MATADORS' WOMEN END VOLLEYBALL LOSING STREAK : CSUN 3, IDAHO ST. 1.Byline: Nevin Barich Nevin Barich (born August 6, 1979) is a former American sports journalist now working as the Senior Editor of The National Notary, a trade magazine based in Los Angeles with a circulation of more than 300,000 nationwide. Special to the Daily News Crystal Newquist had 21 kills, 11 digs, and seven blocked shots as Cal State Northridge Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of at three matches Saturday by defeating Idaho State 18-16, 15-6, 15-17 and 15-5 at The Matadome. It was the team's first victory since October 6, when they defeated Cal State Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in five games. ``I'm just happy that we won,'' said Newquist, a middle blocker who also hit at a .381 clip for the match. ``I'm really excited. Every match we play we seem to be getting better.'' Outside hitter Nicki Midwin continued her brilliant play since being put into the starting line starting line n. Sports The point or line at which a race begins. Noun 1. starting line - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game scratch line, scratch, start up last week, adding 17 kills and 10 digs for the Matadors (11-9, 4-6). She has now registered a total of 40 kills and 27 digs the last two games. ``She has been playing much better,'' Northridge coach Dr. Lian Lu said about Midwin. ``She has become a much more aggressive player.'' The victory puts the Matadors a half game ahead of Idaho State (6-16, 3-6) in the Big Sky Conference standings. With Portland State ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. to compete in Div. I postseason, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , the defending Big Sky Conference champion, holds the fifth position for the six-team conference tournament with eight matches left. ``This game was vital,'' Midwin said. ``We needed to win this game in order to play in the Big Sky Conference tournament (on November 28-29).'' In the fourth and final game, the Matadors, down 3-2, reeled off five unanswered points thanks to the spectacular blocking of Newquist and the aggressive attack of Kristin Siegel who reeled off 2 kills and a block during the run. Siegel led the team in digs with 18 and also had 13 kills. The Bengals never threatened after that, managing just two points the rest of the way to lose their second match in a row and their third in four games. Penny Sneddon, Idaho State's leader in kills, service aces and digs, had 16 kills and 12 digs. Alexis Schneider added 13 kills while Kadie Leonhardt contributed 11 kills and 19 digs. With the victory, Northridge completes a season sweep of the Bengals. The two teams faced each other Sept. 18 with the Matadors winning in straight sets. Northridge plays Tuesday at UC Irvine. |
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