The Matadors played for keeps in Sin City. With a well-balanced attack, the CSUN women’s volleyball team was able to defeat UNLV in five sets in the final match of the UNLV tournament. Sophomore Mahina Haina and freshman Casey Hinger led the team with 15 kills each. Redshirt sophomore Britney Graff and sophomore Natalie Allen also contributed, with 12 and 11 kills respectively. Cal State Northridge took two of the three matches in the tournament, defeating the Eastern Washington Eagles… Read more

If the Matadors ever had to go back to the Big Sky Conference, they shouldn’t mind it too much, seeing how they have gone 3-0 against opponents from that conference in the early part of the season. The Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team (5-3) got off to a good start in the UNLV Invitational by winning its first match of the weekend, against Big-Sky member Eastern Washington, 3-2, Friday evening. The other two Big-Sky opponents CSUN has beaten have… Read more

With a header in the 90th minute, midfielder Yardun Azulay and the Matadors drove the nail in the coffin against Missouri State, as CSUN (2-2) opened the TLC Lobo Invitational with a 3-0 win over the winless Bears (0-4) Friday afternoon. Azulay, a freshman, scored his second goal of the season 52 seconds from the end of regulation. Midfielder Chris Smith picked up his second assist of the game in the play. Defender Taylor Bowlin netted the opening goal of the… Read more

Former CSUN student Christian Hunter-Sheppard, 20, was arrested July 20 on suspicion of burglarizing 22 dorm rooms between October 2010 and April 2011, according to CSUN police officials. Hunter-Sheppard has been charged with five felony counts of burglary and one misdemeanor count for possession of a loaded handgun found in his car during a police search, said Christina Villalobos, spokeswoman for CSUN police. Hunter-Sheppard was attending Pierce College at the time of the break-ins, and CSUN police obtained a search… Read more

The matador statue was unveiled Thursday to a backdrop of student protesters. “If CSUN can make the effort to find alternatives for funding, why can’t they put that same effort to fund classes?” said Cathie Pacheco, student organizer for Students for Quality Education (SQE). The matador statue cost an estimated $200,000, said Marcelo Vazquez, a 1994 CSUN alumnus and co-chair of the project. “One of our goals was to reach $150,000. We reached it and surpassed it,” he said. “This… Read more

Freshman convocation encouraged students to be determined and face their fears, while silent protesters focused on other issues, during Thursday’s assembly.“The goal of your presence here at Cal State Northridge is to have fun, to learn, but most importantly, the goal that each and every one of you we hope has, is to graduate from CSUN in four years,” President Jolene Koester said to students. Koester discussed perseverance, a subject further explored by CSUN 2011 Outstanding Graduate Lyudmila Gogolushko, who… Read more