STANFORD, Calif. — The first NCAA tournament victory in the Long Beach State women’s soccer team’s history will have to wait another year. But it’s not because of a lack of effort — or shots at the net. And, at the same time, there was one shot The Beach may[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
49ers ink four recruits
The Long Beach State basketball season gets underway on Saturday, but the 49ers added some fresh faces for 2011-12 through the first two days of the early signing period. Men Head coach Dan Monson announced the signings of Michael Caffey and Shaquille Hunter to letters of intent on Tuesday. “You[Read More…]
Ready or not, first-year point guard thrust into prominent role
As the Long Beach State women’s basketball team took the floor for its first exhibition game last Saturday, freshman point guard Brandi Henton made her LBSU debut. With senior guard Melanie Lisnock on the injured list, the newcomer from Modesto Christian High School looks to step up to the task[Read More…]
49ers to limp into season opener without ‘set lineup’
Second-year head coach Jody Wynn may have to sit and watch what becomes of her Long Beach State women’s basketball team like everybody else this season. The 49ers, who finished 13-17 overall and 9-7 in the nine-team Big West Conference last season, were picked to finish seventh by the media[Read More…]
Bullock wins Big West Midfielder of the Year
Long Beach State senior Lindsay Bullock was the named the Big West Conference Midfielder of the Year for the second time in her career Tuesday. Bullock, who also won the award in 2008, joined teammates Shawna Gordon and Nadia Link on the All-Big West First Team. It was the third[Read More…]
LBSU headed to Stanford for NCAAs
Despite winning the Big West Conference tournament championship, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team seemingly got the raw end of the deal when the ESPNU selection show revealed the NCAA tournament bracket Monday. The 49ers (14-5-3) will play Santa Clara (12-6-3) Friday in the first round of the 64-team[Read More…]
LBSU soccer punches ticket to NCAA tournament
IRVINE — The Long Beach State women’s soccer team overcame its toughest obstacle of the season Sunday and made some history in the process. Tabbed to finish sixth in the preseason coaches’ poll after finishing eighth in the Big West Conference last season, the second-seeded 49ers captured their first postseason[Read More…]
Turnovers, rebounding issues cost LBSU in exhibition
Box score Outside of the first four minutes, not a whole lot went right for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team Saturday night. The 49ers lost, 58-39, to Division II program Cal Poly Pomona in an exhibition game in front of 500 fans at the Walter Pyramid. It is[Read More…]
LBSU one win away from NCAA tournament
Box score One more win is all that stands in between the Long Beach State women’s soccer team and its first Big West Conference tournament championship and an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. The second-seeded 49ers (13-5-2) edged No. 3 Cal State Northridge, 2-1, in a Big West Conference[Read More…]
49ers to host CSUN in Big West semifinal
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team will begin its quest to get back to the NCAA tournament today at George Allen Field. Head coach Mauricio Ingrassia’s No. 2-seeded squad will host the No. 3 Cal State Northridge Matadors in the Big West Conference tournament semifinals at 3 p.m. The[Read More…]