CSUN NOTEBOOK: CSUN TO BIG WEST? NOT LIKELY.

Byline: Marc J. Spears Daily News Staff Writer

Cal State Northridge athletic director Paul Bubb has said the Big West Conference isn't interested in the Matadors. But in a recent 18-page report by CSUN professor Jack Foley, he reports that the Big West is interested in the school.

Who's right?

Big West commissioner Dennis Farrell said his 12-team I-A conference, which has a six-team league for football, is interested in two schools joining to play football and its other sports. If that can happen, two non-football schools would be added.

Farrell, however, said that he hasn't had any serious talks of late with any football schools interested in joining.

Since adding about 40 scholarships and building a new 30,000-seat stadium is unlikely and costly for CSUN, moving up from I-AA and playing football in the Big West is doubtful. Also, since the Big West probably won't find two full-member football schools to join anytime soon, two non-football schools probably won't be added. That scenario would nix any possibility of CSUN joining as a non-football school.

``It is a complicated issue,'' Farrell said. ``The bottom line is our motivation is to expand football and fix its scheduling issue. We have no motivation to expand for any other reason at this point and that's probably the bottom line.''

It also has been reported that Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State might join the conference in the next 4-6 months as associate members and begin playing just football as early as the 1999 season. If that happens, adding two non-football members would be out of the equation altogether.

CSUN cut four men's sports earlier this year but later reinstated them. CSUN president Brenda Wilson is expected to make a decision on the school's sports future in the spring.

Above the rim: Inglewood High point guard Stanley Jackson, who has already committed to CSUN, and Mountain View St. Francis High shooting guard Senque Carey will visit the school this weekend. Jackson is considered the eighth-best prep point guard in the nation by Athlon Sports. Carey, who originally committed to USC, also is being recruited by Washington and George Washington and is viewed as a top-75 rising senior by Hoop Scoop.

The women's program is recruiting some highly sought recruits as well. Miesha Mattison, a 6-foot-4 center from San Bernadino Valley College, will be visiting this weekend. Cerritos High's Monet Andrews, a 5-11 shooting guard, took a visit last weekend and is being recruited by Arizona State, New Mexico and Loyola Marymount as well.

The heralded Dosty twins, Jermisha and Jerkisha, of Sacramento's Del Campo High, took an unofficial visit two weekends ago. The 6-3 forwards are expected to take an official visit in early September and are also being recruited by Colorado State and St. Mary's.

The women's team is also at players from Greece, Hungary and Belgium, who are all high-level national-team members.

Both teams begin practicing on Oct. 18.

Flowers update: X-rays on quarterback Aaron Flowers' fractured right fibula Wednesday showed that the leg is healing properly. Flowers, Division I-AA leader in total offense, is projected to return Oct. 25 against Sacramento State.

Sigel injured: Freshman outside hitter Kristin Sigel missed her first Matadors volleyball match this week when minor injuries from a car accident sidelined her from Monday's win over Cal State Los Angeles.

Before this week, Sigel was the only Matador to have played in all of CSUN's first 59 games in 16 matches. She suffered a stiff neck and bruises but is expected to be fully recovered when the team faces Big Sky opponents on the road during the next two weeks.

Sigel has posted 10 or more digs in 10 straight matches and at least one ace in the last seven. Her 4.46 dig average, as of Oct. 1, was seventh best in the nation. The women's volleyball team plays at Montana State on Saturday.