This is a list of Cal State Northridge Matadors softball seasons. The Cal State Northridge Matadors softball program is a college softball team that represents California State University, Northridge in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Matadors played in Division II, first as part of the AIAW and then the NCAA. In NCAA Division II, they won four National Championships and placed second two other times before moving up to Division I. Upon reaching the top level, Cal State Northridge reached the Women's College World Series in their third season and finished as national runner-up in their fourth season of 1994. In total at the Division I level, the Matadors have won six conference regular season championships and have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 13 times.
Season results National championsWomen's College World Series berthNCAA Tournament berthConference Regular Season Champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Overall Conference Postseason Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish Cal State Northridge Matadors 1977 Tony Venditto SCAA Records incomplete — 1978 4 19 0 Records incomplete — 1979 17 14 0 5 7 0 3rd AIAW Regional 1980 30 22 0 4 6 0 3rd AIAW Regional 1981 32 25 0 9 6 0 5th WCWS 1982 Gary Torgeson CCAA 34 17 1 12 4 0 1st WCWS runner-up 1983 35 20 2 10 6 0 T-1st WCWS champions 1984 51 12 2 13 3 0 1st WCWS champions 1985 62 19 0 17 3 0 1st WCWS champions 1986 51 12 1 16 4 0 1st WCWS runner-up 1987 58 7 0 18 2 0 1st WCWS champions 1988 53 13 0 18 2 0 1st WCWS 1989 62 19 0 16 4 0 1st NCAA Regional 1990 51 21 0 18 2 0 1st WCWS runner-up 1991 Independent 34 32 0 N/A — 1992 45 25 1 — 1993 WAC 48 9 1 20 2 0 1st WCWS 1994 52 10 0 21 3 0 1st WCWS runner-up 1995 Janet Sherman 43 17 0 22 5 0 1st NCAA Regional 1996 43 16 0 21 7 0 2nd NCAA Regional 1997 Big West 34 22 2 21 11 0 T-2nd NCAA Regional 1998 37 19 0 22 9 0 1st NCAA Regional 1999 30 24 0 15 9 0 3rd NCAA Regional 2000 26 26 1 16 8 0 3rd NCAA Regional 2001 32 24 0 15 6 0 3rd NCAA Regional 2002 Barbara Jordan 27 24 0 12 12 0 T-4th — 2003 27 23 0 12 8 0 3rd NCAA Regional 2004 35 19 0 14 7 0 T-2nd NCAA Regional 2005 16 23 0 5 16 0 7th — 2006 22 20 8 10 0 T-4th — 2007 23 23 1 9 9 0 4th NCAA Regional 2008 23 24 0 12 9 0 T-3rd — 2009 29 21 0 9 12 0 T-4th — 2010 Roni Sperrey 31 22 0 15 6 0 T-1st — 2011 Tairia Flowers 22 31 0 10 11 0 5th — 2012 10 42 0 5 16 0 T-8th — 2013 25 31 0 11 13 0 T-6th — 2014 31 26 0 8 13 0 6th — 2015 41 27 0 16 5 0 1st NCAA Regional 2016 34 22 0 14 7 0 2nd — 2017 31 22 0 11 10 0 T-2nd — 2018 23 36 0 8 13 0 6th — 2019 26 28 0 10 11 0 5th — 2020 16 8 0 Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Charlotte Morgan 6 20 0 4 20 0 9th — 2022 24 30 0 14 13 0 T-6th — 2023 28 24 0 19 8 0 3rd — 2024 25 26 0 9 18 0 9th — 2025 26 26 0 17 10 0 2nd — 2026 Jodie Cox 14 32 0 9 18 0 7th —
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