CSUDH Baseball Claims No. 23 National Ranking
Toros crack top 25 national poll; Owens gets third CCAA CCAA Pitcher of Week honors for Toros
May 1, 2006

Carson, CA – The good news just keeps on rolling in for Toros Baseball. After moving up two spots in the West Region poll and receiving its third CCAA Pitcher of the Week Award earlier today, CSUDH has cracked the national ranking for the first time this season as it checks in at No. 23, it was announced this evening by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

Junior Jason Klug (Moreno Valley, CA/San Bernardino Valley College) leads the CCAA in batting average at .400, and is second in the conference in hits (70) and total bases (111).

On the mound, sophomore Matt Hopps (Torrance, CA/South Torrance HS) and senior Chris Borchers (Torrance, CA/LA Harbor College) both are in the CCAA's top ten in ERA with respective marks of 3.02 (4th) and 3.52 (9th), while senior southpaw Ryan Owen (Torrance, CA/West Torrance HS) is 3rd in the CCAA with 70 strikeouts in 68.0 inning of work.

CSUDH currently sits in second place behind cross-town rival Cal State L.A. in the CCAA standings, who joins the Toros in the national poll, coming in at 15th. Both teams will conclud their 2006 conference season this weekend, which should determine which team garners the No. 1 seed heading into the CCAA tournament on May 11-13.

CSUDH and CSULA are joined by fellow CCAA school Chico State at 24th nationally.

The Toros travel to Cal Poly Pomona this Thursday and Friday for games one and two of a four-game set, before returning home on Saturday, May 6 for games three and four to conclude their 2006 regular season and honor the eight seniors on the 2006 CSUDH team.