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Repairs could top $6 million Issues with library ceilings contribute to closures SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

limited as to what we can do,” Cole said. “We can’t operate with actual rifles, we can’t shoot actual blanks, so getting to come out here and use this area is far better.”

Cal State Fullerton sustained $6.5 million in damage from the magnitude 5.1 earthquake that rattled the campus on March 28, according to data from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. This total far exceeds the initial estimate of the damage, which the university put at $500,000. The board has requested federal aid to help repair damage to structures and facilities. The entirety of Pollak Library South is closed while repairs to the ceiling and ventilation systems are being performed. “Our initial assessment of the bulk of the campus damage that we inventoried involved furniture that had been broken or fallen, some glass cracked and largely some aesthetic (damage),” Christopher Bugbee, director of media relations, told radio station KPCC. Damage to CSUF made up the bulk of the property damage caused by the earthquake, which also broke water mains and caused landslides in the surrounding area. The earthquake damaged drop ceilings in the library, and replacing those would cost about $6 million, Bugbee said. If the requested federal aid does not come to fruition, alternatives for the library include leaving the ducts exposed or patching the ceiling.

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ETHAN HAWKES / Daily Titan First Master Sgt. Jeffrey Luckie points to a cadet as he teaches freshman and sophomore cadets how to build a 3-D mission map in the dirt with sticks, grass and anything else available at the time. Cadets will then move to the objective based on the map they just created.

Taking on Pendleton CSUF ROTC battalion spends weekend putting their training to the test ETHAN HAWKES Daily Titan

A platoon maneuvers their way to the top of a hill through the prickly bushes of the San Diego desert. Suddenly, an explosion. Enemy forces come out shooting, and the platoon immediately suffers two casualties. Chaos breaks out. Fortunately, this isn’t real combat. It’s a field training exercise that puts cadets with the Cal State Fullerton ROTC battalion through patrols, terrain navigation challenges and live-fire exercises to test the abilities cadets have learned throughout the semester and to teach new skills. The battalion spent their weekend at Camp Pendleton, the largest Marine Corps base in the country, for the yearly challenge. Explosives and blank rounds are used to give cadets the most immersive experience possible.

Amid all of the chaos, communication is usually the first to break down. When a platoon leader receives orders, he or she must communicate them down the chain of command through squad leaders and team leaders to the individual soldier who carries out the order. Sending down orders though the chain of command is important to make sure every cadet is on the same page, but sometimes orders from the platoon leader may not make it all the way down to every single cadet. This may be the first time cadets have led such a large force, and the extra links added to the chain of command create a new challenge. “We use a crawl-walk-run mentality,” said Lt. Col. Kelley Donham, a professor of military science and ROTC coordinator. “In the fall semester, we’re at the crawl stage, almost, getting to where we can actually assemble into larger formations, but by this time, they can assemble into large formations, command large formations and … use more of that critical thinking that we are trying to drive home.” The biggest benefit of the field

ETHAN HAWKES / Daily Titan Andrew McCartney yells to his squadmates during an engagement with the enemy. The opposing force spotted his platoon and opened fire.

exercise is for the cadets to finally extend their knowledge that they learn every Friday and apply it to a more real-world setting, said Cadet Private Joshua Cole, a freshman. “Normally we have class and then we conduct a minor lab at Cal State Fullerton’s campus, but we’re so

CSUF men’s lacrosse axes NAU Lumberjacks Titans put away Lumberjacks with dominant opening MICHAEL HUNTLEY Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton men’s lacrosse team dominated the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, 13-5, at the CSUF Intramural Fields on Sunday. The win clinches first place in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference north division for the Titans. The top seed will give the Titans (10-1, 3-0 SLC) a bye in the first round of the Men’s Club Lacrosse Association National Championship held in May. “It feels good to get a bye,” said junior goalie Chris Laurino. The players weren’t the only ones to recognize the

importance of a bye in the upcoming playoffs. “We do have the number one seed so it’s going to be a good competition,” Head Coach Mike Ansel said. “I’m happy to have it; I can’t complain.” The Lumberjacks (7-3, 4-1 SLC) came into the game first place in the conference. The game was scheduled to take place Friday at Fallbrook High School, but NAU’s bus broke down during its trip, which forced the game to be rescheduled to Sunday. The Titans wasted little time getting the scoring started. The Titans jumped on the Lumberjacks early when senior midfielder Matt Martinez scored an unassisted goal just 33 seconds into the game. Just 50 seconds later, senior attackman Gabe Alamillo scored to give the Titans a quick 2-0 lead.

