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The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial
The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Mateo Melero, Author

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Women's Basketball: Legacy Lives on after NCAA exit

Women’s Basketball: Legacy Lives on after NCAA exit

Mateo Melero
March 25, 2015
The Matadors were unable to stop Stanford's second-half rally, falling to the Cardinals in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tournament on March 21. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s Basketball: CSUN falls to Stanford in NCAA first round

Mateo Melero
March 21, 2015
Women's basketball: On to the Next One

Women’s basketball: On to the Next One

Mateo Melero
March 18, 2015
Seniors Janae Sharpe (left) and Ashlee Guay embrace after the Matadors win the Big West Championship for a second year in a row on March 14. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s Basketball: CSUN heads back to the Big Dance, defeats Hawai’i 67-60

Mateo Melero
March 14, 2015
Senior Janae Sharpe fights her way up to the basket for the Matadors in their semifinal game against UC Davis on March 13. The Matadors defeated the Aggies 61-47. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s basketball: CSUN books trip to second straight Big West Final

Mateo Melero
March 13, 2015
Senior Cinnamon Lister tries to let off a shot as moments before she was fouled by Long Beach's Chantel Dooley during the first half of the Matadors' game on March 5, 2015. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s Basketball: CSUN face UC Irvine in Big West semi-finals

Mateo Melero
March 12, 2015
The women's basketball bench has played a big role in regular season success. Will it carry on to the playoffs? Trevor Stamp/Multimedia Editor

Women’s Basketball Playoffs: Strong play key for Big West repeat

Mateo Melero
March 11, 2015
DJ Mal-Ski takes a selfie with the Women's Matadors' senior class during their final home game on March 5, 2015. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s Basketball: CSUN champion seniors say goodbye, prepare for big stage

Mateo Melero
March 6, 2015
Women's Basketball: CSUN faces second round against UC Riverside

Women’s Basketball: CSUN faces second round against UC Riverside

Mateo Melero
February 28, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN slips into second place in Big West with Fullerton victory

Mateo Melero
February 27, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN face CSUF in second Big West faceoff

Mateo Melero
February 25, 2015
Freshman Tessa Boagni doesn't let a hand her face stop her from going up for a shot against UC Irvine during the first half of the Matadors' game on Feb. 21, 2015. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)

Women’s Basketball: CSUN rises to third in Big West with win over UC Irvine

Mateo Melero
February 22, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN gives UC Santa Barbara Valentine’s Day crushing

Mateo Melero
February 15, 2015
Women's Basketball: CSUN takes stride out of Cal Poly's Gallup

Women’s Basketball: CSUN takes stride out of Cal Poly’s Gallup

Mateo Melero
February 14, 2015
Women's Basketball: CSUN snap 3-game losing streak, conquers Fullerton Titans

Women’s Basketball: CSUN snap 3-game losing streak, conquers Fullerton Titans

Mateo Melero
February 8, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: Matadors suffer third consecutive loss against UC Davis

Mateo Melero
February 6, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: Matadors slain by Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine; Stand tied at fourth place in Big West

Mateo Melero
February 1, 2015
Women's Basketball: Matadors lose high ground with UC Riverside loss

Women’s Basketball: Matadors lose high ground with UC Riverside loss

Mateo Melero
January 30, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN takes shine out of Long Beach 49ers’ so far golden season

Mateo Melero
January 24, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN devours last place UC Irvine Anteaters 72-63 in away game

Mateo Melero
January 23, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN’s solid three-point shooting not enough against Cal Poly

Mateo Melero
January 18, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: Freshmen key to crushing UC Santa Barbara 84-48 in conference win

Mateo Melero
January 16, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: Matadors victorious over Hawai’i amid starting lineup change

Mateo Melero
January 12, 2015
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Women’s Basketball: Saint Mary’s break CSUN’s 6-game winning streak

Mateo Melero
December 5, 2014
Senior Janae Sharpe had a rough night, only scoring eight points for the matadors, going 4 for 13 in field goals for the Matadors Friday night match against the University of Portland. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp/Senior Photographer

