• Winners of four of the last five games, Sacramento State (30-18, 9-6) will compete in the six-team Big Sky Conference Tournament, which takes place May 4-7 in Pocatello, Idaho.
• Idaho State is hosting this year's event by virtue of winning last year's regular season title. The Bengals also won this season's regular season crown.
• Seeds for the tourney are as follows - No. 1 Idaho State (34-18, 10-5), No. 2 Northern Colorado (23-25, 9-6), No. 3 Sacramento State (30-18, 9-6), No. 4. Montana (19-30, 9-6), No. 5 Portland State (14-30, 4-11) and No. 6 Weber State (14-40, 4-11). Both Idaho State and Northern Colorado receive a first round bye.
• The tournament, which is a double elimination format, features four games on Monday, three on Tuesday, two more on Wednesday, and the championship game on Thursday.
• Every game of the tournament will be streamed on ESPN+. Live stats will also be provided.
• The Hornets finished in a three-way tie for second place with Northern Colorado and Montana at 9-6, and tiebreakers put the Bears at No. 2, Hornets at No. 3, and Grizzlies at No. 4.
• Sacramento State will play the second game of the day Monday at 10:30 a.m. PT vs. Portland State. Should the Hornets win, they would play Northern Colorado on Monday at 3:30 p.m. PT. A loss would slot Sacramento State into a game on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT against an opponent TBD.
• All six teams in the league qualify for the Big Sky Tournament, and the winner earns the conference's automatic berth to NCAA Regionals. Sacramento State last won the Big Sky Tournament title and qualified for NCAA Regionals in 2018.
• The Hornets won this year's three-game series against Portland State (3-0), Montana (2-1) and Weber State (2-1). The team lost series to Northern Colorado (1-2) and Idaho State (1-2).
• This marks the 13th year of the Big Sky Tournament, and the Hornets have been the No. 3 seed or higher six straight years and 11 times overall (2014-18, 2021-26). Sacramento State, however, has won the Big Sky Tourney title just once (2018), with championship game appearances in 2022 and 2018.
• The Hornets will also be attempting to secure their fifth NCAA Regional appearance since joining the Div. I ranks in 1990. The 2018, 2008, 1995 and 1993 teams all qualified.
• The tourney host has won the Big Sky Tournament just twice (Weber State in 2016 and 2022). Big Sky Tourney championships - Northern Colorado (2024, 2023), Weber State (2025, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2015), Portland State (2021, 2013), Sacramento State (2018), Montana (2017) and Southern Utah (2014).
• Tourney hosts - Weber State (2021-23, 2016-18), Idaho State (2024, 2013-15), Sacramento State (2019) and Northern Colorado (2025). There was no tournament in 2020 because of the pandemic.
• Of this year's tournament field, only Idaho State has yet to win a Big Sky Tournament championship.
• Sacramento State is 14-22 at the Big Sky Tournament. SAC's tourney records vs. the league's teams: 2-6 vs. Idaho State, 4-2 vs. Montana, 1-6 vs. Weber State, 2-4 vs. Northern Colorado, 2-2 vs. Portland State.
• Sacramento State has won its first game of the tournament just twice - 2018, 2022. The Hornets are 2-10 in their opening game at the Big Sky Tourney.
• The Hornets have never won more than two games at the tournament. Sacramento State was 2-0 and crowned champions at the 2018 tournament which was shortened because of rain.
• Sacramento State has reached 30 wins for the first time since the 2022 squad went 30-25. The Hornets are attempting to secure 31 in a season for the first time since 2019.
• If the season ended today, the Hornets' .625 winning percentage would be the fourth best mark in the program's Div. I era (1990-pres.). The top mark is .727 when the 1995 team went 40-15.
• The Hornets have been very good at neutral sites this season, going 9-1. In fact, Sacramento State won nine straight neutral site games until that was snapped in a loss to Oregon State on March 8.
• The Hornets received seven all-Big Sky Conference awards. That includes senior outfielder Lafulafu Malepeai being named the league's player of the year, and junior shortstop Madi Mendoza named the league's co-newcomer of the year.
• Two first team selections: Malepeai and third baseman Madison Evers-Lyles. Four second team selections: pitchers Alexa Ortiz and Kennedie Bacon, catcher Shannon Garcia and outfielder Saskia Raab. One honorable mention selection: Mendoza.
• The Hornets' team ERA of 2.99 is 32nd in the nation…Mendoza has a career-high 10-game hit streak…Hornets are averaging 1.4 runs per game in the first inning…Hornets are 22-3 when scoring first.