Monday, October 3, 2011 since 1957 California State University, Northridge FREE www.dailysundial.com Student chooses an office over a stage p. 3 FEATURES OPINIONS The fool and the wise man: college edition p. 6 Women’s volleyball wins second tournament in a row p. 8 Scan this QR code to enjoy the website on your phone! SPORTS ONLINE IN TODAY’S ISSUE Volume 53 Issue 21 • A fInAncIAlly Independent student newspAper “It should have taken us less time, but we’re looking at that. I would like us to do it quicker. Normally we do those things quicker.” — Ann Glavin, CSUN police chief “Occupy” protests come to Southland CSUN PD: Emergency notifications sent late ANTHONY CARPIO DAILY SUNDIAL Emergency texts, emails and automated phone calls were sent to students over an hour after police received reports of a suspected gun- man on campus Tuesday, and CSUN police said the delay was caused by a hectic library evacuation. “I think what happened was that we were very focused on the fact that we had a person with a gun,” said Ann Glavin, CSUN police chief. “And it sidetracked people from look- ing at the messaging issue in the time that had elapsed, because things unfolded very quickly.” Glavin said the department should have reacted faster and notified students sooner. “It should have taken us less time, but we’re look- ing at that,” Glavin said. “I would like us to do it quicker. Normally we do those things quicker.” First notifications, which students began receiving at about 11:45 a.m., reported the event started at 10:27 a.m., but the daily crime log pub- lished by CSUN police noted authorities were informed of a possible gunman at the Oviatt Library at 10:14 a.m. Campus police received the call at 10:14 a.m. and arrived at the Oviatt Library 10:17 a.m., said Christina Villalobos, cam- pus police spokeswoman. Information from automat- ic recorders, computer-inputted data and field notes had to be taken into consideration to find See UPDATE, page 2 RON ROHKY DAILY SUNDIAL Gahren Moradian, the suspect being held in connection with Tues- day’s suspected gunman incident, was identified as being in class at 12:30 p.m., hours after police cordoned off the Oviatt Library. Senior Shahin Meh- vary said he saw Mora- dian in their philosophy 495 class. Mehvary said Moradian was wearing different clothes than what was described by police. “I didn’t see him wearing the human rights violation shirt,” Mehvary said. Senior philosophy major Michelle Roumbas also spotted Moradian in class, and said he was wearing a purple shirt. Moradian was described as quiet during a class he usually partici- pates in. “He normally would talk in class and ask a lot of questions when he See GUNMAN, page 2 Arrests at extra secure Big Show KATHERINE O’NEILL DAILY SUNDIAL T en arrests were made at Saturday’s Big Show, which increased law enforcement presence to keep an eye on the over 8,000 people who attended the annual event. Reasons for the arrests include public urination, public intoxication and the use of marijuana, said CSUN Police Chief Anne Glavin. “We made our rules very clear this year,” Glavin said. “We have zero toler- ance for alcohol.” See BIG SHOW, page 4 BRAULIO CAMPOS DAILY SUNDIAL Hundreds of protest- ers marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday in a show of solidarity with fellow protesters across the country. The group gathered at Per- shing Square at 10 a.m., when students and activists prepared to march to city hall for Occupy LA, one of many similar dem- onstrations. The movement opposes the behavior of companies and banks, funding war over educa- tion and health care, and the U.S.’s political and econom- ic system which, they claim, favors the rich over the poor. Occupy LA, like Occupy Wall Street, the demonstration in New York, will continue their protest until the “99 percent,” those outside of America’s top one percent of wealthy and powerful, are heard by media and politicians, supporters said. “We are against the one per- cent, those in power and the wealthy, having control over the rest of us,” said Arturo Cambron, 57. “Personally, I want the war to be brought to an end. I have a son, and he is on his third tour of Iraq. He has come back damaged from the war, and I see that.” College students Heather Ruiz, 19, and Kayla Fields, 21, protested the lack of funding for the arts after Fields’ art profes- sors curriculum was rejected. See PROTEST, page 5 COURTESY OF CSUN POLICE TESSIE NAVARRO / VISUAL EDITOR The Big Show crowd cheers after B.o.B.’s final performance. This year’s outdoor con- cert drew in a crowd of over 8,000 people. JESSICA ALBANO / CONTRIBUTOR Protesters stand outside Los Angeles City Hall to make their voices heard Saturday. Suspect went to class
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Monday, October 3, 2011 since 1957
California State University, NorthridgeFREE
www.dailysundial.com
Student chooses an office over a stage
p. 3
FEATURES OPINIONS
The fool andthe wise man:
college editionp. 6
Women’s volleyball wins second
tournament in a rowp. 8
Scan this QR code to enjoy the website on
your phone!
