COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: CSUN TURNING THINGS AROUND.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Staff Writer The scouting report on the Cal State Northidge women's volleyball team before the season was relatively the same across the board: young but talented. It's the kind of tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. combination that can leave a coach breathless one moment and frustrated the next. Last year was the frustrating part, as the Matadors struggled to a 4-23 record. This fall has been the fun part. The Matadors, who have only one upperclassman up·per·class·man n. A student in the junior or senior class of a secondary school or college. in senior Colleen Tobin, took a giant step forward last week with a 3-1 victory over Cal State Fullerton to extend their winning streak to five matches. ``It really made people see who we are,'' sophomore middle blocker Darla Donaldson said of the victory over Fullerton (11-2). ``It showed people that we're out there and we're coming. We're only freshmen and sophomores, so there are a lot more years to go.'' The conference seemed to take notice, naming sophomore Harmony Burdine the Player of the Week. Burdine had 29 kills, six service aces, 21 digs and four blocks in the Matadors' victories over Fullerton and UC Riverside last week. Despite the impressive run, coach Jeff Stork said the team hasn't even been firing on all cylinders offensively yet. The defensive effort is keyed by Donaldson, who is third in the conference in blocks. Hupp and freshman Siara Grayson hav also been key to the Matadors' early season success. Hupp, a former Paraclete of Lancaster star, is one of the best all-around players on the team. Her diverse talents allowed Stork stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. to swith to a 6-2 offense. The Matadors take their five-match winning streak on the road to Pacific (3-10, 1-1) this week. Castelanelli out for the season: UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX senior defender Mary Castelanelli will miss the rest of the season after tearing the ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. , MCL MCL - Macintosh Common LISP and meniscus meniscus /me·nis·cus/ (me-nis´kus) pl. menis´ci [L.] something of crescent shape, as the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid in a pipet or buret, or a crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee joint. in her left knee. Castelanelli injured her knee in the second half of UCLA's 3-0 victory over Pepperdine on Sunday. She is the Bruins' only upperclassman on the back line. She is not eligible for a medical redshirt. Also: The Cal State Northridge men's soccer team (2-3-3) takes on Big West Conference rival UC Santa Barbara this afternoon at 2:30. |
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