The Long Beach State men’s golf team will begin the spring season on Valentine’s Day when it hosts the Battle of the Beach tournament. The three-day tournament, co-hosted with UCLA, will be played at the Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Coast, Calif. LBSU head coach Bill Poutre said he[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
‘Niner Notes: Feb. 6-8
Men’s Water Polo: 49ers sign five for 2010 Two first-team All-Americans and one second-team All-American are among five players that have signed National Letters of Intent to play for Long Beach State. Matt Kidwell, Dan Matulis, Devin Mefford, Nick Rascon and Rob Robinson make up head coach Gavin Arroyo’s 2010[Read More…]
The Beach cruises to 14-point victory over the Matadors
There was a strong breeze blowing through the Walter Pyramid on Saturday caused mostly by the Cal State Northridge offense. The Matadors missed the rim completely on numerous occasions as the Long Beach State defense held CSUN scoreless for the first five minutes of the second half to earn a[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Feb. 5
Men’s Volleyball: Bittner records 20-kill outing in LBSU win The 49ers ran their winning streak to three matches with a 30-25, 30-27, 26-30, 30-24 victory at UC San Diego on Friday night. Senior Dean Bittner led LBSU (5-4, 4-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) with 20 kills, his 34th career match[Read More…]
49ers’ shooting goes cold in ‘good rivalry game’ with Titans
Regulation ended with Long Beach State’s starting point guard writhing in pain on the floor. The game ended five minutes later with the Cal State Fullerton players in the stands celebrating a victory with their fans. The 49ers showdown with CSUF had everything a person would want in a rivalry[Read More…]
Trojan force overwhelms The Beach in home opener
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team lost its home opener to No. 2 USC 13-3, as the ‘Niners could not handle the Women of Troy’s powerful offense. LBSU (0-3) was held scoreless in the final period as USC’s defense proved too much. USC’s Kara-Leigh Huse scored three in[Read More…]
Men’s volleyball drops home-opener to Matadors
Box score The No. 9 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team suffered a lopsided loss to No.2-ranked Cal State Northridge, Friday night at the Walter Pyramid. In their second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest, the 49ers (2-3, 1-1 MPSF), coming off a 3-2 win against rival UCSB, lost in three[Read More…]
49ers lack ‘heart’ in loss to Cal Poly
Box score Head coach Dan Monson said that one of the 49ers’ goals this season was to go undefeated at home, but after just five games, that hope has been dashed. Long Beach State couldn’t compete with Cal Poly’s intensity and dropped the Big West Conference contest, 90-79, at the[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Jan. 16
Women’s Basketball: 49ers outworked on the boards, fall to Mustangs Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team dropped an 86-63 decision to Cal Poly Saturday afternoon at Mott Gym. Cal Poly (11-5, 4-1 Big West Conference) outshot The Beach 45.6 percent to 39.3 percent and also outrebounded LBSU[Read More…]
Interim coach seeks to ‘bring in more banners’
Interim men’s volleyball head coach Andy Read takes over for Alan Knipe, who is on a three-year leave of absence to coach the United States men’s national team leading up to the 2012 Olympics. Jon Aviles: Was it a surprise when you were hired as the next men’s volleyball head[Read More…]