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September 22, 2011
Dear President Koester,
The Dreams Alliance is a coalition of CSU Northridge faculty, students, staff and alumni committed to supporting AB 540 students in their pur-suit of a university education.
We are asking you to follow the courageous example of Robert J. Birge-neau, chancellor of UC Berkeley, in publicly endorsing and supporting AB 131 (California Dream Act). Please see his statement at the following link http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/13/educating-undocumented-stu-dents-is-an-important-reflection-of-our-public-mission-in-economically-challenging-times/
This legislation would allow students that meet the in-state tuition requirements (AB 540) to apply for and receive financial aid at California public colleges and universities. (Please see attached fact sheet on the legislation.) This legislation is especially critical in California, which has more unauthorized immigrants than any other state, about 2.6 million of the nation’s 11 million. An estimated 10.2 percent of Los Angeles county residents are undocumented, which is relatively higher than other coun-ties in California (Hill, Laura E. and Hans P. Johnson. 2009. “Unauthor-ized Immigrants in California: Estimates for Counties.” San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California.).
We look forward to you making a written and public statement within the next week in support of this historic legislation that currently awaits Gov-ernor Brown’s signature (due by October 9, 2011). We would be most happy to meet with you to discuss this issue, as well as welcome your email response to the Dreams Alliance group at the email listed below.
As noted by Chancellor Birgeneau, “educating undocumented students is an important reflection of our public mission in economically-challeng-ing times.”
Sincerely,
Dreams Alliance Members
Sept. 23, 2011
AB 131—also known as the Dream Act—would expand upon the late Marco Firebaugh’s AB 540 legisla-tion, which allows students who have attended a California high school for three years and graduated to receive the in-state rate for tuition regardless of whether they are residents of the state. AB 131 would also allow these students to seek additional financial aid opportunities.
The California State University (CSU) and California State Univer-sity, Northridge have a long track record of publicly supporting efforts to ensure that qualified students who have attended and graduated from a California high school receive in-state tuition rates whether they are a resident of the state or not. Further, the CSU and Cal State Northridge have supported other additional efforts at the state and federal levels to allow those same students to qualify for various forms of financial aid.
Our central mission is to enable students to realize their educational goals. By providing students who have been granted in-state tuition ac-cess to financial aid, we ensure that they have the opportunity to realize their dreams so that they may contribute their skills and education to the betterment of California.
Cal State Northridge unequivocally supports AB 131 and strongly en-courages the Governor’s signature.
Jolene KoesterPresidentCalifornia State University, Northridge
Koester supports Dreamersanthony carpiodaily Sundial
CSUN President Jolene Koester announced CSUN’s sup-port of the second part of Califor-nia’s Dream Act, or AB 131, and encouraged Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the bill, Friday.
Koester’s public response comes after CSU Chancellor Charles Reed made a similar statement on behalf of the CSU.
Thirty-eight members of the Dreams Alliance, a CSUN group advocating the bill, comprised of staff, faculty, alumni and stu-dents, also asked Koester to pro-duce a statement.
In her statement released to the Daily Sundial, Koester noted the importance of allow-ing qualified students to receive aid, regardless of their citizenship status.
“Cal State Northridge unequivocally support AB 131 and strongly encourages the Gov-ernor’s signature,” Koester wrote.
CSUN is not alone in its sup-port of the bill that would grant undocumented students access to federal financial aid.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Rob-ert Birgeneau wrote an opinion story for the Daily Cal stating the university supports undocu-mented students who have earned the right to attend the school.
But George Sanchez, a Dreams
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Metro expands routes, employmentron roKhydaily Sundial
Los Angeles hopes to boost its economy, improve transportation and maybe make a dent in its 13 percent unemployment rate by completing its 30/10 initiative, which aims to expand the Metro system.
The initiative plans to use revenue from the 2008 voter-approved Measure R sales tax as collateral for bonds and government loans, which will allow Metro to complete 12 mass transit proj-ects in 10 years instead of 30, according to Metro’s website.