Women’s Basketball: CSUN takes out Portland Pilots, despite obvious flaws

Mateo Melero
November 21, 2014
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Women’s Basketball: CSUN Matadors secure 3-game streak with victory over BYU

Mateo Melero
November 20, 2014
The Oviatt Library was evacuated briefly Monday afternoon following a fire alarm. Students returned shotly after it was determined the building was clear. David Hawkins / The Sundial

Faulty fire alarm triggers student evacuation of Oviatt Library

Mateo Melero
November 17, 2014
Senior Janae Sharpe ignored the Sacramento State defense when she scored 16 points for the Matadors in their 81-66 win on Sunday. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp/ Senior Photographer

Women’s Basketball: Matadors swat down Sacramento Hornets in wire-to-wire win

Mateo Melero
November 17, 2014
Jr. Breeyon Alexander-Perry steals the ball and helps the CSUN Matadors to their first win over Idaho at the Matadome in Northridge, Calif., on Fri. Nov. 14. Photo Credit: Raul Martinez/ Contributorj

Women’s Basketball: Matadors beat out Idaho Vandals in regular season opener

Mateo Melero
November 15, 2014
Junior center Bernadette Fong passes to senior center Camille Mahlknecht during an exhibition against Master's College. CSUN blew out the Mustang's 90-56 on OCt. 31. Photo Credit: Kelly Rosales/Contributor

Basketball Issue: Women’s Preview

Mateo Melero
November 14, 2014
The Matador women's basketball team has new additions to the team including recruits. Based on last seasons good and bad moments adjustments have been made for an even stronger team. Photo Credit: Araceli Castillo/ Photo Editor

Basketball Issue: Foreign talent, transfers bring depth to CSUN

Mateo Melero
November 14, 2014
Jasmine Johnson, scored 16 points and 5 rebounds on Oct. 31 practice game against the Master's College Mustangs. Photo Credit: Kelly Rosales/ Contributor

Women’s Basketball: Matadors put down Master’s College Mustangs in exhibition play

Mateo Melero
November 1, 2014
Abdullah Alkadi was last seen on Sept. 17 near his home in the 9900 block of Reseda Boulevard in Northridge.

Long Beach man charged with murder in CSUN student’s death

Mateo Melero
October 20, 2014
Family, friends and supporters of Armando Villa held an anti-hazing rally in July. Today the coroners report ruled Villa's death was do to dehydration and hypothermia. Photo Credi: Pete Camarrilo/ The Sundial

Coroner rules on Villa’s cause of death

Mateo Melero
October 2, 2014
Tim Szczepanski, coordinator of Outdoor Adventures, a new student-run program, and Myles Diamond, trip leader, head out to El Escorpión Park in West Hills, Dec. 4 2009. Photo Credit: Aprile Sumague / Staff Reporter

Outdoor Adventures not involved in fatal Zeta Mu hiking trip, despite concerns

Mateo Melero
September 25, 2014
Photo Courtesy of Press Release

Student disappearance concerns CSUN Saudi community

Mateo Melero
September 19, 2014
Jamie Chastened, Right holds Maria Casteneda, Armando Villa's aunt as she speaks to the press after President Dianne F. Harrison reads the report on the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity incident at the University Hall on Friday. The fraternity Pi Kappa Phi chapter at CSUN has been forever removed from the university following the death of Armando Villa. (Photo credit: David J. Hawkins/Sundial Staff

Zeta Mu, hazing practices evident in CSUN report

Mateo Melero
September 10, 2014
CSUN student debt by the numbers

CSUN student debt by the numbers

Mateo Melero
August 26, 2014
A graduate from the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics is congratulated by President Dianne Harrison during commencement ceremonies at the Oviatt Lawn Thursday morning. Photo Credit: Vincent Nguyen / Contributor

Almost 10,000 graduates participate in first ticketed commencement ceremonies

Mateo Melero
May 23, 2014

#selfie#nofilter#instafollow, the word selfie has been integrated into the Oxford Online English dictionary

Mateo Melero
May 8, 2014
Donna Rosenthal the author of "The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land," talks to students about why she wrote the book from an Israeli perspective in Sierra Hall on Wednesday.

