LA MIRADA, Calif. --- There's a lot of excitement floating around Eagles Diamond these days. A new braintrust led by first year Head Coach Jeff Calhoon have brought a drive and passion for excellence that has garnered the Eagles multiple NCAA DI transfers for this season and upgrades like new backstop padding and a hard goods equipment partnership with Marucci.

But the biggest drive of the Eagles' excitement coming into this start to the 2020 season has to be Biola's recently acquired status of full NCAA Membership. Biola Baseball is eligible for NCAA postseason play for the first time in 2020 and Calhoon and the staff have motivated this year's group with the opportunity of setting the tone for the program's next 10 years by being the first team to qualify for an NCAA West Regional.

PacWest teams have traditionally needed to finish in the top two of the conference standings in order to qualify for postseason play. But the Biola Boys are confident that type of finish isn't too far out of reach because they return six players with previous All-PacWest recognition, including a full infield with Jackson Collins, RobertAnthony Cruz, and Connor Kostecka earning all-conference honors in 2019 and Jacob Portaro doing the same in 2018, The Eagles also return a stable of sophomores through seniors who already gained experience as key pieces in the 2019 team and will step into established roles in the starting rotation and lineup.

Brandon Cody and Andy Van Antwerp both return after being regular starters in the outfield a year ago and have both shown promise while taking on leadership roles in the leadup to this season. The starting rotation also figures to be solid with three-quarters of last year's members returning. 

MULTIMEDIA: Live video and live stats will be provided free of charge for all Biola home contests. See links and cost for road contests in the previews below.

TICKETS: Biola home events are always free to Biola students, staff, faculty and alumni. Children 12 and under are also always free. General admission is $6 and discounted tickets for opposing school students, guests under 18 and seniors are $4. See ticketing information for road contests below each preview below.

BIOLA vs Cal State Monterey Bay: Friday Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday Feb. 1 at 12 noon \\ Live Stats \\ Live Video
Biola's journey starts with this three-game series against an Otters team that went to the West Regional last year and finished with a 35-23 record. CSUMB was picked to finish second in the CCAA preseason poll and received two first place votes. The Otters return All-CCAA first team outfielder Kyle Dean, second-teamer pitcher Greg Steinbeck and two All-CCAA honorable mention players. 

Cal State Monterey Bay has won at least 30 games in four of the past five seasons and has qualified for three NCAA West Regionals since 2016. The Otters have also been a great road team over the past two years with a combined 37-13 record away from Seaside since the start of 2018. This will be the Otters' second all-time meeting with the Eagles: CSUMB clipped the Eagles by a 7-6 score in Seaside in February 2011. 

STREAKS & MILESTONES:
Streaks:
Active Hitting Streaks (NCAA Era Program Record - Ricky Perez: 17 games in 2018):
None Active

Active Reached Base Streaks (NCAA Era Program Record - Jacob Portaro: 22 games in 2018):
Jacob Portaro - 22 games
Connor Kostecka - 8 games 
RobertAnthony Cruz - 6 games
Michael Fritchman - 3 games
Andy Van Antwerp - 3 games

Active Scoreless Innings Streaks (NCAA Era Program Record - Daniel Jang: 22.1 Innings in 2018): 
Anthony Villegas - 5.2 Innings
(*only scoreless innings streaks longer than five innings will be displayed)

Career Milestone:
Games Starts (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 102 GS from 2018-19):
100 Starts - Ryan Gallegos (73)
100 Starts - Brandon Cody (71)
100 Starts - Connor Kostecka (62)
100 Starts - Jacob Portaro (53)
50 Starts - Jackson Collins (47)
50 Starts - RobertAnthony Cruz (47)
50 Starts - Andy Van Antwerp (36)

Hits (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 132 Hits from 2018-19):
100 Hits - Ryan Gallegos (87)
100 Hits - Connor Kostecka (72)
100 Hits - Brandon Cody (69)
75 Hits - Jacob Portaro (53)
75 Hits - RobertAnthony Cruz (52)
75 Hits - Jackson Collins (51)
50 Hits - Andy Van Antwerp (36)

Runs (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 91 Runs from 2018-19):
75 Runs - Ryan Gallegos (68)
75 Runs - Brandon Cody (52)
50 Runs - Jacob Portaro (49)
50 Runs - Connor Kostecka (42)
50 Runs - RobertAnthony Cruz (35)
50 Runs - Jackson Collins (30)
50 Runs - Andy Van Antwerp (22)

