Speaking of women’s softball, the team has been the most successful of Cal State Northridge’s 20 varsity teams. The softball team has won 13 conference championships in 16 seasons, and has qualified for NCAA Division I postseason regionals in nine consecutive seasons between 1992 and 2000, including a 1994 trip to the Women’s College World Series.

The women’s basketball team has made the most significant rebound of all the university’s varsity sports in terms of performance. After struggling during its initial years in NCAA Division I competition, women’s basketball turned around to produce back-to-back winning seasons, including a 21-8 record in 1998-99, winning the Big Sky Conference title and earning the university its first-ever NCAA women’s tournament berth.