• Bakersfield kicks off an exciting week of baseball with six games scheduled over an eight-day span.
• With another midweek game on the schedule, they wrap up their four-game series against Pacific today at 6:00 p.m.
• CSUB enters the latter half of their season with only four Big West series remaining.
• Currently tied for sixth in the conference, the `Runners look to stay in postseason contention with only the Top 6 teams in the league qualifying for the first-ever Big West Baseball Championship.
• Catcher Tyler Leroy enjoyed a hot week, hitting .375 while driving in six runs over four games.
• Reliever Michael Riley continues to be a shutdown pitcher, throwing 6.1 scoreless innings last week.
  • The right-handed pitcher ranks Top 100 in the country with a 3.01 ERA on the year.

Pacific

• Bakersfield travels to Stockton for the final time this season to face the Pacific Tigers.
• This marks the fourth meeting between CSUB and Pacific this year—and the second time CSUB will play at Pacific’s home field.
• Earlier this season, Bakersfield took two of the three games, winning 6-0 and 6-5 before dropping a close 11-10 battle.
• Pacific holds a 2-7 conference record and a 14-27 overall record.

UC Davis

• Starting Thursday, Bakersfield begins a Big West series against the UC Davis Aggies.
• Davis has won one conference series this season—against UC Riverside—and managed single wins against both UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.
  • The Aggies are 16-18 overall, with a pitching staff that ranks third in the Big West with a 4.32 ERA.
• Last season, Bakersfield faced UC Davis in the final three-game series of the year.
  • Davis took the series 2-1, though CSUB closed it out with a 3-2 win in the final game.
• On Saturday, during the series finale, Bakersfield will give away free CSUB bandanas to the first 250 fans in attendance.

Pepperdine

• After the weekend series, Bakersfield heads to Malibu for a single game against the Pepperdine Waves, then returns home the following day for a rematch at Hardt Field.
• CSUB faced Pepperdine twice last season in midweek games, splitting the meetings. They won the second matchup 10-5 at home.
• Pepperdine is currently 9-26 overall, with five wins coming in conference play.
• The Waves opened the season with a tough schedule, facing ranked opponents in both UC Santa Barbara and UCLA.
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• The Cal State Bakersfield softball team remains in the hunt for one of the six spots in the first-ever Big West Softball Championship
  • While the Roadrunners currently sit in ninth in the league standings, CSUB is just 3 games back of two teams tied for fifth place
• CSUB's 15 wins this season has eclipsed the program's combined win totals from the 2024 and 2023 seasons (12), showing great improvement and momentum moving forward.
• Maalia Cherry ranks 88th in the nation and first in the Big West for home runs
  • She has 11 home runs and 32 RBI on the year
• Cherry is a 3x Big West Freshman of the Week, 1x Player of the Week, and a 1x D1 Freshman of the Week
• Kaia Johnson hit her first career home run on Saturday versus Hawai’i and swiped two bags, which puts her tied for 4th all time with 54 stolen bases
• Maya Molina-Villarreal is currently on a 7-game hitting streak, the second longest of the 2025 season, two games shy of Cherry’s season record (9)
  • Faith Steffany is on a 6-game hitting streak

CSUB (15-26, 6-12 BW) at CSUN (17-21, 10-7 BW)

• April 18-19, (1 PM & 3 PM Friday, 1 PM Saturday)
• Matador Diamond (Northridge, CA)
• CSUB heads south to take on CSUN, looking to take advantage of the opportunity facing off with a team ahead of them in the Big West standings
  • The Matadors are currently sitting in 4th place
• Northridge was swept last weekend by the first place Cal State Fullerton Titans
• The Matadors feature a potent offense and have six batters hitting over .300
  • They average 4.21 runs per game
• CSUB battled with Hawai’i this past weekend, but were unable to grab a win
  • They had two losses come by three runs or less
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• After being in Boise, Idaho, the Roadrunners will head back to the West Coast to face off against heavy competition in Los Angeles for the LMU invite.
• CSUB will face off against LMU and Utah on Friday, and then Utah and CSUN on Saturday. 
• The Runner roster features 5 returners and 14 newcomers.
• Head coach Andy Fulenwider is in his second season as head coach and will try to compete for a Big West title.

CSUB at LMU Invite

• LMU, Friday 11:00 am
  • Bakersfield is 1-9 against the Lions all-time
  • LMU is currently ranked #4 in the nation
• Utah, Friday 3:00 pm & Saturday 11:00 am
  • Bakersfield is 0-2 against the Utes
  • The last meeting came in 2022 with a 3-2 loss
• CSUN, Saturday 3:00 pm
  • Bakersfield is 15-21 against the Matadors
  • The last meeting came just last week with a 4-1 loss
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• The Cal State Bakersfield track and field program has a busy week ahead. Athletes will participate in three different meets from Wednesday to Saturday.
• The women's program had a historic indoor season, during which multiple school records were broken and various top-five marks were achieved. 
• 14 athletes have broken into the CSUB all-time list for their events this season.
• Makiah Parker, Skye Odom, and Julie Johnson broke school records in their respective events. 
• Bakersfield native Jacob Yagers has broken the 1,500m school record this season. The once 33 year old record is now Yager’s with a time of 3:44.40.
• Yagers has been named Big West Track Athlete of the Week this season.
• Freshman Makiah Parker ran a 200m in 24.12; it is the fastest time in 40 years for the event.
• Javier Toro had a successful season last year in which he qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries Meet. He currently ranks 20th in the NCAA West Region for the hammer throw and holds the third-best mark in program history.

Cal State LA Twilight Open – Wednesday-Thursday, Apr. 16-17

• This week’s competition will start with the hammer throws on Wednesday. The whole thrower’s squad will compete and look to continue their streak of big marks for CSUB.
• Freshman Skye Odom is set to compete in the triple and long jump. Odom ranks fifth all-time in the triple jump for the Roadrunners.
• Amiera Hollis will double in the women’s 100m and 200m.
• Transfer Ivy Miller will toe the line in the women’s 400mH, while Jaden Cutliff will take on the men’s 110mH and 400mH.
• Meshach Davis looks to double in the men’s 100m and 2000m races.
• Skyblue Gonzales will focus on the men’s 400m.

Bryan Clay Invitational – Friday, Apr. 18

• Jacob Yagers will be the lone `Runner representing the school at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Bryan Clay has become one of the biggest meets for distance runners in the nation, and Yagers will look to lower his 1,500m school record.

Mt. Sac Relays – Friday-Saturday, Apr. 18-19

• Bakersfield had a few athletes qualify for Mt. Sac Relays.
• The meet has become one of the most competitive meets in the world, with hundreds of collegiate athletes along with professionals competing against one another.
• Emilia Mandela will toe the line in the women’s 100mH.
• Freshman Makiah Parker will double in the women’s 100m and 200m races.
• Bakersfield native Julie Johnson is set to focus on the women’s 400m.
• Tom Richardson will be the only CSUB athlete to compete in a field event on Friday. Richardson will participate in the men’s shot put.
• Javier Toro will join Richardson in the men’s hammer throw.
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