“From what I understand, the city is trying to get a lump sum of money now instead of getting it over 30 years,” said
professor Robert Kent, head of CSUN’s urban studies department.
Only seven of the 12 projects are currently under construction so far, one of which is the Orange line in San Fernando Valley, and the closest line to CSUN.
The Orange line is being extended by linking the Metro station in Canoga Park to the Chatsworth Metrolink so travelers headed east into the valley can go farther than before. Three new stations on Sherman Way, Reseda Bou-levard, and Nordhoff Street are being created.
“One of the benefits is that train commuters from Ventura County and much beyond are now able to access
Andres AguiLA / Daily SunDial
a metro bus passes by one of 12 Metro 30/10 initiative construction sites located around Los angeles county that will offer thousands of jobs, reduce traffic and lessen greenhouse exhaust gases.
the Dream alliance wrote president Koester a letter asking her to support aB 131 (left), Koester gives her response (right).
Universities are pledging support for AB 131, Koester joins in yet students think actions should back-up talk
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the western parts of the San Fernando Valley,” said Marc Littman, spokesman for LA Metro.
To eliminate the traffic caused by construction, the city is building a ramp that starts from Chatsworth and ends in Canoga Park over cur-rent Metrolink tracks to avoid unnecessary traffic jams.
A ramp will be built over the metro train tracks to avoid traffic on Lassen Street, said Dave Satero, LA Metro employee.
However, some passengers still expect delays due to on-site construction.
“Right now, everything is going okay,” said Gerald Tay-lor, a frequent patron of the Chatsworth Metrolink. “But in a month, they’re going to tear up the street that leads to the parking lot, so it’s gonna be
hard to get in and out.”Another valley project
includes connecting the San Fernando Valley to West Los Angeles from the San Fernan-do pass.
The 12 major projects throughout Los Angeles will cost $37.4 billion, according to a report released by the Los Angeles Economic Develop-ment Corporation.
Projects are expected to extend transportation and cre-ate 160,000 jobs in temporary construction, permanent opera-tion, and maintenance, accord-ing to Metro’s website.
“If the city can build a mass transit system in 10 years instead of 30, it would make the city more competi-tive,” Kent said. “Systems like these are 100-year, 150-year investments, and the city could greatly benefit.”
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Alliance member, said he was indifferent when he heard of Koester’s state-ment.
“I don’t care what Koester says,” Sanchez said. “She has absolutely nothing to lose. These stu-dents, these families have everything to lose by com-ing out and challenging this unjust law.”
Reaction was the same from a student member of the group, who said she would like to see more pro-duction from the president.
“Actions speak louder than words and I am not satisfied with the fact that she said she supports the California Dream Act,” said psychology major Ana Miriam Barragan. “I want to see her take actions since she is supposed to be repre-senting us.”
Barragan, who is also a member of CSUN’s Dreams to Be Heard, an immigrants’ rights group supporting undocumented students, said she wants students to advocate for the bill and educate their peers.
“I wish to see other students also take actions by bringing awareness to the struggles that AB 540 students face,” she said. “Students and faculty mem-bers should acknowledge the fact that we are here
and we are part of the same community.”
While some CSUN com-munity members want to see more action from Koes-ter, opponents of the bill want to see it vetoed.
“Spaces that are avail-able in the California uni-versities should be reserved for American students and those who are here legal-ly,” said Phyllis Nemeth, director of the Concerned Women for America of Cal-ifornia. “It’s tough enough for the California tax pay-ers to send their own child to college, and they really resent having to see some of their tax money go towards subsidizing people who are here illegally.”
Other opponents take offense to AB 131 and what it is trying to accomplish.
“It’s not just a bad idea, but actually a slap in the face,” said Ira Mehlman, national media director of the Federation for Ameri-can Immigration Reform.
As an instructor at CSUN last year, Sanchez has had undocumented stu-dents in his class and wants this bill to be signed for them.
“It killed me because they were hard-working students,” he said. “And they’re brave students on top of that because they come out of the closet to tell their story with the hope that it will change the situation.”
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Claudia Julien starts each day 5,628 miles away from her home in Namur, Belgium.
Julien, a student in the Semes-ter at CSUN program, was attract-ed the Northridge campus because she felt her passion for language could thrive in Southern Califor-nia.
“I want to study Spanish,” she said. “I tried to go to Spain, but it was too expensive. So I figured (I’d) come to California because Spanish is the second language here.”
As a first semester freshman, Julien has not yet declared a major but said her love for learning dif-ferent languages is propelling her to become a writer. So far she knows French, English and a little Dutch.
The Tseng College requires Semester at CSUN students prove their English language proficiency prior to coming to the program, that way students are able to take classes with the rest of the CSUN student population.
“The teachers aren’t going to spell everything out for you, so you have to understand what they’re talking about,” Julien said. “Sometimes they talk really fast, but I don’t think I’m the only one having problems.”
Outside of the classroom,
Julien said she is constantly sur-prised by the difference in Ameri-can culture compared to that in Belgium.
California is known for its laid-back, beach-style clothing, but the way people dress has raised her eyebrows more than once, Julien said.
“The baggy shorts with the
socks that go up to the knees, ten-nis shoes and a baggy T-shirt. I mean that’s my outfit when I am at home,” she said. “I don’t criticize them because for them it’s normal. But in Belgium they all dress nicely. The guys, you see them in suits and shirts.”
Clothing aside, the American diet has culture shocked Julien.
In Belgium, the genetically modi-fied foods so popular in the U.S. are illegal, Julien said. Which made finding palatable foods difficult.
“In Europe there are bakeries and they make the bread fresh in the mornings and sometimes when you buy it it’s still warm,” Julien said. “But here it’s pre-made and comes in a plastic bag. The only
way I can eat bread here is if I toast it.”
But there is a silver lining. Julien said her love of Asian food brought her to Panda Express, and now she can’t get enough.
“I’m always going to the one on campus,” she said. “I know all the menu. They should change it sometime.”
Julien said she finds it odd when people are so quick to ask about her personal life, even if she does not know them.
“I think the Americans say Europeans are cold because we don’t just talk to people,” she said. “I mean here the first thing they say when you go somewhere is, ‘Hi, how are you?’ I mean its part of the hi.”
Julien said she understood the exchange to require an ‘I’m fine’ response.
“I don’t know what they do when you say, ‘I had a really bad day today,’” she said. “So I don’t understand that custom.”
In January, Julien will be return-ing to Belgian customs. Once she returns, she will be working until university begins in fall 2012, because they do not accept stu-dents mid-year.
Julien said she is thankful for the chance to travel and be a part of CSUN’s program, but will be ready to go home in the winter.
“I really like Belgium. I want to study there and all my friends are there,” she said. “I like it here but I want to go back, too.”
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Alumni, faculty and students came together to see how much CSUN has changed through the years and celebrate the fourth annual Founders Day, Fri-day.
“There were no build-ings, this stuff (today) is just amazing,” said Mildren Wells, 99, part of the first graduating class of San Fer-nando Valley State College.
Wells, who graduated in 1958 at 46-years-old, said she had to wait to go to college because the Depres-sion affected her family. After earning an English degree, she came back to
Northridge 20 years ago and tutored blind students. Her son graduated CSUN in 1976.
CSUN President Jolene Koester paid tribute to alumni like Wells during her luncheon speech.
“You helped write the history of this great univer-sity,” she told them. “You laid a solid foundation that has ensured a strong future.”
Wells wasn’t the only alumni to talk about the changing look of the school, and Koester acknowledged the dramatic changes the campus has gone through, including after the 1994 earthquake.
“They’re in awe of the campus,” said Shellie
Hadvina, associate director of the Alumni Association. “When a lot of them came here, there were orange fields and they parked in a dirt parking lot and now there are these beautiful parking structures.”
Bob Rawitch, alum-nus co-chair of the event and journalism professor, graduated from the school in 1967. He joked in his luncheon speech that at 66-years-old, it’s not often he’s in a a room where he’s one of the youngest people.
“When you gather this many alumni from 40, 50 years ago, it gets everybody a chance to get reacquaint-ed,” Rawitch said. “People now have grandchildren. Some of the grandchildren
are even attending school here, and it gives them an opportunity to think back to what CSUN did for them.”
CSUN has about 37,000 students enrolled in the fall semester, over 5,000 of whom are freshmen, Koes-ter said.
The campus was smaller when Wells attended.
“Everyone knew every-one,” she said.
Koester’s message did not focus on the changing demographics, but rather maintaining school spirit 50 years later.
“We hope that as you spent time on the campus today that you come away with a renewed sense of pride in your university,” she said.
Founders Day honors CSUN alumni
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Gene Merlino (class of '61) holds up a photograph of him-self standing in the front of the graduating line.
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Mildred Wells, 99, holds up a photograph of herself in her cap and gown. she was part of the first graduating class at CsUn in 1958.
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Good friends, dee young nordyke, david swartz and Frank nordyke from the class of 1966 rejoice as they look at photos before they go into the luncheon at Founders day.
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CsUn staff desiree dodd and susan Widelitz help CsUn alumnus bob rawitch check in at Founder's day.
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Chuck Malouf (class of '64) and nickie Malouf (classy of '67) look at a photograph of a football game at CsUn.
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Increasing tuition, less class availability, changing student priorities drop 4-year graduation rate to 14%Joelle KatzDaily SunDial
cSUN is labeled as a “four-year-university,” yet the majority of its students take longer than the adver-tised time to graduate.
According to College Navigator, CSUN’s four-year graduation rate is roughly 14 percent. The average six-year gradua-tion rate is between 41 and 48 percent and the average 8-year graduation rate is 49 percent.
Though it is fortunate that the number of graduat-ing students seems to be growing, with about 48 per-cent overall, it is unfor-tunate that it is taking a longer period of time.
The price for CSUN’s tuition has increased 43 per-cent since the 2007-2008 school year, leaving more students in the dust, unable to afford tuition and in turn, unable to graduate school in the anticipated four years they had planned. This is also related to the number of cutbacks in classes, due
to the recent budget cuts, and leaving more students on waiting lists yearning for a seat in their required classes.
The school and the state are making more money from students taking their time in college, charging the same for students with seven units as a student tak-ing 19 units, so even if you don’t have a full course-load, you are still paying the price of one and for a longer period of time.
Communications major, Daniel Alvarado, a trans-fer student from College of the Canyons, is in his sixth year of college and plans to graduate after the spring semester. He said what has taken him six years is changing his major and playing baseball, taking up a lot of his time, and not knowing CSUN's system when he first transferred.
Alvarado also works while attending school, paying his own tuition, and though he said he has always been a full-time stu-dent, he worked more than he attended school.
“I probably could have handled more, but I didn’t,” he said in regards to work-ing on his academic career.
Sociology major, Angie Fusano, also a transfer stu-dent has been attending college for six years with a long break in between, requiring her to take extra classes as refresher courses.
Though she plans to graduate next year, she said changing her major, trouble getting required courses, and taking time off has held her back from gradu-ating within a shorter time period.
While students may choose to go at a slower pace, perhaps due to not knowing which major may suit them best, these for-mative years may be best spent at a community col-lege, where tuition is far less than any university.
I believe aside from not knowing what they want to major in, student inter-est and their eagerness to learn or to graduate within the four-year period has decreased.
It seems to me, with edu-
cation budgets decreasing at a rapid rate and tuition increasing, students would want to graduate as soon as possible and find their way into the real world and a “grown-up” job instead of taking their time and letting these unwelcomed forces get in their way.
Schools such as Ran-dolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. are offering a four-year degree guarantee so long as students satisfy the policies in their catalog, including meeting regularly with an academic counselor and registering for classes in a timely fashion. If they fail to graduate in four years but have complied with these policies, the school waives tuition fees for the courses needed to complete the degree.
