The opening of Pacific West Conference play saw Point Loma pull of a stunning sweep of Hawaii Pacific, the 2025 conference tournament runner-up. The Sea Lions used light’s out pitching throughout, including Vaughn Neckar’s near no-hitter. Jessup freshman Jayden Montero helped his team win three of four with .600 hitting, driving in five runs.
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jayden Montero, Jessup, Fr., INF, 5-7, 180, Waipahu, Hawai`i
Jessup’s
Jayden Montero played a big role at the plate to help his Warriors take three of four games against Vanguard in their PacWest opening series. The freshman from Oahu went 6-for-10, drove in five runs, scored four times and had a double. He was perfect in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday, going 2-for-2 in a 9-4 win and then 3-for-3 in a 21-7 Jessup victory. Through seven games as a redshirt-freshman, Montero is hitting .412.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Vaughn Neckar, Point Loma, Fr., RHP, 6-3, 195, Murrieta, Calif.
Making his third start as a
Point Loma Sea Lion,
Vaughn Neckar was almost perfect. The 6-foot-3 righthander had a no-hitter through 6.1 innings against Hawai`i Pacific before allowing his first and only hit. The southern California native, who redshirted at Oklahoma last season, completed the seven inning game allowing just that one hit and a walk, while also striking out six Sharks. He totaled 87 pitches in improving to 3-0 on the season.
TEAM OF THE WEEK: The PacWest Team of the Week is the
Point Loma Sea Lions. The Sea Lions jumped out to a 4-0 PacWest start with victories by the scores of 12-2, 6-0, 10-0 and 9-8.
Vaughn Neckar (see above) was nearly perfect with a complete-game one-hitter in the 6-0 win, and
Glen Huggins was very close to the same level with seven innings of shutout work in the 10-0 win, giving up two hits, one walk and he fanned five. Offensively,
Tristan Moore drove in six runs with two home runs in the series, and
Josiah Rodriguez followed with those exact same numbers. Point Loma is now 8-3 on the season and 4-0 in conference play.
NCBWA WEST REGION POLL: The west coast baseball writer's third poll has the PacWest well represented with four teams, all in the top eight. 1. CSU Monterey Bay 8-3,
(2) Point Loma 8-3, (3) CSU San Marcos 6-4,
(4) Westmont 5-2, (5) Northwest Nazarene 7-7, (T6) Cal Poly Pomona 6-4
, (T6) Fresno Pacific 6-4, (8) Jessup 5-2, (9) Stanislaus State 7-3, (10) CSU Dominguez Hills 7-5.
RV—MSU Billings 6-5, CSU Los Angeles 7-6. In the D2 Baseball national poll (Feb. 16), CSUMB is No. 12,
Point Loma is 15
th and
Westmont is 25
th.
THIS WEEK IN THE PACWEST: The second weekend of PacWest play continues, beginning with a Tuesdday-Wednesday series, Hawaii Pacific at Concordia. Wednesday-Thursday features Chaminade at Point Loma and Hawaii Hilo at Jessup. Fresno Pacific will be at Azusa Pacific for games Thursday through Saturday, and Friday-Saturday four-games slates shows Menlo at Biola and Vanguard and Westmont will play a split series in Costa Mesa and Santa Barbara.
PITCHING POWER: Pitching on the opening weekend of PacWest play was at another level, perhaps the best overall mound work for one weekend in conference history. Overall, there were nine shutouts thrown, with four of those highlighted by one-hitters. In addition to
Vaughn Neckar’s work (see Pitcher of the Week), here are other noteworthy performances.
*Jake Turley (FPU), Win, 5 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
*Derek McNary (FPU), 5 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
*Kai Hirayama (JU), Win, 5 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
*Shane Timmons (CUI), Win, 7 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
*Nolan Rodriguez (MC), Win, 5 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
*Glen Huggins (PL), Win, 7 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
*Matthew Kaiser (CUI), Win, 7 IP, 6 hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
*Brandon Bollerer (UHH), Win, 7 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3K
*Luke Ballantyne (BU), 5 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
*Matthew Verdugo (MC), Win, 5 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3K
*Derek Silva (PL), Win, 6 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
*Damien Pasillas (APU), Save, 4 IP, 2 hits, 1 BB, 0 K
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: In addition to
Point Loma’s hot 4-0 start in conference play,
Jessup took three of four from Vanguard, same for
Fresno Pacific over Biola and
Concordia over Chaminade.
Azusa Pacific stepped up big with a four-game split against defending champ Westmont…Offensive standouts, outside of Point Loma’s (already mention in Team of the Week), include…
*Titus Wheelock (FPU), 6-for-13 (.461), 5 RBI, 2 doubles.
*Noah Pang (MC), 4 RBI, HR, 6 runs, 2B, SB
*Shane Aldridge (MC), 5 RBI, 2B, HR, 2 runs
*Colby Rafail (UHH), 6-for-13 (.461), 4 runs, 3 RBI, 2B, 3B, 3 SB
*Tyler Schigenaka (VU), 5 runs, 7 RBI, 2 HR, 5 BB
*Cody Antone (JU), 5-for-11 (. 454), 4 runs, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 2 SB
*Quinton Hall (JU), 6-for-13 (.461), 7 RBI, 4 runs, 2B
*Joey Rico (WC), 6-for-14 (.429), 5 runs, 6 RBI, 2B, 2 HR