LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego right-hander Matthew Dalquist was named Big West Pitcher of the Week after a career performance against Cal State Bakersfield, as announced Monday by the conference.
 
It is the second conference weekly award for Dalquist, who earned the same honor as a true freshman in 2022. It is the second Big West weekly award for the Tritons this season after Spencer Seid was named Pitcher of the Week last week and 14th for UC San Diego since joining the conference in 2021.
 
Dalquist pitched a career-long 7.2 innings of shutout baseball, allowing just two hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. The redshirt sophomore earned the 9-1 victory on Friday over Cal State Bakersfield, using 95 total pitches, 63 of which were strikes. 
 
Dalquist faced just three batters over the minimum into the top of the eighth inning and retired the final 14 batters he faced in order.
 
The Redondo Beach native currently leads the Tritons with a 1.14 ERA and 0.76 WHIP in 23.2 innings of work. Dalquist ranks first in the Big West in strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.50, 23rd nationally), walks allowed per nine innings (0.76, 19th nationally) and WHIP (25th nationally). He ranks third in the conference (36th nationally) in earned run average, fourth in total strikeouts (23) and fifth in hits allowed per nine innings (6.08).  
 
Previous Big West Weekly Honors
Matthew Dalquist, Pitcher of the Week (March 10, 2025)
Spencer Seid, Pitcher of the Week (March 3, 2025)
Anthony Eyanson, Pitcher of the Week (May 20, 2024)
Nick Costello, Field Player of the Week (April 15, 2024)
Brock Kleszcz, Field Player of the Week (April 8, 2024)
 Ryan Forcucci, Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024)
Izaak Martinez, Pitcher of the Week (May 22, 2023)
Crew Robinson, Field Player of the Week (May 22, 2023)
Izaak Martinez, Pitcher of the Week (May 1, 2023)
Brandon Larson, Field Player of the Week (May 1, 2023)
Michael Fuhrman, Field Player of the Week (March 20, 2023)
Zack Ernisse, Pitcher of the Week (April 25, 2022)
Matthew Dalquist, Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2022)
Cameron Leonard, Pitcher of the Week (March 15, 2021)

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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.