Long Beach State shot 306 in the final round of the Braveheart Classic to finish in eighth place on Tuesday. Oregon won the team title by seven strokes over Southern Utah as the Ducks carded an 11-over-par 875 total. The 49ers ended the two-day event at 32-over 896 at the[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
Cal sweeps Dirtbags
Box score Behind a 15-hit attack, California swept Long Beach State with a 6-3 win Sunday in front of 1,419 at Blair Field. The Golden Bears (6-2) took control of a 2-2 game in the in the top of the seventh when Blake Smith drove in Jeff Kobernus with a[Read More…]
LBSU drops back-to-back contests to Cal
Box score The hits keep coming, but so do the errors and wild pitches. The Long Beach State Dirtbags were defeated, 9-6, at the hands of the University of California Golden Bears in front of 1,090 at Blair Field on Saturday. “Defensively, we obviously need to cut those errors out,[Read More…]
49ers lose battle of 1st-place Big West powers
Box score NORTHRIDGE — A team now sits alone atop the Big West Conference men’s basketball rankings, but it is not the Long Beach State 49ers. LBSU didn’t have an answer for the Cal State Northridge offensive attack and fell at the hands of the Matadors, 95-74, on Saturday. CSUN[Read More…]
Errors hurt Dirtbags in 9th-inning rally
Box score It took 12 total pitchers, 27 combined hits and 19 total runs, but a winner was finally decided. The Long Beach State Dirtbags were defeated by the University of California Golden Bears, 11-8, on Friday night at Blair Field. “That one is just really frustrating because we felt[Read More…]
Coach: Sprinter ‘among very best’ in LBSU history
Brent Gray — catch that name or did it run by too fast? A senior sprinter, Gray has so much speed that he just might be fast enough to run in the 2012 Olympics. Last spring, Gray competed in the outdoor NCAA Championships with 2008 Beijing Olympic medalists’ Walter Dix[Read More…]
Tiebreakers may determine regular-season conference champion
Click here for the Big West Conference standings When deadlocked atop the standings heading toward the end of the regular season, the next thing to look at is possible tiebreaker situations. Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge started Wednesday tied for first place in the Big West Conference men’s[Read More…]
Gilling lights up the Pyramid on Senior Night
Box score Stephan Gilling was amazed at how well Green Bay shot the 3-pointer at the Pyramid last Saturday. Thursday night it was his turn. Gilling, who has struggled with his shot of late and didn’t start, knocked down a career-high seven 3-pointers — including five in the second half[Read More…]
Dirtbag bats, starting pitcher tames Lions
LOS ANGELES — The Dirtbag bats came to life as they knocked off Loyola Marymount University in a matinee on Wednesday, 9-6, at Page Stadium. The first five hitters in the Long Beach State (2-2) batting order combined for 10 of the Dirtbags’ 14 hits in the contest. LBSU seemed[Read More…]
Dirtbags’ bats, starting pitcher tames Lions
LOS ANGELES — The Dirtbag bats came to life as they knocked off Loyola Marymount University in a matinee on Wednesday, 9-6, at Page Stadium. The first five hitters in the Long Beach State (2-2) batting order combined for 10 of the Dirtbags’ 14 hits in the contest. LBSU seemed[Read More…]