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Area college update (Mar. 8): Leverenz shines for Butler
Freshman Dalton Parker, from St. Joseph-Ogden, and junior Ross Learnard, from Salt Fork, have both come out of the bullpen for Purdue. Parker has pitched 11 2/3 innings in three appearances, giving up just four hits and no runs while striking out 12 and earning two saves. Learnard, who is a Parkland graduate, has thrown three innings in two appearances, giving up a run and five hits. The 5-5 Boilermakers travel to Northridge, Calif., to take on Cal State Northridge in a four-game series starting Friday. -- The News-Gazette
"Weak lines" during sportsbooks' busiest times are a thing of the past
With Don Best unifying the schedule in order of game/rotation number, we could simply run down each matchup as they appeared in order. Nowadays, it doesn’t matter if we’re looking at a Duke-versus-North Carolina game or Cal State Northridge-versus-Pacific game: all of the information is presented the exact same way and takes the exact same amount of time to peruse. -- Covers
CSUN star Channon Fluker continues to develop her game
It was Dec. 3, a Saturday night at CSUN. The women’s basketball team had just dropped a 71-57 decision to Eastern Washington to fall to 4-4.
-- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN star Channon Fluker continues to develop her game
It was Dec. 3, a Saturday night at CSUN. The women’s basketball team had just dropped a 71-57 decision to Eastern Washington to fall to 4-4. -- Pasadena Star-News
Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks in US college eyeing conference championships
Tessa Boagni is playing well for Cal State Northridge having now recovered from a broken nose. The Cantabrian centre scored 11 points in the defeat to UC Davis on Sunday. The Matadors have finished 3rd in the Big West Conference with a 10-6 record and open their championship campaign on Thursday at Long Beach. -- New Zealand Herald
UH’s Toeaina named to first-team All-Big West
Toeaina was joined on the first team by Cal Poly’s Hannah Gilbert, Cal State Northridge’s Channon Fluker, Long Beach State’s Anna Kim and UC Davis’ Morgan Bertsch and Pele Gianotti. Fluker was named the Big West Player of the Year and UC Davis’ Jennifer Gross was named Coach of the Year. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser - HI
Big West women’s tournament tips off Tuesday at Pyramid
The top two seeds - No. 1 UC Davis and No. 2 Long Beach State - have double byes and won’t play until Friday’s semifinals at Honda Center. CSUN and UC Santa Barbara are seeded third and fourth, respectively. Each has a bye and will play Wednesday at Walter Pyramid. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Baseball: Danny Pimienta of Poly strikes out 14 in eight innings
Cal State Northridge signee Danny Pimienta of Sun Valley Poly struck out 14 in eight innings on Friday in a nonleague baseball game against San Pedro. He's a senior left-hander. -- Los Angeles Times
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: ARIZONA STAYS HOT IN FRISCO
After beating No. 14 Vanderbilt 6-4 on Friday, Cal State Northridge claimed the series upset with a 4-1 victory Saturday. The Matadors never trailed Saturday as they claimed their first ever series win against a Southeastern Conference opponent. -- Baseball America
Lobo women’s tennis loses at Northridge
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. —The New Mexico Lobos tennis team has dropped the doubles point in each of its matches season, but it never really factored into the final score. On Saturday, it did. -- Albuquerque Journal - NM