Wiesner Quits Post at CSUN

Brian Wiesner, Cal State Northridge women’s soccer coach for the past four seasons, has resigned his post, the school announced Friday.

“I resigned. That’s all I can say,” Wiesner said in the telephone interview. “I was just unhappy with our progress. We’ve had trouble winning consistently.”

The resignation is effective Dec. 31, the end date of what was a multiple-year contract.

Wiesner, 40, had a 20-53-4 record at Northridge, including a 6-13 mark last season when the Matadors were 3-4 in the Big Sky Conference--one victory shy of advancing to the conference’s postseason tournament.

Wiesner was Northridge’s first women’s soccer coach. He helped establish the Matadors’ program after being hired away from Cal Poly Pomona.

“Coach Wiesner was instrumental in establishing and building the women’s soccer program . . .” Brian Swanson, an assistant athletic director, said in a statement. “His enthusiasm for the players and the program will be missed.”

Allison Lee, an assistant the past four seasons, will run the program until a replacement is hired. Northridge will hold a national search for Wiesner’s successor.

Antelope Valley College is forming a women’s team to start play in the fall of 1999, the school announced Thursday. The college has not hired a coach.

FOOTBALL

Wide receiver Peter Gunny and strong safety Gerald Jones, seniors at Granada Hills High, have been selected the offensive and defensive players of the year from the Northwest Valley Conference.

WATER POLO

Jeanine Jackson, a junior at Harvard-Westlake, has been selected to play for the U.S. national junior women’s water polo team and will compete Dec. 26-29 in a four-nation tournament in Montreal.

Peter Hudnut, a senior at Harvard-Westlake, has been asked to try out for the national men’s team next month.

AUTO RACING

Indy Racing League fans can watch the recent rookie tests of Canyon Country driver Jay Drake and two others during a segment of the ESPN series “The Road to Indy,” today at 2 p.m.