• The Cal State Bakersfield baseball team will continue conference play this weekend as they head down to Cal Poly for a three-day series, Friday through Sunday.

 CSUB vs Cal Poly (18-12, 9-3 BW)

• Coming off a two home series winning streak, Bakersfield looks to improve their record against the Mustangs this weekend. 
• Cal Poly currently sits at second in the Big West following right behind UC Irvine.
  • On a three game winning streak, Cal Poly has yet to lose a conference series this year.
• Bakersfield is looking to face off against this tough opponent, with Cal Poly leading the Roadrunners historically 26-12 since the first year of the program in 2009.
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• The Cal State Bakersfield Beach Volleyball program battled a tough fight last week at the Waves Tourney finishing 1-2.
• The Roadrunners will be at home this week for the last time this season for Senior Night.
• Senior Pearl Moore will have her last home game in the blue and gold as she has competed for the program for the last two years after transferring from UAB.
• The team is set to face off against rival CSU Northridge for the 5th time this season.
• Friday, April. 10 a.m (PT), Bakersfield, CA.
• Full Schedule can be found at GoRunners.com/bvbschedule

CSUN, Friday, 10 a.m. (PT)

• Bakersfield is 1-3 all-time versus the Matadors on the season.
• CSUB will meet against the Matadors for the last time until the Big West Conference Championships.

  CSUB vs. Cal Poly (18-12, 8-3 BW)

• Saturday, April 13-14, 12 p.m. (PT), at Bakersfield, Calif.
• Cal Poly is coming off a weekend series with Hawai’i where they split 1-1, as the third game was canceled.
• The Mustangs currently rank second in the conference for offense batting .299 and fourth for pitching a 3.24 ERA.
  • The Mustang offense is led by Jessica Clements who is batting a stellar .510 with 53 hits, 14 of those going for extra bases and 11 RBI while swiping 11 bags in 15 attempts
  • The pitching staff is led by Sophia Ramuno, who comes into the week sporting a 2.57 ERA. Ramuno has 102 strikeouts in 98 innings of work, while opponents are batting just .236 when facing her.
• Bakersfield earned their second conference win, which was also a run rule victory; their first since March 2023.
• There are two Roadrunners batting over .300
  • Dani Hunter is leading the `Runner offense with a .333 average and slugging .435
  • Kaia Johnson is just behind Hunter with a .310 average and slugging .408. Johnson has three doubles and three triples this year, while steal 18 bases
    • Johnson reset the single season stolen base record and is still a perfect 18-for-18
• In head-to-head matchups, Bakersfield trails Cal Poly 4-14, and enter on a eight game losing streak.
  • Bakersfield has not won since 2017 in San Luis Obispo where they beat the Mustangs 11-8

• The Cal State Bakersfield Track and Field program heads to SoCal this week for three meets. 
• First up, the throwers squad will be at the Cal State LA Twilight on Wednesday. The CSUB men's hammer throwers are ranked #12 in the nation. 
• Bakersfield will have one runner at the Leopard Distance Carnival at the University of LaVerne. 
• To close out the week, multiple athletes will represent CSUB at the popular Bryan Clay Invitational. 

CSUB at Cal State LA Twilight - Wednesday-Thursday, Apr. 10-11, All Day 

• The throwers squad continue dominate in their respective events for the Roadrunners. 
• Matthew Garrett took home another win in the men's hammer throw last weekend. Garrett is third all-time for CSUB and ranks Top 25. Javier Toro has been impressive as well in both the hammer throw and shot put. Both men will compete in the shot put on Thursday. 
• On the women's side, Jessi Solis is set to compete in the hammer throw. Last weekend she set a personal best mark of 171'3", she is 4th all-time in school history.  

CSUB at Leopard Distance Carnival - Friday, Apr. 12, All Day 

• Helena Valentic is set to represent Bakersfield at the Leopard Distance Carnival. Valentic will race in the women's 3,000m steeplechase. The Croatian holds the second fastest time in CSUB history with her personal best of 11:05.09 that she set earlier last month. 

CSUB at Bryan Clay Invitational - Saturday, Apr. 13, All Day  

• Skyblue Gonzales set a personal record of 22.56 in the men's 200m last weekend. Gonzales will race in the 400m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. 
• Meshach Davis has shown impressive results in the sprints. He holds PR's of 10.90 in the 100m and 22.41 in the 200m. The newcomer will toe the line in the 100m this weekend.
• Julie Johnson will race in the women's 400m. The pair of Nerissa Thompson and Jahnyl Howden-Donaldson are set for the 100m. 
• Julie Stein will double in the women's 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.
• Jacob Yagers is set to represent the `Runners Satuday evening for the men's 1,500m.

• New Head Coach Katy Barrett Baxter has guided her `Runners through a successful first season with one tournament remaining.
• Sophomore Sarah Mutai tied for the team lead in scoring average last year and is pacing the `Runners again so far this season at 75.00.
  • CSUB’s top golfer is on pace to reset the program’s single-season record for scoring average.
• Bakersfield native Iris Han continues to be one of the top `Runner contributors while fellow local product Maci Mills recently joined the squad as a mid-season transfer.

CSUB at Big West Championship

• The Roadrunner women’s golf team will wrap up the 2023-24 season at the Big West Championship, which will be held in Las Vegas for the first time ever.
• CSUB finished eighth of nine teams at the league tournament in 2023 and Baxter’s squad will be looking to improve on that result.
• The field of nine teams will include three-time defending Big West Champions Cal Poly.
• Big West Championship
  • Las Vegas / Spanish Trail Country Club
  • Apr. 14-16
  • 18 holes per day
  • Tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. (PT), dependent on seeding
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• The final unofficial swim meet of the Spring has arrived for Cal State Bakersfield.
• Head Coach Chris Hansen is sending sophomore standouts Arthur Schneider and Vili Sivec to the  TYR Pro Series meet in San Antonio, Texas.
• The TYR meet serves as the final major tune-up meet for most swimmers before the USA hosts its Olympic Trials in June. The San Antonio meet will feature international-level talent, including swimming superstars Calaeb Dressel and Katie Ledecky.
• Sophomore standout Vili Sivec will use this meet as another opportunity to post marks that will qualify him for the 2024 Olympics to represent his home country of Croatia.
• At another TYR meet last month, Sivec went toe-to-toe with Dressel, the reigning World Record holder in the 100-meter Butterfly, in the A-finals for the event. Sivec finished seventh overall, proving his worth among some of the world’s best swimmers.
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