LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 2 UC San Diego baseball squad wrapped up preseason with a 7-1 win over San Diego Christian College in an exhibition game at Triton Ballpark. The Tritons came up on top thanks to a pair of home runs, stellar pitching and a big eighth inning.
 
Everett Lau got the Tritons on the board first with a solo home run down the right field line in the bottom of the third. In the top of the fourth, SD Christian's Josh LaMonte hit an RBI single to tie the game up. The Tritons would get their second homer of the day when Anthony Lucchetti hit the ball deep right center and out of the park to drive Blake Baumgartner in and take a 3-1 lead in the fifth.
 
UC San Diego added four more runs in the eighth as insurance. Aaron Kim was able to reach home plate off a wild pitch. Jo Bynum smacked a two run RBI down the right field line and would later make his way around the bases for the seventh run of the night.
 
Jacob Dobmeier and Noah Conlon delivered on the mound, both pitching three innings a piece, Dobmeier finished with six strikeouts while Conlon had five. The Tritons pitching staff finished the evening with 14 strikeouts.
 
The Tritons will host their alumni game this Friday at 6:00 p.m. at Triton Ballpark. The season officially opens February 1 when UC San Diego hosts Concordia Portland.

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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country.  The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference.  UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent.  A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships.  In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
 
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