SPORTS ONLINEin today’sissue
Volume 53 Issue 21 • A fInAncIAlly Independent student newspAper
“It should have taken
us less time, but we’re
looking at that. I would
like us to do it quicker.
Normally we do those
things quicker.”
— Ann Glavin, CSUN police chief
“Occupy” protests come to Southland
CSUN PD: Emergency notifications sent lateaNthONy carpIOdaily sundial
Emergency texts, emails and automated phone calls were sent to students over an hour after police received reports of a suspected gun-man on campus Tuesday, and CSUN police said the delay was caused by a hectic library evacuation.
“I think what happened was that we were very focused on the fact that we had a person with a gun,” said Ann Glavin, CSUN police chief. “And it sidetracked people from look-ing at the messaging issue in the time that had elapsed, because things unfolded very quickly.”
Glavin said the department should have reacted faster and notified students sooner.
“It should have taken us less time, but we’re look-ing at that,” Glavin said. “I would like us to do it quicker. Normally we do those things quicker.”
First notifications, which students began receiving at about 11:45 a.m., reported the event started at 10:27 a.m., but the daily crime log pub-lished by CSUN police noted authorities were informed of a possible gunman at the Oviatt Library at 10:14 a.m.
Campus police received the call at 10:14 a.m. and arrived at the Oviatt Library 10:17 a.m., said Christina Villalobos, cam-pus police spokeswoman.
Information from automat-ic recorders, computer-inputted data and field notes had to be taken into consideration to find
see update, page 2
rON rOhkydaily sundial
Gahren Moradian, the suspect being held in connection with Tues-day’s suspected gunman incident, was identified as being in class at 12:30 p.m., hours after police cordoned off the Oviatt Library.
Senior Shahin Meh-vary said he saw Mora-dian in their philosophy 495 class. Mehvary said Moradian was wearing different clothes than what was described by police.
“I didn’t see him wearing the human rights violation shirt,” Mehvary said.
Senior philosophy major Michelle Roumbas also spotted Moradian in class, and said he was wearing a purple shirt.
Moradian was described as quiet during a class he usually partici-pates in.
“He normally would talk in class and ask a lot of questions when he
see guNmaN, page 2
Arrests at extra secure Big ShowkatherINe O’NeIlldaily sundial
Ten arrests were made at Saturday’s Big Show, which increased law enforcement presence to keep an eye on the over 8,000 people who attended the annual event.
Reasons for the arrests include public urination, public intoxication and the use of marijuana, said CSUN Police Chief Anne Glavin.
“We made our rules very clear this year,” Glavin said. “We have zero toler-ance for alcohol.”
see bIg ShOw, page 4
braulIO campOSdaily sundial
Hundreds of protest-ers marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday in a show of solidarity with fellow protesters across the country.
The group gathered at Per-shing Square at 10 a.m., when
students and activists prepared to march to city hall for Occupy LA, one of many similar dem-onstrations.
The movement opposes the behavior of companies and banks, funding war over educa-tion and health care, and the U.S.’s political and econom-ic system which, they claim, favors the rich over the poor.
Occupy LA, like Occupy
Wall Street, the demonstration in New York, will continue their protest until the “99 percent,” those outside of America’s top one percent of wealthy and powerful, are heard by media and politicians, supporters said.
“We are against the one per-cent, those in power and the wealthy, having control over the rest of us,” said Arturo Cambron, 57. “Personally, I
want the war to be brought to an end. I have a son, and he is on his third tour of Iraq. He has come back damaged from the war, and I see that.”
College students Heather Ruiz, 19, and Kayla Fields, 21, protested the lack of funding for the arts after Fields’ art profes-sors curriculum was rejected.
see prOteSt, page 5
CoURtESy oF CSUN PoliCE
TESSiE Navarro / Visual Editor
the big Show crowd cheers after b.o.b.’s final performance. this year’s outdoor con-cert drew in a crowd of over 8,000 people.
JESSiCa albaNo / Contributor
protesters stand outside los angeles city hall to make their voices heard Saturday.
the correct time, Glavin said.“The time of 10:27 a.m.,
as I understand it, was actually when the operation captain was informed by the field supervisor, Glavin said. “So it’s an accu-rate time for one phase of what we were told, but that’s not the appropriate (time).”
CSUN police are still inves-tigating the incident itself as well as the the official timeline, she added.
Students expressed confu-sion as to why only the Oviatt Library was closed when police said they were unaware of the suspect’s location.
Students “weren’t in danger, because the library was being evacuated,” Glavin said.
But the thought of a gunman on campus did not scare a few students.
“Once I started getting con-stant updates, I didn’t feel the need to go home,” said Jesse Campos, mechanical engineer
major. “I came at 9 (a.m.) and I stayed until 6:45 (p.m.).”
Senior Theresa Shreffler felt the same and said she thinks authorities did a good job.
“I felt really safe,” the English major said. “I didn’t think that it was something that couldn’t be handled.”
The term lockdown became part of the public’s vocabulary amid the confusion, but it only applies to K-12 schools, because they have defined borders, Glavin said.
“Lockdown is a highly mis-used term, particularly in col-leges and it really irritates me,” Glavin said.
Universities do not lock-down because campuses are large and difficult to contain, Glavin said. CSUN’s contin-gency for serious situations is known as shelter-in-place.
“Essentially what this means is stay in your building, don’t go out,” she said. “If this was an active shooter situation, (like) Virginia Tech, we would’ve told people just that.”
CSUN has no specific way
of determining what constitutes a shelter-in-place, though.
“There’s no cookie cutter for it,” Glavin said. “Those are judgments being made in the moment by the people in charge of the situation. There’s a fine line in these incidents between panicking the heck out of people and doing due diligence to solve a crime.”
Solving Tuesday’s incident required CSUN police to call California Highway Patrol (CHP) and LAPD to campus to aid in their search of the suspect.
There were reports of the FBI arriving on campus, but Glavin said “at no time were they involved in the incident.”
“The FBI just dropped by to say hello,” she said.
Though CSUN brought on other agencies to aid in the search, Glavin said the campus will not likely incur any costs thanks to mutual aid among first responders.
If the department does get charged for the service, it could take weeks before they find out, she added.
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couldn’t understand something,” Mehvary said. “But he was com-pletely quiet the whole time.”
Classmates described Mora-dian as a reserved, calm student, but about two weeks ago he was seen outside the classroom yell-ing into his cell phone.
“He generally kept to himself but participated in class,” said Roumbas. “But a week earlier I saw him in the hall cursing and I thought it was out of character for him.”
Since no photos depicting the suspect’s face had been released, students could not identify him.
“I didn’t know it was him until I saw his Facebook pic-tures,” Mehvary said.
Both students said they were shocked after learning the sus-pect’s identity.
“Nothing was suspicious about him,” Roumbas said. “I would have never guessed it was him.”
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On the outside, senior Garret McElver looks just like every other aspiring musician in Los Angeles. His hair is nothing more than a messy brown ‘do,' his clothing style is hip-ster-approved, with tight, slightly torn jeans, a plaid shirt and plastic sunglasses, and his tall, lanky appear-ance screams the essence of coolness.
However, on the inside, the 24-year-old music industry studies major has no interest in living the rock star dream.
“I gave up the fantasy of being a rock star a long time ago,” McElver said. “It’s a lot of time and effort with a small chance of success.”
Instead, McElver ’s dreams have taken a more practical route. Originally a transfer student from San Luis Obispo, McElver has turned to the music industry studies program at CSUN to absorb as much knowl-edge as possible about the entertainment business. He said it is a requirement for someone in his field to be an all-around expert.
“I figured it’s better to have the skills and knowl-edge of the whole indus-try and work behind the scenes,” he said. “I think it’s better to work with peo-ple who are willing to put that time and effort into becoming a star than to try to be a star yourself.”
This practical way of thinking is also what led McElver to minor in mar-keting.
“This major has a busi-ness aspect to it, so I chose a marketing minor to really solidify my knowledge of the business side,” he said.
McElver’s realistic atti-tude goes hand-in-hand with his intense passion for music, something he credits his older brother for giving him.
“My brother basical-ly showed me music,” he said. “He’s five and a half years older than me so he’s always been one step ahead of me in what’s going on in life and he’s led me down this path. He’s one of my best friends.”
The household McElver and his brother grew up in was filled with music and encouragement. His father paid for his guitar lessons and his mother provided the
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“I started taking more music classes, and the more I learned the more I realized I wanted to do something toward that,” he said.
During his time at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, McElver stud-ied under George Stone, a music education instructor and CSUN alumnus. Stone was prominently known for his membership in the Jazz A-Band and spoke highly of the CSUN music depart-ment McElver said.
“He’s pushed me aca-demically and really influ-enced me to go to CSUN, which I’m very happy about,” he said.
Prior to entering the music industry studies pro-gram, McElver was asked to audition with his instrument of choice—a requirement of every student who wishes to join the department. Despite the guitar skills he has acquired since the age of 11, McElver chose voice as his primary instrument.
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Although McElver has not had a lot of formal edu-cation in vocal training, he’s relied on CSUN’s music instructors to help him hone this skill. In particular, he named Judy Scott, an assis-tant professor of voice, as one of his greater influ-ences.
“She’s great,” he said. “She’s pushing me to do better. She sees the poten-tial in me.”
McElver’s post-college plans are vague at the moment, but he is confident that his music education at CSUN will guide him down the right path.
He is aware of the many career possibilities the music industry has to offer. He has tossed around the idea of managing, but would prefer to take on a job that relates to talent scouting or artist development, he said.
“I want a job that genu-inely makes me happy, not something that will just pay the bills,” he said. “I don’t want to lose myself in the cutthroatness that is this industry, and when I find that perfect job, I just want to be happy with what I’m doing.”
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Most alcohol-related arrests involved individuals who came to the show after already hav-ing consumed alcohol, said Scott VanScoy, captain of patrol opera-tions.
“We are looking for individu-als who come to the show and you can tell they have been binge-drinking,” VanScoy said. “Those tend to be incomprehensive and might even drop and hit the pave-ment.”
The arrests took place outside of the eight-foot fences surround-ing the outdoor concert, he added.
Those arrested were booked by CSUN police, then released to sober friends or family, VanScoy said. If no one could escort them, arrested individuals waited until they sobered up to be released.
The Big Show cost about $275,000 after Associated Stu-dents shelled out an additional $26,000 the week before Big Show to comply with new safety mandates, inspired by last semes-ter’s Matador Nights brawl.
“I had second thoughts attend-ing this show,” said Dunia Regi-na, Van Nuys resident whom accompanied her friend who is a CSUN student. “I was afraid the
show might go out of control with a crowd like this (but) I actually feel safe here.”
CSUN’s police department employs 25 officers, which
pushed them to ask for help from CSUs Long Beach, Fullerton and two other schools, VanScoy said.
Big Show was monitored by 37 CSU officers and about six LA
Sheriffs, Glavin said.Glavin said this year’s changes
in the security, such as opening more lines for security check-in, opening doors to the event later and implementing a zero toler-ance policy regarding alcohol, made a noticeable improvement.
“This year appears to be much better,” she said.
Security aside, concert goers focused on the performers, including B.O.B., Kreayshawn and the Cataracts, who took the stage after a 16-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates.
“We canceled all our shows to close with you,” they said to the crowd.
A CSUN ID was required to purchase a Big Show ticket for $10, up from $5 last year.
“Today should be like a get away from school,” said Oscar Gutierrez, volunteer photogra-pher. “Let’s have fun on a Sat-urday.”
Samantha Lopez, 19, said the show was great, but she was dis-appointed with the audience.
“This audience needs to be more lively and more into the beat of the music,” Lopez said.
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alternative rap artist kreayshawn performs at the big Show Saturday. kreayshawn’s performance kicked off the event, which featured a line up of three artists.
They said the arts are viewed as a hobby, not a career at their college.
High school student Rocio Payan, 16, protested for her par-ents, who lost their jobs and their home.
“My parents are the most hard-working people I know, and they get paid shit,” Payan said. “How can I go to college if they can’t afford to to pay their bills? They don’t know I’m here, but I just had to come because things are so unfair the way they are.”
The Occupy protests do not have a set end date, protesters claim they will stay until the “99 percent” are heard. Occupy Wall Street was on its 15th day of protest as Los Angeles started its first.
“Are you in it for the long haul?” an activist asked Angele-nos over a megaphone.
Those who cannot camp out throughout the nights, like Mathew Sandoval, 32, plan to leave and return over the com-ing days.
Members from the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild explained the general conduct in dealing with police officers at protests.
Occupy Wall Street faced resistance from police, with some demonstrators arrested and others maced by officers.
Mathew Struger, board member of the Los Angeles Chaper of the National Lawyers Guild explained the terminology used to prevent searches and as a way to stop interrogation.
The march and occupation of city hall was expected to be non-violent. LAPD officers said they would not be monitoring the protest heavily, but police presence was invoked to guide traffic at intersections.
Police tape was set up around the steps of city hall, placed there by LAPD and George Vie-gas, assistant to the director of the office of operations.
“We have not had any trou-ble with (the protesters),” Viegas said. “We’ve had mostly posi-tive discussions with them, but have had to remind people about not crossing the line and watch for vandalism.”
Viegas said he knows most levels of government are not funded the way they should be, but did not comment on if he would join the protest.
There was an open tent at city hall where participants could tell their stories.
One student expressed how his political consciousness increased after 9/11. Others expressed joy at seeing so many people stand up to what thought was unfair.
Provisions for the Occupy protests are mostly donated. Occupy Wall Street is reported to have been sent food, extra batteries and a gas-run genera-tor.
Liberal blog Crooks and Liars accepted donations the previous day in order to provide pizza and soda for the protesters.
“People who couldn’t stay overnight, and people who couldn’t show up, chose to show their support by at least feeding them,” said Tina Dupuy, manag-ing editor of Crooks and Liars.
In over two hours, 243 people donated almost $6,000, Dupuy said.
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JESSiCa albaNo / Contributor
Occupy la protesters march through the streets of downtown los angeles Saturday carrying homemade signs.
remember in high school when people you knew could be put on a lin-ear scale of success? Basi-cally all you had to do was look at a student’s GPA and maybe extracurriculars, and that would determine the caliber of school they would attend. The university, in turn, would probably deter-mine their success in life. So, what happened to the people who were obviously going to fail and the people who were obviously going to succeed? Should be obvious.
Let’s look at my friend, who I’ll call Mike, and his sister, “Amanda,” who together perfectly illustrate the deviant versus straight and narrow model. Mike is the fool, a looney person, passionate about everything. He’d insist trail markers and signs are just suggestions, and as long as you know where you are you’re fine. He’s like a strong flavor of ice-cream; not for every-one but always memorable. However, he procrastinated doing homework and house-work and spent the course of high school arguing with his parents during every dinner.
