Men’s basketball: Top 100 recruit verbally commits Jacob Thomas, a 6-foot-4 guard from Columbia Heights High School (Minn.), verbally committed to play basketball at Long Beach State, Sunday morning. Thomas is rated by ESPN.com as the No. 25 shooting guard — No. 89 overall — among Class of 2010 prospects.[Read More…]
Men’s Volleyball
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 12-13
Women’s Volleyball: Washington lifts ‘Niners to comeback win over Tulane Box score A season-high 29 kills from Naomi Washington helped the 49er women’s volleyball team storm back from a two-set deficit to defeat Tulane 17-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-11. Washington registered a .339 attack percentage to go with four block[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 11
Women’s Volleyball: Washington helps close out victory over hometown New Orleans Box score For senior Naomi Washington, her first volleyball match in front of her hometown New Orleans couldn’t have ended more appropriately Friday. The Long Beach State middle blocker delivered two key points in the fifth and deciding set[Read More…]
Senior remembers big but not so easy journey
Naomi Washington has always understood the value of patience. She had to practice it diligently as an incoming freshman in 2005 when, like most people with ties to the Crescent City, her attention shifted to events surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Washington was unable to get in contact with her family after[Read More…]
Herzog powers third consecutive sweep
Box score Senior middle blocker Brittney Herzog’s vision came true Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid. After Long Beach State’s women’s volleyball team dropped the first two matches of the season, Herzog said, “I think we can end up 3-2 after this weekend.” Three matches and nine sets later, the[Read More…]
Dominance at the net keys 49ers’ sweep of Indiana State
Box score If the inability to close out sets is the reason for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team’s 0-2 record heading into Friday’s pair of matches, then that killer instinct surely wasn’t lacking in the nightcap against Indiana State. The 49ers finished off the Sycamores with an eight-point[Read More…]
49ers avoid wrong side of history
Box score The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team avoided becoming the first squad in program history to drop its first three matches of the season. The 49ers swept the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in three sets in front of a sparse crowd Friday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid.[Read More…]
‘Niners look to get into win column
Long Beach State head coach Brian Gimmillaro went straight to the point when describing the state of his team following its loss to No. 2 Texas. “We have to get better,” Gimmillaro said. The 49ers, currently staring at an 0-2 record, began the season at No. 23 in the American[Read More…]
LEE: Winless weekend not a complete loss for ‘Niners
After two big games to kick off the new semester, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team appears to be no different from most freshmen moving into the dorms this past weekend. Jittery and inexperienced, but somehow you get the impression that everything will work out in the long run.[Read More…]
Women’s volleyball’s bid to ‘hook the ‘Horns’ falls short
Box score Just two points away from pulling the upset, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team let a golden opportunity slip away Saturday night. On paper, the match-up between the No. 23-ranked 49ers and No. 2 Texas appeared to be lopsided. And it almost was, but in the 49ers’[Read More…]