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NAU got its first possession of the game following the Alamillo goal. They were not on offense long when senior defenseman Paul Morgan forced a turnover that led to a fast break goal by senior midfielder Jeff Lyon. The Titans held a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Six different Titans scored goals in the first quarter. “It’s great because you don’t just have to go to one guy over and over,” Ansel said.” The excellent team balance

will continue to be an advantage going forward. “It helps tremendously when it comes to the opposing team trying to focus on other people, who to focus on and who to play defense on when you have multiple people scoring and they don’t know who to guard,” Alamillo said. “It’s a huge help for our team being able to fire the ball around and letting other people score.”

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This formation, known as 360 security, is done on an objective rally point. After the formation has been established, the leadership assembles in the middle of the circle and the status of the troops are assessed.

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For freshmen and sophomores, the trip gives the cadets a taste of what to expect in the Army before signing a contract as a junior committing to enlist as an officer. While the exercises are a learning experience for lowerclassmen, they are an important test for the juniors. Juniors are evaluated by senior cadets to see what they can improve so they are ready for the leadership development assessment course (L-DAC), a national ROTC event. The L-DAC is the biggest test for juniors, and it determines if they qualify to graduate from ROTC and become an officer in the Army. This is where they find out if they are able to move on as senior cadets; if not, they have to repeat the test. As instructors, the best one can hope for is that the next patrol is better than the last, said Cadet Captain Evan

Edison, a senior in charge of evaluating juniors. “It’s a big change, going from a position where you are always under a microscope to one where you have to be able to see the big picture and the little picture at the same time and let your guys know just exactly what you’re looking for and what they can do better on the next goaround,” Edison said. The battalion splits up into two platoons to run patrol. It is an exercise in leadership, coordination and enemy engagements. Cadets are given coordinates to find, and all they have to navigate is a map, notepad and compass. Before darkness completely overtakes the sky, planning begins. Freshmen and sophomores can be seen huddled around red lights plotting out points on a map and figuring out which direction to depart together, while juniors have to go solo. Red lights are used to preserve what little night vision the cadets have left to make it

easier when traveling only by the moonlight. When the sky is completely dark, they finally depart through the brush and crater-covered hills of Camp Pendleton. After the allotted time is up, the cadets turn back to their main base, known as TOC, where they turn their papers in under harsh spotlights, then receive grades based on how many of the four locations they were able to find under the time limit. Two are required to pass. Three days of no showering, sleeping under the stars and carrying everything on their back–the cadets were relieved to head home. With this experience under their belts, they felt ready to take on further challenges. The next big event for CSUF’s ROTC is the opportunity to ride in helicopters Friday. The Blackhawks will be landing in the soccer field and will give the cadets a chance to familiarize themselves with the structure and safety of a helicopter.

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Two men believed to be involved with the killings of four sex workers were arrested Friday, according to the Orange County Register. “We believe we have two serial killers in custody and we have stopped them in their tracks,” Anaheim police Lt. Bob Dunn said. Franc Cano, 27, and Steven Dean Gordon, 45, the two arrested, are both convicted sex offenders. Police said the victims were all tied to prostitution or escort services. Eight sex workers have been killed in Orange County since February 2013, including Modesto resident Jarrae Nykkole Estepp, whose body was found at an Anaheim recycling facility. - DAVID COATS

UN summit addresses Ukraine riots The ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine caused the United Nations Security Council to call an emergency meeting Sunday, according to CNN. Pro-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine have occupied government buildings in cities in eastern Ukraine, including the city hall in Kharkiv. Earlier this month, Russia officially annexed the peninsula of Crimea after citizens voted in favor of splitting from Ukraine. Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, said Sunday that anyone who supports the Russian takeover of government buildings will be held responsible, but offered amnesty to nonviolent demonstrators who leave the buildings by Monday.

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ETHAN HAWKES / Daily Titan Top: Jesus Montes and Myeongeun Chong take advice from Sgt. 1st Class Alonza Monroe on how to approach the objective after being bombarded by simulated artillery. Bottom: Danny Kissee and Jesus Montes look out the window while driving toward Camp Pendleton. Cadets took three buses full of gear from Cal State Fullerton to Camp Pendleton.

