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Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

CSUN catcher Mikayla Thielges swings at a pitch during a game against Oregon State on March 28. Thielges and the Matadors take on UCLA on the road today. Photo Credit: Yoko Maegawa / Contributer

Softball: Grand challenge: Matadors visit No. 15 UCLA

Alonso Tacanga April 17, 2012

As Mia Pagano’s first grand slam of her life went over the left wall at Bob Janssen Field – pointing the way to a 4-0 CSUN win Saturday against Cal Poly – an array of emotions fluxed through...

CSUN pitcher Mia Pagano winds up for a pitch against USSSA. Pagano carried the Matadors to a victory against Cal Poly with a grand slam and stellar pitching Saturday afternoon.

Softball: Pagano’s grand slam snaps CSUN’s five-game skid at SLO

Anthony Carpio April 14, 2012

It is rare to see a pitcher both win a game on the mound and on the offensive-end as well, but luckily for CSUN (8-29, 3-4 Big West) this happened in its favor. Junior pitcher Mia Pagano and her...

CSUN catcher Mikayla Thielges gets ready to swing at a ball in a game against Oregon State on March 28. Thielges and the Matadors will head to San Luis Obispo to face Cal Poly in a three-game series this weekend. Photo credit: Yoko Maegawa / Contributor

Softball: CSUN looks for hot hitting to continue in SLO

Alonso Tacanga April 11, 2012

A struggling offense for most of 2012, the Matadors broke out of a four-game slump that had seen them score only a single run in the stretch in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader. Facing New...

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Softball: Matadors’ offense outdueled by powerful New Mexico

Alonso Tacanga April 8, 2012

Having witnessed two teammates succumb before the powerful New Mexico bats, CSUN pitcher Brianna Elder tried just about everything to escape the same fate and – in the process – give her team a...

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Softball: Matadors done in by Aggie pitcher’s one-hitter, swept by UC Davis

Alonso Tacanga April 7, 2012

After going through two extra-inning games in which they went scoreless through the first seven innings, the Aggies came out swinging during Saturday's series finale and led from start to end in a...

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Softball: Extra innings not kind to Matadors as Aggies down them twice in doubleheader

Alonso Tacanga April 6, 2012

In a long afternoon of softball at Matador Diamond, the Matadors (7-23, 2-3 Big West) came up short twice in extra innings against UC Davis, assuring themselves a loss for the three-game series against...

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Softball: Matadors take Big West-opening series at Pacific

Alonso Tacanga April 2, 2012

The Matadors (7-24, 2-1 Big West) led from wire to wire Monday afternoon at Bill Simoni Field and held off Pacific (21-13, 1-2) in the ninth inning to take a 5-4 win, claiming a Big West Conference-opening...

Pitcher Alexa Limon and catcher Mikayla Thielges try to strike out Mary Brenner (16) of Oregon State Wednesday. CSUN lost twice to the Beavers and heads into Big West play on a seven-game losing streak. Yoko Maegawa / Contributer

Softball: OSU makes sure Matadors head into Big West season on losing note

Jonathan Andrade March 28, 2012

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...

Pitcher Alexa Limon looks for the strike against Harvard on March 10. The Matadors host OSU in a doubleheader. Photo Credit: Andres Aguila / Daily Sundial

Softball: Matadors looking for momentum in doubleheader

Alonso Tacanga March 27, 2012

The last three weeks haven’t exactly spelled success for the Matadors. Losers of three of four home games during the weekend of March 9-11, CSUN hoped a three-game series at Matador Diamond against...

Matador pitcher Mia Pagano looks for a strike against Harvard Saturday afternoon. Pagano recorded three strikeouts, but her opening pitches allowed two runs for the Crimson. Photo Credit: Andres Aguila / Senior Photographer

Softball: Pitching woes lead to back-to-back Matador losses to Harvard

Anthony Carpio March 10, 2012

A slow start on pitching led to CSUN’s 5-2 loss against Harvard Saturday afternoon at Matador Diamond. The Matadors (5-18) were swept by the Crimson (5-3) in the Northridge Classic, winning both...

Softball: Matadors win first of year, drop four more

Alonso Tacanga February 28, 2012

The Matadors continue to rack up loss after loss, but at least they got the winless monkey off their back during their time at the NFCA Cathedral Classic over the weekend. CSUN (1-14) entered the competition...

Softball: Matadors have another 0-5 weekend in Las Vegas

Alonso Tacanga February 20, 2012

Things couldn’t get worse for CSUN after it started its season by going 0-5 while being outscored 50-5 at the Kajikawa Classic a week ago. Unfortunately for them, things didn’t get better either. CSUN...

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