Local report: CSUB to offer 'personalized' baseball seats
By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
Cal State Bakersfield has announced a "personalized baseball seat program" for Hardt Field.
Supporters of CSUB baseball can purchase naming rights to any seat in the new grandstand, which is currently under construction and scheduled to be completed in time for the Feb. 15 season opener vs. Nebraska.
As part of the package, fans can have their names displayed on the seast of their choice and receive the rights to purchase season tickets in that seat for life. Proceeds will go toward further improvements to Hardt Field.
"This is one of the best ways for baseball fans to truly be a part of something special," Ziggy Siegfried, CSUB's senior associate athletic director for external relations, said in a release. "By putting their names on the seats, fans are enshrining their place in CSUB baseball history and helping support this great stadium project."
The per-seat cost for the three sections facing home plate will be $1,500 with the seats facing the first- and third-base lines costing $1,000 each. Naming donations can be paid in full or over a four-year period.
For more information, call Karen Langston, CSUB's associate AD for development, at (661) 654-6226. Fans can also get more information at a "meet the team" event on Feb. 7 at Lengthwise at the Marketplace.
The seating project includes 750 new chair back seats and grandstand made possible by private donations from the Fritch Family Foundation, Bill and Holly Lazzerini and W.A. Thompson Inc.
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Jessica Browning scored five goals, but No. 15 UC Santa Barbara came away with a 13-10 victory over the Roadrunners in their season opener at the Hillman Aquatic Center.
The Gauchos scored three first-half, power-play goals to take a 7-3 lead into the break. Browning scored three of her goals in the third period as Santa Barbara took a 10-7 advantage.
Shannon McKenzie made it 10-8, 51 seconds into the fourth, but Rachel Nelson scored her fourth goal of the day with 3:49 to go for a three-goal UCSB lead.
Browning's penalty shot 23 seconds later got CSUB back to within two, but the Gauchos took advantage of back-to-back Roadrunner turnovers to increase their lead to 13-9. Browning closed the scoring in the match with her fifth at the 2:04 mark of the fourth quarter.
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Renaldo Major had a team-high 21 points to lead six Bakersfield Jam players in double figures scoring en route to a 126-115 victory over the the Fort Wayne Mad Ants at the Dignity Health Event Center.
Major was 4-for-6 on 3-pointers and also had five rebounds and four assists for Bakersfield.
Brian Butch had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Diante Garrett and Jerel McNeal scored 18 apiece for the Jam. Garrett also had 10 assists.
Adam Koch added 14 points and Shan Foster had 12 for Bakersfield, which led 65-54 at the halftime.
Anthony Richardson and Luke Harangody had 26 points each for Fort Wayne, while Tony Mitchell scored 24.
Bakersfield (14-7) leads the West Division by a half game over Santa Cruz. The Mad Ants (11-11) is in fourth in the East Division.
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