California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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CAGERS ESCAPE C.C.A.A. CELLAR Cal Poly SLQ Fresno S'ra're L.A. STa're Long Beach St. San Diego Sf. Cal Poly SLQ Fresno SToTe L.A. State Long Beach ST. San Diego ST. CCAA Record: 2-8 Matador Baskeft Roger Guinn tips In two points. Bob Allen buar$

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ROW 1 IL. To RJ: Head Coach Ralph STam, N. Housman ROW 2: Coach Chris DiCicco, R. Hammond, S. Skirvin, T. , T. Halpin, L. Beverino, J. Greven, C, HarneTT, D. Altman, M. Mashman, P. Meyers. Creed, 8. Luce, R. Barondess, J. Wise, D. Rubin, S. TuHis, Coach Chris Pagliaro. ROW 3.- R. Simundza, J. Gardner, J. Kaiserski, K. Mellinger, B. Lemmerman, J. WebsTer, C. Asmus. INJURIES RUIN J .V. SEASON Defensive stars Creed T62T, Meyers MST and Tullis TSOT half SanTa Barbara offense. Chris HarTneTT TQOT and Carl Asmus T7OT view Long Beach point after Touchdown. lniuries haunTed coach Ralph STam's squad during The 1963 campaign. The enTire sTarTing backfield was in a prone posiTion aT one Time or anoTher due To injuries. Key personnel were missing when The middle of The schedule Tripped Up The junior varsiTy's undefeaTed rec- ord. The linemen managed To sTay healThy, buT players such as Tom Creed and Jim Gardner were forced To play every quarTer of every game. A healThy Trio of defensive linemen, Paul Meyers, Carl Asmus and STeve TUHis, grab- bed off 500A, of The Team's ToTal Tackles. DespiTe Three wins and four losses The Team offered sTifT opposiTion offensively. The scoring punch was supplied by quarTer- back Bruce Lemmerman and his TavoriTe TargeT, Rick Simundza who led The Team in poinTs scored. Jim Kaiserski makes leaping catch in victory over Whittier.

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MaTador BaskeTball T964: ll-rl D. SwarTz, F. Mohoney, E. PrendergasT, S. Green, B. Allen, C. Malouf, T. Dawes, R. Guinn, P. Edmondson, F. Nordyke, E. BrandT. Paul Edmondson lfl Roger Guinn Tfl MaTador baskeTball came in like a ball of Tire and wenT ouT in a blaze of glory buT iT's a long, long Time from November To March, and coach Jerry Ball's Thin clads were as cold as The SanTa Ana winds ThaT whisTleol ouTside The gym. The 1964 Team was definiTely The besT one ThaT VSC has ever had, bUT our besT iusT wasn'T good enough To allow STaTe To finish higher Than TiTTh. This winTer's hoop acTion had iTs hoT and cold spells, yeT when spring Thaw appeared, The MaTadors possessedTa decenT 9-l7 record. The MaTs won Their TirsT Two games Then losT Their nexT five sTraighT buT sTill had enough ChrisTmas spiriT To place second in The annual Kris Kringle Klassic. Affer January 1, The squad couldn'T seem To-geT Them- selves coordinaTed for The season's second half of play. They losT The nexT five games due To cold shooTing and hoT-handed opposiTion ThaT were burning The baskeTs aT 0 Tiny per cenT clip. VSC did manage To pry The lid off The baskeT and win one only To lose The nexT five games righT in a row. IneligibiliTy also found Time To inTrude and pore The group down To a poinT where everyone had To play. Even wiTh 23 games behind Them, coach Ball's spiriTed quinTeT buckled down and won Two of Their lasT Three games, Thus making Their record of 9 wins and 17 losses The besT ever achieved aT The NorThridge campus.