A week after getting destroyed by UCLA at home the No. 3 Matadors responded with a road sweep of No. 2 Stanford (3-2) and Pacific (3-0) on Friday and Saturday night setting up a potential one versus two showdown on Wednesday at the Matadome. In their match against the Cardinal (3-3, 3-3 MPSF) at Maples pavilion, Northridge (8-1, 5-1 MPSF) played their first five set match of the season winning 3-2 (25-30, 30-21, 30-25, 32-34, 15-13). “It is always nice… Read more

The No. 3 Matadors hit the road this weekend and head to Northern California for back-to-back matches against No. 2 Stanford and Pacific Friday and Saturday night. The match against the Cardinal (3-1, 3-1 MPSF) will mark the second straight week the Matadors (6-1, 3-1 MPSF) face a top five team (UC Irvine Jan. 20). “Stanford is a really good team just like every team in this league is good,” head coach Jeff Campbell said. “If we are playing 100… Read more

The Matadors’ six-match unbeaten streak to start the season came to an end Friday night at the Matadome as No. 10 UCLA swept the No. 2 team in the country 30-21, 30-24, 30-21. The Bruins (3-4, 2-2 MPSF) did not just sweep the Matadors (6-1, 3-1 MPSF) they ran them out the floor and handed them one of the worst loses in recent memory. “They served us out of the court,” said senior middle blocker Jacek Ratajczak, who was benched… Read more

A classic first set between two of the nations top teams set the tone as the No. 2 Matadors defeated No. 4 UC Irvine 3-1 in a thrilling match that went back and forth Wednesday at the Matadome. Leading the way for the Matadors were junior opposite hitter Tanner Nua and senior Theo Edwards, who both finished with 18 kills a-piece, while senior outside hitter Mike Gaudino chipped in with 15. “It’s a huge win for us,” Nua said. “Irvine… Read more

The No. 2 Matadors get ready to host the defending national champions No. 4 UC Irvine at the Matadome, tonight. For the second consecutive year CSUN is off to a 5-0 record, last year they started 6-0 before losing two straight matches in Hawaii. “Its still early in the season,” senior middle blocker Jacek Ratajczak said. “We were in the same situation last year, we were undefeated for a long time… We don’t want to make the same kind of mistakes… Read more

Before the season started the Matadors were picked to finish eight in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and ranked ninth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll. Five matches into the season, the Matadors are proving the preseason voters wrong as they continued their unblemished start Friday with an impressive (30-26, 30-23, 30-27) road sweep of No. 9 Long Beach State (2-3, 1-1 MPSF). “We saw teams that we finished ahead of and crush down last season picked… Read more

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