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Texas A&M lands former Cal State Northridge infielder Ali Camarillo Jr.

The Aggies have landed a big fish through the transfer portal, as former Cal State Northridge infielder Ali Camarillo is headed to Texas A&M.

Ahead of Texas A&M’s first-round matchup against Cal State Fullerton within the Stanford Regional in the 2023 NCAA Tournament on Friday night, massive transfer portal news made its way to head coach Jim Schlossnagle just hours before the game, as former Cal State Northridge standout infielder/shortstop Ali Camarillo will make his way to College Station this Fall to play for the Aggies in 2024.

In two seasons at CSUN, Camrillo broke out during his 2023 sophomore season, completing the campaign with a .371 batting average, seven home runs, and 44 RBI, netting a career average of .332 hitting, slugging .493 and a .398 OB%.

The core starters in A&M’s infield are expected to return outside senior Austin Bost. Still, as we’ve seen year by year, assumptions on how the roster will shape out are made up of guesses, so either way, Camrillo’s addition is impactful from a depth and possible starter perspective.

Congratulations, Ali! And as you’ll say a lot next season, Gig ‘Em!

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Notre Dame about to tip off season against Cal State Northridge

Time to tip off a new season.

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The Notre Dame football game Saturday mercifully was scheduled for prime time. That means the men’s basketball team can open its 2021-22 season without going head-to-head against the campus’ most popular program. The opponent visiting Purcell Pavilion is Cal State Northridge, which had its only previous meeting against the Irish take place in 1994. The Matadors will come to South Bend under the guidance of interim coach Trent Johnson, who is stepping in while coach Mark Gottfried and his staff are on paid administrative leave during an NCAA rules violation investigation.

The Irish have no such problem at head coach as Mike Brey begins his 22nd season at the helm. He has yet to lose a home opener since coming to Notre Dame, but the Irish have lost two consecutive season openers after not dropping any in Brey’s first 19 years. Those losses came on the road against ranked blue bloods in North Carolina and Michigan State, so there’s a little leeway to be had. Still, the most experienced Irish team under Brey statistics-wise is unlikely to let a Big West school extend that skid without a fight.

Time for Notre Dame season opener vs. Cal State Northridge set

The one where multiple events clash on one day.

We now know when exactly Notre Dame’s 2021-22 season begins. The season opener, which will take place against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 13 at Purcell Pavilion, is set to tip off at noon EST. The broadcast will be shown exclusively online on ACC Network Extra. Cable subscribers with access to the ACC Network can watch it on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

This game’s scheduled start time is interesting for a couple of reasons. Most notably, the football team is scheduled to play at Virginia on the same day, but we won’t know the start time or network it will be on until the coming weekend’s action is complete. If the football game ends up getting a noon kickoff, it’s hard to believe any Notre Dame supporter other than the basketball diehards will watch this first game of the season. Yeah, it’s all stupid, but ESPN has its own way of doing things.

The other reason this game’s start time is notable is more on a personal level. By the time this contest is over, I will be in the middle of getting married. So I guess I should take this opportunity to say I obviously won’t be covering the football game that day. However, Nick Shepkowski and Mike Chen are fantastic colleagues, and I know they’ll be able to hold the fort down without me.

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Notre Dame releases nonconference schedule for 2021-22 season

Who will the Irish play before ACC action begins?

It always is exciting whenever a nonconference schedule is announced. You know who you’re going to play leading up to your usual opponents. Some hail from conferences you only hear about during March Madness, and others are prominent or talented programs that you really can use as a measuring stick for the type of team you have. In short, nonconference play can say a lot about your program.

Notre Dame released its nonconference schedule Thursday. We’ll know more about their ACC schedule over the next couple of weeks, and the tournament the Irish will be playing around Thanksgiving could feature more games than what currently is listed. We also don’t know how many games at all could be affected by COVID-19 as we all know that the situation remains very fluid. Until then, here are the teams the Irish will face after home exhibitions against Nazareth on Oct. 29 and St. Norbert on Nov. 5: