After winning the final game of the weekend series at UC Santa Barbara Saturday, the Matadors (13-18, 2-4) will try to get on a winning streak against CSU Bakersfield (15-15) today at Matador Field. For the second time in Big West Conference play, CSUN dropped the first two games of a weekend series, but managed to avoid a sweep with a victory in the final game. In both wins, CSUN had freshman Jerry Keel on the mound and put up… Read more
The Matadors (11-13) have been struggling to keep opposing runners off the path, but have the perfect chance to regain their composure on the mound heading into their conference opener at Cal State Fullerton (15-9) this weekend. CSUN will begin Big West Conference play Friday at Goodwin Field against the Titans and their struggling offense. Fullerton’s bats have not put runs on the board in its last two games and have only notched a combined eight runs in the last… Read more
The Matadors hadn’t won back-to-back Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches since late February before consecutive conference wins against Hawai’i last weekend put them in perfect position to earn a higher seed in the upcoming playoffs. Northridge (10-13, 6-10 MPSF) only has six games remaining in the regular season. Four of them are on the road, beginning two at Brigham Young (18-5, 14-4). The first game will be played tonight. The rematch will be Friday night. The No. 12 Matadors have… Read more
The CSUN pitchers couldn’t stop the potent Oregon State offense during Wednesday’s home doubleheader at Matador Diamond. The Matador pitchers were rocked for a combined 18 runs on the day while the bats of CSUN (5-23) only managed to muster a combined two runs in both games. The Matadors lost the first game 13-1 and the second 5-1. “We saw some good hitters and a lot of power in their lineup,” CSUN head coach Tairia Flowers said. “Offensively, we put… Read more
CSUN baseball is in the midst of what most people might consider “a rebuilding year” for a program. The Matadors are fielding a higher ratio of newcomers on the roster than most colleges, with nearly half of the team being comprised of new faces in CSUN uniforms. Newcomers, made up of freshmen and transfer students, usually don’t play too much of a factor at the Division-I level, but transfer students such as juniors Cal Vogelsang and Brett Balkan have already… Read more
No. 14 CSUN dominated No. 12 Hawai’i for the second night in a row, taking the match 3-1 after the Matadors’ offense managed to out hit the Warriors for the second consecutive night. Freshman opposite Julius Hoefer led all Matadors with 19 kills on .300 hitting while sophomore outside hitter Brandon Lebrock added 15 kills on 38 swings. Northridge’s (10-13, 6-10 MPSF) offense helped claim its second win in as many nights over the visiting Warriors (7-16, 4-14) by jumping… Read more
No. 14 CSUN opened up a key match against No. 12 Hawai’i (7-15, 4-13 MPSF) with hot hitting and impenetrable defense and maintained the efficient hitting throughout en route to a 3-1 (25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21) win Friday night at the Matadome. Freshman opposite Julius Hoefer made his first start since his ankle injury earlier this season and powered the Matadors’ (9-13, 5-10) offense along with sophomore Brandon Lebrock. The two combined for 42 kills, 27 coming from the freshman…. Read more
The Matadors have worked on hitting consistently and siding out all season long, so it’s no surprise that when they failed to do so in their last three matches, it easily turned into a three-game losing streak. Head coach Jeff Campbell has watched CSUN (8-13, 4-10 MPSF) hit below .300 in its last three home games. The Matadors are looking to turn things around this weekend against Hawai’i (7-14, 4-12) on Friday and Saturday in order to keep their playoff… Read more