Perhaps CSUN needs to adopt a program similar to this one for first time fresh-men to stay at the same pace as some other schools such as Boston College, Univer-sity of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University, all with four-year graduation rate percentages in the high 80’s.
CSUN’s 4-year graduation rate too low
ron roKhyDaily SunDial
humans have been struggling to find the origins of life for quite some time now, and in our attempts to do so, we’ve stumbled upon something grand: the ability to create life ourselves.
Researchers at Japan’s Kyoto University plan to res-urrect the woolly mammoth within the next 4 years after it was eradicated from the Earth over 5,000 years ago.
While bringing back the mammoth seems impressive, there lies a more philosophical issue: What if we could take it a step further and revive a close hominid cousin?
Scientists say there is a possibility that we could clone Neanderthals, a type of human that lived during Europe’s ice age and became extinct 45,000 years ago. They are our closest relatives as our bloodlines split roughly 500,000 years ago, and I believe learning about them is the key to unlocking the secrets of human evolu-tion.
Trying to obtain this knowl-edge, however, raises some ethical questions. Would these clones have human rights? Is experimenting with human DNA OK, as it may pose health threats to the cloned experiment?
Presuming that cloning is
safe, there’s absolutely noth-ing wrong with it. The clon-ing process makes a genetic duplicate of the original, like an identical twin. If cloning is “immoral,” then so is a fer-tilized egg splitting into two embryos. The clones would definitely be considered human, and could be granted rights, as we share 99.9 per-cent of the same DNA. We’ve also already experimented with the human genome in the past, and have had little oppo-sition in doing so.
The advantages of learning
our ancestral past far outweigh the disadvantages. We could learn how humans behaved long ago, if they could speak, create languages and use tools. We could validate the evidence we gathered that indicates they buried their dead, wore clothes and interbred with us. But most importantly, we could gather more information about the branching tree of life, and our place in it.
However, the disadvantag-es can’t be overlooked. Father Paul Keller, a Catholic priest, says that the Catholic position
is human life is sacred, and shouldn’t be tampered with.
“Human life shouldn’t be manipulated, experimented upon, or commercialized (i.e. growing people to harvest organs),” said Keller. “That’s the traditional Catholic view.”
Many people share this view as the majority of Ameri-cans believe human cloning is immoral according to a 2001 Gallup poll. But claiming that life is sacred isn’t valid scien-tifically as it operates under the assumption that humans were created.
Cloning will teach us about ourselves
By the numbers for CSUN students
4 year grad began school in 2002 9%4 year grad began school in 2004 14%6 year grad began school in 2002 41%6 year grad began school in 2004 48%8 year grad began school in 2002 49%
6 year grad rate by gender began school in 2004
6 year grad rate by ethnicity• American Indian or Alaska Native 56%• Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander 50%• Black or African American 38%• Hispanic/ Latino 42%• White 55%• race/ethnicity unknown 56%• non-resident alien 45%
42% 52%
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Christina azouzDaily SunDial
After beating a tough Loyola Marymount team on Friday, the CSUN women’s soccer team went toe-to-toe with Portland, taking the Pilots into overtime, but a golden goal 28 seconds into the extra period handed the Matadors a 1-0 loss at Matador Field on Sunday.
Sophomore forward Amanda Frisbie scored the winning-goal for Portland (5-5-1). The stunning goal left the Matadors (2-6-1) bitter.
“They got lucky,” junior forward Melissa Fernandez said. “They beat one player and passed it to another player and got lucky.”
CSUN outshot the Pilots 16 to nine, but could not con-nect on any of their opportuni-ties.
Senior defender Nicole Cruz had a chance to put CSUN ahead 1-0 when her rebound opportunity was pushed away by Portland goalkeeper Hailee DeYoung.
The Matadors dodged a bullet in the 44th minute after a CSUN defender cleared a loose ball that was roaming around the net.
