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5 TOP 10 TEAMS SET FOR SATURDAY GAMES TO LEAD WEEK 9 WATER POLO PLAY
Five Top 10 teams are in action on Saturday: #2 Stanford vs. #18 Harvard, #4 Cal at #19 San Jose State, #5 Hawaii vs. #21 Cal State Northridge, #6 Michigan vs. #22 Indiana and #7 Pacific at #13 Fresno State. -- Swim Swam
24 PLAYERS TURN IN 4-PLUS GOAL EFFORTS ON WATER POLO WEEK 8
Cal State Northridge’s Tori Wilson netted eight goals on the Tuesday in wins over Connecticut College (13-2) and Austin College (20-3). Wilson put in three goals in the first game and added five more in the night cap. Yuri Cowie added a hat trick in the latter contest. Later in the week, Madasonne Butler came up with a hat trick in a 10-8 loss to #15 Long Beach State. -- Swim Swam
Utah Valley faces USF in second round of CBI
BOTTOM LINE: Utah Valley is set to meet South Florida in the second round of the CBI. South Florida earned an 82-79 overtime win over Stony Brook on Wednesday, while Utah Valley won 92-84 against Cal State Northridge on Tuesday. -- National Post
Alexander: You might want to consider UC Irvine when filling out your bracket
Interestingly, LMU (20-11) and Division I startup CBU (16-14) will face each other Wednesday night in Riverside, in the first round of the CBI pay-to-play tournament. Cal State Northridge (273, 13-20) is in that tourney as well, playing at Utah Valley, while Cal State Fullerton (200, 16-17) will face Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday night at home in the first round of the CIT, the other pay-to-play event. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Citywide – SMC Table Tennis Team Heads to National Championships April 12-14
In order to qualify for the nationals, SMC won the divisional tournament held Feb. 9 at the SMC Pavilion, defeating UCLA 3-1; California State University, Northridge 3-2; and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 4-0. Subsequently, SMC advanced to the regionals held March 9-10 at the Orange County Table Tennis Academy. There, the team defeated University of Washington (3-1), USC (3-1) and Stanford University (4-0) to advance to the National Championship. -- Santa Monica Daily Press
High School Female Athlete of the Week: Emily Rush helping Marina softball make noise
Sophomore second baseman Taylor Lane was another hot hitter in the tournament for Marina. Lane was three for three with a double and a home run in the victory over Hamilton. She’s part of a stellar infield overall for Marina with senior first baseman Shayla Thomas, senior shortstop Nicole Logrecco and sophomore third baseman Briana Gonzalez. Thomas is headed to Cal State Northridge, while Logrecco will play for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. -- Daily Pilot
UH Men’s Volleyball: Hawaii vs. Cal State Northridge
Hawaii opposite hitter Rado Parapunov (19) spiked the ball past CSUN outside hitter Dimitar Kalchev (9) in set one of a game between the Cal State Northridge Matadors and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors played on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawkeyes Fall In Series Opener Against Cal-State Northridge On The Diamond In Iowa City
Saturday in Iowa City, the University of Iowa baseball team dropped the series opener to Cal-State Northridge, 8-5, on Saturday afternoon at Duane Banks Field. -- WGEM
Cal-State Northridge takes series-opener from Hawkeyes
IOWA CITY, Iowa. (KCRG) - The Iowa Hawkeyes fell 8-5 in their home opener to the Cal-State Northridge Matadors on Saturday afternoon. Iowa led 3-2 through the first three innings but the Matadors used a three-run home run by Sean Skelly to take the lead in the seventh. -- KCRG
No. 2 Hawaii volleyball sweeps No. 12 Cal State Northridge
Junior opposite Rado Parapunov put down 12 kills and senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg added nine as No. 2 Hawaii remained undefeated with its 16th straight sweep, dropping No. 12 Cal State Northridge 25-23, 25-16, 25-17 in tonight’s Big West men’s volleyball match at the Stan Sheriff Center. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser