCIA FILE

• Head Coach Jose Garcia enters his third season in San Marcos after taking over the CSUSM baseball program on Aug. 1, 2022.
• Garcia was the 2024 CCAA Coach of the Year in just his second season as a head coach. The Cougars finished second in the CCAA standings and made their first-ever appearances in the NCAA West Regional and CCAA Tournament. CSUSM's 27-21 overall record and 26-13 conference record were the program's best since joining NCAA Division II in 2016.
• The Cougars ended the 2023 season with an overall record of 20-25 and finished ninth in CCAA play at 14-21.
• Garcia came to CSUSM from fellow CCAA member Chico State where he was the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats.
• Joining Chico's staff as a student assistant in Fall 2012, Garcia helped the Wildcats notch 286 victories, seven postseason appearances, two CCAA Championships, one NCAA West Region Championship and one College World Series appearance in 10 years with the program.
• Serving as Chico's primary hitting and infield coach, Garcia coached the Wildcats' offense to a conference-record .344 team batting average while assisting the team to a 34-15 overall record in 2022 despite only returning seven players from the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
• In 2017, Garcia helped Chico to another CCAA record with a win-loss total of 34-4 in conference play while also helping the team to an NCAA Division II-best .983 fielding percentage.
• Garcia is a graduate of Chico State and earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in coaching. He later earned his master's degree in School and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri in 2017.
• Garcia has a career record of 51-47 (.520).