A fire expert found no evidence of the FedEx tractor-trailer that collided with a bus full of students Thursday being on fire before the crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash occurred Thursday on the 5 Freeway near Orland, Calif. and claimed 10 lives, including five students. The students were on their way to visit Humboldt State University for a campus tour. Authorities said the bus driver tried to avoid the FedEx truck. But investigators found no skid marks where the truck crossed the median, indicating the driver did not apply the brakes. NTSB officials said they are not ruling anything out at this point in the investigation. - DAVID COATS

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Taking their first steps at CSUF

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan A volunteer gives directions to an attendee Saturday during Welcome to Cal State Fullerton Day. The event invites high school students, parents and others interested in CSUF to visit the campus. Attendees can participate in orientations and tours with volunteers and observe a sample of student clubs, organizations and programs.

Students to bring TED’s ‘ideas worth spreading’ to campus Entrepreneur Jeremy Bellotti will share TEDx talk with CSUF MATTHEW MEDINA Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton will play host Tuesday to Jeremy Bellotti, a fitness entrepreneur who will be fine-tuning his talk on how perception affects reality before delivering it to an audience in Luxembourg on April 26. Bellotti will participate in TEDx UBI Wiltz, a conference hosted independently but adheres to standards set by organizers of official TED events. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conferences invite speakers who embody the slogan of “ideas worth spreading.” LEAD at CSUF, an off-campus branch of a national organization that helps encourage personal growth among students, helped organize the event. LEAD members had to work quickly in partnership with Sigma Nu and Delta Sigma Pi to reserve

space for Bellotti, a business management consultant and life coach. Jen Wang, a team leader with LEAD at CSUF, met with Bellotti at a conference about two weeks ago, and he expressed an interest in speaking at CSUF. Bellotti agreed to speak for free; that will also be the case at the TEDx conference, which is required to be a nonprofit operation. Royce Duong is a business marketing student at CSUF, member of LEAD and president of Sigma Nu. He said he developed an interest in TED and TEDx talks when participating in speech competitions at high school. He cited a 2006 speech from Ken Robinson, titled “education kills creativity,” as one of the significant lectures that sparked his interest in TED. “It really changed my life and introduced me to the whole idea that there’s more out there,” Duong said. “There’s different ways to think about things. It just spoke to a very curious person inside of me, and ever since then, I’ve just always followed

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Courtesy of Bellotti FitLife Project Jeremy Bellotti is an entrepreneur and life coach with involvement in multiple companies and organizations. He will speak at a TEDx conference in Luxembourg on April 26.

TED.” Bellotti’s speech, titled “From Hopeless to Limitless: The Power of the FitLife Experience,” will concern the power of perception and how people can control it to their benefit. The Bellotti FitLife Project, which Bellotti founded, provides individualized coaching and consultation for consumers, as well as freely available articles and videos on the organization’s official website. As of Sunday, 84 attendees have declared their

intent to attend the speech on the event’s Facebook page. “We’re trying to get a lot of people who have the same interest in the same room together, and from that, we just thoroughly believe that great things are going to happen,” he said. The speech, Duong said, will hopefully spark students’ interest in TED conferences, which could ultimately lead to a TED-focused club on campus and possibly TEDx events being hosted at CSUF.

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CSUF professor to address recent temblor EARTHQUAKE Continued from PAGE 1

As a result of the library closures, students have had issues retrieving books required for their classes. Interlibrary loan services and e-books provided through the library are available as alternatives. The library has also instituted a book paging service. Using a request form available on the library’s website, books can be requested and will be placed on a shelf in the Writing Center on the first floor of

the library with a 24-hour turnaround time. If a book cannot be located in the library, it will automatically be requested through the interlibrary loan service. Services previously offered in the south side of the library have been moved to the northern end. A full list of relocations is available on the library’s website. To help the community to understand the quake that left many residents with broken belongings and displaced some from their homes, David

Bowman, Ph.D., the interim dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, will explain the science behind the quake. Bowman, a seismologist, will host a lecture Tuesday at 7 p.m. to help break down the aftermath of the earthquake in the Community Room of the Fullerton Public Library. He will explain which faults may have caused the earthquake and what the most recent temblors could mean for earthquake safety in the future. Local seismologists have

determined the quake struck on a fault under the Puente Hills thrust fault, but it did not agitate the Puente Hills or Whittier faults. They expect a major earthquake would strike on the Whittier fault. Federal damage assessment teams are expected to survey the problems caused by the earthquake this week to determine if the situation warrants federal aid. A full report on the structural damage on campus will be completed within the next few weeks, a university official said.

