Head coach Dan Monson and his upstart Long Beach State men’s basketball team have certainly shown fans it’s a new year. In fact, the 49ers aren’t even close to the same team people thought they were before the season started in November. One look at the Big West Conference preseason[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
49ers have Matadors seeing red
Box score Long Beach State held on for an exciting win against preseason conference favorite CS Northridge, 74-68, Saturday evening at the Walter Pyramid. The win runs the 49ers’ record to 10-7 and 5-0 in the Big West Conference. It’s the first time The Beach has started conference play with[Read More…]
Beach men’s volleyball claims 3-0 win in league opener
After sitting out one of the men’s volleyball team’s first three matches the previous week to rest, Long Beach State junior Dean Bittner didn’t take long to find a rhythm Friday night. The second-team All-American hammered home a match-high 24 kills on .500 hitting and powered the 49ers to a[Read More…]
LBSU swept in volleyball tournament finale
The No. 4 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was swept by host and No. 14 UC Santa Barbara at Robertson Gymnasium on Saturday. The 49ers (1-2) lost in three sets, 25-30, 19-30, 26-30, to the Gauchos in the finale of the 45th annual Elephant Bar Restaurant Collegiate Invitational. Playing[Read More…]
LBSU off to fast start in conference play
It’s early. Very early in fact. But as of this moment, Long Beach State sits all alone atop the Big West Conference men’s basketball standings. After winning just three conference games all last season, this year’s squad matched that total in less than a week. I have said since the[Read More…]
Men’s basketball runs Big West record to 4-0
The Long Beach State men’s basketball blitzed UC Davis with a 41-13 run to end the first half en route to its fourth Big West Conference win in as many games Saturday night. The 49ers held on to top the Aggies, 86-78, to keep their perfect conference record alive. “I[Read More…]
49ers open regular season with tournament split
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will play for third place at the 45th annual Elephant Bar Restaurant Collegiate Invitational on Saturday. The fourth-ranked 49ers (1-1) will play No. 14 and tournament host UC Santa Barbara (1-1) at Robertson Gymnasium in Santa Barbara. First serve is scheduled for 4[Read More…]
LBSU men alone atop Big West
For the first time in nine years, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has won its first three Big West Conference games. The 49ers went on the road and defeated the University of Pacific Tigers, 74-66, at the Spanos Center in Stockton on Thursday night. LBSU (8-7, 3-0 Big[Read More…]
Late first-half barrage keys 70-57 victory over Cal Poly
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team used a 14-0 run in last two minutes of the first half to put away the Cal Poly Mustangs for good, 70-57, at the Walter Pyramid on Sunday. The 49ers (7-7, 2-0 Big West Conference) went down 30-18 with just 2:23 remaining in[Read More…]
Men’s volleyball defeats Alberta for exhibition split
Head coach Alan Knipe and the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team made the proper adjustments against Alberta on Saturday night. After being swept by Canada’s defending national champions the previous night, the 49ers pulled out a four-set victory (30-28, 30-24, 25-30, 30-27) over the Golden Bears in an exhibition[Read More…]