• Sophomore Zach Lew collected his first career Big West Baseball Field Player of the Week award after leading Cal State Fullerton to a series victory over No. 17 Stanford.

• The infielder hit .462 (6-for-13) over the three-game set at Sunken Diamond. He played a role in six of the team’s 14 run total, scoring five times and recording one RBI.

• Lew went 1-for-3 with a triple, two walks and three runs scored to help the Titans defeat the Cardinal, 7-1, in the season opener on Friday. He drew walks in the first and fifth – the latter leading to a four-run explosion.

• In Saturday’s 6-1 victory, Lew produced a career-high four hits, finishing 4-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI. Lew spearheaded the 18-hit Titan attack that led to head coach Rick Vanderhook securing his 300th career win.

• Lew hit safely in all three games as he picked up another hit in Sunday’s series finale.

• For the week, Lew posted a .533 on-base percentage and .615 slugging percentage.

OTHERS NOMINATED: Cole Cabrera (Cal Poly); Jayson Newman (CSUN); Logan Denholm (UC Davis); Jake Palmer (UC Irvine); Dustin Demeter (Hawai‘i)
 

• Long Beach State sophomore Alfredo Ruiz notched his first career Big West Baseball Pitcher of the Week honor with a stellar performance in a series-clinching victory over Cal.

• Ruiz tossed seven innings of two-hit shutout ball in Saturday’s 4-0 victory against the Golden Bears.

• The two hits allowed were infield singles.

• The southpaw stymied Cal’s offense as he was just two over the minimum while racking up a career-high 10 strikeouts. He also did not walk a batter.

• Ruiz threw an economical 79 pitches with 78 percent going for strikes. The combined shutout with reliever Jonathan Carlos was LBSU’s first of the season.

OTHERS NOMINATED: Taylor Dollard (Cal Poly); Tanner Bibee (Cal State Fullerton); Blake Sodersten (CSUN); Wyatt Tucker (UC Davis); Conner Roberts (UC Santa Barbara)