CSUN continued to put pressure on the Pilots in the second half with many chanc-es to go ahead. Junior mid-fielder Marie Hirsch made her way into the penalty box and shot the ball right at a diving DeYoung, who saved the shot.
“Today my shots were ter-rible,” Fernandez said. “But at least I’m getting the shots off.”
With one minute left in regulation, Fernandez was fouled just outside the pen-alty box and was given a free kick. The Matadors’ shot was blocked out of bounds and was given another opportunity with a corner kick. Again, the Matadors could not put the ball in the back of the net after the corner kick was cleared to midfield.
Even though the Matadors did not pull out a victory, they were satisfied with the way they played.
“I thought we were very good,” CSUN head coach Keith West said. “We just need to finish our opportuni-ties.”
Fernandez led the Mata-dors with two shots on goal and five shots total.
Junior goalkeeper Cynthia Jacobo had two saves for the day and was not challenged
for most of the game until the game-winning goal.
Senior forward Danielle Foxhoven had two of the Pilots’ four shots on goal.
DeYoung had an outstanding game in front of the net for Portland, saving all nine shots that came her way, including a couple of diving saves.
This was the Matadors last chance to work out any wrin-kles before Big West Confer-ence play starts on Sept. 30 at Pacific.
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Mahina crushed the ball tonight,” Allen said.
Gedryn attributed her success to the passers.
“I had a lot of options tonight on where I was going to set because the passers were doing a great job,” Gedryn said.
The Highlanders decided to take a page out of the CSUN M.O. as they came out hitting in an exciting third set that saw four lead changes and six ties.
The Matadors finished the set by taking seven of the last nine points, win-ning 25-20 and completing the sweep.
“It’s always nice to play in front of a crowd that appreciates and wants a good volleyball match,” Stork said. “I think North-ridge should do a little bit more of that (free pizza).”
Outside hitter Monica McFarland had 10 digs in the win. Hinger contributed with eight kills. The Mata-dors hit .240 for the game and outblocked the High-landers 8.5 to 5.0.
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Women’s Volleyball
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Csun shushes highlanders
Matadors win big in final pre-Big West match
Matadors silence hostile Riverside crowd, sweep Big West opener
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Matador Chris smith celebrates his goal on sunday.
Julian reyesDaily SunDial
riverside -- The Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team faced an energetic UC Riverside crowd at its Big West Con-ference opener on Saturday night.
The UCR crowd was spe-cially animated and erupted in cheers at the beginning of the third set as staff handed out free pizza. The pizza-fueled fans’ cheers were not enough to slow down the Matadors, howev-er, as CSUN (7-6, 1-0 Big West) swept UCR (3-11, 0-1) behind great passing and finishing from Mahina
Haina and Natalie Allen.“Our passing was unbe-
lievable,” CSUN head coach Jeff Stork said. “I think we were close to an all-time high.”
Haina and Allen com-bined for 25 of the Mata-dors’ 46 kills. Haina hit .393 while Allen hit a sea-son-high .360.
The first set was capped off by Allen tipping in the final point to give CSUN a 27-25 win.
It was that kind of night for Allen who started off hot with seven kills hitting at a .545 clip.
Haina matched Allen’s hot start with six kills of her own and hitting .500 in the pivotal first set.
“When we have good choices we can go other places with the offense,” Stork said. “When we have five different options, we can minimize someone who is not doing so well.”
Even with CSUN con-tinuing its hot hitting in the second set, the UCR crowd kept the Highlanders in the match.
“They (the fans) actu-ally did some things to us that affected us a little bit,” Stork said. “Because it was so loud we couldn’t hear each other as well as we would have liked.”
Not everyone minded the loudness of the hostile home fans. Five-foot-five libero Cindy Ortiz, who was the focal point of the crowd’s constant taunting,
said it helped her.“They told me, ‘you’re
too short to serve,’ but I got two aces after that,” said Ortiz, who had a team-high 13 digs. “It pushes me to prove them wrong and shut
them up.”The Matadors remained
in control in the second set as Casey Hinger finished it with a kill for the 25-16 win and CSUN took a com-manding 2-0 lead.
