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2/16/2026 9:00:00 AM

STOCKTON, Calif. – Women's basketball plays its final home games of the year when it hosts San Francisco on Thursday and Gonzaga on Senior Day Saturday. Baseball remains at home for a three-game series against Utah Tech, while men's tennis plays a pair of home matches Friday and Sunday.

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Home Event Summary:
Thursday, Feb. 19 - Baseball hosts Utah Tech, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19 - Women's Basketball hosts San Francisco, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Men's Tennis hosts UNLV, 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Baseball hosts Utah Tech, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Baseball hosts Utah Tech, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Women's Basketball hosts Gonzaga, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22 - Men's Tennis hosts Nevada, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 18 - Men's Basketball (17-11, 8-7 WCC) at Washington State (11-16, 6-8 WCC), 6:30 p.m. - Pacific and Washington State battle in a critical match-up for seeding implications in the only game between the two teams this year. Pacific currently sits in fourth-place and is 1.5 games ahead of the Cougars. The Tigers are 2-0 all-time against Washington State after sweeping the season series last year 95-94 (OT) on the road and 70-68 at home.

Wednesday, Feb. 18 - No. 22 Women's Water Polo (5-5) at Fresno Pacific (4-6), 7 p.m. - Wednesday will be a rematch between the Tigers and the Sunbirds as Pacific won the first meeting this year 23-6 at home in the season opener. Freshmen Sophie Pethers and Maria Ikonomou netted four goals apiece as Pacific improved to 21-0 against FPU in the all-time series.

Thursday, Feb. 19 - Baseball (2-2) hosts Utah Tech (4-0), 6 p.m. - Pacific continues its season-opening homestand at Klein Family Field, welcoming Utah Tech to Stockton for the first of three games. The Tigers enter the second series of the year following a split of Utah Valley last weekend.

Thursday, Feb. 19 - Women's Basketball (10-15, 5-9 WCC) hosts San Francisco (15-10, 8-6), 6 p.m. - An important week in the standings, the Tigers face the Dons with the ability to catch USF for the number six seed in the upcoming WCC tournament. In the meeting in San Francisco in January, Senior Sydney Ward tied her career-high 15 rebounds and put together the third double-double of her career. In the most recent outing, the senior eclipsed 500 career rebounds while sophomore Daria Nestorov tied her career-high 19 points. Pacific has a 16-10 record all-time against USF playing in Stockton.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Women's Tennis (0-6) at Cal State Fullerton (4-2), 10 a.m. - A win over the Titans would be the program's first since the 2015 season. Despite the recent stretch of unfavorable results, the Tigers still hold an 8-6 series advantage. Junior Indiya McLeod is the Pacific leader in wins this season garnering three on singles court two.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Men's Tennis (4-3) hosts UNLV (5-3), 1 p.m. - On a neutral court last season Pacific toppled the Runnin' Rebels thanks in part to wins on singles courts four and six by now sophomore Vraj Patel and graduate Terence Das. Das is coming off a week in which he was leading his opponent at Cal when play was halted and then secured the match clinching point over Sacramento State. All-time, the program is 2-3 vs. UNLV.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Softball (1-9) at Cal Poly (0-5), 5 p.m. - Redshirt senior Olivia Silvestre enters the weekend after notching three doubles at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Arizona - she now leads the West Coast Conference with six doubles. The team has split the most recent trips to San Luis Obispo going 2-2 and have not met up on the diamond since 2022.

Friday, Feb. 20 - Baseball (2-2) hosts Utah Tech (4-0), 6 p.m. - The Tigers face the Trailblazers in game two of the three-game series from Klein Family Field. Utah Tech opened its 2026 campaign with a four-game sweep over UC Riverside on the road. 

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Softball (1-9) vs. Sacramento State (8-2), 9:30 a.m. - Looking to avenge a sweep suffered last season, Pacific makes its first neutral site meeting versus the Hornets since 2020 where the teams split a pair of games in Reno. 

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Women's Tennis (0-6) vs. UC Irvine (2-4), 10 a.m. - The Tigers have bested the Anteaters in the past two meetings, though a new matchup has not come since the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Junior Leyanne Hirota and sophomore Maggie Hoe have thus far been Pacific's most successful doubles pairing, sporting a 2-2 record on doubles court three.

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Beach Volleyball vs. San Francisco, 12 p.m. - Year two of the Head Coach Jaida Ward era begins in Santa Clara as she returns seven student-athletes from last season's team. 

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Baseball (2-2) hosts Utah Tech (4-0), 1 p.m. - The Tigers and Trailblazers battle it out in the series finale on Saturday afternoon from Klein Family Field. Redshirt sophomore Robert Orr paced the Tigers with a .500 batting average in the season-opening series against Utah Valley with three runs scored to his name. Redshirt junior Garret Plata turned in a dazzling debut with ten strikeouts in four innings from Opening Day.

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Beach Volleyball at Santa Clara, 2 p.m. - Joining the team will be four former members of the indoor volleyball program and five newcomers split between two juniors and three freshman. 

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Women's Basketball (10-15, 5-9 WCC) hosts Gonzaga (19-8, 11-3 WCC), 2 p.m. - The team will celebrate senior day prior to the game to recognize the contributions of graduate Hannah Burg and seniors Mali Ennis, Luisa Anderegg and Sydney Ward. Should Pacific pull off the senior day dub, it would be Pacific's first victory over the Bulldogs at the Alex G. Spanos Center since 2015. Pacific and Gonzaga met earlier in the season in Spokane and the Tigers that found the most success were sophomore Winner Bartholomew (12 points, four rebounds) and Ward (11 points, seven rebounds, three blocks).

Saturday, Feb. 21 - Softball (1-9) at Cal Poly (0-5), 2:30 p.m. - All-time against the Mustangs, Pacific is 44-29. Over the weekend in Arizona, sophomore Peyton Clifford collected three hits and is fourth on the team with seven so far this season. She also has a double, two RBIs and two stolen bases.

Saturday, Feb. 22 - Men's Basketball (17-11, 8-7 WCC) at No. 12 Gonzaga (25-2, 13-1 WCC), 6 p.m. - The Tigers will look to knock off the first-place team in the conference standings as they go for their first-ever road win at Gonzaga in program history. Pacific's only win over the Bulldogs came at home on Dec. 23, 1976. The Tigers will be going for their first win over a ranked opponent since March 21, 2004 when they beat No. 21 Providence in the NCAA Tournament. 

Sunday, Feb. 23 - Softball (1-9) vs. Manhattan (3-5), 9:30 a.m. - The leader in hits this season is senior Allie Capello who has nine through the opening ten games. She's been able to accomplish that with a team leading .321 batting average and has a drawn a team leading six walks while only striking out a single time. Pacific has never played the Jaspers before.

Sunday, Feb. 23 - Softball (1-9) vs. San Jose State (1-9), 12 p.m. - Junior Bailey Boetjer's eight season RBIs have come in bunches as she tallied all three of her weekend RBIs on one swing in the first matchup with Arizona State. She unloaded the bases with a double in the seventh inning to bring the Tigers to within three runs of ASU. The Tigers went 1-2 against San Jose State last year and in the all-time series have a near even 36-37-1 record.

Sunday, Feb. 22 - Men's Tennis (4-3) hosts Nevada (4-2), 1 p.m. - The last time Pacific and Nevada matched up was in 2023 in Stockton where Pacific took the 4-1 victory. Over the last 14 meetings the Tigers have an 8-6 advantage. Sophomores Jonty Giesen and Niv Zuckerman are the winningest doubles pairing so far this season with a 3-1 record on doubles court one.

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