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This Week in Pacific Athletics

STOCKTON, Calif. – Baseball opens the 2026 campaign with a home weekend against Utah Valley at Klein Family Field. Softball will play its home opener Wednesday in a 3 p.m. game against UC Davis. Men's and women's basketball are both at home this weekend including a busy Saturday where the women host Oregon State and the men welcome Saint Mary's in a nationally televised ESPN2 game at 7:30 p.m.

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Home Event Summary:
Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Softball hosts UC Davis, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Men's Basketball hosts LMU, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 13 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Women's Basketball hosts Oregon State, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Men's Basketball hosts Saint Mary's, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Women's Tennis hosts Sacramento State, 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Men's Tennis hosts Sacramento State, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Softball (1-4) hosts UC Davis (3-2), 3 p.m. - The Tigers were led offensively over the weekend by senior Allie Capello, who hit .500 across the five contests and tallied two three-hit games. She also hit two doubles and a homerun. The last time Pacific and UC Davis met on the diamond was in last season's Libby Matson Tournament where Pacific walked off the Aggies 11-10.

Wednesday, Feb. 11 - Men's Basketball (16-10, 7-6 WCC) hosts LMU (13-13, 4-9 WCC), 7 p.m. - Coming off a 33-point road win at Pepperdine, the Tigers return home where they are 10-1 this season. Pacific is 16-14 at home against LMU in the all-time series. The Lions won the first meeting this season 80-71 in Los Angeles as the Tigers couldn't hang on to a 41-37 halftime lead; senior Elias Ralph recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds in the game.

Thursday, Feb. 12 - Women's Basketball (9-14, 4-8 WCC) at Saint Mary's (14-11, 5-7 WCC), 6:30 p.m. - Pacific is looking to tie the season series with the Gaels after dropping the home bout on January 8. Senior Sydney Ward has scored in double figures in five straight contests and sits nine blocks away from becoming the fifth Tiger in program history to reach 100 career blocks. In the all-time series the Tigers trail by two games, 25-23, and are 9-13 all-time in Moraga.

Friday, Feb. 13 - Softball (1-4) vs. Indiana (4-1), 10 a.m. - The Tigers face a team from last season's NCAA Tournament when the team takes on Indiana, failed to advance past the Fayetteville regional in Arkansas. Over the weekend, junior Bailey Boetjer became the first Tiger since 2014 to hit five RBIs in a single game and got three of them off her first division one homer. Pacific and Indiana have not met since 2013, where Pacific took the 9-3 neutral site win.

Friday, Feb. 13 - t-No. 20 Women's Water Polo (3-3) vs. t-No. 20 Brown (5-2), 2:30 p.m. - Coming off a 2-2 weekend at the Arizona State Tournament, the Tigers will play their first of four games at the Bronco Invitational against Brown in Santa Clara, California. The all-time series between the two teams is tied 4-4.

Friday, Feb. 13 - Softball (1-4) vs. Portland State (2-3), 3:30 p.m. - It's the second straight season the Tigers meet Portland State after taking two of three from the Vikings in Oregon. Redshirt senior Olivia Silvestre has flashed some power at the plate as all three of her hits this season have been doubles. She has also reached base twice via the hit by pitch.

Friday, Feb. 13 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 6 p.m. - The Pacific baseball program lifts the lid on its 2026 campaign, hosting Utah Valley in the first of four games from Klein Family Field. The Tigers have won nine straight home openers, including a 2-1 walk-off victory over UC San Diego last year in head coach Reed Peters' first season.

Friday, Feb. 13 - Saturday, Feb. 14 - Men's and Women's Track & Field - The Tigers will divide themselves into two groups this weekend, heading to the Battle Born Classic in Reno, Nevada and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington. The pair of meets mark the third and final time this indoor season that Pacific will head to those venues.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Men's Tennis (3-2) at Cal (5-5), 10:30 a.m. - Men's tennis has not made the trip to Berkeley in over three years having last faced Cal in 2023. Graduate Terence Das was a member of that last Pacific squad to face the Golden Bears and played doubles court two and singles court three. A Tigers win would be the first in the series history. 

