Kathryn Sears
Cal State San Bernardino junior softball standout Tereise Tosi continues to rack up the awards.
The California Collegiate Athletic Association player of the year, Tosi was recently named D2CCA West Region Player of the Year.
Already selected CCAA First Team All-Conference and NFCA First Team All-Region, Tosi ranked second in conference with a .435 batting average and was the second most walked player this season with 28 free passes in 48 games.
“(Tosi) continuously raised the standards in our program and has made a tremendous impact on her teammates,” CSUSB softball coach Dee Payan said. “Her impact on this program goes far beyond the softball field.”
Tosi notched 10 doubles, seven home runs, 31 RBIs and 26 runs scored this season, and was the second-toughest player to strike out in the CCAA with just six whiffs in 177 plate appearances.
“What most people don’t get to see is the countless hours she invests in mastering her craft to be able to consistently perform at a high level,” Payan said.
A graduate of Garden Grove High School, Tosi hit .401 in her first year in 2022 and was twice the CCAA Player of the Week last season on the way to a slew of postseason first-team selections.
“(Tosi) will leave here as one of the most decorated student-athletes to ever put on a Coyotes softball jersey,” Payan said.
Tosi is CSUSB’s fourth conference player of the year and first since Morgan Ratliff in 2019, and the program’s first D2CCA player of the year.
An all-CIF-Southern Section Division 5 first-team selection and a CIF-SS Athlete of Character, Tosi was Garden Grove High’s female athlete of the year in 2021.
CSUSB’s up-and-down season ended in a 3-2 loss to Cal State East Bay in the opening round of the CCAA tournament on May 1. Tosi went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI but the Yotes were unable to climb back from an early 3-0 deficit.
ALVAREZ WINS BIG WEST STEEPLECHASE
UC Riverside’s Norma Alvarez won the 3,000-meter steeplechase as the Highlanders collected a slew of top marks at the Big West Conference championships at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Sunday.
Alvarez won in 10 minutes, 36.36 seconds, less than 10 seconds ahead of teammate Carolinh Calvert (10:43.84) as UCR placed fifth overall with 93 points to record its best finish since 2016.
On the men’s side, Ashraf Abdelmagid was second in the 3,000 steeplechase (8:53.44), setting a new school record in the process.
BRONCOS REACH D2 TOURNAMENT
The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team is headed to the NCAA Division II tournament for the 16th time after securing the No. 4 seed in the West Regional.
The Broncos (31-22 overall) is headed to San Diego for a three-team sub-regional hosted by No. 1 seed Point Loma Nazarene and featuring CCAA regular-season runner-up Cal State San Marcos.
Head coach Randy Betten is making his ninth appearance with Cal Poly Pomona in just his 13th year with the program. Betten led the Broncos to national semifinal appearances in 2015-16.
CMS EARNS D3 AT-LARGE BID
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team snagged an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament, announced on Monday.
CMS (30-13 overall) will head to an NCAA Regional at East Texas Baptist, where it will open play against Concordia (Texas), in a four-team regional that also includes Centenary (La.).
The Stags are making their first tournament appearance since 1996. This season’s team has tied the program record for wins set in 1972. This is their sixth tournament appearance since 1978.
ODDS & ENDS
California Baptist University’s Matias Reynaga won the men’s 1,500 at the Western Athletic Conference track and field championships at Orem, Utah. … San Bernardino Valley College women’s soccer players Samantha Ramirez (Hillcrest) and Sarina Castillo (Patriot) will transfer to Cal State Dominguez Hills and Greenville (Ill.), respectively … Riverside City College hired Samantha Wellman as its new sports information director, replacing Nicho Del Valle. Wellman previously served in CBU’s athletics department.
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