College Roundup : Bakersfield No Match for CSUN, 3-0

Cal State Bakersfield, in Northridge soccer Coach Marwan Ass’ad’s estimation, fielded the best team in school history in Wednesday’s California Collegiate Athletic Assn. game. Northridge, which has struggled all season to remain above .500, admittedly fielded one of its greenest squads.

Yet Northridge came away with a 3-0 win at Bakersfield, which had started the afternoon unbeaten in 11 games.

Despite the apparent disparity in win-loss records, Ass’ad said he predicted a win--and an offensive outpouring--earlier this week.

“I don’t really know why, but I had a feeling today would be the day we’d break loose and score some goals,” Ass’ad said. “We’ve finally started to come together. We’re starting to click the way I thought we could.”

After a scoreless first half, Northridge scored 12 minutes into the second half when Steve Lazarus returned a deflected shot off the Bakersfield goal keeper by teammate Rick Iverson.

Ten minutes later, sophomore forward Jimmy Hofferber took a pass from midfielder Scott Piri and scored from 18 yards, giving the Matadors (8-6 overall, 2-1 in conference play) a 2-0 lead.

Hofferber, who had not scored since the opener Sept. 1, scored 5 minutes later from 13 yards to complete the scoring.

Goal keeper Jeff Blumkin, a sophomore, recorded the shutout.

Bakersfield did not have history on its side--the Roadrunners (10-1-1, 2-1) have never beaten Northridge.

“They’re the best they’ve ever been,” Ass’ad said of the Roadrunners. “They were talking about a conference title beforehand.

“But I still think we can win it if we come together like we did today.”

In other soccer:

Pomona Pitzer 5, Occidental 0--The Tigers trailed, 3-0, at halftime and never threatened in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at Pomona Pitzer.

Occidental fell to 5-7-1 overall, 4-3-1 in conference play. Pomona Pitzer is 4-4 in conference play.

Nazareth (Rochester, N.Y.) 3, The Master’s 0--Nazareth scored on a penalty kick and 2 direct kicks in the nonconference match at Master’s.

Master’s (4-11-1) had its opportunities by directing 22 shots on goal compared to Nazareth’s 8, but the Mustangs hit the post 4 times.

John Viglucci, Alan Pascuzzi and Pete Buntich scored for Nazareth. Master’s plays again at 1 p.m. Saturday at home against NAIA District III rival Biola.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Occidental 6, La Verne 0--Five players scored to lead the Tigers in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at La Verne.

Shelly Pibbitts scored twice and Lissa Barney, Jenny Lawrence, Jos Bergmann and Katie Luce each scored a goal.

The Occidental defense made it easy for goalkeeper Janet Hubbels to register the shutout: She did not have to make a save.

Occidental improved to 4-8, 2-2 in conference play. La Verne is 0-4 in conference play.