ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Adam Johnson

Baseball

Johnson shut out Stanford on two hits over 6 1/3 innings Friday. Johnson, the team’s closer last season as a freshman, was making his first college start.

THIS WEEK

Baseball: The 17th-ranked Titans (1-2) play at Pepperdine (5-0) at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Fullerton hosts Fresno State in a three-game series beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.

Men’s basketball: The Titans play at Nevada (7-13, 3-7) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday . The Titans return home to play UCI (5-15, 1-9) at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Women’s basketball: The Titans (3-17, 1-8) host North Texas (15-6, 7-2), the Eastern Division leader, at 7 p.m. Friday, then play at UC Irvine at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Softball: The season opens with a tournament at Hawaii Thursday through Sunday. The Titans have all their top players back, including RBI leader Nikki Hart and home run leader Brenda Iglesias.

Wrestling: The Titans face Stanford in their final home match of the season at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Women’s gymnastics: The Titans, who won their first meet of the season Friday against UC Davis, are at San Jose State for a dual meet at 7 p.m. Friday.

Tennis: The Titans (2-2) have home matches against Point Loma at 2 p.m. today and against UC Irvine at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Track: The Titan women’s team will compete in the Long Beach Relays at 10 a.m. Sunday.

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Lon Eubanks covers Cal State Fullerton for The Times Orange County, and can be reached at (714) 966-5780, or by e-mail at lon.eubanks@latimes.com. Chris Foster covers UC Irvine, and can be reached at (714) 966-7834, or by e-mail at chris.foster@latimes.com.