W-Vball: CSUN coach looking for ‘extra hitter’ as Matadors visit Cal Poly

By Alonso Tacanga
October 12th, 2011

CSUN coach Jeff Stork is looking for more kills from more Matadors. Photo Credit: Simon Gambaryan / Daily Sundial

Despite a 3-0 Saturday setback at UC Davis that has the Matadors (8-9, 2-3 Big West) on a two-game losing streak, CSUN head coach Jeff Stork had some weekend kudos to hand out upon his return to Northridge, particularly to star opposite hitter Mahina Haina. “She had two kills in the first set, seven in the second, eight in the third,” Stork said. “She was in some ways the majority of our offense.” Haina’s game-high 17 kills gave CSUN a… Read more

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W-Vball: CSUN looks to finish non-conference season with home win vs. BYU

By Alonso Tacanga
September 14th, 2011

The Matadors (6-5) will look to close the non-conference part of their schedule Saturday against BYU. Photo Credit: Tessie Navarro / Visual Editor

CSUN head coach Jeff Stork saw three teams during the Matadors’ 3-0 Monday loss at No. 6 UCLA: the Bruins, the Matadors and … the Matadors again. One CSUN team played up to the level of UCLA, and even beyond. The other didn’t look good enough to make the Bruins’ practice squad. “Consistency is always something we’re trying to achieve,” Stork said. “Production of points, and consistency, which means removing some of the errors we’ve been making.” An avalanche of… Read more

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W-Vball: Matadors hope to start new winning streak at UNLV Invitational

By Julian Reyes
September 7th, 2011

Casey Hinger (1) Sydney Gedryn (18) Setter , during Tuesday's game against USC. Photo Credit: Tessie Navarro / Visual Editor

Coming off a hard-fought loss to No. 9 USC, the CSUN women’s volleyball team will look to rebound at the UNLV tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Matadors will get back on the road and look to repeat last week’s success, when they swept the Sacramento State Invitational and outside hitter Mahina Haina was named MVP. CSUN will face Eastern Washington on Friday, Southern Utah on Saturday morning and host UNLV later on that evening. “We won (the 2010 UNLV)… Read more

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Matadors split final homestand of the year

By Kerstin Gupilan
November 15th, 2009

In its final two home matches of the regular season, the Northridge women’s volleyball team pulled off a stunning five-set upset over dominating Long Beach only to drop three straight sets to Cal State Fullerton the very next night. With the mixed results, the Matadors record now stands at 8-20 overall and 4-10 in the Big West. Northridge defeated Long Beach by scores of 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 25-22, 18-16. “I think that (we) played real well,” CSUN head coach Jeff… Read more

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Matadors drops two on the road

By Kerstin Gupilan
November 8th, 2009

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

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Matadors lose in a hard fought battle against No. 23 UC Irvine

By Kerstin Gupilan
October 7th, 2009

For anyone who was at the Matadome Tuesday night, it would seem that the women’s volleyball team had won their first Big West match of the season. However, the reality is the Matadors were handed their fifth loss in the last six matches by the No. 23 UC Irvine (14-3, 4-1 Big West) by scores of 22-25, 22-25, 25-15 and 23-25. “We’re disappointed about the results,” said CSUN head coach Jeff Stork. “But if you look at how we played… Read more

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Uh oh, Matadors begin Big West play

By Kerstin Gupilan
September 23rd, 2009

The Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team (4-8) will travel north this weekend as it kicks off Big West Conference play with matches against the Aggies of UC Davis (9-5) and the Pacific Tigers (10-1). The Matadors are coming off of a split weekend, with a five-set loss to Fresno State (just days after a match against Loyola Marymount with the same result) balanced out by a three-game sweep over Portland. “Fresno and LMU got away from us,” CSUN head… Read more

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Quick road trip to LMU before home opener

By Kerstin Gupilan
September 15th, 2009

The Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team (3-6) will play its home debut on Friday. But tonight, they have one last road match, against Loyola Marymount University (7-3) at the Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles.  After a mixed weekend at the Nike Cougar Challenge, the Matadors hope to bounce back against the Lions. CSUN and LMU have so far had two common opponents, Idaho and Boise.  Both teams were able to defeat Boise, but LMU finished the Broncos off in… Read more

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