A nine-run fifth inning powered the Cal State San Marcos baseball team (17-15, 12-11 CCAA) to a 13-11 win over Cal State East Bay (15-20, 11-14 CCAA) in the series opener at CSUSM Baseball Field on Friday.

The Cal State San Marcos baseball team will return to San Marcos this weekend for its next-to-last home series of the season against Cal State East Bay beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. The series will continue with a noon doubleheader on Saturday before wrapping up on Sunday at 11 a.m.   Prior to Saturday's doubleheader, CSUSM Baseball Field will officially become Dennis A. Pugh Baseball Field in a naming ceremony honoring the baseball program's founding coach at 11:30 a.m.

The No. 18 Cal State San Marcos softball team (29-10, 15-9 CCAA) will continue its 10-game homestand this week with a four-game series against Cal State San Bernardino (20-20, 12-12 CCAA). The Cougars will host the Coyotes on Friday with a 1 p.m doubleheader before wrapping the series up with a noon twinbill on Saturday.

The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team took 12th with a 4-over 868 (296-280-292) at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic in Goodyear, Arizona, on Tuesday.