#6 Cal State San Bernardino 6, #3 Cal Poly Pomona 4 [Box Score]
Cal State San Bernardino registered another comeback win in the postseason to defeat Cal Poly Pomona 6-4 in the first round of the 2026 NCAA West Regional.
Tyson Pettingill's three-run home run in the third inning gave Cal State San Bernardino its initial lead at 3-1. CPP's Evan Nahra answered with a three-run homer of his own in the fourth, giving the Broncos back a 4-3 lead.
A sac fly by CSUSB's Keedan Nadea tied the game in the fifth inning. Garret Barto came through with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning to give the Coyotes the lead once again at 6-4.
Cal Poly Pomona would threaten to tie the game or take the lead in the eighth as the first two batters walked. CSUSB turned to CCAA Tournament MVP Devyn Hernandez, who got a strikeout, and after an infield single, he induced a 1-2-3 double play to get out of the inning.
Hernandez would come back out and throw a scoreless ninth for his first save of the season.
#5 Northwest Nazarene 8, #4 Cal State San Marcos 4 [Box Score]
Northwest Nazarene scored in each of the last five innings to earn an 8-4 win over Cal State San Marcos in the first game of the 2026 West Regional.
The starting pitching for both sides was strong, with each putting up zeroes in the first four innings. NNU finally broke through in the fifth, using a double play to break the scoreless tie. That opened the scoring gates for the Nighthawks who would put on 14 runners over the final four innings.
CSUSM finally broke through in the eighth as Zech Samayoa brought in Canon King with a groundout, and Stephen Espinoza scored Victor Castaneda on a sac fly. King and Castaneda would plate runs of their own in the ninth, but the Cougars would get no closer than 8-4.
NNU's Dillon Eden (8-1) went 7.2 innings, allowing two runs. He gave up five hits and three walks while striking out four. Wade Duncan earned his 10th save.
Jack Clark (7-2) pitched six innings for Cal State San Marcos, allowing three runs (two earned) and four hits. He walked four and struck out five.
#1 Cal State Monterey Bay 10, #4 Cal State San Marcos 7 [Box Score]
Top-seeded Cal State Monterey Bay overcame a 7-1 deficit to claim a 10-7 victory over Cal State San Marcos in the Otters' first game of the 2026 West Regional.
CSUSM scored one in the first on Zech Samayoa's 23rd home run of the season, which moved him into a tie with Cal State Monterey Bay's assistant coach Derek Bell for fourth in CCAA single-season history. The Cougars would add two more runs in the second and four in the fourth, capped by a two-run homer from Canon King.
The Otters answered with one in the bottom of the fourth before getting five runs in the fifth to tie the game. Noah Zertuche had a two-run double, and Nick Maestas hit a two-run homer to fuel the game-tying rally.
Conner Smith would deliver his third RBI of the game in the eighth inning when he singled in the game-winning run. He would later come in to score an insurance run on a single from Maestas.
Both Smith and Maestas finished the game 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Zertuche went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.
Kyle Giovannoni earned the win for CSUMB after holding the Cougars hitless in the final 5.1 innings. He walked only one and struck out seven to improve to 3-0.
#2 Point Loma 14, #3 Cal Poly Pomona 13 (11 inn.) [Box Score]
Cal Poly Pomona built a 7-0 lead, but it could not hold off Point Loma, who scored in each of the last seven innings to collect a 14-13 win in extras (11 innings).
Austin Duarte helped fuel the Broncos' early rallies with a solo home run in the first inning and a two-run single in the second. CPP added two runs in the third, and Sebastian Arguelles singled in Jack Sanders for the 7-0 lead in the fourth.
CPP still led 9-2 after Bryan Richman and Tyler Blade knocked in runs during the top of the seventh. That is when PLNU's offense came alive.
Tristan Moore had a three-run homer in the seventh, and Jack Ryan added a two-run shot in the eighth to slice the Broncos' lead to 9-7. The Sea Lions would score two in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings.
In the extra frames, CPP's offense kept the pressure on PLNU, scoring multiple runs in the top half of the innings. However, each time Point Loma found a way to answer, eventually pushing across the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th on a single by Ryan Ruch.