Coming off their first 20-loss season since the 1995-96 campaign has made some of the Matadors look for any reason to forget about last year’s miseries. Senior forward Lenny Daniel is using the new uniforms for the upcoming 2010-11 season as a sign for a clean slate. “We are trying to turn a new leaf,” said Daniel, CSUN’s team leader in rebounds and blocks a year ago. “We are trying to make a change and it starts even with equipment… Read more
The race for the Super Bowl XLV championship is as wide open as ever. We will sort out the pretenders from the contenders, starting with NFC West and AFC West. St. Louis Rams – The Rams are coming off a horrendous season, where they went 1-15, the bright side is that paved the way for Sam Bradford. Bradford has been showing flashes of brilliance this preseason, as he has completed 60 percent of his passes and has not thrown an… Read more
Anaheim — During a timeout with 38 seconds left in the Matadors’ Big West Tournament matchup against Cal State Fullerton, CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell huddled his players up to draw up the next play. Senior Vincent Cordell decided to isolate himself from the pack. With CSUN trailing 81-71, the frustrated Cordell sat on the scorer’s table biting on his jersey as the Matadors’ season ran out of time. Then, to break the huddle of the last timeout of 2009-10,… Read more
On senior night the Matadors closed out the regular season by handing their conference nemesis, Pacific, a share of the Big West regular season title after getting crushed 66-47 at the Matadome on Saturday night. “They came out aggressive and they were playing for the championship,” said Mark Hill, who was one of six senior Matadors to get honored after losing to the Tigers. “They punched us and we didn’t punch back.” The defeat gives CSUN (11-20, 6-10 Big West)… Read more
The defending Big West champion Matadors clinched a spot into the Big West Tournament after defeating UC Davis 70-66, Thursday night at the Matadome. “We did everything we needed to do to win this game,” CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell said. “Our game plan was to give the ball to our big guys and have them attack. Willie (Galick) and Lenny (Daniel) were just outstanding in the post.” Senior guard Kenny Daniels led all scorers with 26 points and picked… Read more
With two more games left in the regular season the defending Big West champion Matadors, who are eighth in the standings, (10-19, 5-9 Big West) could be on the verge of not getting into the conference tournament to defend their crown. In order for that not to happen CSUN needs a couple of scenarios to happen. The easiest way for Northridge to get in is by either defeating UC Davis tonight at the Matadome or Pacific on Saturday, which is… Read more
The Cal State Northridge men’s and women’s swimming team was discontinued Monday afternoon by the athletic department due to the ongoing statewide financial crisis. “Looking at the budget and what are income and expenses are was a deciding factor in our decision,” Rick Mazzuto, the Athletic Director at CSUN said. “In the past two years many campuses across the nation have cut sports programs due to the financial crisis. So it’s not just a problem in our university.” The CSUN swimming… Read more
IRVINE, Calif. — In another chapter of the nightmare season its been for CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell, UC Irvine defeated his Matadors, 79-74, at the Bren Events Center on Saturday night. “The horror continues for us,” Braswell said after the Anteaters gave him his single-season record 19th loss. “We knew it was going to be a close game. Just another game that you have to make plays, and we didn’t make plays.” After UC Irvine guard Michael Hunter, who… Read more
