The Dirtbags fell far short of the sweep they needed over Pacific, as they lost two of three to the Tigers, the last of which came at the mercy of a walk-off home run. Long Beach State’s conference title hopes may have disappeared with Taylor Murphy’s home run ball, which[Read More…]
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‘Niners overcome poor offense to beat Titans
One week after it averaged 10 runs per game in a sweep of UC Riverside, the Long Beach State softball team managed to take two of three from Cal State Fullerton despite struggling offensively for much of the weekend. The 49ers (25-15, 7-2 Big West Conference) had a hard time[Read More…]
Bats come alive in series win over CSUN
The Dirtbags overcame an opening loss to Cal State Northridge and won their first series of Big West Confernece play behind some of their best hitting of the season. Long Beach State (11-16, 2-1 Big West) took two out of three from the Matadors (12-14) at Blair Field thanks to[Read More…]
Olbright sets himself up for greatness
Setters are the unsung heroes of volleyball. Their roles may be more important than any other position, but they usually take a backseat as outside hitters and opposites receive praise and cheers for crowd-pleasing kills. 49ers setter Connor Olbright is well aware of this, but he isn’t phased one bit.[Read More…]
Ready or not, Big West play is here
With Big West Conference play coming up, the Dirtbags are still trying to figure out what kind of team they will be this year. Are they the team that was leading Cal State Fullerton by four in the seventh inning on Saturday? Or are they the team that was outscored[Read More…]
CLARK: Next year can’t come quickly enough for LBSU basketball
The last time the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was on the court, it was enduring a 112-66 blowout at the hands of Baylor. That’s an ugly way to end a season that began with a lot of promise. Despite having to replace 80 percent of their starting lineup,[Read More…]
Softball team opens Big West with two wins at Cal Poly
With tournament play behind them, the 49ers took their first step toward winning their third straight Big West Conference title this weekend. With two wins against Cal Poly (11-19, 1-2 Big West), the Long Beach State softball team (20-14, 2-1 Big West) found itself in a tie for first early[Read More…]
LBSU finishes strong after being pushed to five
Long Beach State needed a decisive fifth set to beat an electric Cal Baptist team Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. Fourth-ranked LBSU (17-6,13-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) came out strong in the match by taking the first two sets 25-20 and 25-17. After going down midway through set one,[Read More…]
BYU gets payback, sweeps LBSU at the Gold Mine
Top-ranked Brigham Young came into the Gold Mine Saturday night with its sights set on avenging an early-season loss to Long Beach State in Utah, and it was able to put together a convincing win in straight sets. “They were ready to play and we weren’t,” LBSU junior setter Connor[Read More…]
Offensive inconsistency leads to 3-2 showing at San Diego Classic II
While the 49ers got three wins in their return to the San Diego Classic this weekend, the powerful offense they had last time didn’t join them. The team’s offense, what head coach Kim Sowder thought was their greatest strength coming into the weekend, staggered for much of the tournament after[Read More…]