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Ahwatukee schools field sand-volleyball squads
Lauren McMurray is a senior who is committed to playing sand at Cal State Northridge, while Gabby Leo is a junior who recently committed to play indoor and sand at Pacific University. -- Ahwatukee Foothills News
Weber State softball wins 6th straight to open Matador Classic
Behind a timely, two-RBI single from senior Riana Splinter in the sixth inning, the Weber State University softball team won its sixth straight game Friday, dropping Cal State Northridge 5-3 in the opening game of the Matador Classic in Northridge, California. -- Standard-Examiner
Daily News 10 Burning Questions for the 2017 boys volleyball season
Newbury Park will certainly be in the mix as usual. Middle blocker Nelson Kappas is a 6-6 force who ranks among the best in the area. Newbury Park can also throw 6-foot-4 Jordan Moses at the net with his 38-inch vertical leap, along with 6-5 Luke Etherington. Newbury Park also boasts three players who have had older brothers in the program: Tyler Maki (Parker is at CSUN), Tim Eschenberg (Zach is at BYU and Ian is at UCLA) and Luke Magnate. -- Los Angeles Daily News
UCSB Volleyball Stumbles Against Concordia
Elsewhere in the MPSF, Pepperdine defeated CSUN in five sets on Wednesday night, creating a three-way tie (UCSB, CSUN, USC) for the eighth and final playoff spot in the conference. Seventh-place Pepperdine sits just a half-game in front of the eighth-place teams.
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Every minute matters
“I’m more mature physically, but the mental game is coming into place,” the Cal State Northridge commit said. “I’m stronger mentally, and I’m having more fun.” -- Thousand Oaks Acorn
USC Holds Top Spot In Women's Varsity Top 25 Poll; UC-Davis Rises To #10
California State University-Northridge (17 points), California State University, Bakersfield (16 points), Loyola Marymount University (14 points), Marist College (10 points) and California Baptist University (4 points) round out the Top 25. -- USA Water Polo
Cal Poly student-athletes raise more than $1,000 for cancer resource center
Altogether between the Big West’s nine universities, the 2017 drive generated $20,252.56 for charitable causes, also including Team IMPACT (Cal State Fullerton), West Valley Animal Shelter (CSUN), CSULB Beach Pantry (Long Beach State), Cal Aggie Camp (UC Davis), UCI Urology (UC Irvine), Cesar Chavez Community Center (UC Riverside), Swim with Mike (UC Santa Barbara) and UH Relay for Life (Hawai’i). -- KSBY
Bullpen leads Purdue past Cal State Northridge
Purdue rode its bullpen and a six-run eighth inning to take the baseball series finale at Cal State Northridge 9-3 Monday. -- Lafayette Journal & Courier
Long Beach State men’s volleyball new No. 1 in the nation
The 49ers are home for a pair of matches this week, hosting CSUN at 7 p.m. Friday at the Walter Pyramid, and Sacred Heart at the Gold Mine on Saturday. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Cal State Fullerton coach Dedrique Taylor praises Leslie, Coggins
Cal State Northridge, which lost to Cal State Fullerton on Thursday in the quarterfinals, will lose only one player off its team - senior guard Aaron Parks. According to coach Reggie Theus, it’s a big loss. -- Daily Breeze