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Newman named Head Basketball Coach at CSUN
CSUN Athletics Director Shawn Chin-Farrell has announced the hiring of Andy Newman as Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Having served as the head coach for the most successful run in Cal State San Bernardino (CSUSB) Men’s Basketball history, culminating in a NCAA Division II West Region Championship and a National Semi-Final finish, Newman becomes the eighth head coach in the history of the CSUN program. -- Hoop Dirt
Gahr baseball rallies to beat Warren with Jose Perez’s three-run home run in 7th inning
Gahr junior leadoff hitter Michael Lee went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a walk. Senior shortstop Kyle Panganiban, a Cal State Northridge commit, went 1 for 4 with two RBIs. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Big West Conference baseball ‘as good as it’s been in years’
Long Beach State (21-10, 8-4), which hosts Cal State Northridge (19-8, 6-3) at Blair Field beginning Friday night, has won 11 of its past 13 games and is having a prodigious season at the plate, with four starters batting over .300 including Johnathon Long (.318, nine home runs, 34 RBIs), while starting pitchers Graham Osman (5-0, 1.93 ERA) and Nico Zeglin (4-2, 2.44), transfers from Gonzaga and Arizona State, respectively, have been dominant. -- Whittier Daily News
Ukrainian athletes at USC, CSUN try to stay strong, positive while war rages
It’s an impossible mission, but Anastasiia Slivina, a rower at USC, and Yuliia Zhytelna, a tennis player at Cal State Northridge, they’re doing their best. -- Los Angeles Daily News
USC WOMEN OVERTAKE STANFORD FOR TOP SPOT IN COLLEGIATE WATER POLO WEEK 13 POLLS
California State University-Northridge (12 points) and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (12 points) tie at No. 22, San Diego State University (8 points) improves to No. 24 and the duo of Long Island University (6 points) and Marist College (6 points) are tied at No. 25 to complete the Week 13 rankings. -- SwimSwam
Jim Harrick Jr., son of ex-UCLA basketball national champion coach Jim Harrick, dead at 58
In regards to the elder Harrick, Harrick Sr. was in the college basketball coaching industry from 1973-2021, beginning as an assistant at Utah State and most recently serving as an assistant at Cal State Northridge from 2018-21. Harrick Sr. first joined UCLA as an assistant from 1977-79 before returning to Westwood as the Bruins head coach from 1988-96. The Bruins captured their 11th national title and most recent to date during the 1994-95 season under Harrick Sr. He was named Naismith College Coach of the Year in 1995. -- 247 Sports
Eight Matadors Earn Winter Academic All-Big West Conference Honors
Eight CSUN student-athletes on the Matadors men’s and women’s basketball teams were placed on the 2023 Big West Academic All-Conference Team, the conference announced on Apr. 11. -- SCV News
Cal State Northridge-bound Abel, Broncos off to fast start
By his own accounts, Trent Abel was the tag-along little brother when Chad, who is three years older, started playing baseball. -- San Diego Union-Tribune
‘I don’t have plans on going anywhere’: New Utah State basketball coach Danny Sprinkle says he’s in for the long haul
As a coach, Sprinkle cut his teeth in the Big West Conference going up against Utah State every year. One of his first seasons as an assistant at Cal State Northridge, his team went up to the Spectrum against Utah State, and Sprinkle left with stories that would stick with him for years. -- Salt Lake Tribune
UCSB Men’s Volleyball Drops Hard-Fought 3-2 Match Against UC San Diego
The Gauchos play their final series of the regular season against Cal State Northridge, on Friday, April 14 at Northridge and Saturday April 15 at Rob Gym for Senior Night. Game time for that home match 7 p.m. -- Noozhawk