Amanda, the first born, was somehow the polar opposite. She was smart and beautiful, and she studied hard. Amanda was an obedi-ent dog, desperate to please her parents, someone who would never disagree or try to go a different way. The wise man, the straight path, follow the guide. Amanda was cherished, as she always did what her parents said, and Mike was the perpetu-ally patronized. Amanda was getting over a 4.0 GPA and Mike was barely mak-ing B’s. While Mike was bringing home medals and awards from his sport, his parents would just insist that he should drop out. They even called the school and asked to have him disen-rolled because they suspect-ed it was detracting to his studying time and making him gain weight.
Amanda graduated with a degree from a private
school close to home. She didn’t know where to go or what to study, so her mother chose for her. She maintained her grades while trudging through undergrad and visited her parents on the weekends.
Mike later went to CSUN and has completed three years. He is on track to grad-uate in four years and has held several jobs.
I once asked Amanda what she wanted.
“A perfect, steady box life,” she insisted. I thought this very odd, but if that’s what she wants then she should go for it. I kind of forgot that there is no such animal.
Amanda’s mother decided that Amanda should attend a medical school after under-grad. It made some sense since Amanda isn’t inter-ested in anything, so why not just go for the job that makes the most money? So, just over a year ago, Amanda packed her bags and headed across the country to start a
new adventure.Mike is getting along bet-
ter than I thought he would. He’s taken leadership train-ing at school and sometimes lectures me on the job mar-ket, business practices, com-munication and networking. He loves his major and is still considered a wild, curi-ous and energetic guy by his peers. I think he’ll survive when he graduates.
Amanda continued going through the motions to please her mother at her new school. I thought medicine would be a bad career choice, since Amanda fainted several times in anatomy class and when-ever she saw blood, but per-haps she could grow out of it. I didn’t hear from her until a few months ago, and what I’d heard second hand until then was that she was doing fine.
Several months ago Amanda came back from school, spectral and with nothing to say.
Summer was only sup-posed to last a few weeks for her before she was to do
observation hours for study. But she never went back.
A steady stream of tears building up, she told us how much she hated school because it’s too hard, the concepts are too gross and she misses her family. Although the school granted her the option of taking a year off for mental health reasons before returning to study, she’s sure she’ll prob-ably never go back.
“I was just so lonely,” she said between hardly stifled sobs. “I felt like I wanted to kill myself.”
Now Amanda lives with her parents again. Some of her friends from high school have moved away, and she is too shy and scared to try and contact any of the ones who might still be around. Her major in undergrad was studying a language and she is too shy and scared for any employer to hire her on per-sonality. She has no passions, so she can’t hold onto a hobby. She’s in therapy now and on several anti-depres-sants and anti-anxiety meds. The one year of education left her $65,000 in debt.
I remind you, this prodigy was once assumed to have the brightest future. When I asked her what she’s trying to do with her life now, she would only respond, “Just let me have my pills.”
Not healthy, nor happy, nor wealthy or employed. In no parameters can I call Amanda’s situation a form of success, while Mike’s wide-eyed dreams are becoming more and more satisfying.
The reason I found this worth sharing was to illus-trate what characteristics might effect your success.
Amanda illustrates some-one who could work hard and diligently, but has not a drop of music in her soul. Mike is fun and colorful, and although he does not work quite as hard to stay the straight and narrow, (to be specific, he’s making B’s at a state school) it looks like his diverse interests and multi-dimensional personality are giving him a satisfying life.
Perhaps we put too much weight and faith on parental gratification, the reputation of your school and grades.
real life story of the fool and the wise manPerhaps the key to success is not in a name, or a prediction
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Early goals by CSUN star forwards Heidi Far-ran and Melissa Fernandez paved the way for the Mata-dors’ first Big West Confer-ence victory of the season, against UC Davis, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon.
After getting a 1-1 tie against Pacific on Friday night, the Matadors (3-6-2, 1-0-1) came out looking for instant offense, and they found it. CSUN scored two goals in the first 17 minutes and capped it off with a third score in the second half.
A cross from the left side by Amanda Smith in the
12th minute set up Fernan-dez for her third goal of the year as the junior put the Matadors up 1-0.
