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Biola Stays Alive and Earns Team of the Week.

APU's Spencer finishes his career with 10 K's and a shutout, while HPU's Tyler Arnold hits 3 home runs in a game and drives in 11 in 3 contests.

Concordia clinched a PacWest tournament berth and Biola won four in a row to help keep their hopes alive. Hawaii Pacific’s Tyler Arnold was a one-man wrecking crew against Chaminade and Azusa Pacific senior Casey Spencer finished his career in style.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Pacific’s Tyler Arnold, INF, Soph., 5-10, 205, San Diego, Calif.                      
Hawaii Pacific’s Tyler Arnold earns his second Player of the Week honor this year after a monster game against island rival Chaminade. In a 19-1 win over the Silverswords, the infielder from San Diego hit three home runs and drove in eight Sharks. He had 12 total bases on the day. For HPU’s three games on the week, he went 5-for-11 (.454) with four home runs, 11 RBI and five runs scored. The 2025 First Team All-PacWest third baseman now has 13 home runs, 56 RBI and is hitting .384. It was Arnold’s third Player of the Week of his career.
  
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Azusa Pacific’s Casey Spencer, RHP, Sr., 5-9, 195, Arcadia, Calif.                           
Azusa Pacific’s Casey Spencer struck out 10 in seven innings of shutout work during a 5-0 win over Menlo last week. The senior had his best outing of the year and his first complete game shutout, allowing just three hits and two walks against the Oaks. Spencer gave up two singles and a double, and fanned the final four batters that he faced. He completed the contest on 108 pitches to improve to 4-4 on the season.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: The PacWest Team of the Week is the Biola Eagles. BU was the only team to win all of their games last week, and it was very important as it kept their postseason hopes alive. Biola swept Vanguard to improve to 21-19 in the PacWest and 25-23 overall, currently in seventh and 3.5 games out of that last spot. The Eagles took care of the Lions 7-3, 8-0, 7-4 and 15-1. Gabe Magallan pitched a two-hit shutout in the 8-0 game, allowing just three walks and he fanned five. Biola has now won five games in a row, but will have to likely sweep Point Loma this weekend to keep their postseason hopes alive.
 
NCBWA WEST REGION POLL: The west coast baseball writer's poll (April 27) still shows Point Loma at the top of the pack with five PacWest teams in the top 10.  (1) Point Loma 38-9, (2) CSU Monterey Bay 34-12, (3) Cal Poly Pomona 27-18, (4) Northwest Nazarene 31-15, (5) CSU San Marcos 29-14, (6) Concordia 29-23, (7) Westmont 25-19, (8) CSU Los Angeles 26-24,  (T9) Hawaii Pacific 25-19, (T9) MSU Billings 24-20, (10) Jessup 27-21. RV—Fresno Pacific 27-23, Chico State 23-23, CSU San Bernardino 22-22.

SEA LIONS GETTING NATIONAL NOTICE: Point Loma is sixth again in today’s D2 Baseball national poll. Click here to see the full list.

THIS WEEK IN THE PACWEST: The final week of the regular season is upon us, with two tournament spots still to be determined and five teams still in the hunt. On Tuesday, Fresno Pacific will play two games at Azusa Pacific. Friday-Saturday doubleheaders include Menlo at Westmont, Vanguard at Fresno Pacific, Hawaii Pacific at Hawaii Hilo and Point Loma and Biola will play a split site series.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Point Loma and Concordia have clinched spots in the 2026 PacWest Championships in Santa Barbara, May 6-8. Fighting for the two remaining spots are five teams—Hawaii Pacific (23-15), Fresno Pacific (22-16), Westmont (21-17), Jessup (23-19) and Biola (21-19). Hawaii Pacific has games left at Hawaii Hilo, Fresno Pacific plays two against Azusa Pacific and four with Vanguard, Westmont has four at Menlo, Jessup is done, and Biola has four with Point Loma…There were some strong pitching performances last week in addition to the above mentioned Casey Spencer and Gabe Magallan. Point Loma’s Vaughn Neckar gave up just two hits during 5.2 shutout innings against Jessup…Hilo’s Brandon Bollerer threw a complete game (7 innings) shutout against Chaminade, allowing just three hits…Fresno Pacific’s Dustin Tinsley threw seven shutout innings in a 7-0 win over Concordia…Offensively, FPU’s Teejan Smith went 5-for-5 in a game against CUI. Holden Hirschkorn hit a 3-run walk-off homer against the Golden Eagles..Menlo’s Oliver Hogan went 7-for-13 in their series against APU, with three home runs and seven RBI...Menlo secured its first-ever Division II series win by taking three of four from Azusa Pacific.