RBI's (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 85 RBI from 2018-19):
85 RBI's - Ryan Gallegos (71)
50 RBI's - Brandon Cody (44)
50 RBI's -  Connor Kostecka (37)
50 RBI's -  Jacob Portaro (37)
50 RBI's -  Jackson Collins (35)
50 RBI's - RobertAnthony Cruz (33)
50 RBI's - Andy Van Antwerp (31)

Homeruns (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 15 HR from 2018-19):
15 Homeruns - Ryan Gallegos (13)
10 Homeruns - Jackson Collins (9)
10 Homeruns - Jacob Portaro (8)
10 Homeruns - Brandon Cody (6)
10 Homeruns - Andy Van Antwerp (6)
10 Homeruns - RobertAnthony Cruz (5)

Doubles (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 26 2B from 2018-19):
26 Doubles - Ryan Gallegos (19)
15 Doubles - RobertAnthony Cruz (14)
15 Doubles - Jacob Portaro (14)
15 Doubles - Brandon Cody (13)
15 Doubles - Jackson Collins (10)
15 Doubles - Connor Kostecka (10)
10 Doubles - Andy Van Antwerp (7)

Triples (NCAA Era Program Record - Brandon Cody: 5 3B from 2018-Present):
10 Triples - Brandon Cody (5)
5 Triples - RobertAnthony Cruz (1)
5 Triples - Connor Kostecka (1)

Stolen Bases (NCAA Era Program Record - Jerron Largusa: 24 SB from 2018-19):
24 Stolen Bases - Brandon Cody (16)
24 Stolen Bases - Connor Kostecka (16)
10 Stolen Bases - Andy Van Antwerp (9)
10 Stolen Bases - Jacob Portaro (8)
10 Stolen Bases - Ryan Gallegos (6)
10 Stolen Bases - RobertAnthony Cruz (4)

Innings Pitched (NCAA Era Program Record - Troy Stainbrook: 107 IP from 2018-19):
75 IP - Josh Ludeman (63.2)
75 IP - Joey Leavitt (62.1)
75 IP - Anthony Villegas (57.2)
75 IP - Kenny Carrillo (53.1)
75 IP - Brayden Englert (53.1)
75 IP - Larson Kindreich (52.2)
50 IP - Honus Kindreich (39)

Strikeouts (NCAA Era Program Record - Troy Stainbrook: 105 K's from 2018-19):
100 K's - Larson Kindreich (72)
75 K's - Josh Ludeman (61)
75 K's - Joey Leavitt (52)
50 K's - Anthony Villegas (44)
50 K's - Kenny Carrillo (38)
50 K's - Honus Kindreich (37)
50 K's - Brayden Englert (27)

Starts (NCAA Era Program Record - Troy Stainbrook: 20 Starts from 2018-19):
20 Starts - Larson Kindreich (11)
10 Starts - Brayden Englert (7)
10 Starts - Kenny Carrillo (6)

Appearances (NCAA Era Program Record - Josh Ludeman: 43 App from 2018-Present):
50 Appearances - Josh Ludeman (43)
40 Appearances - Joey Leavitt (33)
40 Appearances - Honus Kindreich (30)
30 Appearances - Anthony Villegas (24)
20 Appearances - Brayden Englert (13)
20 Appearances - Larson Kindreich (13)
20 Appearances - Kenny Carrillo (12)

Wins (NCAA Era Program Record - Josh Ludeman: 7 W from 2019-Present):
10 Wins - Josh Ludeman (7)
10 Wins - Anthony Villegas (6)
10 Wins - Kenny Carrillo (5)
5 Wins - Brayden Englert (4)
5 Wins - Joey Leavitt (4)
5 Wins - Honus Kindreich (3)
5 Wins - Larson Kindreich (3)

Saves (NCAA Era Program Record - Daniel Jang 14 SV in 2018):
10 Saves - Josh Ludeman (7)
5 Saves - Honus Kindreich (1)

Complete Games (NCAA Era Program Record - Four-Way Tie from 2019)
2 Complete Games - Kenny Carrillo (1)
2 Complete Games - Brayden Englert (1)
2 Complete Games - Larson Kindreich (1)

Shutouts (NCAA Era Program Record - Larson Kindreich: 1 from 2019-present):
5 Shutouts - Larson Kindreich (1)