Women’s Volleyball CSUN head coach Jeff Stork and his women’s volleyball team ended the 2011 season with the third-place spot in the Big West Conference. After finishing the year with an overall record of 16-13 and 9-7 in the Big West, Stork is looking to build on what he said was a great season. “We had been going through some adjustments of decreased funding for the past four to five years and we were able to do some things that… Read more

A welfare check was performed on one of the CSUN hunger strikers outside Sierra Tower Monday afternoon. Freshman theatre and anthropology major Raiza Arias looked fatigued and lightheaded after six days of striking as Agustin Garibay, Matador Involvement Center coordinator, passed by and suspected that Arias’ condition needed to be examined and made a call to campus police. “I was feeling dizzy and half of my body fell asleep. I was like blacking out a little bit,” Arias said. “Relative… Read more

Every team’s journey is different. One path could lead them to a title while another could turn out to be a restructuring process. For CSUN head coach Dr. Marcelo Leonardi and his squad, it was a little bit of both. Though his team finished this season 19-20, the Matadors played tough opponents in the Big West Conference to win third place in this year’s tournament. “This has been by far one of the most enjoyable years for me coaching,” said… Read more

After a tough loss against UC Irvine the previous day, the Matadors (19-20) bounced back and grabbed third place in the Big West Conference Tournament with a 6-5 win over UC Santa Barbara Sunday afternoon and Schaal Aquatics Center. It was a goal by center Kelcie Ferreira with 3:45 left in the game that put CSUN up by one. The only thing for Northridge to was play defense and run out the clock. “We took away (Santa Barbara’s) two-meter game,… Read more

They came back and got the double-overtime win against Long Beach State the previous day to continue through the tournament, but the Matadors’ hopes at the Big West Conference Tournament title ended Saturday afternoon as they went down to top-seeded UC Irvine 8-3 at Schaal Aquatics Center. “To be the champion, you have to beat the champion,” Northridge head coach Dr. Marcelo Leonardi said. Though it was served a loss by the Anteaters, CSUN (18-20) still has a chance for… Read more

It came down to 6-on-5 power plays Friday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Center as the Matadors capitalized on those opportunities and took the opening round of the Big West Conference Tournament against Long Beach State in a 7-5 double-overtime win. With 1:38 left to play in the second overtime period, center Marisa Young scored to put CSUN up 6-5, but it was two-meter defender Heidi Pettinger who sealed the deal with a goal of her own with 32 seconds left… Read more

After ending the season strong with two wins and big performances from their offense Sunday, the Matadors (17-19, 1-4 Big West) head to UC Davis for the Big West Conference Tournament and face Long Beach State (11-16, 1-4) in the first round Friday. CSUN scored a total of 43 goals against Cal State San Bernardino and La Verne, with a season-high 22 goals against the Leopards. “Everybody had an opportunity to play in the last two games,” Matador head coach… Read more

CSUN’s Institution for Sustainability, along with Food Forward, hosted the Earth Day Orange Pick Sunday at the orange grove on campus. Starbucks and LGBT organization Gay For Good sponsored the event, as well as brought along its employees to help with the pick. All of the oranges picked on Sunday went to local food charity SOVA, which will donate all the fruit to the homeless. Rich Nahmias, founder and executive director of Food Forward, encouraged the volunteers to pick at… Read more