Cal State Monterey Bay 7, San Francisco State 3 [Box score]
Nate Rohlicek pitched seven strong innings to help lead Cal State Monterey Bay to a 7-3 win over San Francisco State in the opening game of the 2025 NCAA West Regional in Santa Barbara.
 
The Otters gave Rohlicek the early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first and he ran from there. He allowed six hits and three runs over seven innings, while walking two and striking out five. Rohlicek only faced more than four batters in an inning twice.
 
Max Farhan went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI and two runs scored for CSUMB. He capped off the three-run, first-inning rally with a single to left field. KW Quilici had a pair of hits for the Otters and Jacob Dressler scored two runs.
 
Noah Zertuche drove in two runs without getting a hit as his fourth-inning sac fly extended Cal State Monterey Bay's lead to 4-0 and his RBI-groundout in the sixth put them up 6-2.
 
San Francisco State did rally against Rohlicek in the fifth to cut the Otters' lead in half. AJ Schrader led off the inning with a double and Daniel Murillo homered with two outs to make it 4-2.
 
CSUMB answered in their half of the fifth with a solo home run by Javier Felix, and they would add runs in each of the next two innings to extend the lead to 7-3.
 
Cal State Monterey Bay will advance in the winner's bracket. SF State will now face tournament host Westmont in an elimination game for the Gators at 2:30 p.m. 

Westmont 3, San Francisco State 2 [Box score]
San Francisco State could not overcome PacWest Champions, Westmont, on their home field and fell 3-2 in the NCAA West Regional.
 
David Eichhorn had a really good start for the Gators as he went 5.2 innings, allowing seven hits and just an unearned run. He walked three and struck out four.
 
SF State took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when they rallied against PacWest Pitcher of the Year Ryan Humphreys. The first three batters of the inning reached base before Daniel Murillo brought in the tying run on a sac fly, and Nicholas Allred doubled in the go-ahead run.
 
In the seventh, the Warriors were able to get a rally of their own going after getting Eichhorn out of the game with 100 pitches thrown. With two outs, Zach Mora still stood on first after his leadoff single. Bryce McFeely doubled him in to tie the game before coming around to score what would be the game-winning run on a single by Trey Dunn.
 
SF State would have chances to tie the game in the eighth and the ninth as it put its leadoff runner on both innings, but both times, Westmont's closer Zach Yates was able to work out of trouble without allowing a run.
 
Humphreys improved to 12-1 on the season, and Yates earned his 13th save. Humphreys finished the game with 11 strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. He allowed five hits and two runs. Yates went the final two innings for the save.
 
Stephen Espinoza and Nicholas Allred each had a pair of hits for SF State. Dunn went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base for Westmont.
 
The loss eliminates SFSU from the NCAA West Regional. Westmont will advance to face Cal State Monterey Bay in a best-of-three series starting Friday at Noon.