Clips
UC Irvine, Long Beach State both feel like No. 1 heading into Big West women’s tournament
UCI opens play Wednesday at noon against the winner of a game between 8th-seeded Cal State Northridge (7-23, 6-14) and No. 9 Cal State Bakersfield (6-22, 3-17). -- Los Angeles Daily News
College Athletics: East Bay's Smith, Northridge's Merren win courage awards
Nathan Merren’s college volleyball career had already been delayed two seasons due to circumstances out of his control when a family tragedy nearly ended his playing days before they even began. But with some encouraging words from his father, who also had dealt with the death of a loved one during college, he overcame depression, returned to the court and earned a starting spot. -- Napa Valley Register
Hart survives marathon thriller at Golden Valley
Hart also has some depth around their CSUN-bound outsides in Douphner and Kaufman. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
UC Irvine beats Cal State Bakersfield for share of Big West crown
Cal State Northridge … 7-24, 4-16 -- Orange County Register
CSU Bakersfield faces CSU Northridge in Big West Tournament
CSU Northridge Matadors (7-24, 4-16 Big West) vs. CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (10-21, 6-14 Big West) -- Washington Post
Devyn Netz does it all in circle, at the plate to lead Arizona softball to 9-0 win over CSUN
Wildcats finish Hillenbrand Invitational 4-1, open Pac-12 play next weekend at ASU -- Arizona Daily Star
Cal State Northridge rallies to defeat Creighton baseball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — Creighton baseball held an early 4-2 lead but fell to Cal State Northridge 12-8 Saturday night. -- Omaha World Herald
Merren wins CalHOPE Award
Quartz Hill grad overcomes grief to play volleyball for CSUN -- Antelope Valley Press
Wahine beat Cal State Northridge, 66-58
The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team evened its overall record at 14-14 while improving to 12-7 in the Big West Conference with a 66-58 win over Cal State Northridge on Thursday at the Stan Sheriff Center. -- Maui News
HAWAI'I 81, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 55
FG FT Reb
HAWAII Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Hepa 35 5-11 3-3 2-10 2 3 17
Seck 27 3-4 7-8 5-10 1 3 13
Avea 31 3-13 2-2 0-2 3 0 9
Coleman 28 3-8 0-0 0-3 3 3 9
McClanahan 35 6-13 4-5 1-6 5 2 18
Jackson 15 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Rouhliadeff 12 3-4 0-0 1-4 0 5 7
Riley 11 3-5 2-2 1-4 0 2 8
Nedd 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0
Svetozarevic 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 200 26-62 18-20 10-41 17 19 81 -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer