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Knights baseball: Knights even series with win at Cowlitz
Three Knights relievers combined to toss five scoreless and hitless innings after starter Zach Johnson twirled four frames. Neil Feist (Cal State Northridge) pitched two innings to earn the win, Frank Camarillo (UC Santa Barbara, pictured) tossed a stellar two frames, striking out 3, and lefty Luke Kovach (Cal Poly) closed things out with a scoreless ninth. -- Corvallis Gazette-Times
Former Tennessee baseball coach Dave Serrano hired by Johnson University
Serrano most recently was the coach at Cal State Northridge. He retired following the 2022 season after three seasons with a 63-46 record. --
Knoxville News Sentinel
CSUN Announces 2023-24 Water Polo Recruiting Class
California State University, Northridge head women’s water polo coach Matt Warshaw has announced the recruiting class for the 2023-24 season. -- SCV News
CSUN Names New Assistant Athletics Director for External Relations
Shawn Chin-Farrell, California State University director of athletics, has announced that Susan King has been named CSUN’s assistant athletics director for external relations. -- SCV News
CSUN Announces 2023 Women’s Volleyball Schedule
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – CSUN’s Director of Women’s Volleyball John Price has officially announced the Matadors’ 2023 schedule. CSUN opens its 29-match regular season on Aug. 25 in Santa Clara, the first of 11 non-conference matches the Matadors will play before the Big West season gets underway Sept. 19 at Cal State Bakersfield. “We feel that this is a competitive schedule… -- BVM Sports
Former CSUN assistant Tifft takes over as Head Coach at D2 Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics Director, Dr. Nick Pettit, announced the hiring of Chris Tifft as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. This appointment follows a national search assisted by Dr. Kurt Patberg from Mammoth Sports Consulting. Tifft possesses nearly three decades of experience coaching at the collegiate ranks, where he most recently served as the assistant coach at California State University Northridge. -- Hoop Dirt
Vanden grad hopes his electronic timing device catches attention of catchers, coaches
The launch comes 28 years after Ceriani signed his first professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played Division I ball at Cal State Northridge and Ole Miss before a minor league career that spanned from 1998 to 2010, getting as high as Double-A, before extending his career into independent baseball and abroad. -- Daily Republic
Matadors Place 61 Student-Athletes on the Spring Academic All-Big West Team
Complete Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—Sixty-one CSUN student-athletes who competed in the spring sports of baseball, beach volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field, men’s volleyball and women’s water polo were honored for their work in the classroom and on the field of competition as members of the 2023 Big… -- BVM Sports
BOBBY KERSEE TO RECEIVE 2023 USATF LEGEND COACH AWARD
A collegiate coach for more than 30 years, Kersee was an assistant at Cal State Northridge after serving as a student assistant at his alma mater, Long Beach State. At Northridge he helped the women's team to consecutive AIAW national titles in 1978-79. He then went on to an assistant role at UCLA before becoming the women's head coach. As head coach from 1984-1993, Kersee led the Bruins to five conference titles with many of his sprinters earning NCAA honors. His nine-year tenure at UCLA earned him the Pac-12 Coach of the Century award in 2016. -- USATF
Rafters split the series with Lakeshore on a Thursday evening doubleheader
Twenty minutes went by and the first pitch of the second game was underway. Cal State Northridge pitcher, Hayden Cody, got the start on the mound and allowed no hits and no runs. The Rafters had a quick turnaround on the offensive side as they got going right from the start in the first inning. Lakeshore pitcher, Ryan Sell, had a rough time on the mound throwing four walks and allowing runners to get on base. Basseer got home on a passed ball and Hugo scored on a ground out RBI from Gurevitch. A quick 2-0 start for the Rats. -- Wisconsin Rapid City Times