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Hawai’i wins its 51st consecutive set, BYU, Stanford get upsets
There were three collisions in the AVCA top 15 on Saturday. Undefeated No. 2 Hawai’i kept things rolling, sweeping No. 12 CSUN again to extend its consecutive win streak to 51. It was also a good night to be home as there were two significant MPSF upsets as No. 8 Stanford defeated No. 4 UCLA in five sets at Maples Pavilion, and No. 9 BYU upset No. 6 Pepperdine at the Smith Fieldhouse. All of those recaps to follow, but first Sunday’s schedule. -- Volleyball Magazine
Alexander: Big West Tournament teams’ urgency produces better show
Both games in Thursday’s afternoon session went down to the wire. No. 7 seed CSUN gave up 19 straight points to No. 2 UC Santa Barbara in the first half, but fought back to lead midway through the second half and was within a point with 19.6 seconds left on Rodney Harrison Jr.’s 3-pointer. The Matadors had the ball and a chance to tie at the end, but Terrell Gomez’s 3-point attempt failed to fall and UCSB survived 71-68. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN on wrong end of another tight game in Big West tourney loss to UCSB
ANAHEIM — Cal State Northridge found itself in a situation that felt comfortably familiar on Thursday afternoon at Honda Center. -- Los Angeles Daily News
INDIANA TRIO COMBINES FOR 17 GOALS TO LEAD WEEK 7 STANDOUT EFFORTS
Player of the Week: Grace Pevehouse, UC San Diego – scored a team-best 10 goals at the Aztec Invitational; put in a career high five goals in an 11-4 win against #20 Cal State Northridge; scored two goals in the team’s 12-7 win over Azusa Pacific; added a hat trick in a 11-4 victory over #24 Bucknell to wrap up the weekend -- SwimSwam
CSUN on wrong end of another tight game in Big West tourney loss to UCSB
ANAHEIM — Cal State Northridge found itself in a situation that felt comfortably familiar on Thursday afternoon at Honda Center. -- Pasadena Star-News
Gauchos rally past Northridge to open Big West Tournament
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Trailing by six points with just five minutes to play, UCSB outscored Cal State Northridge 14-5 the rest of the way to win 71-68 to advance to the semifinals of the Big West Tournament. -- KEYT
Cal State Fullerton begins defense of Big West title with victory over UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara 71, Cal State Northridge 68: Ar’Mond Davis scored 19 points as the second-seeded Gauchos (22-9) avoided an upset in beating the Matadors (13-20) in the opening game of the tournament. -- Los Angeles Times
Sow carries Santa Barbara over Northridge 71-68 in Big West
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Amadou Sow tallied 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 71-68 win over Cal State Northridge in the Big West Conference Tourney quarterfinals on Thursday. -- Washington Post
9 Candidates to Replace Kareem Richardson at UMKC
It's one of the worst jobs in the country. However, they have a new athletics director in Brandon Martin (though Martin did hire Mark Gottfried at CSU Northridge) and have enlisted the help of experienced former administrators, including ex-Missouri athletics director Mike Alden to dig the department out of a hole. -- Hero Sports
UCSB Plays Well in Crunch Time, Beats Northridge in Big West Quarterfinals, 71-68
Second-seeded UCSB held on for a 71-68 win over Cal State Northridge in the quarterfinals of the Big West men's basketball tournament on Thursday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. -- Noozhawk