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Letterman needed a younger replacement to gain a larger audience Stephen Colbert was just announced as the new host for CBS’ Late Show, and with all due respect to David Letterman, the man who has hosted the show since it began in 1993, the decision seems appropriate and vital. Comedy, like any other form of entertainment, evolves and grows. Humor that worked in the past might not necessarily be as applicable now. And if time is any indicator, this particular change is necessary. Letterman’s show has generally always trailed the Tonight Show in terms of ratings. With 3.83 million viewers thus far this season, the Tonight Show attracts a larger audience than the Late Show, according to the Holl y -

w o o d Reporter. Since Feb. 17, the Tonight Show has garnered 5.018 million viewers, while the Late Show has gathered 2.769 million viewers, according to ratings collected by Zap2It. com. Clearly, the announced change has arrived at an appropriate time. However, some have claimed that going with another “white middle-aged man” to host a show that a white older-aged man hosted for over 20 years argues there is an implied patriarchy among late-night talk show hosts. Amanda Hess, a writer for Slate, described late-night shows as being “whitemale dominated” and are filled

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with “broad, sanitized humor that is highly topical but rarely actually relevant.” However, Tr iu mph the Insult C o m ic Dog, a foulmouthed puppet character who has regularly appeared on Conan O ’ B r i e n ’s shows, m i g h t a r g u e against that last statement. CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler argued sentiments regarding the lack of diversity from late-night hosts by saying the network spoke with men and women from a variety of ethnicities before coming to the decision of Colbert. “We had a completely diverse group of people being talked about. But you have to make a decision that’s the best choice for the job. And Stephen was just above everyone else,” Tassler said. Conan O’Brien found success as the host of Conan on TBS after NBC deemed him u nsuccessf u l for their net-

work and dropped him as the host of the Tonight Show less than a year into his hosting tenure. Clearly, middle-aged white men aren’t necessarily safe in terms of success when it comes to hosting a late-night talk show. While on that thought, demanding that a woman should host the Late Show as a means to promote diversity in the media is somewhat presumptuous. Not only is David Letterman the only man who has hosted the Late Show, but he is also the only person to ever host the show. And not to discredit women in the slightest, but the risk of putting a woman as a host would be too great for CBS. Also, if there is one thing that all the latenight talk show shows seem to agree on, it’s trying to find a fresh voice that will reach out to a new audience. The age of most of the current primetime talk show hosts is about 50. Jay Leno, who was recently replaced by Jimmy Fallon as the host, is 63. It only makes sense that the 67-year-old Letterman has the younger Colbert take his place. Johnny Carson retired as the host for the Tonight Show at the age of 66 after hosting the show for 30 years. While Carson hosted the show longer than either Leno or Letterman did, he was very close to the age of Letterman when he retired. Maybe some trends s h o u l d n ’ t change.

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New Game of Thrones rekindles flame HBO popular series ties up loose ends in season premiere ERIC GANDARILLA Daily Titan

Winter has passed, spring is here, and with it has come another season of Game of Thrones. The first episode of the fourth season premiered last Sunday, April 6. While the last season of Game of Thrones left quite a few loose ends for this season to pick up on, the start of this season only touched on a few. The death of Sansa and Arya Stark’s family has left them both in separate yet similar situations: under the protection of two men with whom they likely would have never seen themselves. Sansa’s husband, Tyrion Lannister is trying to protect her from the insufferable king Joffrey. While Arya has found herself under the protection of the surprisingly lovable Hound as he accompanies her to connect with her last remaining family. Jon Snow has made it back to the Night’s Watch after escaping from the wildlings. Granted, he made it there with a couple arrows in him and barely hanging on to life. After making it to safety, he almost lost his life again

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Courtesy of HBO King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) will soon marry Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer). Oberyn Martell, prince of Dorne (Pedro Pascal) and Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma) have come to King’s Landing as wedding guests in the season four premiere of Game of Thrones on HBO.

for admitting to the Night’s Watch council that he slept with a wildling. Sleeping with a woman would normally result in decapitation, but after some smooth talking he made it out of his hearing alive and his head attached.

