• The Cal State Bakersfield baseball team dropped all three games of its Big West series vs. UC Davis this weekend.
• Noah Alvarez (.333 BA, 2 BB) and Elgin Bennett (.300 BA, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB) were Bakersfield's offensive leaders on the weekend.
• Dante Jackson impressed on the mound this week, appearing in 3 of Bakersfield's 4 games while throwing 5.1 scoreless innings.

Big West Series vs. UC Davis (3-0 Series Loss)

UC Davis (3-1, 5-2, 8-2)

• Cal State Bakersfield continued Big West play with a weekend series against Long Beach State, hosted at Hardt Field in Bakersfield.
• The Roadrunners came up short in all three games, including a pair of close contests to opening the weekend.
• On Friday night, CSUB got a solid start out of pitcher Ryan King (5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K), but Innings 6-8 proved to be costly as the visiting Aggies pulled away for a 3-1 victory.
• Saturday fared a bit differently as UC Davis built up a 4-2 lead early on. Bakersfield's bullpen came up clutch, holding the Aggies scoreless over the final 3.1 innings, but the `Runner offense could not make the rally needed in the 5-2 defeat.
• UC Davis scored one run in each of the first three innings on Sunday, then scored late to seal the series sweep with an 8-2 victory.
  • Bakersfield's two runs in the finale came off the bat of Elgin Bennett, who hit his fourth homer of the year.
• The `Runners will continue a busy week with a home-and-home pair of games on back-to-back days, Monday and Tuesday, vs. Pepperdine.
  • Monday's game will be on the road while CSUB will host the Waves on Tuesday.

• Roadrunners smack three home runs in CSUN series
  • Maalia Cherry now has 12 tying the CSUB single season record (Ryane Peterson, 2010 & Christie Hill, 2006)
  • Kaia Johnson hit her second of her career
  • Maya Molina Villarreal hit her third of the season, a single season high for the Senior
  • CSUB now has 23 home runs on the year, the third most in CSUB single season history
• Bailee Bustos hurls her 14th complete game of the season
• Roadrunners are currently on the outside looking in at the Big West Championship seeding, sitting in 8thplace, trailing UCSD by four games in the standings

CSUB @ CSUN

• Roadrunners drop vital series for movement in the Big West standings
• Villarreal batted .500 versus the Matadors with five hits, including a home run while driving in two RBI
  • Cherry was right behind her with four hits and two RBI batting .444
• Bustos finished the weekend with CSUN batters hitting .214 when facing her
  • She struck out two allowing two runs in 7 innings of work
• Cherry eyes history with six games left to play to break the CSUB single season record for home runs as Bakersfield hosts Long Beach State and then closes out the year at Fullerton

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

• The Cal State Bakersfield track & field team had a busy week with three different meets in four days.
• Men’s hammer throwers started the momentum off right for the Roadrunners. Led by Javier Toro, Bakersfield had a 2-4 place finish.
• Toro placed second overall in the event with a mark of 61.17m/200’8”, closely behind him was Tom Richardson as he finished with a 60.30m/197.10”.
• Freshman Tyler Balgeman finished in fourth.
• In the women’s hammer throw, Grace Padron threw a personal best of 50.31/165’. She ranks ninth all-time for CSUB in the event.
• Rain Gomez placed third overall in the women’s 1,500m with a time of 5:02.98.
• Skyblue Gonzales clocked in a 50.21 in the men’s 400m, good for second place.
• Skye Odom marked an 11.44m/37’6.5” for the triple jump and placed third overall in the event.
• Crystal Torrecillas finished the women’s 800m in third.
• The men’s 4x400m relay squad of Anthony Rios, Jaden Cutliff, Dylan Thompson, and Skyblue Gonzales placed first with a time of 3:21.88.

Mt. SAC Relays, Bryan Clay Invite, Long Beach Invite – Friday-Saturday, Apr. 18-19

• Makiah Parker made history at Mt. SAC Relays for CSUB. She finished 8th overall in the 100m with a time of 11.68. Parker now holds the third fastest time in program history and ran the fastest 100m time in 42 years. She went on to run a 23.95 in the women’s 200m, good for 6th place and a new #4 time in CSUB history.
• Emilia Mandela placed 15th in the women’s 100mH with a season-best time and a new #6 time in program history.
• Jacob Yagers ran his second-best time in the men’s 1,500m and won his heat at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Javier Toro competed at Mt. SAC Relays and placed second overall in the men’s hammer throw.
• Makiah Parker was the lone `Runners at the Long Beach Invite. She placed ninth overall in the women’s 100m
• Bakersfield will be back in action on April 25- 26th for the UCSB Invitational.
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• The Cal State Bakersfield beach volleyball team kicked off the ninth week of the season in Los Angeles for the last weekend of the regular season.
• Second-year Head Coach Andy Fulenwider leads the Roadrunners.
• The Runners faced off against #4 LMU
• Ella Ensign improved to 44 career wins and is now tied with alumni Hana Makanova for 3rd all-time for most wins in program history.

CSUB 1, UTAH 4 Friday

3. Ella Ensign and Katey Milne (CSUB) def. Kylie Pitzak and Ellyn Collins (UTAH) 21-15, 21-12

CSUB 1, UTAH 4 Saturday

5. Brooklyn Thomas and O. Silacci-Jensen (CSUB) def. Chloe Narancich and Elle Burleson (UTAH) 23-21, 17-21, 21-19