The box score pointed to Allen and Haina as the Matadors’ main offensive weapons against the High-landers, but it was setter Sydney Gedryn with her 38 assists and 10 digs who
allowed them to overwhelm UCR.
“It started with passing. Sydney did a great job and
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Matadors sam Kaul (15), Cindy ortiz (6) and natalie allen (9) celebrate during their saturday win against uC riverside.
See v-ball, page 7
anthony CarPioDaily SunDial
After being shut out for the first time this season Friday night, the Cal State Northridge men’s soccer team bounced back with a shut-out of its own as the Mata-dors defeated Seattle 3-0 on a damp Matador Soccer Field Sunday afternoon.
With poor field conditions, Matadors and Redhawks went scoreless until the final minute of the first half when Luis Gutierrez’s first goal of the season put CSUN ahead 1-0, giving Northridge (3-4-1) momentum heading into the second half.
The opening score hap-pened as midfielder Yarden Azulay carried the ball into the left side of the box and flicked it with ease to Gutier-rez, who beat Seattle goal-keeper Jake Feener.
It didn’t take long for mid-fielder Chris Smith to score
CSUN’s second goal in the 58th minute. Midfielder Car-los Benavides ran the ball up the right side and crossed the ball to Smith, who was run-ning along the left side of the box and headed the ball in.
Big West Offensive Player of the Week Thomas Ramos put the cherry on top when he netted the third goal for the Matadors. Midfielder Rene Anguiano was tangled with a Redhawk defender in the box, but he managed to cross the ball to Ramos, who was about 15 yards in front of the net.
Seattle (1-4-2) took plenty of shots, tallying 14 in the game, but only one shot on goal. The Matadors played just as aggressive, with 21 shots and 10 on goal.
Reducing their shots-on-goal ratio was an area CSUN head coach Terry Davila had addressed earlier in the week. His team was able to answer his request.
“We put a little more speed (on the pitch),” Davila said.
“We played with a little more urgency, instead of always recovering when we’re down 1-0.”
Redhawk midfielder Ben Striar had six shot attempts for Seattle, but none were on goal. Striar’s teammate, for-ward Mikey Ramos, had five shots and was the only player for Seattle to get a shot on goal.
The Matadors continued their offensive pressure in the second half, taking two quick shots within the first five min-utes of play. Forward Edwin Rivas and Smith both had shots well inside the goal box, but Seattle goalkeeper Mar-shall Reese, who had subbed in for Feener, blocked both.
CSUN’s defense also stepped up in the second half, controlling the tempo of the match. Seattle’s miscommuni-cation led to only one shot on goal by the Redhawks.
“We just executed our game plan really well,” co-captain Joe Franco said. “We
have the team and the players to go do it.”
Franco’s teammates executed both defensively and offensively. There were 12 different Matadors who attempted at least one shot. Rivas and Ramos led the team with three shots each.
The Matadors have also reduced the number of fouls which plagued them early in the season. They finished the match with seven fouls, while Seattle had 10 and one yellow card.
Friday’s 1-0 loss against SMU had left the Matadors with an urgency to get a win before their Big West Confer-ence schedule opens. CSUN plays at UC Davis Wednes-day.
“I think we walked away from Friday’s game with a bit of a sour taste in our mouths, so we were looking to make things right,” co-captain Rafa-el Garcia said. “I felt that we should’ve won Friday … los-ing wasn’t an option today.”
biG wEST STANdiNGS
1. UC Davis (16-1, 2-0)2. Fullerton (7-7, 2-0)3. CSUN (7-6, 1-0)4. Pacific (10-5, 1-1)5. LBSU (7-5, 1-1)6. UCSB (8-6, 1-1)7. Riverside (3-11, 0-1)8. UC Irvine (5-7, 0-2)9. Cal Poly (5-10, 0-2)