List of Cal State Northridge Matadors softball seasons

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Season results

National Champions

Women's College World Series berth

NCAA Tournament berth

Conference 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
AIAW
1977	Tony Venditto	SCAA	Records incomplete									—
1978			4	19	0	.174	Records incomplete					—
1979			17	14	0	.548	5	7	0	.417	3rd	AIAW Regional
1980			30	22	0	.577	4	6	0	.400	3rd	AIAW Regional
1981			32	25	0	.561	9	6	0	.600	5th	WCWS
NCAA Division II
1982	Gary Torgeson	CCAA	34	17	1	.663	12	4	0	.663	1st	WCWS runner-up
1983			35	20	2	.632	10	6	0	.625	T-1st	WCWS champions
1984			51	12	2	.800	13	3	0	.813	1st	WCWS champions
1985			62	19	0	.765	17	3	0	.850	1st	WCWS champions
1986			51	12	1	.805	16	4	0	.800	1st	WCWS runner-up
1987			58	7	0	.892	18	2	0	.900	1st	WCWS champions
1988			53	13	0	.803	18	2	0	.900	1st	WCWS
1989			62	19	0	.765	16	4	0	.800	1st	NCAA Regional
1990			51	21	0	.708	18	2	0	.900	1st	WCWS runner-up
NCAA Division I
1991	Independent	34	32	0	.515	N/A					—
1992		45	25	1	.641						—
1993	WAC	48	9	1	.836	20	2	0	.909	1st	WCWS
1994		52	10	0	.839	21	3	0	.875	1st	WCWS runner-up
1995		Janet Sherman	43	17	0	.717	22	5	0	.815	1st	NCAA Regional
1996			43	16	0	.729	21	7	0	.750	2nd	NCAA Regional
1997	Big West		34	22	2	.603	21	11	0	.656	T-2nd	NCAA Regional
1998			37	19	0	.661	22	9	0	.710	1st	NCAA Regional
1999			30	24	0	.556	15	9	0	.625	3rd	NCAA Regional
2000			26	26	1	.500	16	8	0	.667	3rd	NCAA Regional
2001			32	24	0	.571	15	6	0	.714	3rd	NCAA Regional
2002		Barbara Jordan	27	24	0	.529	12	12	0	.500	T-4th	—
2003			27	23	0	.540	12	8	0	.600	3rd	NCAA Regional
2004			35	19	0	.648	14	7	0	.667	T-2nd	NCAA Regional
2005			16	23	0	.410	5	16	0	.238	7th	—
2006			22	20	.524	8	10	0	.444	T-4th	—
2007			23	23	1	.500	9	9	0	.500	4th	NCAA Regional
2008			23	24	0	.489	12	9	0	.571	T-3rd	—
2009			29	21	0	.580	9	12	0	.429	T-4th	—
2010		Roni Sperrey	31	22	0	.585	15	6	0	.714	T-1st	—
2011		Tairia Flowers	22	31	0	.415	10	11	0	.476	5th	—
2012			10	42	0	.192	5	16	0	.238	T-8th	—
2013			25	31	0	.446	11	13	0	.458	T-6th	—
2014			31	26	0	.544	8	13	0	.381	6th	—
2015			41	27	0	.603	16	5	0	.762	1st	NCAA Regional
2016			34	22	0	.607	14	7	0	.667	2nd	—
2017			31	22	0	.585	11	10	0	.524	T-2nd	—
2018			23	36	0	.390	8	13	0	.381	6th	—
2019			26	28	0	.481	10	11	0	.476	5th	—
2020			16	8	0	.667	Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Charlotte Morgan	6	20	0	.231	4	20	0	.167	9th	—
2022			24	30	0	.444	14	13	0	.519	T-6th	—
2023			28	24	0	.538	19	8	0	.704	3rd	—
2024			25	26	0	.490	9	18	0	.333	9th	—
2025			26	26	0	.500	17	10	0	.630	2nd
2026		Jodie Cox	Upcoming

References

1. "Cal State-Northridge". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
2. 2024 Record Book (PDF). Cal State Northridge Matadors. Retrieved January 18, 2026.