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Game Nos. 12-15
San Francisco Dons (1-10) at California Golden Bears (8-3)
Wednesday, March 4 | 6 p.m.
Evans Diamond | Berkeley, Calif.
LIVE STATS | AUDIO
 
San Francisco Dons vs. UC Riverside
March 6-8 | 2 p.m., 1 p.m., 1p.m.
Benedetti Diamond | San Francisco, Calif.
LIVE STATS | VIDEO
 
SAN FRANCISCO—After a facing some treacherous weather last weekend in new Mexico, the California sun will be a welcomed change as the Dons return to the Bay Area to take on California and open their home slate with a three-game set with UC Riverside.
 
PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Wednesday at Cal	LHP Sheldon Lee (0-1, 45.00)	RHP Jeff Bain (1-0, 1.00)
Friday vs. UC Riverside	RHP Anthony Shew (0-1, 4.61)	RHP Angel Landazuri (1-1, 1.93)
Saturday vs. UC Riverside	LHP Christian Cecilio (0-1, 4.38)	RHP Keaton Leach (1-1, 3.24)
Sunday vs. UC Riverside	LHP Jeider Rincon (0-2, 9.31)	RHP Jesus Gonzalez (1-3, 3.86)

 
STARTING PITCHERS ON POINT
Anthony Shew, Christian Cecilio, and Jeider Rincon have given the Dons an opportunity to win every game over the last two weeks. The trio has combined to throw 40.2 innings and allowed 10 earned runs (2.21 ERA) over the last six games. Cecilio has gone 14.2 innings over his last two starts and allowed two earned runs (1.22 ERA).
 
MIROGLIO DOES IT ALL
Catcher Dominic Miroglio, a transfer from UCLA, has been everything the Dons could have hoped for early on. After the first three weeks of play, he is hitting .359 with a team-high eight RBI and has thrown out five would-be base stealers.
 
HENDRIKS NAMED TOP 100 SENIOR
After a season where he was second on the team in slugging at .493, Brendan Hendriks has been named to Baseball America's Top 100 Seniors list and came in at 91. The senior from Alberta, Canada hit a career-high six home runs with 39 RBI in 2014, including a game-winner in the 19th inning at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton and a two-home run game against California.
 
ATKINSON NAMED TO ALL-WCC PRESEASON TEAM
Derek Atkinson was one of the team's more consistent hitters last season and his .330 average and 44 RBI earned him a spot on last year's All-West Coast Conference Team. That performance also has him on the All-WCC Preseason Team. He is one of only two seniors on the team.
 
NOW BATTING FOR THE DONS, MANNY RAMIREZ… JR.
It is the first season for Manny Ramirez, Jr. on the Hilltop after transferring from Central Arizona College. The son of the former MLB star Manny Ramirez, Manny Jr. had an impressive fall season and is slotted to be the starting designated hitter for USF. In about 100 at bats last season, he had an on-base percentage of .397 with three home runs and 18 RBI.
 
GIARRATANO MOVING UP THE CHARTS
Head coach Nino Giarratano enters his 17th season at USF and has accumulated 458 wins over that time, which is the most in school history and is the third most in West Coast Conference history. He sits behind only John Cunningham (524, San Diego) and current San Diego and former USF coach Rich Hill (691).
 
TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
The Dons may have one of the tougher non-conference schedules in the country. They play eight games against teams that are ranked in the top 35 in the country (Texas Tech, Oregon, Stanford), according to the NCBWA, and an additional five games against teams receiving votes. All the games against ranked teams will also be on the road.
 
#DonsOTR
San Francisco has a grueling schedule that will have the team away from home for 36 of the team's 55 games, including a stretch of 12 straight and 19 of 23 to start the season. It will include trips to Texas Tech, New Mexico, Oregon, and Gonzaga.
 
CHRISTIAN ON THE MOUND
Christian Cecilio has been a regular presence in the Dons' rotation since his freshman season. He enters his senior year in striking distance of a number of USF records. Cecilio comes in this week with 45 career starts (3rd all-time), 237.1 innings (12th), and 177 strikeouts (eighth). With six more starts, he will become the school's all-time leader in the category, passing Matt Lujan (49, 2008-11).
 
DONS PICKED EIGHTH IN WCC
The Dons finished last season 11-16 and in eighth place in the West Coast Conference and that is where they have been predicted to finish in 2015. Loyola Marymount has been picked to win the conference and garnered six first place votes. Pepperdine, who won the conference a year ago, has been picked second with three first place votes. San Diego received the last first place vote.