Fresno Pacific ran off four straight at home against Hawaii Hilo, with Titus Wheelock’s bat leading to a lot of damage. Westmont swept three from Chaminade, with Joey Rico shutting down the Silverswords for Pitcher of the Week.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Fresno Pacific’s Titus Wheelock, 1B, Jr., 6-1, 270, Riverbank, Calif.                                    
Fresno Pacific’s Titus Wheelock hit four home runs and drove home 13 Sunbirds during a sweep of Hawaii Hilo and a non-conference loss to Division I Nevada. The junior first baseman went 8-for-16, with five of his eight hits going for extra bases. Wheelock, who had just two home runs coming into the week, started his long ball fest against Nevada, going 3-for-4 with a homer in that loss.  He also hit two in one game against the Vulcans and had six RBI. The Modesto CC transfer is now hitting .309 with six home runs and 27 RBI.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Westmont’s Joey Rico, P/OF, Jr., L/R, 6-0, 210, Visalia, Calif.                                           
Westmont’s Joey Rico picked up one of the three Warrior victories at Chaminade, holding the Silverswords to just three hits in a six-inning shutout performance. The right-hander improved to 3-1 on the season, allowing just one walk while fanning seven batters. He left the game after a tidy 79 pitches in the eventual 3-0 Westmont win. Rico has now given up just four runs in his last four starts and has an ERA of 2.40.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: The PacWest Team of the Week is the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds. The Sunbirds swept Hawaii Hilo at home with 13-2, 4-3, 10-5 and 5-3 victories to improve to 15-15 overall and 10-8 in the PacWest. Titus Wheelock was a long ball machine (see above), and the Sunbirds had two excellent pitching outings from Zach Simon and Drew Petty. Simon fanned 11 batters, the second highest total in the PacWest this season and gave up just two runs in six innings of work. Petty pitched seven complete game innings and scattered five hits and gave up just two runs. The Sunbirds got back on track with the sweep, after falling earlier in the week to Nevada and losing the week before to conference leader Point Loma.

NCBWA WEST REGION POLL: The west coast baseball writer's March 23 poll shows Point Loma at the top of the pack and Westmont in third (records through Sunday).  (1) Point Loma 27-4, (2) CSU Monterey Bay 21-5, (3) Westmont 17-5, (4) Northwest Nazarene 21-9, (T5) CSU San Marcos 17-6, (T5) Cal Poly Pomona 16-10, (7) Jessup 17-11, (8) Montana State Billings 14-13, (9) Stanisuals State 15-14, (10) CSU Los Angeles 15-14. RV—Chico State 15-15, CSU San Bernardino 11-12, Fresno Pacific 15-15, Concordia 16-16.

SEA LIONS SLOTTED FIFTH: Point Loma is ranked fifth nationally in today's D2Baseball poll. See the complete list here.

THIS WEEK IN THE PACWEST: Play continues on Tuesday with single games between Vanguard and Azusa Pacific and Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific. Hawaii Hilo wraps up their mainland trip at Westmont on Wednesday-Thursday, while Friday-Saturday 4- series include Jessup at Azusa Pacific, Vanguard at Menlo, Fresno Pacific at Chaminade, and a split site series between Point Loma and Concordia

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Westmont was able to work around heavy rains in Hawaii to take three games against Chaminade, with just one contest rained out. That kept the Warriors in second place with a 13-5 mark, and they are 17-5 overall…Menlo took two of three games from Hawaii Pacific, but HPU’s Jayden Gabrillo threw another gem in the Sharks’ win with seven innings of work, allowing only one run with seven K’s. Menlo's Oliver Hogan went 3-for-4 in the series finale with a double, home run and three RBI. Counting Monday's game against Chaminade, he was 9-for-18 for the week…Point Loma’s 20-game win streak came to a close against Azusa Pacific in the first game of their four-game slate, 7-6 in San Diego. The Sea Lions bounced back with wins in the next three games of the series to move to 23-1 in conference play and 27-4 overall. Josiah Rodriguez led the PLNU offense with an 8-for-17 series with a home run and five RBI…Concordia won thee of four against Vanguard, with Wyatt Madison doing damage at the plate and mound. Madison picked up the win with six innings of one-run work, fanning seven and he also hit three home runs on the week with 10 RBI…Biola and Jessup split four games…In about six weeks, four teams will qualify for the Pacific West Conference Championships, May 6-8 in Santa Barbara. Seven teams currently have .500 or better records in what looks to be a wild fight for those four spots. To see the currently standings, click here.