Four minutes later, CSUN’s leading goal scorer, Farran, who had three shots on goal for the game, found the back of the net on a pen-alty shot. It was the senior’s fifth goal of the season.
UC Davis (6-4-1, 0-1-1)had only 11 shots in the match. Northridge had that many shots alone in the first half. CSUN finished with 17 looks at the net, with 10 being on goal.
After UC Davis received two red cards, one to senior midfielder Taylor Chamber-lain and another to assis-tant coach Rozie DeWeese, the Matadors added to the
Aggies misery with a third goal in the 63rd minute. Junior defender Jessa Yuki-hiro scored on a 20-yard free kick. It was her first goal of the year.
Sophomore midfielder Hannah Hicks scored the Aggies’ lone goal of the match in the 79th minute on a cross from Allison Kelly.
Matador goalkeeper Cyn-thia Jacobo had four saves while Aggie goalie Maria Magana recorded six.
CSUN picked up eight fouls compared to UC Davis’ 10.
Northridge returns to Matador Soccer Field for Big West match-ups against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Friday and UC Santa Bar-bara on Sunday.
CSUN jumps on Davis early for Big West win
woMen’s soccer
Simon gambaryan / Daily SUNDial
Heidi Farran (3) scored her fifth goal of the year on Sunday afternoon against uC davis.
anthony carpiodaily sundial
CSUN head coach Terry Davi-la’s first-year players showed up to play Saturday night, leading the Matadors to a Big West Conference victory, 3-0, over rival Cal State Fullerton at Matador Soccer Field.
The freshmen trio of Yarden Azulay, Christian Gonzalez Diaz and Edwin Rivas scored all three goals for the Matadors (5-4-1, 2-0 Big West).
“Any time anybody gets on the field, I don’t care what year they are, just as long as they work hard,” Davila said. “Good things will hap-pen for them.”
The Matadors, who suddenly find themselves in first place in the league standings, are on a three-game winning streak, but co-cap-tain Rafael Garcia wants the team to stay grounded.
“We finally feel like we have a team now and we’re trying to build from this,” Garcia said. “We’re not trying to get big-headed. It’s way
too early in the season and we have to keep working.”
Rivas, a forward, gave the Mata-dors their third goal of the match – and their ninth in the last three games – in the 81st minute. Mid-fielder Carlos Benavides was able to find defender Yuval Barak, who then crossed the ball to Rivas, and he put the ball in the back of the net.
Benavidez, a sophomore, assist-ed on every goal and now has a total of six assists for the season.
“It’s my second year here, so I’m just trying to get some points, trying to move forward and help the team,” Benavidez said. “I’m just trying to produce for the team, so hopefully we can get some goals in and do better in the Big West this
year.”Fullerton (6-2-2, 0-1) came onto
the pitch playing aggressively, con-trolling the ball early in the first half, but the Matadors woke up and started to play at their offensive tempo.
Azulay scored the first goal in the 35th minute. Benavides gave a through-pass to Diaz, who deliv-ered a low cross to Azulay. The freshman from Israel then struck the ball, nearly hitting a Titan defender in front of him.
Four minutes later, Diaz went looking for a goal of his own. Bena-vides, who has been aggressive on offense, passed the ball to mid-fielder Chris Smith, who crossed the ball to Diaz, and he netted the ball into the left side of the goal in the 40th minute.
The Matadors edged out the Titans in shots and shots on goal. CSUN produced 28 shots with seven on goal. The Matadors’ defense contained CSUF to 14 shots and four on goal.
Both goalkeepers had four saves in the match. Matador goalkeep-er Michael Abalos racked up his
fourth shutout of the season.A small scuffle between Rivas
and Titan defender Bobby Reiss broke out in the second half. No punches were thrown, but both players received yellow cards.
The Titans played physically and accumulated four yellow cards. Midfielder Kevin Venegas received two yellow cards, resulting in a red card and his ejection in the 82nd minute.
“I think (their aggressive play) affected them,” Garcia said. “They’re the ones that lost their heads and got a red card. We’re used to playing physical teams in the Big West and I thought we handled ourselves very well.”
