LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego baseball team beat Point Loma under lights at Triton Ballpark. The defense was tested but kept the Tritons in the game the entire way. UC San Diego improve to 5-0 while Point Loma falls to 1-4.
 
A trio of pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts against the Sea Lions. Luke Mattson earned his second win of the season while Noah Conlon threw five strikeouts and was credited with the save. 
 
Both offenses struggled to put runs on the board. While the Tritons edged out the Sea Lions seven to six in hits, they also finished the game with 11 left on base. Brandon Stewart had the most impactful at bats and hit for a pair of doubles.
 
The Tritons looked to capitalize early with one out and bases loaded but the Sea Lion defense held steady. The following inning the Tritons found themselves in the same situation, but this time added a run from a sacrifice fly to right field from Shay Whitcomb.
 
At the top of the fourth, Point Loma tied the score up. Marc Filia hit a leadoff triple in the bottom of fourth and Brandon Stewart's sacrifice fly drove in the run and reclaimed the lead at 2-1. Stewart would get his second RBI of the night when he smacked the ball down the right field line and drove Luke Glascoe home to take a 3-1.
 
Conlon was lights out to close the ninth inning and threw three strikeouts to end the game.
 
The Tritons close out the series on February 11 at Point Loma. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
 
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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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