Cal State San Marcos’ baseball team is 20-7 after winning three of four at home from Stanislaus State over the weekend, while the Cougars’ second-ranked softball team is 32-3 and riding an eight-game winning streak.

Just down the road, Palomar College’s baseball team is seventh in the California Community College Athletic Association rankings, riding a 14-game winning streak to a 24-3 overall record and a 13-0 start in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. And the Comets’ softball team is 24-1 overall and 10-0 in conference play while riding a 12-game winning streak to a No. 2 ranking in the 3C2A.

CSUSM’s baseball team was led by California Collegiate Athletic Association player of the week Zech Samayoa against Stanislaus State. Samayoa went 8-for-12 in the Cougars’ three wins with two home runs, eight RBIs and six runs scored.

Jill Albayati, who is the CCAA softball player of the week for the third time, leads the Cougars’ softball team with 11 home runs, 52 RBIs and a .576/.639/1.020/1.659 slash line. The lead pitchers are Daleah Cardenas (12-0, 1.45 earned run average) and Jordan Hill (12-2, 1.55).

Palomar’s baseball team is led by Elijah Stephens (Sage Creek High School; .420 batting average with eight home runs and 37 RBIs), Michael Rodda (.368-4-27) and Braedon Peterson-Cheek (.364-1-19).

Although Palomar’s softball team is hitting .440 and averaging 10.6 runs a game, the most impressive single Comets’ statistic is pitcher Kiara Flaviani’s 21-1 record with a save. The La Costa Canyon High grad has a 1.76 ERA.

UCSD’s Mayes to portal

Prized UCSD men’s basketball player Hudson Mayes has entered the NCAA transfer portal.

A guard, the 6-foot-5 Mayes led the Tritons with 11.1 points and 5.7 rebounds a game. He started UCSD’s final 12 games, scoring in double figures 11 times and topping 20 three times, averaging 15 points and 6.9 rebounds a game as a starter.

Baseball

San Diego State (15-14) defeated UC Irvine, then won two of three games at Grand Canyon. Jake Jackson (Madison High) led the Aztecs, going 7-for-14 with two doubles and two home runs.

• USD (7-19) has lost five of its last six games.

• UCSD (12-13) swept a three-game series at UC Davis after losing two mid-week games at 20th-ranked Oregon.

• Point Loma Nazarene (28-7, 24-4) lost three of four games to Concordia and had its PacWest Conference lead slip to 4½ games.

Softball

San Diego State’s Ava Schaffel was named the Mountain West conference pitcher of the week for allowing two runs on four hits in 9 2/3 innings over two games, although the Aztecs (19-15, 4-5) lost two of three games at New Mexico.

• USD (14-18) opened its West Coast Conference schedule by dropping two of three games at Oregon State.

• UC San Diego (12-21) was swept at home by Long Beach State, extending the Tritons’ losing streak to seven straight games. The Tritons are 2-20 over their last 22 games after a 10-1 start.

Men’s tennis

The 13th-ranked USD men’s team has won six straight matches to improve to 14-4 on the season. The Toreros opened WCC play last week with two victories. Oliver Tarvet is ranked 45th in the nation in singles.

• San Diego State (9-9) opened Mountain West play with three straight wins, including a 4-3 win at UNLV.

• San Diego City College is 10-4 overall and 6-0 in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference.

Women’s tennis

San Diego State and USD are both ranked among the top 50 teams in the nation.

The Aztecs (13-3) are ranked 42nd and went 2-0 last week against New Mexico and Air Force. No. 1 singles player Jo-Yee Chan and Vessa Turley each won both their singles matches and went 2-0 in doubles. Jayna Clemens and Vesa Gjinaj also went 2-0 in singles.

The 46th-ranked Toreros (9-7) capped the week with a 4-3 win over 54th-ranked Rice after winning three straight matches to open the WCC season. Hannah Read has a 10-5 singles record on the season.

• PLNU (11-3) has won 10 of its last 11 matches to climb to No. 45 in the NCAA Division II rankings.