2025 Softball Roster
Gonzales, Eryka
Jersey Number 9
Eryka Gonzales
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- American Studies
- Hometown:
- Oxnard, Calif.
- High School:
- Camarillo HS
- Prev School:
- CSUN
Bio
Long Beach State (2024): Made 14 appearances and 11 starts in the circle in an injury-shortened season … Pitched 3.1 innings of relief in the season opener against No. 18 Nebraska, striking out three … Made first start of the season against No. 10 Duke, allowing one earned run in 4.2 innings pitched … Earned first win in a victory against BYU, a 5.0 inning start … Started against Michigan, pitching 4.0 innings in a home win over the Wolverines … Set a season high with a complete game against California Baptist, throwing 7.0 innings to record her second win of the season … Made her last start and appearance on March 23 against UC Davis.
(2023): Returned to softball after taking the 2022 season off … Earned Second Team All-Big West honors as a key member of the Long Beach State pitching staff … Led the Big West in ERA in league play with a 0.63 ERA, and ranking in the conference Top 10 in OBA, sixth allowing .211 hitting … Finished fourth over all games for Big West pitchers with a 1.95 ERA … Went 6-3 with three complete games in 68.1 innings pitched … Led Long Beach State pitching in ERA as well … Opened her time at Long Beach State with a relief appearance, earning a save against NC State … Made first start of the season against Cal, allowing just one hit over 5.2 innings pitched in a loss … Earned first win in her next start, a complete game against Utah Valley with four strikeouts … Took the loss in relief at San Diego State … Earned a signature win against No. 16 Baylor, allowing one run in a complete game victory … Named the Big West Pitcher of the Week following that performance … Earned another with three innings of hitless relief against South Dakota … Tallied first conference with in a 6.1 inning start against UC Riverside, striking out a season-high five and allowing one run … Picked up another win in a start at UC Davis, not allowing an earned run … Returned to Matador Diamond with a no decision in a start against CSUN … Pitched four innings of relief against Cal Poly … Made final start of the year in a win at Hawai’i, a complete game shutout … Struck out two in a five-inning relief appearance at CSU Bakersfield.
CSUN (2021): Started nine games in her only season at CSUN and made a team leading 20 appearances in the circle … Led the Matadors with four wins in the shortened 2021 season … Also led the Matadors in strikeouts with 45 in 70.2 innings pitched … Earned a save in the first game of the season at Cal Poly … Pitched a complete game win a win over Hawai’i with three strikeouts … Pitched in all three games in relief against Long Beach State in that season as LBSU swept CSUN … Threw another complete game with a season-high seven strikeouts against UC Davis … Earned second win of the year with a season-high matching seven strikeouts at UC Riverside … Earned the win in both games of a doubleheader with San Diego … Pitched two innings of relief in the opener and then struck out three in a complete game victory in game two.
High School: Competed in softball at Camarillo High School … Selected as First Team All-League, First Team All-Country, and Coastal Canyon League Pitcher of the Year in 2018 … Also earned First Team All-League and All-County honors in 2017 while leading Camarillo to the CIF Division 2 title … Won a pair of league championships in 2017 and 2018 … Played club with Firecrackers TJ.
Major: American Studies
Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 7.0, many times
Walks: 5, at UC San Diego (5/8/21)*
Strikeouts: 7, 2x, last at UC Riverside (4/25/21)*
*at CSUN
(2023): Returned to softball after taking the 2022 season off … Earned Second Team All-Big West honors as a key member of the Long Beach State pitching staff … Led the Big West in ERA in league play with a 0.63 ERA, and ranking in the conference Top 10 in OBA, sixth allowing .211 hitting … Finished fourth over all games for Big West pitchers with a 1.95 ERA … Went 6-3 with three complete games in 68.1 innings pitched … Led Long Beach State pitching in ERA as well … Opened her time at Long Beach State with a relief appearance, earning a save against NC State … Made first start of the season against Cal, allowing just one hit over 5.2 innings pitched in a loss … Earned first win in her next start, a complete game against Utah Valley with four strikeouts … Took the loss in relief at San Diego State … Earned a signature win against No. 16 Baylor, allowing one run in a complete game victory … Named the Big West Pitcher of the Week following that performance … Earned another with three innings of hitless relief against South Dakota … Tallied first conference with in a 6.1 inning start against UC Riverside, striking out a season-high five and allowing one run … Picked up another win in a start at UC Davis, not allowing an earned run … Returned to Matador Diamond with a no decision in a start against CSUN … Pitched four innings of relief against Cal Poly … Made final start of the year in a win at Hawai’i, a complete game shutout … Struck out two in a five-inning relief appearance at CSU Bakersfield.
CSUN (2021): Started nine games in her only season at CSUN and made a team leading 20 appearances in the circle … Led the Matadors with four wins in the shortened 2021 season … Also led the Matadors in strikeouts with 45 in 70.2 innings pitched … Earned a save in the first game of the season at Cal Poly … Pitched a complete game win a win over Hawai’i with three strikeouts … Pitched in all three games in relief against Long Beach State in that season as LBSU swept CSUN … Threw another complete game with a season-high seven strikeouts against UC Davis … Earned second win of the year with a season-high matching seven strikeouts at UC Riverside … Earned the win in both games of a doubleheader with San Diego … Pitched two innings of relief in the opener and then struck out three in a complete game victory in game two.
High School: Competed in softball at Camarillo High School … Selected as First Team All-League, First Team All-Country, and Coastal Canyon League Pitcher of the Year in 2018 … Also earned First Team All-League and All-County honors in 2017 while leading Camarillo to the CIF Division 2 title … Won a pair of league championships in 2017 and 2018 … Played club with Firecrackers TJ.
Major: American Studies
Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 7.0, many times
Walks: 5, at UC San Diego (5/8/21)*
Strikeouts: 7, 2x, last at UC Riverside (4/25/21)*
*at CSUN
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