Ass’ad Not Signing Players for Awhile

As college soccer coaches across the country signed recruits Wednesday, Cal State Northridge men’s Coach Marwan Ass’ad is in a holding pattern because most of his scholarship money is committed.

After a year in which the program was dropped, reinstated for a season and then guaranteed to play through 1998, Ass’ad said he is waiting for recruits to fall through the cracks.

“The high school players we want, everyone’s offering them [scholarship] money and we don’t have much of that,” Ass’ad said. “We won’t sign anyone for another month at least, because [other schools] are talking to them and [the players] haven’t decided.”

BASEBALL

Double play: Former El Camino Real second baseman Justin Martin of Nevada went seven for eight in a doubleheader sweep of Pepperdine last weekend.

Former Westlake outfielder Matt Riordan of Loyola Marymount is nine for 14 this season.

VOLLEYBALL

Rankings: Cal State Northridge fell a spot to No. 15 in the American Volleyball Coaches Assn. men’s poll. The Matadors (2-3) were swept in two matches against No. 1 Brigham Young. Pepperdine (4-1) remained No. 3 despite a five-game loss to UCLA last Thursday.