CSUN FINDS A WAY TO PREVAIL MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: NO. 2 MATADORS OUTLAST NEMESIS HAWAII IN FIVE GAMES. CSUN 3, HAWAII 2.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer This was supposed to be an easy week for the Cal State Northridge men's volleyball team. After taking a week off for spring break, the Matadors had planned to return to a Matadome filled with good vibrations from briefly holding the No. 1 national ranking -- the first in program history -- and an 11-match winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . Longtime-nemesis Hawaii was coming to town for a two-match set Tuesday and Wednesday followed by a contest Friday with Hope International. Then Cody Loe got hurt and everything changed. Loe, a 6-foot-8 junior middle blocker from Chatsworth High, sprained his knee in practice Friday and was unable to play Tuesday night. He had been leading the team in blocks and was second in kills. Without him, No. 2 Northridge struggled to adjust, but still pulled out a 30-28, 41-43, 26-30, 30-22, 15-13 victory over the No. 13 Rainbow Warriors This article is about the ship. For the NASCAR driver sometimes nicknamed "Rainbow Warrior", see Jeff Gordon. Rainbow Warrior is the name of a series of ships operated by the international environmental organization Greenpeace. in front of a raucous rau·cous adj. 1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter. 2. Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy" crowd of 749. "Cody does a lot more than just get kills and blocks for us," junior outside hitter Eric Vance said. "He's a huge part of the team. When we need a sideout, he's the guy we go to. He's our fire. "We had to adjust without him. But I feel we're a championship team. And (Tuesday night), we were going to find a way to win." With Loe in street clothes for at least another week, Vance had to pick up the slack. The former Camarillo High star did a lot more than that, recording 40 kills on 86 swings, both career highs. His previous career high was 27 kills. "We've played so well the last month and half, but that was with Cody in the rotation," Matadors coach Jeff Campbell Jeff Campbell (Born August 25, 1979) is a New Zealand soccer player who has represented his country at U20, U23 and senior levels. The attacking midfielder made his debut for the All Whites against Jamaica in January 2000 and collected 13 caps (5 goals). said. "Tonight, we didn't have Cody, and, we had been off for a week, so we didn't hit all that well. But, we pulled it out. We found a way to get the win." Travis Bluemling had 71 assists and outside hitters Isaac Kneubuhl and Kevin McKniff combined for 34 kills for CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . The Matadors (18-4) came into Tuesday's matched ranked No. 2, falling onepoint behind top-ranked Penn State in the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. College Sports/AVCA poll, even though neither team played last week. The No. 1 ranking was the first for any Northridge program since the school moved to Division I in 1990. ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com |
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