The Cal State Northridge women’s soccer team has a bright future, despite having its season ended by UC Santa Barbara last week 2-1 in the conference semi-finals. It was the first time in the school’s history that they were able to host a conference tournament game, and only the third time the Matadors reached the tournament altogether. Northridge finished the year 10-10, but were 6-3 in the Big West. That included wins over Cal Poly and UC Irvine, two of… Read more

The second annual Big West Conference Tournament gets underway Wednesday, featuring the top four men’s soccer teams. As the fourth-place team, Cal State Northridge (10-7-2, 5-4-1 BW) will face perennial powerhouse and regular season champ UC Santa Barbara, which ranked No. 3 in the nation last week. With an 8-1-1 conference record (14-3-2 overall), the Gauchos won their sixth Big West title. Their only loss in conference came at the hands of the Matadors at Matador Field, 1-0. Since then,… Read more

The Mustangs couldn’t get anything going offensively for them in the paint, given the fact they only had two players over 6-foot-5 going up against a taller Matador team. The Mustangs then decided to utilize their speed to run around screens for open jump shots, mainly from three-point range. They were able to put up 33 three pointers in the game. “There real good scrappy group and they did a good job running their motion,” CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell… Read more

It was an all too familiar weekend on the road for the Northridge women’s volleyball team as they went winless against UC Riverside Friday night and again Saturday night against UC Irvine. The Matadors dropped their seventh of the last nine five-set matches against the Highlanders after taking a two-set advantage. UC Riverside closed the match by scores of 21-25, 20-25, 31-29, 25-23, 15-12. “We played very well,” CSUN head coach Jeff Stork said. “We had the highest side out… Read more

At last count going into Saturday night’s season finale, there were about seven different tie-breaker scenarios that would determine which school would clinch the fourth and final spot in the Big West Conference’s men’s soccer tournament. In the end, there was no need for any hypothetical scenarios. Cal State Northridge (10-7-2, 5-4-1 BW) bypassed all the variations and emphatically claimed its fourth-place finish with a 3-0 bombardment of No. 20 UC Irvine at Anteater Stadium. The dominant victory will now… Read more

In the semi-final game of the Big West Women’s Soccer Tournament the second seed Cal State Northridge (10-10, 6-3 Big West) was defeated by the third seed UC Santa Barbara 2-1, Thursday afternoon at Matador Field. Both teams played extremely well, creating an exciting game with an abundance of scoring chances. Despite the tough loss, CSUN has already began looking into next season “We’re starting a tradition, starting something special…We are not a one-hit wonder, we are going to make… Read more

In the last two days college basketball powerhouses have struggled in exhibition matches against non-NCAA Division-I schools. No. 25 Syracuse lost to Division-II Le Moyne, and UCLA squeezed a one-point victory over Concordia, a school that is’nt even in the NCAA but the lesser-known NAIA. That made head coach Bobby Braswell a little bit worried and made sure to tell his players that anything can happen in their exhibition match with Division-III Cal Lutheran University. “I reminded the guys what happened to Syracuse last… Read more

The second-seeded Cal State Northridge (10-9, 6-2 Big West) hosts the opening round of the Big West Tournament against the archrival No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara at 1 p.m. today at Matador Field. The game will be a rematch from earlier in the season when the Gauchos came to Northridge and walked away with a 3-2 victory. During the game, UCSB scored 34 seconds into the game, and outplayed the Matadors for most of the game. CSUN played hard… Read more

With the regular season coming to a close, the Northridge women’s volleyball team will hit the road for matches at UC Riverside (4-17, 2-9 Big West) and UC Irvine (18-6, 7-4 Big West) this weekend. Northridge is coming off its third straight loss during a four-game homestand after a subpar performance against UC Santa Barbara Tuesday night at the Matadome. The Last time Northridge hit such a slump was a five-match losing streak spanning late September to early October, before… Read more