OPENING HIT: Andy Small, Cal State Northridge’s...

OPENING HIT: Andy Small, Cal State Northridge’s leading home run hitter, continued his long-ball barrage in the first round of the NCAA West Regional tournament Thursday. He belted two homers, his 19th and 20th this season, to lead CSUN to a 3-1 victory over St. John’s in Tempe, Ariz. (C1). Winning pitcher Marco Contreras threw a four-hitter. . . . CSUN’s women’s softball team is in Oklahoma City, where it opens play in the College World Series tonight against Southwestern Louisiana (C14).