Softball Junior earns first Player of the Week honor Junior left fielder Ashley Weber was named Big West Conference Softball Player of the Week on Monday. Weber earned the first weekly honor of her career after helping the 49ers take two out of three against Cal State Fullerton as she[Read More…]
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Sports Picks: Dirtbags sweep Pacific
Baseball LBSU sweeps Pacific The Dirtbags (20-19, 7-5 Big West Conference) completed the series sweep with a 10-3 win Sunday over the Pacific Tigers (16-22, 7-8 Big West). Down two in the third, the Dirtbags scored four runs and captured the lead for good. Devin Lohman and TJ Mittelstaedt each[Read More…]
Aztecs drop Dirtbags, 6-3
Box score SAN DIEGO — The Long Beach State Dirtbags fell, 6-3, against the host San Diego State Aztecs Tuesday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The game started off slowly, with each pitcher working at a snail’s pace. The scoring opened in the top of the third inning, when Jonathan[Read More…]
Baseball, softball pitchers earn weekly honors
The Big West Conference honored Long Beach State’s Adam Wilk and Brooke Turner as the Pitcher of the Week in their respective sports Monday. Wilk, a junior left-hander for the Dirtbags, tossed eight scoreless innings in a 1-0 win over Cal State Northridge last Friday. He struck out six batters,[Read More…]
Emotional reliever registers save
Box score For the Dirtbags, baseball may have been the last thing they were concerned about on Sunday. In an emotional win, Long Beach State managed to score three late runs en route to a 5-2 victory over Cal State Northridge at Blair Field. With the Dirtbags up three, Josh[Read More…]
Dirtbags fall on Reunion Day
Box score The current crop of Dirtbags couldn’t channel the magic from the 1989 Long Beach State squad, which was in attendance at Blair Field. LBSU dropped another pitcher’s duel, 3-1, at the hands of the visiting Cal State Northridge Matadors on Saturday. Pitching and miscues led the way for[Read More…]
How a ‘Dirtbag’ became a term of endearment
Most people associate the term “dirtbag” with a dirty, disgusting person. But for Long Beach State baseball, the term couldn’t be more perfect. Up until 1989, the baseball team was referred to as the 49ers — just like every athletic team at LBSU. Then, the team unofficially became known as[Read More…]
Wilk hurls gem in 1-0 victory
Box score Dirtbag starting pitcher Adam Wilk threw the ball so tirelessly on Friday night that after the game he looked like he was ready to pitch another. The Long Beach State Dirtbags defeated the Cal State Northridge Matadors, 1-0, in front of 1,025 at Blair Field. Wilk (5-1) got[Read More…]
Sports Picks: Dirtbags to celebrate 20th anniversary
Baseball Dirtbags host Matadors at Blair Field The Dirtbags (15-17, 2-4 Big West Conference) host a three-game series against Cal State Northridge that begins tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The second game of the series will be played Saturday at 2 p.m. and will have a special ceremony commemorating the 20th[Read More…]
Bostonians gone wild: Bean Town jocks rough over weekend
Near-brawls over the weekend involving Boston athletes (Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett and Celtics guard Ray Allen) triggered a discussion in the Daily Forty-Niner newsroom over whether or not the stars should be disciplined for their actions. Sports editor Tracy McDannald, assistant sports editor Danny Lee and staff writer Matt[Read More…]