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Mid-major players to keep on your radar in 2019-2020
As a Southern California native I can honestly tell you that until 2018 the words “Wow, I want to go see a Cal State Northridge game” never came out of my mouth. Then CSUN hired Mark Gottfried, and I’ll admit it drew some interest, then I see that in the season opener a redshirt freshman by the name of Lamine Diane scored 34 points as CSUN fell at the buzzer to New Mexico. My interest had been peaked and suddenly I wanted to watch the Matadors. Northridge has some fascinating players on their roster like sharpshooter Terrell Gomez, Gottfried’s son Cameron Gottfried, and also Ron Artest III who looks just like his father. But none of them compare to the 6’7 double-double machine from Senegal. Diane is strong, nimble and quick with magnificent touch around the rim. It’s exciting to imagine what the sophomore — and our Freshman of the Year — will have in store for next season after leading all of Division I in made field goals while averaging 24.8 points per game, 11.2 rebounds per game and 2.2 blocks per game. -- Mid-Major Madness
UH finishes 5th in Big West championship
The tournament’s host Hawaii improved from its 36-hole performance Monday, firing the best team showing over 54 holes with a combined 295 in the final round to finish at 895, a stroke better than Long Beach State and CSU-Northridge. -- The Garden Island - HI
UCSB Rallies Past Bakersfield, 6-4, to Improve to 21-1 at Home
UCSB returns to conference play this weekend on the road at Cal State Northridge beginning on Friday, May 5 at 3:00 p.m. -- Noozhawk
HAWAII’S GONZALEZ, UC DAVIS’ WIJNBELT LEAD BIG WEST HONOREES
Gonzalez, a senior from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is the third player in league history to win the Player of the Year award in back-to-back seasons. In addition she becomes the fifth player in league history to have won the Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year awards. Gonzalez has recorded 59 goals and 26 assists for 85 points in 2019, leading the Rainbow Wahine to the Big West Tournament title for the first time since 2015. She has scored in all but two matches this season and twice recorded a six-goal effort. One of those efforts came in the Big West Tournament semifinal against UC Davis, equaling the most goals scored in a tourney game in league history. Gonzalez is also making her way up the all-time charts as her 225 goals is four shy of tying former CSUN scorer Madeleine Sanchez for the most in Big West history. -- SwimSwam
FOUR MPSF TEAMS LEAD 10-TEAM NCAA WATER POLO FIELD
Also topped #19 San Jose State (14-12 on March 16); #20 Indiana (11-2 on March 2); #20 Marist (11-10 on March 15); #21 Marist (16-12 on April 6); #24 Marist (8-4 on April 28); #23 Cal State Northridge (11-10 on March 2) and #24 Bucknell (13-3 on Feb. 10) -- SwimSwam
UC Irvine, Smith lead Big West championships
Hawaii’s sixth place is a stroke better than California State University at Northridge, which finished the day with 600 strokes, led by Tomas Skajem, who fired a 54-hole 147 (72-75) for 11th place. -- The Garden Island - HI
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: BC Baseball wins second straight conference title
The third game saw CSUB fall to Cal State Northridge 4-1 in the third round of the tournament. The only win for the Runners came in the first game as DeGarmo and Mariner rolled past Daniella Molinari and Seyvion Waggoner 21-10, 21-11. -- Bakersfield Californian
Murray, Thomas help University of Hawaii baseball team top CSUN
Hawaii catcher Tyler Murray returned to good health, then delivered the tie-breaking hit in Hawaii’s feel-good 4-3 baseball victory over Cal State Northridge at Matador Field. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaii baseball defeats Cal State Northridge, 4-3
Tyler Murray singled home Dallas Duarte with the go-ahead run to lift Hawaii to a 4-3 baseball victory over Cal State Northridge today at Matador Field in Northridge, Calif. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
SandBows sweep Cal State Northridge
Top-seeded Hawaii opened up the defense of its Big West tournament title today with a 5-0 sweep of Cal State Northridge at Zuma Beach, Calif. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser