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Five days of filming during finals week in May will provide a glimpse into the CSM student experience.

The Bulldogs (39-9), who won the 2022 state title, opened defense of their championship with a 3-0 win over Cypress in Thursday’s tourney opener. Lia Evans spun a two-hitter, complete game, with Lelia Velasquez and Vanessa Lang each driving in a run.

It took a victory in the winner-take-all Super Regional finale Saturday, but defending state champion College of San Mateo is headed to a ninth consecutive California Community College Athletic Association softball state tournament.

The College of San Mateo softball team, the defending state champion, is headed back to the California Community College Athletic Association state softball tournament for the ninth time in program history, but they had to go the distance Saturday to get there.

The Pirates completed the upset sweep of Bulldogs Baseball in the Nor Cal regional Saturday in San Mateo. After rallying past the Bear Cubs 7-2 Friday, Bulldogs Softball (35-6) rolled to a Game 2 mercy-rule win in six innings to advance to this weekend’s super regional.

The College of San Mateo softball team may be the defending state champion, but with only three returning starters, a majority of the 2023 squad are getting their first taste of the postseason this weekend.

Defending state champion College of San Mateo exploded for five runs in the fifth inning and took a 9-1 mercy-rule win over visiting West Valley College. The win breaks a first-place Coast Conference tie between the two teams and propels the Bulldogs to their fourth straight league title.

Skyline College and College of San Mateo entered this week tied for second place in the Coast North Conference baseball race following last week’s three-game local series. Skyline took the first contest, 4-1, in San Bruno, but then dropped the next two games with the Bulldogs, 7-4, and 14-0.

Three teams entered the week unbeaten in Coast Conference play. Reigning state champion College of San Mateo took care of business in Thursday’s first showdown with state No. 4-ranked Monterey Peninsula, smacking the Lobos 10-1 at College Heights.

College of San Mateo was among the first of the state’s 88 community college baseball teams to reach 20 wins on Saturday, after sweeping all three of the week’s Coast North Conference games with City College of San Francisco.