• First-place Long Beach State’s ace Shannon Haddad pitched a team-high 12.0 innings during a weekend road sweep of UC Davis to pick up a fourth career, and second straight, Big West Pitcher of the Week nod.
• Haddad’s weekend was highlighted and capped by a four-hit (all singles) complete-game shutout in Sunday’s series finale, a 2-0 Beach victory. It was the Simi Valley native’s fourth shutout of 2023 (third in four league starts), as the fourth-year sophomore fanned six with no walks.
• Haddad (7-5) began the week by starting Saturday’s series opener, going 5.0 frames in a 10-inning win with four more strikeouts and again zero bases on balls. The third-year San José State transfer has 20 strikeouts without a walk in Big West play (0.81 ERA).
• Haddad gives the Beach three straight Big West Pitcher of the Week awards, with teammate Eryka Gonzales the March 13 recipient. Prior to last week, Haddad was The Big West Pitcher of the Week back-to-back again on March 29 and April 5, 2021, as well as The Big West Freshman of the Week on the latter date.