This week the Warrior softball team will start the CCAA season at home. Stan State will host Cal State East Bay for two doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday.

Team Records: 5-2, 0-0 CCAA
 
Friday
Warriors vs. Cal State East Bay - DH (4-4, 2-2 CCAA), Turlock, Calif., 2 p.m. | [Live Stats]
 
Saturday
Warriors vs. Cal State East Bay - DH (4-4, 2-2 CCAA), Turlock, Calif., Noon | [Live Stats]
 
Series Notes: The Warriors are 20-16 against Cal State East Bay since 1999. The Pioneers swept Stan State last season in Hayward after the Warriors won the series 4-0 in 2016.
 
Grand Slam: Last Friday night against Holy Names, freshman Aliyah Garvin made an excellent debut at the Warrior field hitting a grand slam on her third at-bat. Garvin's four-run homer caused the eight-run rule to take effect, concluding the game in just five innings as the Warriors went on to win 9-1.
 
Other Warrior Accomplishments: Freshman Maya Yoshiura had a great first weekend at the Warrior Softball Field, going 2-for-3 and earning four RBI. She hit a sacrifice fly against Academy of Art to send Kaitlyn Doyle home to score the Warriors' final run. Against Holy Names Yoshiura hit two RBI singles for Stan State … Both Bryanna Menor and Alanah Laupua-Vanisi hit doubles last weekend, and Katelyn McDonald had a sacrifice fly against HNU for an RBI.
 
Preseason Poll: In the 2018 CCAA preseason coaches poll Stanislaus State was predicted to finish in eighth place. 
 
Rk.   Institution                          
1.     Cal State Monterey Bay
2.     Chico State
3.     Humboldt State
4.     Cal State San Bernardino
5.     Sonoma State
6.     UC San Diego
7.     Cal State East Bay
8.     Stanislaus State
9.     San Francisco State
10.   Cal State San Marcos
11.   Cal State Dominguez Hills
 
About Cal State East Bay: Jennifer Palmares has led Cal State East Bay thus far with a .480 batting average, and Jocelyn Baldon follows with a .400 batting average. Palmares has had 12 hits, six runs, three doubles, and two RBI … Abby Greer leads the Pioneers pitching staff with a 2.86 era going 2-2 from the circle. Greer has given up nine earned runs and walked nine batters in 22 innings.