The mother of dragons, Daenerys Targaryen, now has an army of freed slaves in addition to her slowly growing dragon trio accompanying her to Westeros. The promotional material for season four showed a dragon flying over King’s

which aired on April 6.

Landing. Hopefully this means Daenerys will finally make it to King’s Landing this season. At one point, Daenerys tries to touch the biggest dragon, he snaps at her, nearly biting her. This could be foreshadowing for her

eventual loss of control over her dragons. After nearly an entire season of being held in captivity and losing one of his hands, Jaime Lannister has finally made it to King’s Landing with the help of Brienne of Tarth.

Last season left the question of whether or not Cersei and Jaime would resume their incestuous relationship. This question happened to be answered quite early on in the season four premiere. It turns out Jaime took too long to get back to Cersei. Jaime’s attempted sexual advances toward Cersei were stopped and followed by her bluntly telling him their relationship was over. The Hound and Arya made sure to fill out the death quota for the episode. Arya was reunited with her sword, Needle, and got sweet revenge by killing the man that killed her friend. The episode overall was a good start for the season. It was packed with all of the things that Game of Thrones is known for: death, violence and nudity. It set up the upcoming season, while shining some light on a couple of the loose ends from the previous season. The takeaway from this episode: If the Hound wants chicken, give the Hound chicken. The episode two teasers show scenes of Joffrey’s marriage, so it seems he and Margaery will be tying the knot this episode. Fingers crossed one of Daenerys’ dragons swoops in and eats him before that happens.

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Johnna Adams’ powerful college-themed drama debuts in Long Beach Daniel Tomerlin Daily Titan

“I met a lady in the meads. Full beautiful–a faery’s child; her hair was long, her foot was light, and her eyes were wild,” reads the fourth stanza in John Keats’ La Belle Dame Sans Merci, a tale of a knight’s love scorned by a beautiful woman. Or, perhaps, a metaphor for the way the beauties of the Earth mask the death and tragedy that come along with it. This quintessential Keats piece, in both its literal and metaphorical interpretations, serves as the lifeblood and backbone of Johnna Adams’ intense three-woman play, Sans Merci. Sans Merci tells the story of two polar opposite women dealing with grief and loss in the wake of a horrible tragedy. Kelly, a passionate human rights activist and political science major, meets Tracy Bird, a wide-eyed literature major with a penchant for anxiety attacks, while attending UC Irvine, and ignites a romantic relationship that would ultimately lead to Tracy’s tragic death. After learning of Tracy and Kelly’s relationship, Tracy’s mother, Elizabeth Bird, travels to California

to confront her daughter’s former lover and the person whom she feels is responsible for her death. The play opens on Kelly, played by the enthusiastic Cassie Vail Yeager, being disturbed by a knock on her apartment door on an unusually stormy Los Angeles afternoon. A rain-soaked Elizabeth Bird, played convincingly by Paige Polcene, enters and the two women begin to unravel the story of Tracy’s death on a humanitarian mission, the truth behind Kelly and Tracy’s relationship and the tragic bond the two women now share. The dialogue between Kelly and Elizabeth is sporadically interrupted by flashback scenes that play out downstage of the present scene, in which Kelly and Tracy’s relationship is shown blossoming. Eventually Tracy decides to accompany Kelly on a trip to Colombia to help save the sacred land of the U’wa tribe from an oil drilling. While on the trip, the two girls are beaten and raped by rebel soldiers, with only Kelly surviving the attack with a crippling leg injury. In her final scene Ashley Elizabeth Allen, the actress that plays Tracy,

gives an outstanding performance, which far exceeds the content of the written material. Naked, bloodied and beaten Tracy wails a vow to tell the world of the soldiers’ horrific deeds before being shot in the head. While the tone and subject of this story are exceedingly somber, the odd couple-esque pairing of Elizabeth and Kelly provide the narrative with some much needed laughs. In addition, Yeager and Allen have great chemistry as captivated lovers. This performance also benefits greatly from excellent stage production, particularly in the aforementioned flashbacks and death scene. The crew was able to perfectly use the intimate space of the small theatre to the story’s advantage. Sans Merci is directed by Katie Chidester and runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. from April 4-26 at The Garage Theatre in Long Beach. Tickets may be purchased online at TheGarageTheatre. org or at the theater’s box office 30 minutes prior to each night’s performance. Tickets are $18 for general admission and $15 for seniors, students and teachers. Courtesy of Garage Theatre Sans Merci is the first play of the spring season at The Garage Theatre in Long Beach. The show will until April 26 with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.

