Big West Conference

From the D1Baseball vault: Thomas Eshelman’s uncanny command made him one of the most unique college pitchers of his generation. Michael Baumann saluted the Fullerton ace in a 2015 Golden Spikes Spotlight.

Iowa and Cal State Fullerton bounced back with wins on Saturday, while San Diego State is off to a hot start this season in the latest Shotgun Spratling Dispatch.

Cal Poly was expected to take a step forward this season with Taylor Dollard leading the way. Dollard was outstanding in his season-opening start against Connecticut.

The Big West is wide open as the 2020 campaign nears. Cal State Fullerton might lead, but Cal Poly, UC Irvine and UCSB are within striking distance.

Cal State Fullerton had an uncharacteristic 2019 campaign. Can the Titans return to normalcy in 2020? Eric Sorenson dissect CSF’s fall.

Long Beach State is ushering in a new era with Eric Valenzuela now leading the charge. Alfredo Ruiz and others have risen to the occasion so far this fall.

Emilio Nogales flashed his chest hair as Fresno State flashed its muscle, advancing to the championship round of the Stanford Regional where the Bulldogs await Stanford or Sacramento State.

In perhaps the most loaded regional in the field of 64, Stanford welcomes three Golden State conference champions: UC Santa Barbara, Fresno State and Sacramento State.

Shotgun Spratling goes around the West Coast looking at Fresno State, Saint Mary’s, Stanford, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon and Arizona State’s Hunter Bishop.

UC Santa Barbara put on a laser show in a blowout victory at Hawai’i, continuing a season-long offensive barrage for the Gauchos, who are closing in on the Big West title.

UC Santa Barbara fans got a scare, but the Gauchos took care of business in opener at Hawai’i and inched closer to their first conference title since 1986.

UC Santa Barbara can get it done in a variety of ways, but so far this season, it’s been the new-look offense that’s getting it done the most.

Chris Lincoln picked up yet another save as UC Santa Barbara continued its red-hot ways with a series-opening win over Cal State Fullerton.

UC Irvine improved to 14-4 behind another solid starting pitching effort while frustration boiled to the surface in the Washington State dugout after another loss featured offensive struggles.

Shotgun Spratling’s latest notebook takes an in-depth look at upstart Cal Baptist, LMU, USD’s Jake Miller, K-State ushers in a new era and a Cal Poly arm takes a step forward.

UC Irvine scrapped its way to a doubleheader split against Washington after the Huskies showed how explosive their offense can be in the first game.