The Tritons began the season against GCU, who is ranked 2nd in the nation and unfortunately, two weekends in a row rained out means the Tritons were coming into the series with little warm up. The first game started off well for the Antelopes, who, on one mistake, took a 3-0 lead on a homerun in the first inning. However, the pitcher for the Tritons, Finn Daecher, would quickly settle in and dominated the Antelopes the rest of the game only allowing one other run and throwing under 90 pitches for a full 7 inning game. Despite his great outing, it was clear the Tritons had not seen live pitching in a while, getting only 3 hits all game with 15 strikeouts, leading to a 4-0 loss.

Game two started similarly, with the Antelopes scoring early and often taking an early lead in the first inning. A similar story for the Triton offense, with little activity and a few errors from the Tritons in the second and third innings that would cost them more runs, going down 9-0 in the first three innings. A double from JP Herd in the bottom of the 5th and an RBI single from Jaydee Denning scored UCSD their first run of the series, but they ended the second game due to a run rule of being down more than 10 runs after 5 innings.

Game 3 looked like it could be a game 2 repeat, with the Antelopes putting 3 hits together in the first inning for 2 runs and another few runs to go up 5-0 in the 4th inning. However, the Triton offense finally came alive in the 5th, loading the bases with no outs and walking in a run to make the score 5-1. The Tritons gave up 2 outs quickly after, but a pinch hit single from Ethan Neuner cleared the bases, putting the Tritons within 1. An error in the 6th cost the Tritons another run, but the Tritons would respond in the 7th with what may be the hardest hit ball this year from freshman JP Herd for a solo homerun. The Tritons put runners in scoring positions in the 8th and 9th innings but couldn't come up with the tying run, losing the final game 6-5. Although a tough first series, they had not played in a game since Novembe,r and there was a lot of talent shown as the series went on, especially from the new team members.

Player of the Week: JP Herd 4-7, Double, HR, 1.714 OPS.