Finding skateboarders in front of Manzanita Hall are nothing new, but people stopped to watch professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old Long Beach native made a surprise appearance in an attempt to conquer the steps between Manzanita Hall and Sierra Hall. “This skate spot is famous within the skateboarding world,” Kennedy said. “Everybody comes here. It’s notorious.” Students gathered around as Kennedy attempted to land a trick before CSUN security could break up the session. “I’m so glad… Read more

Some cities are happy with having one successful team in one of the major professional sports, but the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Kings and Galaxy have their fans gushing with excitement from the successes each team has been having as of late. Lakers (39-23) The purple and gold have been proving the naysayers wrong since guard Kobe Bryant went down with a shin injury. Resting Bryant before a playoff run has been essential for the No. 3-seeded Lakers, but… Read more

The Matadors may have gotten a confidence boost coming out of their Big West Conference series win over No. 27 Cal Poly, and they could sure use it when they face familiar foe, No. 11 UCLA today. CSUN (16-19, 4-5 Big West) hosted UCLA (24-8, 10-5 Pac-12) Feb. 21 and was dismantled by the Bruins’ bats, 19-7, in the Matadors’ home opener. In the loss, Northridge managed nine hits and scored in three consecutive innings, but UCLA’s nine-run eighth exploited… Read more

USC spoiled the Matadors’ Senior Night with a straight-set sweep, solidifying both teams spots in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament. With the win, the Trojans wrapped up the first seed in the tournament and will face the eighth seed: the Matadors. The first-round game will be played at USC Saturday. “We’re going to have to play harder heading into Saturday night,” CSUN sophomore Brandon Lebrock said. “We kind of took tonight off knowing that we’re already in the playoffs… Read more

A simple game of cops and robbers wasn’t enough for Jason Bornstein. Now, the thrill of hunting someone else down to keep himself in the game is nothing new for the senior communications major. “I always felt I was winning but we never really knew because it was always ‘I got you, I got you first,’” Bornstein said. It wasn’t until elementary school that Bornstein, 24, first heard about paintball. But after his parents finally let him play on an… Read more

After dropping two of three games over the break, CSUN holds a slim lead for eighth place over UC San Diego with only two matches left in the regular season. Saturday the Matadors (11-15, 7-12 MPSF) dropped a five-set thriller at Stanford, nearly coming back from a two-set deficit but falling short in the fifth and decisive set, 19-17. “I think we realized that everyone is replaceable on this team,” CSUN freshman standout Julius Hoefer said. “(Opposite) John Baker came… Read more

The Matadors (14-18, 2-4 Big West) head into their Big West Conference home opener Friday against No. 27 Cal Poly (20-11, 4-2) with some momentum after a thrilling 4-3 win over CSU Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon in non-conference play. The walk-off victory displayed the scrappiness of the CSUN offense after the bullpen uncharacteristically gave up the lead in the ninth, leaving questions for Northridge to answer heading into the weekend series against Cal Poly. The Mustangs come into the series after… Read more

A three-run blast by sophomore Miles Williams gave CSUN an early lead but it took a botched grounder by Roadrunner shortstop Tyler Shryock to earn the Matadors a 4-3 non-conference win over Cal State Bakerfield Tuesday afternoon at Matador Field. Williams blasted the first pitch of his first-inning at-bat over the left-field wall to put the Matadors up 3-0, but the Roadrunners slowly chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the game in the ninth with a pair of… Read more