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CSUF drops a key Big West Conference series against UCSB JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton baseball team dropped two of three games against UC Santa Barbara in a Big West Conference series over the weekend. Game 1

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Sophomore Jasmine Antunez lasted only two innings in the 6-0 loss on Sunday. Antunez gave up two runs and took the loss.

Softball drops its first series The Titans remain in third despite losing two of three MICHAEL HUNTLEY Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton softball team lost to UC Riverside, 6-0, Sunday at Anderson Family Field. The loss marked the Titans’ first series loss of the season. CSUF went into the Sunday afternoon match with the series still hanging in the balance after splitting the doubleheader on Saturday. Head Coach Kelly Ford gave the ball to Jasmine Antunez to start the rubber match for the Titans (24-16-1, 5-4 Big West). Antunez made her 20th start of the season and entered the game with a team-high 97 innings pitched and almost six strikeouts per game. Antunez struck out senior center fielder Dionne Anderson to open the game. She then gave up her team-high 11th home run to freshman first baseman Karina Romero. “They were a really aggressive team and we just didn’t make our adjustments soon enough,” senior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama said. Antunez ran into trouble again in the second inning when she allowed a leadoff single and a walk to start the inning. Junior shortstop Kris DeAnda hit an RBI double to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead. Junior Alyssa Raza started in the circle for the Highlanders (21-21, 2-7 Big West). Raza leads the Highlanders in innings pitched (143) and earned run average (3.18) while also leading the Big West Conference with 27 starts. She continued her excellent season on Sunday. Raza scattered five hits in her sixth scoreless outing of the season while recording her first complete game shutout. “She just placed it well. She figured out real quick where our weakness was and kept exposing it,” Ford said. “She did such a good job of sticking to her plan and exposing that weakness.” The Titans were making solid contact off Raza but they could not find holes in the Highlander defense. “Their outfield was ridiculous. They were throwing money throws at every opportunity, taking every potential hit away with just playing great defense,” Ford said. “Hats off to them. They put together a great series.” “We just couldn’t catch a break,” Tsuchiyama said. “Every solid hit that we

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6 thought we had, they dove and caught it.” Tsuchiyama got one of the Titans’ five hits Sunday. She extended her hitting streak to a career-high nine games. She had five hits in 11 at bats in the series and recorded a double in all three games. “I’ve just been trying to simplify things a lot,” Tsuchiyama said. “Hitting behind Missy (Taukeiaho) isn’t an easy task but I’ve just been trying to keep it simple and do what I can.” Ford pulled Antunez after just two innings and gave the ball to freshman Christina Washington. Washington coasted through her first two innings in relief but her defense let her down in the top of the fifth inning. Anderson singled and stole second base on the ensuing pitch. Romero then reached first on a fielding error by sophomore third baseman Missy Taukeiaho. Anderson’s stolen base was her 37th of the season, good for tops in the Big West. The Highlanders remained aggressive on the basepaths and executed a double steal, moving two runners into scoring position. Sophomore designated player Ashley Ercolano singled to drive in a run and freshman second baseman Haley Harris hit a sacrifice fly to extend the Highlander lead to 4-0. Sophomore catcher Natalie Sanchez hit a double to drive in Ercolano to extend the lead to 5-0. Ford brought in sophomore Monique Wesley to finish the frame. Washington allowed three runs in her outing but only one was earned. Wesley allowed a sixth inning home run to freshman right fielder Sommer Wilson that ended the scoring for the game. “It lights a little fire under our butts. We might have had a little bit too much confidence. I think it really humbles us and now we have to get to work and figure out what we’re going to fix,” Tsuchiyama said. The Titans hope to bounce back against Long Beach State in a threegame series starting Wednesday. For more information on the CSUF softball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

