Edgar Melik-Stepanyan
Zareh Avedian (Hoover, 1999), senior forward, Cal Lutheran University
men's basketball -- Avedian had another routine night Wednesday, when
he tallied a game-high 25 points in the Kingsmen's 72-69 Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference home win against
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
The Glendale resident also poured in nine rebounds and two blocks
in 33 minutes, as Cal Lutheran (13-3, 4-1 in conference) remained in
a first-place tie with Pomona-Pitzer.
The Kingsmen will play Pomona-Pitzer at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at
home.
Avedian -- who is averaging 22.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game
-- has led his team in scoring 11 times, in addition to having a
team-high in rebounds on eight occasions.
He's also posted three double-doubles.
Doug English (Crescenta Valley, 1999), senior libero, Cal State
University, Northridge men's volleyball -- English has moved up in
Northridge's all-time dig list in his final campaign. He is in fourth
place with 703 after tallying 56 (1.7 per game) in the Matadors'
first eight matches.
English -- an All-Pacific Sports Federation first-team selection
last year, when he led the nation in digs, recording a school-record
of 318 -- started the season in sixth place. He is just 12 digs out
of third place.
English has registered double figures in digs twice this year.
He's the only player who has seen action in all 33 games this season
for Northridge.
The Matadors (5-3, 1-2 in conference) -- ranked sixth in the
American Volleyball Coaches Assn./USA Today poll -- will end their
three-match road trip this week when they play No. 13 Pacific on
Friday and No. 8 Stanford on Saturday. Both matches will start at 7
p.m.
Northridge will return Feb. 4 to meet UC Irvine at 7 p.m. to begin
its 11-match homestand, the longest in program history.
