An exciting week of Pioneer sporting events take place this coming week. Women's Volleyball, Men's Soccer and Women's Soccer will make a push for the CCAA postseason, Cross Country teams will run in the CCAA Championships on Friday morning in Fresno, both golf teams wrap up the fall schedule in Hawaii and women's and men's basketball will play in exhibition games next Monday and Tuesday respectively.
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WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at 2024 CCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, October 25
Start time (Women's 6k): 9 a.m.
Woodward Park | Fresno, California
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The Pioneers will look for a successful meet in the CCAA Championships. The course should be familiar to the runners as several of them ran at Woodward Park on September 7 to open the 2024 season. The fastest performance this season in the 6k for the Pioneers was from Madison Gomez, who finished the distance in 22 minutes, 7.3 seconds at the Cougar Challenge in September.
East Bay finished sixth in the 2023 CCAA Women's Cross Country Championships.
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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at 2024 CCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, October 25
Start time (Men's 8k): 10 a.m.
Woodward Park | Fresno, California
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MEET WEBSITE | COURSE MAPS
Cole McKain has a very successful history in the CCAA Men's Cross Country Championships as he has finished in the top-15 in all three previous appearances, ultimately resulting in three times on the All-CCAA Team, as he will look to finish all four of his Pioneer cross country seasons with the honor. Last season, he finished seventh at the CCAA Championships.
In 2023, as a team, the Pioneers finished sixth among nine teams at the CCAA Cross Country Championships.
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MEN'S GOLF |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at HPU SHARKS SHOOTOUT
Friday, October 25 - Saturday, October 26
The Village Course at Waikoloa | Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
The Pioneers finished in fourth place in the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate as the team will look for a strong finish to the fall season in Waikoloa Village. Peyton Hendricks finished with East Bay's lowest score in the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate at -3, tied for 11th on the leaderboard.
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WOMEN'S GOLF |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at HPU SHARKS SHOOTOUT
Friday, October 25 - Saturday, October 26
Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf | Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
All five golfers for Cal State East Bay in the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate were tied for 19th on the leaderboard with the lowest final round score from Torrie Bowman (75)
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MEN'S SOCCER |
CAL STATE EAST BAY (4-6-2, 3-2-1 CCAA) at No. 3 CAL STATE LA (8-0-4, 3-0-3 CCAA)
Friday, October 25
University Stadium | Los Angeles, California
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
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CAL STATE EAST BAY at CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Sunday, October 27
Toro Stadium | Carson, California
Kickoff: 2 p.m.
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The Pioneers enter the weekend in fifth place in the CCAA Standings looking to add to their point total and climb in the standings. The top six teams in the standings qualify for the CCAA Men's Soccer Tournament, presented by FloCollege.
Cal State East Bay head coach Mike Haswell will be returning to coach on the campus of Cal State LA for the first time since he was on the coaching staff there before joining the Pioneers.
CCAA Men's Soccer Standings (entering Friday)
| Team | Points | CCAA Record | CCAA Pct. | Overall Record | Overall Pct. |
| #3 Cal State LA | 12 | 3-0-3 | .750 | 8-0-4 | .833 |
| #22 Cal Poly Pomona | 12 | 3-0-3 | .750 | 8-1-4 | .769 |
| (RV) Chico State | 11 | 3-1-2 | .667 | 9-2-2 | .769 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 10 | 2-0-4 | .667 | 5-4-4 | .538 |
| Cal State East Bay | 10 | 3-2-1 | .583 | 4-6-2 | .417 |
| Cal State San Bernardino | 9 | 2-1-3 | .583 | 4-2-6 | .583 |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | 8 | 2-2-2 | .500 | 5-3-4 | .583 |
| Stanislaus State | 6 | 1-2-3 | .417 | 5-4-4 | .538 |
| San Francisco State | 6 | 1-2-3 | .417 | 1-6-5 | .292 |
| Sonoma State | 4 | 1-4-1 | .250 | 3-5-5 | .423 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | 4 | 1-4-1 | .250 | 2-7-4 | .308 |
| Cal State San Marcos | 2 | 0-4-2 | .167 | 4-4-5 | .500 |
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WOMEN'S SOCCER |
CAL STATE EAST BAY (5-6-2, 2-3-1 CCAA) at CAL STATE LA (6-3-3, 3-3-0 CCAA)
Friday, October 25
University Stadium | Los Angeles, California
Kickoff: 4:30 p.m.
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CAL STATE EAST BAY at CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Sunday, October 27
Toro Stadium | Carson, California
Kickoff: 11:30 a.m.
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The Pioneers collected four of a possible six points last weekend and will look for more to climb their way up in the CCAA standings. The challenge will take place in Southern California with a matchup on Friday at Cal State LA and back to action on Sunday at CSUDH.
