CSUN has been playing its best softball as of late, winning four out of the last six games and second-straight conference series, improving its league record to 8-10. Northridge will travel to Cal State Fullerton for the final three games of the 2011 season. The Matadors and Titans face off for a doubleheader at Anderson Family Field in Fullerton, California. The Matadors (20-30, 8-10 Big West) took the series, 2-1, against the UC Riverside last weekend for the final match… Read more

CSUN  will be playing the last series of the season at Matador Diamond this weekend, where four graduating seniors will be honor prior to the series finale this weekend against UC Riverside. “Were definitely ready to play UCR a big rival game for us. Last season, it got pretty intense between us, a lot of trash talk was going on,” pitcher Hannah Fraijo said. “The team is working hard concentrating on getting better at the little things.” Northridge can still… Read more

The Cal State Northridge softball team (16-28, 4-8 Big West) returns home for a three-game Big West series against Cal Poly (7-31, 3-9 Big West) this weekend. The Matadors are led by Mikayla Thiegles, the Big West Conference leader in home runs with 11. The Matadors have two series left at Matador Diamond with each game pivotal in the team’s effort to make the conference tournament. “Everyday we have to compete in practice, play hard and rely on each other… Read more

The National Football League ordered a lockout after talks between the league and the players’ union collapsed, resulting in the first workers’ strike in America’s most popular professional sport in nearly a quarter of a century. The reason the league and players were unable to reach an agreement was over a range of issues, including how to divide more than $9 billion in annual revenues. The NFL is a billion dollar corporation with national and global influence and while the… Read more

The Cal State Northridge softball team (16-25, 3-6 Big West) will travels to Santa Barbara to face the Gauchos (22-19, 6-3 Big West) in a Big West Conference matchup. The Matadors and UCSB will play a doubleheader Friday, followed by a single game on Saturday. The all-time series record vs. UCSB gives CSUN the edge with a 47-22-1 lead. The last time the Gauchos beat CSUN was April 2009, where they won a 2-1 game. Northridge is coming off a… Read more

The Matadors concluded their season just the way they started it: with a straight-set loss. The first was against UC Santa Barbara, but this time it was by fifth-ranked Long Beach State (14-13,12-10 MPSF) Saturday at the Walter Pyramid. CSUN (7-22, 5-17 MPSF) failed to win due its inconsistency on the attack and the Matadors where outhit by the 49ers .319 to .033. This marks the first time in nearly a decade the Matadors will not be competing in the MPSF tournament… Read more

The Matadors (7-21, 5-16 MPSF) will play their final match of the season in an MPSF contest against the Long Beach State 49ers. This is the first time since 2001 the Matadors will not be competing in the MPSF Tournament. Prior to this year, CSUN had finished among the top eight in each and every season. The 49ers’ record stands at 13-13 overall and 11-10 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The fifth-ranked 49ers came back from a first-game loss at… Read more

The hype of honoring their three seniors in the last home match of the season did not produce a win for the lowly Matadors. The Cal State Northridge men’s volleyball team (7-21, 5-16 MPSF) lost the ninth home game of the season on a night when they honored Tanner Nua, Kaleo Baxter and Jeff Baxter, its three seniors. CSUN and the fourth-ranked UC Irvine Anteaters met for the third time this season and 54th time on Saturday with Northridge holding… Read more

The CSUN men’s volleyball team travels to Hawaii this week for a double-header against the Warriors (12-11, 10-8 MPSF) for a conference match. CSUN is coming off a three straight match losses and looks to get back on track. “We all are just playing for pride ride right now. We as a team are still going to try and get as many wins as possible to finish out the season. I think we are out of the playoffs, but we… Read more