Author speaks about various Israeli perspectives and cultures

Mateo Melero
April 23, 2014

‘Two Women’ share their stories in unique performance piece

Mateo Melero
April 15, 2014
Junior guard Janae Sharpe dribbles up-court during the first half of CSUN's first round game against the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks. Photo Credit: Mateo Melero

Women’s Basketball: Matadors give gutsy effort but fall to Gamecocks in NCAA Tournament

Mateo Melero
March 23, 2014
Despite odds stacked against them, CSUN matches up well with USC

Despite odds stacked against them, CSUN matches up well with USC

Mateo Melero
March 19, 2014

Police find pipe bomb after routine traffic stop on Reseda and Devonshire

Mateo Melero
March 19, 2014
Big West Tournament: Women win first-ever conference title, headed to Big Dance

Big West Tournament: Women win first-ever conference title, headed to Big Dance

Mateo Melero
March 15, 2014
Big West Tournament: Matador women head to first-ever conference final

Big West Tournament: Matador women head to first-ever conference final

Mateo Melero
March 14, 2014
Courtesy of MCT

Microstamping our guns is hurting our economy

Mateo Melero
March 11, 2014
Women's Basketball: Matadors rack up end-of-season awards

Women’s Basketball: Matadors rack up end-of-season awards

Mateo Melero
March 10, 2014
Women's Basketball: CSUN wins Big West title outright with win at CSULB

Women’s Basketball: CSUN wins Big West title outright with win at CSULB

Mateo Melero
March 7, 2014
Women's Basketball: CSUN clinches first Big West title with win over UCR

Women’s Basketball: CSUN clinches first Big West title with win over UCR

Mateo Melero
March 3, 2014
Women's Basketball: Lister, Matadors shut out Fullerton with strong shooting

Women’s Basketball: Lister, Matadors shut out Fullerton with strong shooting

Mateo Melero
February 28, 2014

Students to provide free tax assistance to eligible community members

Mateo Melero
February 23, 2014
Women's Basketball: CSUN can't contain Buckley in loss at UCI

Women’s Basketball: CSUN can’t contain Buckley in loss at UCI

Mateo Melero
February 23, 2014
Women’s Basketball: Matadors closer to first with big win at Cal Poly

Women’s Basketball: Matadors closer to first with big win at Cal Poly

Mateo Melero
February 14, 2014
CSUN students Momoko Arai, 24 (front) and Yoon Ju Lee, 21 (back) both whom are Linguistics Majors are searching for their course textbooks in the Matador Bookstore on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 in Northridge, Calif. (Photo Credit: David J. Hawkins / Photo Editor)

Students do not buy textbooks immediately due to cost

Mateo Melero
February 10, 2014
Women's Basketball: Defense leads the way in victory at CSUF

Women’s Basketball: Defense leads the way in victory at CSUF

Mateo Melero
February 9, 2014
Women's Basketball: Matadors' winning streak snapped at three

Women’s Basketball: Matadors’ winning streak snapped at three

Mateo Melero
February 7, 2014
Women's Basketball: Matadors win third straight Big West contest to climb in conference standings

Women’s Basketball: Matadors win third straight Big West contest to climb in conference standings

Mateo Melero
February 2, 2014
Education faculty preparing future teachers for new K-12 standards

Education faculty preparing future teachers for new K-12 standards

Mateo Melero
January 28, 2014
Junior guard Janae Sharpe drives through the Long Beach State 49ers' defense to reach the basket during the Matadors' 77-54 win at home Saturday. Sharpe finished the game with 18 points. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp / Daily Sundial

Matadors defeat 49ers to stay in race for Big West lead

Mateo Melero
January 26, 2014
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