The Matadors wore red long-sleeved jerseys with the tempera-ture dipping into the low 70’s dur-ing the game. However, the color of the team’s jerseys has not con-tributed to CSUN’s recent success, according to Davila.
“We scored three (goals) with red, three with white, and three with black,” he said. “The only superstition that I have is that I don’t have one.”
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Sticking it to the champs
Freshmen lead CSUN to victory over Titans
Matadors fight through deficits, sweep defending champion Titans
alonSo tacangasports editor
It had been three times this season the Matadors had partly looked like a championship-contending team at home only to end up crumbling under the pressure and superior play of their opponents.
It was beginning to look like that again on Saturday night at the Matadome against the defending Big West Conference champion Titans, who were undefeated in league play com-ing into the match. This time, however, CSUN (8-7, 2-1 Big West) “rose to the occasion.”
“It’s the greatest feeling, being the underdog, people aren’t expecting that from you,” CSUN middle blocker Casey Hinger said following the Mat-adors’ hard-fought 3-0 win over
Cal State Fullerton (8-8, 3-1). “We showed everyone, ‘Look, that was last year’s winner, and here we are.’ We’re ready to take this conference.”
CSUN, which won at home for the first time in four tries, took the first step into being considered a contender in great part thanks to Hinger. The Mat-adors had a 17-13 lead in the first set before a 5-0 Fullerton run turned it into a tight affair that went into extra points. Then, with the Matadors down 30-29 and looking like they were going to have a collapse, Hinger came up with two of the three consecutive points that won the set for CSUN, 32-30.
“Not particularly happy with the way we played tonight,” said CSUN head coach Jeff Stork, whose team hit .080 in the first set. “Happy with the result.”
The dramatic set win was nothing compared to the sec-ond, however. CSUN came out sluggish and trailed 6-1 early on. The deficit only got larger as Fullerton seemed in full control.
Then, the Hinger Show began. The freshman had four kills and a hand in four blocks as CSUN turned a 17-11 deficit into a 21-20 lead. She appeared unstoppable before the con-fused looks of the Titans, who ended up falling 25-21, as the
Matadors went up 2-0.“Our setting was great, it
was easy to get the kills,” said Hinger, who had a game-high 14 kills and hit .478.
Fullerton didn’t have much fight left after the letdown. The Matadors got off to an early lead in the third set and cruised thereafter, finishing the sweep off with a 25-17 win. CSUN hit .239 for the game.
“They tried hard, but our team just shut them down,” Hinger said. “There was no
answer for CSUN.”Stork was the one with all the
answers, it seemed. His game plan allowed Hinger to become the star of the night. The coach said he predicted Fullerton would defend Hinger’s side one on one, and he exploited the match-up into a game-turning, second-set comeback win.
“I just told (setter Samantha Orlandini) to keep going to the well and use (Hinger) as much as she could,” Stork said.
Given a chance to play
for the first time all season, Orlandini listened. She had a team-high 26 assists and played the second and third sets in their entirety. Sophomore Syd-ney Gedryn, the starting setter all season long, had 14 assists before being subbed out at the end of the first set.
“The rhythm of the play late in the first set gave me reason to think I needed to change,” Stork said.
The Matadors also made changes defensively and were
able to force the conference’s No. 2 kill-getter, Fullerton outside hitter Kayla Neto, into 10 errors. She had an abys-mal -.024 hitting percentage. The Titans, led by outside hit-ter Leah Maurer’s 11 kills in .375 hitting, had a .119 hitting percentage.
“Our blocking really helped,” Hinger said. “They run really high sets and we were able to wait and get up and get a strong wall against them. We shut them down.”
Herber Lovato / Senior PhotograPher
Edwin rivas (8) scored the Matadors’ third goal in the 81st minute as cSUn defeated Fullerton 3-0 Saturday night at Matador Soccer Field.
MarIeLa MoLIna / ViSual editor
casey hinger (1) and the Matadors got their first home win of the season with a sweep of cal State Fullerton.
