Clips
NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The Cardinal (11-3-4) earned a first-round bye in the 48-team field and will play host to the victor between Cal State Northridge and Pacific at 5 p.m. Sunday. The Irish will host at 6 p.m. Sunday inside Alumni Stadium. - The Villages Suntimes
Stanford opens defense of NCAA championship Sunday
The Cardinal, who will make their fourth straight tournament appearance, earned the No. 5 seed and received a first-round bye in the 48-team event. The Pac-12 champions (11-3-4) will play at 5 p.m. Sunday at Cagan Stadium against the winner of Thursday’s game between Cal State Northridge (9-6-5) and Pacific (12-3-2). -- San Antonio Express - TX
CSF falls in Big West tourney final
NORTHRIDGE The Cal State Fullerton men's soccer team's Big West tournament run concluded on Saturday night as the Titans fell to Cal State Northridge, 2-1, in double overtime at Matador Soccer Field in the Big West Tournament final. -- Orange County Register
CSUN women’s basketball primed for bounce-back season
Growing pains aren’t the most pleasant thing for a basketball team. Take the CSUN women. They went just 7-24 in 2015-16 following back-to-back seasons of winning the Big West Conference Tournament title, earning automatic NCAA berths. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Long Beach State women’s basketball seeking greatness
“I think that them being the preseason pick is accurate, based on what they have returning,” CSUN coach Jason Flowers said. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Area athletes celebrate Fall Signing Day with relief, excitement
He was joined at Alemany by basketball standout Brandon Davis (UC Santa Barbara), volleyball player Cole Chaffee (CSUN), girls basketball player Brooklyn McDavid (Pacific) and softball pitcher Chailey Stewart (Holy Names). -- Los Angeles Daily News
UCLA basketball slows the pace to beat Cal State Northridge
LOS ANGELES >> It had a distinctly different feel than the celebratory unveiling of UCLA’s freshman class in a record-setting debut. -- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Media: Why Bill Simmons’ Wednesday night HBO run was never a given
• Season openers captured for UCLA and USC this weekend on the Pac-12 Networks: J.B. Long and Don MacLean call UCLA-Pacific (Friday, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Net and Pac-12 L.A.), while MacLean is with Guy Haberman for UCLA-Cal State Northridge (Sunday, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Net and Pac-12 L.A.). Both USC games are the Pac-12 L.A. regional only – versus Montana (Friday, 8 p.m., Ted Robinson and Ben Braun) and versus Nebraska-Omaha (Sunday, 4 p.m., Jim Watson and Steve Lavin). -- Los Angeles Daily News
Big West and WCC schools get set to start basketball season
Cal State Northridge
Coach: Reggie Theus
2015-16 record: 10-20, 5-11 in conference (tied for sixth place) -- Los Angeles Times
Area athletes make their college choices
The list is led by the La Mirada High School baseball duo of RJ Lan and Kevin Kendall, who signed with powers Texas Christian and UCLA, respectively, but also features Montebello softball player Victoria Alvarez, who signed with Division I Creighton; the La Habra softball trio of Kira Cauley (Cal State Northridge), Hannah Johnson (Cal State Fullerton) and Alyssa Palacios (Utah); Whittier Christian baseball player Isaiah Carreon (Cal State San Bernardino) and La Mirada golfer Matthew Carungay (Loyola Marymount). -- Whittier Daily News