• Makayla Medellin aided co-leader Long Beach State to a crucial come-from-behind road series victory at third-place UC Santa Barbara to pick up a league-leading third Big West Freshman of the Week award.
• The Yorba Linda native and graduate of Yorba Linda High School batted .500 (5-for-10) while hitting safely in all three contests.
• Medellin was 1-for-4 with a go-ahead RBI single early in a 6-3 loss in Saturday’s opener before going 2-for-3 in both dominant shutout victories over the remainder of the weekend. Medellin scored twice and drove in three, including two on a fourth-inning double, during a run-rule, 9-0 romp in five innings in the Sunday finale.
• Medellin started the first game in right field and the next two at second base, handling all seven defensive chances cleanly with three putouts and four assists, including one of the outfield variety.
• Medellin’s previous Big West Freshman of the Week honors came after a solid college debut over the first weekend (Feb. 13), and on March 6.