Saturday, Feb. 14 - No. 20 Women's Water Polo (3-3) vs. No. 25 CSU Northridge (7-1), 12:15 p.m. - Pacific begins its second of three days at the Bronco Invitational with its second straight ranked opponent. Freshman Maria Ikonomou leads Pacific with 17 goals including 11 last weekend in four games at the Arizona State Tournament.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Women's Basketball (9-14, 4-8 WCC) hosts Oregon State (17-8, 9-3), 2 p.m. - For the annual Pink Game, the Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in Stockton for the first time since notching the regular season sweep last January. True freshman Sophia Mindermann posted a strong effort when these two teams met in Corvallis scoring 15 points on four three-pointers. She leads the team with 49 made threes this season.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 3 p.m. - The Tigers take on the Wolverines in the second game of the four-game series on Saturday afternoon from Klein Family Field. Pacific owns a 6-4 all-time record against Utah Valley. The two teams last met in 2024 where the Tigers claimed a 6-5 walk-off victory att home, thanks to a three-run ninth inning.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Softball (1-4) vs. Nevada (3-2), 3:30 p.m. - Pacific twice faced Nevada last season on a neutral diamond and was on the wrong side both times. A Tigers win in Tempe would be the first series triumph since 2021. Sophomore Peyton Clifford is off to a good start this season hitting over .300 and is third on the team with four hits, one of which went for a double.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - No. 20 Women's Water Polo (3-3) vs. CSU Monterey Bay (5-5), 4 p.m. - Pacific is 13-5 all-time against CSU Monterey Bay and has won six consecutive meetings dating back to 2011. Last season, the Tigers won 14-10 at this same Bronco Invitational match-up as junior goalkeeper Maja Lizy Dulic made seven saves.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Softball (1-4) at Arizona State (4-1), 6:15 p.m. - ASU and Pacific have not faced off since the 2013 season and the Tigers are looking for the first series win since 1992. All-time, Arizona State leads 7-17. Junior Justice Alcaraz has made three appearances for Pacific this season and in two of them has spun complete games. She was the team's pitcher of record in the win over Seattle last Friday. 

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Men's Basketball (16-10, 7-6 WCC) hosts Saint Mary's (21-4, 10-2 WCC), 7:30 p.m. - In its first and only meeting against Saint Mary's this season, the two teams will square off in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. Pacific's .909 winning percentage at home is its highest since 2004-05 when the team went 12-1. The Tigers are going for their first win over the Gaels since Jan. 4, 2020 in a 107-99 four overtime thriller.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Women's Tennis (0-5) hosts Sacramento State (3-2), 10:30 a.m. - The final game of Pacific's five-match homestand, the team is going for the first series win since 2022 and the first in Stockton since 2021. In the most recent outing, junior Indiya McLeod picked up her team leading third singles win of the season.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Men's Tennis (3-2) hosts Sacramento State (3-3), 1:30 p.m. - In nine of the past ten meetings with Sac State, the Tigers have handled business. In last season's 6-1 win over the Hornets, Sophomore Jonty Giesen and junior Christof Schaertlin Coffey both scored points in the singles portion and were both part of pairs that pulled out the doubles point. All-time, Pacific is 14-7 against Sacramento State.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - No. 20 Women's Water Polo (3-3) vs. Pomona-Pitzer (2-5), 12:30 p.m. - Treking back to Santa Clara for the third consecutive day, the Tigers will conclude the Bronco Invitational against Pomona-Pitzer. The Tigers are a perfect 7-0 all-time against Pomona but the two teams have not met since 2017. Pomona is the reigning Division III national champion after going 25-10 overall last year with a perfect 12-0 in the SCIAC.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Softball (1-4) at Arizona State (4-1), 12:45 p.m. - Junior Ariel Nava was Pacific's second most featured pitcher last weekend, making two appearances equally split between starting and relief. In her two innings of work she has only given up one earned run and struck out one. The Tigers leading strikeout candidate in the circle is sophomore Kaytee Dahlstrom who struck out six batters in her first game donning the Orange and Black.

Sunday, Feb. 15 - Baseball hosts Utah Valley, 1 p.m. - Senior Jake Tandy and junior Braeden Schnabel look to reprise key roles offensively for the Tigers this year. While Tandy slashed .303 with 26 runs and 26 RBIs last season, Schnabel returns as Pacific's home run leader from 2025 with six round trippers. Pacific averaged scoring 4.75 runs per game last season.

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