RIVERSIDE - California Baptist University softball stayed very busy last week, hosting a doubleheader against San Diego on Wednesday before playing five more as co-host of the Amy S. Harrison Classic over the weekend. In total, the Lancers ended the week 4-3 to improve to 12-10 on the year, sweeping USD and earning wins against Sacred Heart and CSUN.

Maile Olsen led the Lancers at the plate last week, hitting .400 (8-20) in seven starts, scoring five runs and bringing in another four. Olsen leads the team in batting average (.356), hits (16), extra base hits (6), total bases (24) and stolen bases (5-5). Katelyn Mangrello edged Olsen in the RBI category with five, bringing her team-leading total to 15 on the year.

Alyssa Argomaniz excelled in the circle again, going 3-1 in four appearances, maintaining a 0.76 ERA over 18.1 innings pitched and striking out 13. Jazmine Castenada collected the other Lancer win on the week in a complete game win over USD, striking out a season-high 10 batters while holding the Toreros to two earned on six hits.

GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Weber State
Dates: Tuesday, March 8
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Riverside, Calif. (John C. Funk Stadium)
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Weber State will enter John C. Funk Stadium winners in 14 of its last 16 games, all of which came on the road in various tournaments. The Wildcats hold the advantage in the short history of this series, owning a 2-0 record against CBU, both wins coming last season. WSU is led offensively by Chloe Camarero who is hitting .393 with an OPS on 1.341 with 20 runs scored, 18 RBI and eight home runs.

SERIES INFORMATION
Opponent: UC San Diego
Dates: Wednesday, March 9
Time: 4 & 6:30 p.m.
Location: Riverside, Calif. (John C. Funk Stadium)
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2

The Tritons arrive Wednesday night looking to avenge a 4-3 extra innings lose that CBU handed them at the Mary Nutter Classic on February 26. The Lancers will be UCSD's final non-conference series of the year before shifting focus to Big West action and a solo game against SDSU in April. UCSD has four players hitting comfortably above .300, paced by Sophia Real who is successfully swinging at a .426 clip with nine multi-hit games in the team's first 20 games played.

UCR/CBU CLASSIC INFORMATION
Opponents: Harvard, North Dakota, Columbia
Dates & Times: Friday, March 11 (3:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.) | Saturday, March 12 (5:30 p.m.) | Sunday, March 13 (3 p.m.)
Location: Riverside, Calif. (John C. Funk Stadium)
Video & Live Stat Links: Tournament Central Page

The Lancers will open the UCR/CBU Classic against Harvard, a team that holds a 4-5 record on the year, currently leading the Ivy League team standings. After its conference canceled all contests for the 2020-21 seasons, the Crimson is still trying to shake off the COVID year rust as the team maintains a .236 batting average while being outscored 30-6 in its losses.

North Dakota enters the tournament at 6-14 and on an eight game losing streak, a spell that includes five shutouts. The Fighting Hawks pitching staff presently keeps an ERA of 4.28 while allowing an opponent batting average of .285. In UND's six wins, it has recorded a minimum of seven hits, but the CBU pitching staff has held 13 lineups to less than seven hits already this year.

Columbia is the second Ivy League team to make an appearance in this weekend's tournament, landing in California with a 2-7 record. The Lions' pitching staff is still trying to find its groove in its first season back since the COVID cancellation stretch. In the two CU wins, the Lion pitchers have allowed a total 17 hits, 10 walks and seven earned runs in 15 innings pitched.