CSUN ROUTS UCLA, BUT IT MAY BE TOO LATE : NORTHRIDGE 12 UCLA 6.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer It will be five long days before Cal State Northridge learns if its resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. 12-6 victory over 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 on Tuesday night actually meant anything. The Matadors' upset of the nation's fourth-ranked team before 702 at Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson Stadium might have been their last game of the 1997 season. The only game now left on the schedule is a waiting game. NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association regional bids will be announced Monday, and Northridge is a team on the bubble if ever there was one. While UCLA's place in the postseason is secure - the Bruins (40-18-1) finished second in the Pac-10 Southern Division - the Matadors may be left out after a pair of bubble-bursting weekend losses to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . The 10-inning 8-7 defeat Saturday at Northridge and 8-2 loss at USC left the Matadors 33-19-1 against Division I opponents. In dire need of a 34th Division I victory, the Matadors (42-20-1 overall) put all their hopes on the left arm of junior pitcher Erasmo Ramirez. It was a solid choice. One argument for a Northridge postseason bid is its six victories over top 25 teams - and Ramirez (11-5) has been on the mound for each of them. Against UCLA, he struck out a season-high 12 batters, yielded 11 hits and left to a standing ovation with one out in the ninth. Gary Stephenson got the last two outs. Bruins shortstop Troy Glaus, who established the Pac-10 career home-run mark last weekend, hammered a two-run homer to dead center in the first inning, his 30th of the season and 59th in the Olympian's career. It also marked his fifth consecutive game with a home run. Glaus added an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single in the third. |
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