In its final road game of the regular season, it looked like it was the Northridge’s first game ever.

It feels like 2000 again. And 2001, and 2002.

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off of their first NBA Finals’ trip in the post-Shaquille O’Neal era and are considered by many analysts to be not only favorites to return there this season, but to also walk away with their fourth championship in the past 10 years.

The Matadors and the Anteaters played to a 0-0 draw Thursday night in Irvine, giving each team a single point in the standings.

After an impressive 2-0 homestand, the Matadors hit the road one last time for a pair of Big West Conference games. Tonight they head to Irvine to take on the Anteaters. Then, they visit Long Beach Sunday to battle with the conference-leading 49ers.

Matador freshman Nancy Avesyan was named the Big West Conference Co-Player of the Week Monday after scoring game-winning goals in both of Northridge’s wins this past weekend. She is the first Matador to win the honor since the 2005 season.

The Matadors were having trouble finding the back of the net, so their opponents lent them a hand. Freshman Nancy Avesyan did the rest.

As a program that has been around for 14 long years, the Cal State Northridge Matadors were lifted to a milestone by a pair of newcomers.

The Matadors return to Northridge this weekend to kick off the home portion of their Big West Conference season. They dropped their first two conference games last week, losing 3-0 to UCSB, and 1-0 to Cal Poly in a last-second heartbreaker.

After just 54 seconds, UC Santa Barbara took control and never looked back. The Cal State Northridge Matadors lost their Big West Conference season opener 3-0 to the Gauchos Friday in Santa Barbara. The loss, CSUN’s third straight, marked the first time this season that the team dropped under .500.