Hansen Powers 5-3 Win Over California

Friday, February 20

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

5-0

California

2-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
California	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	1
UC Irvine	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	X	5	9	0

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Photo by: Matt Brown

Hansen Powers 5-3 Win Over California

February 20, 2026 | Baseball

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By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball gutted out a Friday night 5-3 win over California behind another dominant Trevor Hansen pitching performance in Anteater Ballpark.

The Anteater junior was on his game from the start facing the minimum through the first three innings
- A single in the second inning was cut down on a line drive double play to Alonso Reyes
- A leadoff double in the fourth inning was erased on the basepaths on a smart play by Zach Fjelstad and James Castagnola
- Hansen picked it up with the strikeouts adding a pair in each of the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh innings
The offense sputtered through three innings with all nine batters retired, but hit its stride in the fourth inning
- Hits from Frankie Carney and Zach Fjelstad to open the inning put runners into scoring position, and they came home on a Tommy Farmer sacrifice fly and tough at-bat from Alonso Reyes to get a single and make it 2-0 Anteaters
- In the fifth inning, UCI got a gift on a dropped fly ball in left field followed by a bloop double against reliever Quinn Larson.
- Carney grounded a ball to bring home one of the runs for a 3-0 lead
- With two outs and a runner on third base still, Tommy Farmer drew a walk and stole second setting up Reyes again to singled both runners home to go up 5-0
UCI had multiple chances to build on their lead, but left multiple runners on base in the seventh and eighth innings.
California finally got to Hansen loading the bases with one out in the seventh inning
- A line-drive by Gannon Snyder into the left field corner was snagged on a diving play by Rowan Felsch for the out saving multiple runs from scoring
- Hideki Prather smashed a single to make it a 5-2 deficit, but the defense cut him down trying to stretch it into a double for the final out of the inning
Hansen went out for the ninth inning looking to finish what he started getting the first out, but left after a one-out triple on 95 pitches
- Peyton Rodgers entered allowing a double to draw Cal within 5-3
- A groundout and another lineout eventually ended the game for Rodgers' second save and lift UCI to 5-0 on the year

UC Irvine 5, California 3

For the second time in his career, Hansen pitched into the ninth inning
- He finished with nine strikeouts coming off an 11-strikeout performance last weekend
- Hansen's shutout streak ended at 14.1 innings before the runs allowed in the eighth, and he had allowed three total hits during that stretch
The offense put out nine hits and 13 total baserunners
- Carney and Reyes each had two-hit nights with Reyes leading all players with three RBIs. Carney also had a hit and an RBI
- Farmer joined him recorded one of each and stayed perfect on the season with four steals in four attempts
- Sophomore transfer Dylan Hillman made his collegiate debut starting at second base. He was lifted for Noah Alvarez who later in the game got his first hit as an Anteater
The win is the fourth for UCI all-time against a current ACC opponent and first in Anteater Ballpark in three tries

The series rambles on Saturday, February 21, for a 1:00 p.m. first pitch between Ricky Ojeda and California's Ethan Foley

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