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Granada Hills beats Taft for City Section Open Division girls’ volleyball title
But this season, Granada Hills sealed the deal, beating Taft 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18) Friday to take the L.A. City Section Open Division crown. Consistently pumping out some of the top programs in the City Section, the West Valley League again featured two of its own in the final, a passionate crowd filling up the first section in the stands at Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Times
Men’s Soccer: Diaz First CSUN Freshman of the Year Since 2005; 6 Matadors Earn All-Conference Honors
On the eve of the Big West Men’s Soccer Championships getting underway, CSUN’s David Diaz was named The Big West Men’s Soccer Freshman of the Year on Tuesday. -- SCV News
Ranking Every Team in Men’s College Basketball, From UNC (No. 1) to Hartford (No. 363)
344. Cal State Northridge (11th in Big West) -- Sports Illustrated
A Halloween haunt for local prep star & his family
Harvard-Westlake's Brady Dunlap is one of the top prep hoopers in LA, but he also hosts one of the coolest Halloween houses you'll see. With help from his dad, former CSUN assistant coach Jeff Dunlap, they did their best to scare Jill Painter Lopez -- CBS News Los Angeles
Prep Rally: High school football playoff pairings are here
The City Section finals will take place Friday at Cal State Northridge. The semifinals are Tuesday. Here’s the link to the schedule. -- Los Angeles Times
Locked in: UNLV basketball roster projection 4.0
Since the last time we attempted a roster projection, UNLV has played five competitive games against live opponents: three exhibitions against Canadian teams and two closed-door scrimmages against Division-I squads (Cal State Northridge and Southern Utah). -- Las Vegas Sun
Reset goals and a nearly new team drive coach’s optimism
If it’s not the five new players — four freshmen and a transfer, including imports from England, Denmark and Austria — it’s the two new assistant coaches, brought to her because Hosch lost her two previous assistants: Michelle Winkler and Margo Dionisio. Both departed for head coaching jobs; Winkler to Cal State Northridge and Dionisio to UC Irvine. -- Orange County Register
Prep girls’ volleyball: City playoff results and updated pairings
NOTES: Semifinals, Nov. 1, 4 p.m.; championship, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m. at Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Times
CSUN Women’s Basketball Adds No. 2 Stanford to Upcoming Season
California State University, Northridge head women’s basketball coach Carlene Mitchell has announced the addition of a game against No. 2 Stanford for the upcoming 2022-23 season. -- SCV News
Cal Women's Basketball: Bears Picked to Finish 11th in Pac-12 Polls
Charmin Smith begins her fourth season as the head coach at Cal, which plays an exhibition game against Vanguard on Nov. 3 and faces CSUN (Cal State-Northridge) in its regular-season opener on Nov. 7. Both games are in Berkeley. -- Sports Illustrated