“The Flying Hawaiian,” Mahina Haina, has embraced the closer role for the Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team well and she showed it again this past weekend as she continued to raise her season kill count and led the Matadors (4-2) to three victories in the Sacramento State Invitational. Along with fellow sophomore Natalie Allen, who had 28 kills during the weekend, Haina dominated Marist on Friday and Fresno State and host Sacramento State on Saturday to help CSUN win… Read more

For the second time in the Cal State Northridge Labor Day Classic, the Matadors (1-2) rallied to send a match into overtime. Unfortunately for CSUN, the results were the same as Yarden Azulay’s game-tying goal was not enough to defeat No. 2 Akron on Saturday night and the Matadors lost  2-1 on Scott Caldwell’s golden goal. “We should have won that game,” said Azulay, who scored his first Division-I goal in the 82nd minute of regulation. “We (at least) deserved… Read more

The CSUN women’s soccer team continued its miserable start to the season and lost to New Mexico, 1-0, on Friday night at Matador Soccer Field. It was the Matadors’ fourth straight loss to begin the year. Once again, the Matadors struggled putting the ball in the back of the net. They had a few chances, but couldn’t convert. They’ve only scored one goal this year while allowing nine. “We just need to work on finishing,” said CSUN junior forward Melissa Fernandez,… Read more

Behind their home crowd as the host of the Cal State Northridge Labor Day Classic, the Matadors scored a late goal to send the game into overtime, but it wasn’t enough and they ultimately fell 2-1 to the quick-paced UNLV Rebels. Though the CSUN crowd was in full effect Thursday night, beating drums and yelling at every call the referees made against the Matadors (1-1), their efforts made little difference in the match. Rebel midfielder Jonny Espinoza scored the game-winning goal… Read more