In game one on Friday, CSUF (18-13, 3-3 Big West) and UCSB (22-8, 4-5 Big West) engaged in a back and forth battle that was suspended due to darkness after 10 innings with the teams tied at nine. When play resumed on Saturday, junior J.D. Davis made sure the conclusion of the game would come quickly after his two-run double scored fellow juniors Matt Chapman and Clay Williamson for an 11-9 lead. Davis pitched a scoreless bottom half of the inning to earn his second win of the season. The Titan offense got off to a quick start, bringing across five runs in the first three innings, thanks to timely hitting and shaky Gauchos defense that allowed two runs on errors. Trailing 5-3 in the fourth inning, the Gauchos battled back and took the lead on RBI singles by Jackson Morrow and Robby Nesovic. A Titans fielding error also resulted in a run, giving UCSB a 6-5 lead. The very next inning, CSUF put four runs on the board, highlighted by RBI singles from sophomore Jake Jefferies and senior Jared Deacon. UCSB answered with runs in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings that kept the score tied until play continued a day later. Titan starter Thomas Eshelman went six innings, allowing 10 hits and eight runs, six of which were earned in a no-decision.

Game 2

In the second game on Saturday, the two teams again played a tightly contested game, with UC Santa Barbara coming away with the 3-2 walk-off victory. With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Gaucho Joey Epperson ripped a single up the middle off of junior Koby Gauna, bringing in Cameron Newell for the winning run. Gauna dropped to 1-2 on the season as he came in as relief for starter Grahamm Wiest. Wiest turned in a solid eight innings of work, allowing two runs, one earned, while giving up seven hits. The Titans recorded eight hits on the afternoon, but left seven runners on base. Junior Austin Diemer was the only Titan in the game with multiple hits, finishing the day two-for-four. For the Gauchos, Domenic Mazza improved to 3-2 this season after throwing five dominant innings, allowing one hit and striking out five. UCSB shortstop Peter Maris was three-for-four with one RBI and one run scored. The Titans jumped out to an early 2-1 lead after a Tanner Pinkston RBI single in the third and Deacon’s bases loaded walk in the fourth inning. The score would stay the same until the sixth inning when UCSB’s Andrew Calica brought in Maris to score on an RBI groundout. Game 3 In the series deciding game on Sunday, the Titans were unable to generate much offense in a 2-1 loss versus the Gauchos. With the game scoreless in the fourth inning, UCSB took the lead on a Newell sacrifice fly and a Billy Fredrick RBI single, which was enough for the victory. Despite eight hits, CSUF left 10 runners on base as the season-long issue of scoring runs continued to

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Freshman Phil Bickford took the loss in the rubber match against UC Santa Barbara despite only giving up two runs in 6.1 innings.

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plague the team. Trailing 2-0 in the fifth inning, the Titans finally got on the board thanks to a Chapman RBI single that brought Williamson in to score. Unfortunately for the Titans, it would be their only offense for the game. Gauchos starter Kenny Chapman came up with his first victory of the season after silencing the Titan bats for most of the game. Chapman allowed five hits and struck out three in five innings of work. Reliever Dillon Tate came in for

his eighth save of the season, striking out four in two innings. For the Titans, freshman Phil Bickford fell to 3-2 on the season after allowing eight hits and two earned runs in six innings of work. After the freshman exited in the seventh inning, relievers Willie Kuhl, Tyler Peitzmeier and Miles Chambers held the Gauchos to one hit the rest of the game. For more information on the CSUF baseball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton baseball team is quickly losing ground in the Big West standings. The Titans currently sit in third place but are now chasing Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Irvine. The Titans will face Cal Poly SLO in a clash of powerhouses next weekend.

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Titans squander chances in UCLA loss SOFTBALL

Lack of timely hitting hurts CSUF against No. 2 Bruins

TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

Missed opportunities doomed the Cal State Fullerton softball team in its 5-2 loss to No. 2 UCLA on Thursday in front of a sellout crowd at Anderson Family Field. Third baseman Missy Taukeiaho got the game started with a bang, muscling a high and away pitch over the right-center field fence to give the Titans an early 1-0 lead. Taukeiaho increased her Big West leading home run total to 13 after her first inning blast. The sophomore transfer had experience facing UCLA starting pitcher Ally Carda with her first year playing for the Washington Huskies. “We faced them last year playing with Washington and we swept them, it was a pretty good series though. We faced Carda, so it was pretty familiar,” Taukeiaho said. “I wasn’t too overwhelmed or worried about playing tonight.” The Titans seemed poised for another upset over a top-ranked team after the early lead. Previously this season, CSUF has notched big wins over defending national champions Oklahoma and No. 12 Baylor. However, UCLA quickly erased the Titan lead in the second inning with a three-run bomb courtesy of right fielder Jelly Felix. CSUF starting pitcher