CCAA Women's Soccer Standings (entering Friday)
| Team | Points | CCAA Record | CCAA Pct. | Overall Record | Overall Pct. |
| Cal Poly Pomona | 14 | 4-0-2 | .833 | 11-0-2 | .923 |
| Cal State San Bernardino | 11 | 3-1-2 | .667 | 4-3-5 | .542 |
| Cal State San Marcos | 10 | 3-2-1 | .583 | 6-3-4 | .615 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 9 | 2-1-3 | .583 | 4-4-4 | .500 |
| Cal State LA | 9 | 3-3-0 | .500 | 6-3-3 | .625 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | 9 | 3-3-0 | .500 | 6-6-1 | .500 |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | 8 | 1-0-5 | .583 | 4-1-7 | .625 |
| Sonoma State | 7 | 2-2-1 | .500 | 4-4-4 | .500 |
| Cal State East Bay | 7 | 2-3-1 | .417 | 6-5-2 | .538 |
| Chico State | 6 | 1-2-3 | .417 | 4-3-6 | .538 |
| Stanislaus State | 6 | 2-3-0 | .400 | 5-5-2 | .500 |
| San Francisco State | 0 | 0-6-0 | .000 | 3-10-0 | .231 |
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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL |
SONOMA STATE (8-8, 5-5 CCAA) at CAL STATE EAST BAY (8-10, 3-7 CCAA)
Friday, October 25
Opening Serve: 5 p.m.
Pioneer Gymnasium | Hayward, California
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CAL POLY HUMBOLDT at CAL STATE EAST BAY
Saturday, October 26
Opening Serve: 5 p.m.
Pioneer Gymnasium | Hayward, California
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Last Thursday, the Pioneers lost the first two sets to Cal State Monterey Bay, but would not go down easily as they took the next to to force a deciding set. However, CSUEB lost the match by dropping the fifth set to the Otters. But on Saturday, the Pioneers and Otters went the distance once again only for East Bay to win in extra points in set five. With Saturday's win, the Pioneers snapped a four-match losing skid and will look to make up ground in the standings this week with a pair of home matches this week.
CCAA Women's Volleyball Standings (entering Thursday)
| Team | CCAA Record | CCAA Pct. | Overall Record | Overall Pct. |
| #5 Cal Poly Pomona | 10-0 | 1.000 | 16-1 | .941 |
| #23 San Francisco State | 8-2 | .800 | 14-4 | .778 |
| #21 Cal State LA | 7-3 | .700 | 12-5 | .706 |
| Stanislaus State | 6-4 | .600 | 13-5 | .722 |
| (RV) Cal State San Bernardino | 6-4 | .600 | 10-7 | .588 |
| Sonoma State | 5-5 | .500 | 8-8 | .500 |
| Chico State | 4-6 | .400 | 7-10 | .412 |
| Cal State East Bay | 3-7 | .300 | 8-10 | .444 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | 3-7 | .300 | 7-11 | .389 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 3-7 | .300 | 6-12 | .333 |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | 3-7 | .300 | 4-13 | .235 |
| Cal State San Marcos | 2-8 | .200 | 4-13 | .235 |
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at SACRAMENTO STATE (Exhibition)
Monday, October 28
Tipoff: 6:30 p.m.
The Nest | Sacramento, California
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MEN'S BASKETBALL |
CAL STATE EAST BAY at SAN JOSE STATE (Exhibition)
Tuesday, October 29
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Provident Credit Union Center | San Jose, California
Latest Men's Golf
- Easton Hether Garners Division PING All-America Honorable MentionNORMAN, Okla. - The GCAA announced its Second, Third and Honorable Mention selections for the 2025 Division II PING All-America Teams on Thursday. From Cal State East Bay men's golf, Easton Hether added to his collection of accolades for the 2024-25 season being named Division II PING All-America Honorable Mention.
- Cal State East Bay Finishes 4th in 2024-25 Hiegert Cup StandingsALISO VIEJO, Calif. - With the 2024-25 athletic year complete in NCAA Division II, the CCAA announced its final standings for the year for the Robert J. Hiegert Commissioner's Cup. Since joining the CCAA, Cal State East Bay had its highest finish in department history, placing fourth among the 12 CCAA member institutions.
- Alan Sue Named Golf Pride Grips Division II West Region Coach of the YearNORMAN, Okla. - For the second time in 2025, a postseason coaching honor has been bestowed upon Cal State East Bay head golf coach Alan Sue. The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced its 2025 coaching honors for men's golf on Tuesday, and Sue was named Golf Pride Grips Division II West Region Coach of the Year.
- Pioneer Spotlight: Cal State East Bay Athletes of the YearAs the 2024-25 academic year comes to a close, Cal State East Bay saw so many outstanding achievements - it was perhaps the most successful year as a whole for the Pioneers since joining the CCAA. This week's Pioneer Spotlight shines on two phenomenal student-athletes who donned a Pioneer uniform in 2024-25 - Easton Hether from men's golf and Ashlee Toy from softball.
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- Pioneer Spotlight: Spring 2025 Stories of the SeasonThe 2024-25 athletic year for Cal State East Bay was memorable and BOLD! And the spring season brought so many outstanding feats individually and for the teams in season. While track & field and baseball had some outstanding moments and accomplishments in the spring, the Pioneer Spotlight will focus on the men's golf, women's golf and softball.
