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UCSB women’s basketball set for rematches with Cal Poly, CSUN
UCSB women’s basketball (14-5, 7-2 Big West) has the chance to complete a pair of regular-season sweeps this week, as they take on Cal Poly (5-13, 2-8 Big West) in San Luis Obispo Thursday before returning to the Thunderdome to host CSUN (4-17, 3-8 Big West) on Saturday. Thursday’s game is another edition of the Blue-Green Rivalry, a series in which the Gauchos are 60-31 all time. -- Santa Barbara News Press
The Big Three Has Officially Created a Lost Generation
• Two California college student-athletes from Ukraine—Anastasiia Slivina, a senior on the University of Southern California (USC) women’s rowing team, and Yuliia Zhytelna, a sophomore tennis player for California State University Northridge (CSUN)—have been selected as the January recipients of the CalHOPE Courage Award. The monthly CalHOPE Courage Award honors student-athletes at California colleges and universities who have overcome the stress, anxiety, and mental trauma associated with personal hardships and adversity. -- Wichita Eagle
SC Athletic Hall of Fame announces 2023 class
A native of Central Islip, NY, Dawn Ellerbe is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw. She is a member of the University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame and is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Midlands in Columbia. As a USC student-athlete, Ellerbe was a four-time NCAA champion, six-time All-American and five-time SEC champion. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism in 1996. Ellerbe is a five-time USA Indoor champion (1996, 1998–2001) and six-time USA Outdoor champion in the hammer throw (1995–2001). Ellerbe also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Ellerbe represented the USA in the 2000 Summer Olympics and finished in 7th place in the women's hammer competition with 66.80 meters. As a member of USA National team, she participated in the 1997 Universiade Games in Catania, Italy, the 1998 Goodwill Games in Uniondale, NY, the Universiade Games in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, the World Championships in Seville, Spain; the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and the World Championships in Paris, France. Ellerbe, who is in her 10th year with California State University Northridge Athletics as the Associate Athletics Director for Marketing, Branding and Fan Development, received a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis on advertising and public relations from the University of South Carolina in 1996. She completed her master's degree in communication at the University of Wyoming in 2001. -- WLTX
College sports notebook: Robert Morris' Spear earns Horizon League honor of the week
Magorien began his coaching career at California State University Northridge in 2016. Also acting as the primary setter coach, the setter ranked No. 9 in the NCAA with 10.11 assists per set in 2016. -- Pittsburg Post-Gazette
UC Irvine rolls to blowout win against CSUN
Devin Tillis has 18 points in 17 efficient minutes to set the pace as the Anteaters (14-7 overall, 7-2 Big West Conference) roll to an 81-56 win at the Bren Events Center -- Los Angeles Daily News
UC IRVINE 81, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 56
FG FT Reb
CS NORTHRIDGE Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Tucker 18 1-4 1-4 0-2 0 2 3
Walter 20 1-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 2
Allen-Eikens 32 3-9 2-5 1-4 1 2 8
Igbanugo 21 1-7 1-2 1-3 0 2 3
Wright 29 6-13 6-7 1-4 0 1 19
Slaymaker 27 3-10 4-4 0-2 0 3 12
Okereke 23 1-3 0-0 6-11 1 2 2
Stevens 22 0-5 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Niang 6 1-2 0-0 2-3 0 0 2
Pezeshkian 2 1-1 3-3 0-0 2 0 5
Totals 200 18-58 17-25 11-31 4 15 56
Percentages: FG .310, FT .680. -- SF Gate
Matadors Cross Country Programs Named to All-Academic Teams
NEW ORLEANS – The California State University, Northridge Men’s and Women’s Cross Country programs earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Teams for the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country season as announced by the USTFCCCA Thursday. -- SCV News
Pope scores 20 as UCSD downs Cal State Northridge 65-57
LOS ANGELES (AP)Bryce Pope had 20 points in UC San Diego’s 65-57 victory against Cal State Northridge on Thursday. -- MyPanhandle.com
Baker, UC Irvine Anteaters to host Wright and the CSU Northridge Matadors
CSU Northridge Matadors (4-17, 1-9 Big West) at UC Irvine Anteaters (13-7, 6-2 Big West)
Irvine, California; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST -- Washington Post
Men’s volleyball: Long Beach tops Penn St.; Hawai’i sweeps; UCI tops BYU
USC (6-2) of the MPSF won 25–22, 19-25, 25-16, 25-17 at the Big West’s CSUN (4-3). Dillon Klein had 16 kills and hit .464 for USC and had an assist, an ace, four blocks and five digs. Kyle Paulson had two kills, an ace, a dig and a career-high seven blocks. The Trojans hit .322 and had nine aces and no errors. Kyle Hobus had 15 kills for CSUN. The Matadors hit .280 and had three aces and 25 errors … -- Volleyball Magazine