Cal State L.A. Athletics

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s volleyball team will open its 2010 season with a three-day tournament in the Eagles Nest beginning on Thursday. The Golden Eagles, ranked 14^th in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, will face Northwood (MI) in their first match of the season at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The tournament will get underway on Thursday at 1 p.m. with a match between Academy of Art and Northwood.

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s women’s basketball team has added freshman guard Karmen Gunn to its program, Golden Eagle head coach Janell Jones announced on Thursday. Gunn, a 5-foot-7 point guard from Luella High School (GA), helped her teams reach the Georgia state playoffs in all four years of her high-school career.

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s women’s basketball team has added junior guard Lorin Hammer to its program, Golden Eagle head coach Janell Jones announced on Thursday. Hammer, a 5-foot-4-inch guard, played the past two seasons for Mercer University. She appeared in 27 games last year as a sophomore and played in a total of 35 games in her two years at Mercer.

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s women’s basketball team has added sophomore forward Amber Coleman to its program, Golden Eagle head coach Janell Jones announced on Monday. Amber Coleman, a 6-foot-2-inch forward from Mercer University, has joined the Cal State L.A. program, Jones said. Coleman appeared in 28 games last season for Mercer as a freshman.