DAY IN SPORTS: MATADORS TAKE STEP IN QUEST FOR TITLE.Byline: Daily News It's simple: the Cal State Northridge men's soccer team wants to win a Big West Conference title. It moved one step closer Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over visiting UC Riverside to gain sole possession of second place, a game behind UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . ``We're trying to keep pace,'' CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge coach Terry Davila said. ``People think we're a pretender, so we have to prove ourselves. Winning the Big West will get us some respect.'' CSUN (8-2-2, 2-1-1), ranked 19th in the Soccer Times poll, opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Yossi Raz sent a well-placed pass through the penalty box toward Jason Devalle, who out-jumped a defender to head the ball past goalkeeper Josh Alexander. With the score tied 1-1, CSUN's Juan Guerrero went on the offensive, dribbling through the Riverside defense and drawing Alexander off his mark before passing to a wide-open Joshua LeRoy, who had little trouble scoring into an empty net. Edwin Miranda Edwin Miranda (born January 28, 1981 in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran-American soccer player, who currently plays defensive midfield for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. put the game away in the 73rd minute when he scored for the second time in as many games for CSUN, which will look ahead to Saturday's conference game against visiting Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
In boys' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. : --Burbank 21, Burroughs 6: Burbank (14-4, 5-1) secured second place in the Almont League with a 10-goal performance from senior Artashes Zargaryan against host Burroughs of Burbank. Senior goalie Nathaniel Taylor
Nathaniel Taylor (born on March 31, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. had 12 saves for Burbank. In boys' water polo: --Royal 15, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. 5: Host Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. (16-6, 6-1) received three goals each from Tyler Diamond, Ben Cobb and Nick Laszlo to defeat Thousand Oaks (14-8, 5-3) and tie Newbury Park for first place of the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. . Royal will play at Newbury Park at 3:15 p.m. Friday. In girls' volleyball: --Grant d. Verdugo Hills 3-1: Vanessa Murray had 18 blocks and 11 kills as Grant of Van Nuys (6-3, 5-1) won the Sunset Six League match on the road 15-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-19. Sara Bonet had nine kills and three service aces, and Bianca Larranaga had 17 assists for Verdugo Hills of Tujunga (7-2, 5-1). --Canoga Park d. Poly 3-1: Katelynn Thomas had 11 kills and 13 digs, and Danielle Batol had 15 digs and 11 assists as host Canoga Park (6-3, 4-2) won 22-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-22 in a Sunset Six match. In girls' tennis: --Peninsula 12, Calabasas 6:: Calabasas (13-1, 11-0) had trouble competing in the later matches without their No. 2 singles player, Kristen McVitty, and fell to host Peninsula of Rolling Hills Estates in a nonleague match. Amanda Fink, Calabasas' No. 1 singles player, swept her matches 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Art Zargaryan, left, shooting over Burroughs defender Danny Garcia, scored 10 goals Wednesday in Burbank's 21-6 victory. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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