BOX SCORE BOX SCORE:  Sonoma State 16, Cal State Dominguez Hills 0

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Sonoma State pounded out 16 runs on 20 hits and three pitchers combined to allow just two hits, helping the Seawolves to a 16-0 pounding of Cal State Dominguez Hills in the series finale on Sunday at Seawolf Diamond.  SSU has won eight straight games has swept two conference series' in a row, improving to 12-6 overall and 10-2 in the CCAA.  The victory puts 27th-year head coach John Goelz one win away from No. 900, the sixth most wins amongst active coaches in Division II.

It was clear from the start that the Seawolves would run away with the win, scoring all of their runs in the first six innings, including eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to post the eventual game-winning score of 16-0.

The Sonoma State offense got started when Jackson Stogner reached on an error, then Evan Warner put down a bunt single and Steven Filippi singled to right field, loading the bases with no outs.  Devon Zenn came up and delivered an RBI single, scoring Stogner, before Warner scored on a double play that Garrett Gooselaw was forced into.

In the second, two more runs came around to score, thanks to RBI singles by Stogner and Warner.  Another run came across the plate in the third on an RBI double by Justin Serrao to put SSU up 5-0.  The Seawolves then tacked on three more runs in the fourth on a couple of home runs by Filippi and Gooselaw to put the score at 8-0.

After a scoreless fifth, the Seawolves brought 13 men to the plate, scoring eight runs on seven hits and an error; the error is what plagued Cal State Dominguez Hills.  Had the Toros' Ellis Whitman not dropped a routine fly ball in left field with two outs, Sonoma State would have only plated one run, but the flood gates opened for the Seawolf offense, as they rallied for six hits to add seven more runs to the scoreboard and put the game out of reach at 16-0.

Meanwhile, Sonoma State pitchers Harmen Sidhu (2-0), Ian Ocon, Joey Van Cleave and Mike Guglielmo combined to allow just two CSUDH hits, both coming in the first five innings off Sidhu.  Sidhu got the victory after his five innings of work; he walked one and struck out four.  Ocon, Van Cleave and Guglielmo allowed just three base runners via a hit by pitch, a walk and a defensive error.

Offensively for SSU, Stogner and Warner both went 4 for 6 at the plate with a pair of RBI's each -- Stogner scored three times and Warner scored twice.  Filippi went 2 for 2 with a home run, Zenn went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored, Gooselaw had two hits, including his fourth-inning, two-run blast, Joel Thys and Serrao also had a pair of hits each.

Cal State Dominguez Hills got their two hits off the bat of Drew Rodela and Chris Vopinek.  Starter Danny Torres (1-1) was tagged with the loss, scattering 10 hits and allowing eight runs (six earned), before being replaced by a committee of pitchers from the fourth inning on.

Goelz will go for win No. 900 on Wednesday when Sonoma State visits Patten in a single non-conference game, starting at 11:00 a.m.  The Seawolves will then face San Francisco State next Saturday in San Francisco, a non-conference game beginning at Noon.