5 Monique Wesley would be pulled at the end of the inning in favor of freshman Christina Washington. Washington worked herself into jams in the next pair of innings, but made the key pitch when it counted to get out of each inning unscathed. Washington gave up two hits and a walk in her two innings of work. Jasmine Antunez was next called on by Head Coach Kelly Ford in the fifth inning to quell the potent Bruin offense. Like Washington, Antunez bent but did not break in her inning of work, giving up three walks but no hits while striking out one. “When you’re facing such a great hitting team, you’re very cautious with where you’re placing the pitches,” Ford said about the seven walks by CSUF pitchers in the game. “I wish we could have taken three or four of those walks back for sure because that gave them freebies. Great teams capitalize on freebies, and they capitalized on them. It hurt us.” The Titans threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. UCLA committed an error on what appeared to be a routine double play. Senior left fielder Leesa

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan The Titans celebrate Missy Taukeiaho’s first inning home run that put CSUF up 1-0 in the early going. The blast was her Big West leading 13th of the season. Fullerton wouldn’t be able to muster up much more offense during the game however, falling 5-2 to UCLA.

Harris grounded the ball back to Carda, but Carda’s toss to second base sailed to the left of Delaney Spaulding. Taukeiaho singled after Carda’s error, loading the bases for the Titans. With no outs and the bases juiced, Carda struck out two Titans and induced a lazy infield pop fly to escape the inning. Carda’s brilliant mix of her rise ball and her changeup were what aided her to get out of the jam. “We haven’t seen a rise ball that good in a while, we chased that sucker,”

Ford said. “And then she’s got a great off speed. She just has a calm presence, I was very impressed with her.” Wesley returned in the sixth inning to finish off the game. The sophomore ran into trouble almost immediately as the Bruins loaded the bases with only one out. Spaulding hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home the fourth UCLA run and a bases loaded walk forced in the fifth to give the visiting Bruins a four run cushion.

The Titans were able to scrap across a run in the seventh inning, but that was all the comeback bid could muster. Senior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama hit a sharp grounder to right field to drive in Harris to pad the CSUF stats. With the win, Carda’s record moves to an impressive 21-2 while the loss drops Wesley to 3-3 on the season. The Titans should be encouraged by a valiant effort against a powerhouse program in which they set themselves up with

numerous opportunities to win. CSUF was in position to topple another topranked school, but timely hitting would ultimately be the deciding factor in this game. “I’m of course disappointed with the loss because we’re capable. We played right with them, and a few breaks and a few different outcomes and we have a victory,” Ford said. “We competed with them and that is inspiring.” For more information on the CSUF softball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Senior Matt Martinez looks to set up the offense as the Titans battle the NAU Lumberjacks on Sunday on the Intramural Fields. CSUF took command early and never looked back in the big win.

Titans dominate NAU to win conference title LACROSSE Continued from PAGE 1

NAU freshman goalie Ian Smith showed frustration with his defense by yelling at them. The Titans found open shots easily and the NAU defense was not communicating effectively. The Lumberjacks got on the scoreboard early in the second quarter with a goal by senior midfielder Hayden Heigel. Junior midfielder Jeffrey Gibb found a hole in the Titan defense and set up Heigel for the goal. Laurino and the Titan defense were a brick wall in the first half. Laurino leads the SLC in save percentage (.649) and goals allowed average (5.3). “We came out really strong in the first half and kind of gave it to them and they just let up. The game was over before it even started, honestly,” Laurino said. “When you have defense like that and their shots are from far outside all the time, they are easy to gobble up.”

The Titans tacked on four more goals in the second quarter to head into halftime with an 11-1 lead. Sophomore attackman Braden Goebel found freshman midfielder and the team’s leading scorer Alex Kowalski for the final goal of the half. NAU battled in the third quarter. Sophomore attackman Alexander Adler scored two goals in the quarter. Kowalski tacked on another goal for the Titans to go into the fourth quarter up 12-3. Ansel cleared the bench in the fourth quarter, bringing in junior goalie Tony Lopez. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Mendenhall scored the Titans’ final goal in the fourth quarter. Mendenhall was the eighth Titan to score a goal. The Titans will play Cal State Channel Islands Friday to finish the regular season. For more information on the CSUF men’s lacrosse team, go to CsufLacrosse.com.

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