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College Basketball’s Top 100 Players
94. Lamine Diane, Northridge
Northridge was not very good last year. Diane, however, was. How about this stat line: 24.8 points, 11.2 boards, 2.2 blocks, 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals. That’s enough to make Zion Williamson jealous. (RD) -- NBC Sports
College Roundup: Vanguard women’s volleyball sweeps Hope International
Cal State Northridge 1, UC Irvine 0: The visiting Matadors scored in the 29th minute of Saturday’s Big West Conference match. -- Daily Pilot/Los Angeles Times
Aggies fall in three to split series with Matadors
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — UC Davis senior outside hitter Lauren Matias finished with a match-high 14 kills and hit .333 on the night, while freshman Shira Lahav added 14 digs defensively. Still, the Aggies could not solve the CSUN offense, which hit .350 as a team en route to a 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-12) victory in front of an ESPN3 audience on Friday at The Matadome. -- Woodland Daily Democrat
Oregon State welcomes CSUN in 2019-20 season opener
BOTTOM LINE: Oregon State begins the season by hosting the Cal State Northridge Matadors. Cal State Northridge went 13-21 last year and finished sixth in the Big West, while Oregon State ended up 18-13 and finished sixth in the Pac-12. -- FOX Sports
Slightly improved defense not enough in Lobos’ sixth straight loss
The Lobos return home next week to face Air Force at Dreamstyle Stadium in what amounts to a UNM doubleheader on the south campus on Saturday. The football game kicks off at noon with the men’s basketball team hosting Cal State-Northridge in The Pit that night. -- Santa Fe New Mexican
Cal Poly falls to UC Santa Barbara in front of nation’s largest crowd
UC Irvine (7-6-5, 4-2-1) finished third on 13 points and will host sixth place CSUN (7-7-3, 2-3-2) during Wednesday’s other opening-round match. -- KSBY
Wahine soccer program makes history
The Wahine will also have an opportunity to host a Big West Tournament game if they defeat Long Beach St. and CSUN and Fullerton tie their match on Sunday. -- Honolulu News Now
Rainbow Wahine extend winning streak to seven matches, take over top spot in Big West Conference standings
The Lady ‘Bows will then return home for senior weekend the following week to host CSUN and Long Beach State. -- KHON
UCD men’s soccer claims Big West Conference banner
The UC Davis men’s soccer team waited until the 85th minute to get the game-winning goal against Sacramento State on Saturday and then had to wait another three hours to see if it would share or take the Big West Conference title outright. Thanks to Cal State Northridge knocking off UC Irvine, 1-0, in the late game, the Aggies are lone league champs once again. -- Davis Enterprise
Ben Roach’s Big-Time Performance in Goal Helps UCSB Beat Cal Poly, 2-0
The victory, combined with UC Irvine’s 1-0 loss to Cal State Northridge, gives UCSB second place in the final Big West standings and a first-round bye in this week’s conference tournament. The Gauchos will host a semifinal game on Saturday, Nov. 9. -- Noozhawk