Golden Eagle Matthew Kaiser made Concordia history by tossing a no-hitter against conference leader Westmont. Point Loma gained some ground in the PacWest standings with a four-game sweep of Hawai`i Hilo, and Biola's Noah Ruiz had a Cornerstone Cup weekend to remember with 11 RBI in four games and a series cycle.

2025 Results/Schedule
2025 Standings
2025 Statistics
                    
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Biola's Noah Ruiz, INF, Jr., 5-10, 170, R/R, San Diego                            
Biola's Noah Ruiz helped his Eagle team gain a split in their Cornerstone Cup series with Azusa Pacific last weekend. Ruiz went 7-for-18 (.389) and more impressively drove in 11 runs in the four-game series. He had a double, triple and home run amongst those seven hits. Ruiz hit the go-ahead 3-run triple to complete an 8-run eighth inning to beat APU in a thrilling 16-15 comeback win, and then hit the go-ahead 3-run HR in the top of the seventh to beat APU on Saturday. He had five RBI in the series opener and now has 27 RBI on the season and is hitting .377.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Concordia's Matthew Kaiser, RHP, Soph., 6-1, 185, Los Alamitos, Calif.
Concordia's Matthew Kaiser threw the first no-hitter in CUI's D2 history and just the second no-hitter period in the Golden Eagle record books. And he did so against the PacWest Conference leader Westmont, on the road. In his 7-inning, complete game outing, he fanned nine Warriors and walked three. He needed just 86 pitches to complete the gem, just his second complete game this season. He retired the first 12 batters he faced before giving up a walk in the fifth. He walked two in the sixth, but a double play erased the threat, and then the sophomore set the side down in order in the seventh. He had plenty of time to rest inbetween innings as the Golden Eagles put 17 runners across the plate in the 17-0 win. Kaiser is now 3-1 with a 3.90 ERA and has 44 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched. 

TEAM OF THE WEEK: The PacWest Team of the Week is the Point Loma Sea Lions. The defending PacWest champs gained ground on league-leading Westmont with a four-game sweep of visiting Hawai`i Hilo, improving to 16-6 in conference play (Westmont is 19-3). Point Loma topped the Vulcans by the scores of 6-2, 5-2, 7-4, and 6-4, using the bats of Jake Entrekin (7-for-14, 5 RBI, home run) and Luke Reese (5-for-12, 5 RBI, HR) and the pitching of Jonathan Kozasky in one of the wins--5 innings pitched, two hits, no runs, one walk and five strikeouts. It was PLNU's third series sweep of the season and their first of Hawai`i Hilo since 2015. The Sea Lions improved to 20-8 on the season. 

NCBWA WEST REGION POLL: The west coast baseball writer's saw little change in today's poll (March 24). 1. Westmont (24-5), 2. Point Loma (20-8), 3. Northwest Nazarene (22-10), 4. CS San Bernardino (21-9), 5. Chico State (18-11), 6. CS Monteray Bay (16-9), 7. Montana State Billings (18-10), 8. CS Dominguez Hills (18-11), 9. Jessup (17-8), 10. San Francisco State (15-13. RV--CS Los Angeles (14-12), Vanguard (18-12), CS East Bay (13-13). 

WARRIORS #2, SEA LIONS 16: In today's D2 Baseball poll, Westmont remained second in the nation and Point Loma stayed at  16. See the complete list here. 
 
THIS WEEK IN THE PACWEST: Conference series continue today and tomorrow with Hawaii Pacific at Menlo and Chaminade at  Jessup. On Friday, Biola begins a split location series with Vanguard, same for Azusa Pacific and Concordia. Fresno Pacific travels to Point Loma, while Saturday-Sunday series feature Westmont at Jessup and Chamiande at Hawaii Hilo. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Vanguard also swept a series, taking out Menlo in four games. That improved the Lions's mark to 14-10 in PacWest play and 18-12 overall, moving into fourth place...Other than Vanguard's and Point Loma's sweeps, all the other conference series ended up being four-game splits--Westmont-Concordia, Jessup-Hawaii Pacific, Azusa Pacific-Biola and Chaminade-Fresno Pacific...Concordia had another great pitching performance in their split with Westmont as Jake Covey went 9 complete innings in a 5-3 win, scattering seven hits, one walk, two earned runs and he fanned eight. The 2024 PacWest Pitcher of the Year is now 5-1 wth a 3.25 ERA and three complete games...Landry Spitler guided the CUI offense with a 9-for-18 weekend, including five hits in the 17-0 win...Nolan Thebiay was terrific in relief for Jessup during their split with Hawaii Pacific, pitching 7.1 total innings without allowing a run. He gave up only two hits, walked one batter and fanned 10 Sharks...Despite Thebiay's work, HPU's Bronson Rivera still got his hits, going 6-for-17 (.353) with three home runs, nine RBI, five runs scored and he walked three times...Azusa Pacific's Danny Ynez hit .333 against Biola with three home runs and eight RBI. He hit a home run in each of the first three games of the series.