California Baptist University completed a three-game sweep of UC Davis on Friday afternoon, holding on for a 9-8 win at Dobbins Stadium in the final regular-season game for the Aggies.

UC Davis led 2-0 after Ethan Felix lined a two-run home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the fourth inning, but the afternoon changed fast when Cal Baptist scored eight times in the top of the fifth to jump ahead 8-2. Tyler Howard answered with a sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the fifth, and Ryan Lee scored to trim the gap, but the Aggies could not finish the comeback. Connor Ross added Cal Baptist's final run with a home run to left center field with two outs in the top of the eighth inning.

The win capped a dominant stretch for Cal Baptist, which also beat UC Davis 6-3 on Wednesday night and 4-2 on Thursday night. The series left UC Davis at 26-27 overall and 14-16 in conference play, sitting in sixth place in the Big West standings after Friday afternoon.

That standing still leaves the door open a crack. UC Davis can still clinch the fifth berth to the Big West Conference Championships, scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 through Sunday, May 24 in Irvine, but the Aggies now need help elsewhere. Tommy Nicholson said the team was excited to follow the action around the league this weekend and added that it had looked at the scenarios and would have rooting interest in a number of games because it knows it needs a lot of help.

The Big West race has tightened around UC Davis after the late loss and the sweep by a Cal Baptist club that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. The Aggies had swept CSU Fullerton earlier in the month and were still behind Fullerton in the standings after Friday afternoon, making the final weekend outside the dugout just as important as the games they already played. For UC Davis, the season now ends with the standings still unsettled and a postseason spot still possible, but no longer in its hands.