Long Beach State senior All-American Kay Hoey surged back to the top of the leaderboard in second round action at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. Hoey finished Tuesday at 1-over-par 145 by firing a 1-under 71 for the round. Entering the day tied for fifth place, Hoey birdied[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
Women’s volleyball coach bound for Hall
Long Beach State women’s volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro has been chosen as one of three inductees into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame for 2008. This honor is given to those who exemplify extraordinary service to the game of volleyball. Gimmillaro has yet to inform his team[Read More…]
Hoey fires 74, in search of back-to-back tournament wins
Long Beach State senior All-American Kay Hoey breezed through the first 17 holes and was poised to finish the first day in second place on Monday. Hoey slipped into a four-way tie for fifth after a double bogey on the final hole, finishing the day two shots behind the leader[Read More…]
Men’s golf finishes 8th in Palm Desert
The Long Beach State men’s golf team placed eighth in the 19-team field at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert on Sunday. The 49ers carded a 301 as a team in the final round to finish the tournament with a three-round 25-over-par 902 score. LBSU finished four shots behind[Read More…]
UCSD solves 49er water polo at Campus Pool
In the home opener, No. 7 Long Beach State fell to No. 10 UC San Diego, 12-10, Thursday at the 49er Campus Pool. The 49ers, who had previously been 2-0 against the Tritons, played a tight first quarter. Senior and leading scorer Jeff Greenwood scored the first goal 53 seconds[Read More…]
Tournament win propels golfer to conference honor
Coming off the heels of a win in the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational, women’s golfer Kay Hoey was named the Big West Conference Golfer of the Month on Thursday. The honor is the ninth of the Long Beach State senior All-American’s career, as Hoey won the award three times as[Read More…]
First playoff game, national stage doesn’t faze Longoria
On the first pitch of his first career playoff game, former Long Beach State standout Evan Longoria didn’t show any jitters — if he had any at all. The 22-year-old led off the second inning and blasted starter Javier Vasquez’s offering to left-center at Tropicana Field to give the Tampa[Read More…]
There’s no postseason like October
In comparison with the other two major U.S. sports leagues, Major League Baseball’s postseason stands at the top of the mountain — regardless of which teams are in the hunt for the World Series trophy. At least in terms of recent consistently competitive series and lasting memories, anyway.Like Kevin Dyson,[Read More…]
Giant Dirtbag living the Major League life
LOS ANGELES — John Bowker and the San Francisco Giants were in town to play the Los Angeles Dodgers and renew the rivalry in late September. The Giants were playing the role of spoiler as the Major League Baseball regular season came to a close. “I grew up a Giants[Read More…]
Senior golfer class of the field in Colorado
Long Beach State senior Kay Hoey captured the individual title at the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational in Colorado Tuesday. Hoey shot a 1-under-par 71 in the third round to finish at 9-under for the tournament, taking the title by three strokes over Emily Childs (University of Colorado) and Alice Kim[Read More…]