Box score After splitting the first two games of its three-game series against the University of Pacific, the Long Beach State softball team lost a seventh-inning heartbreaker Sunday, 3-2, at Bill Simoni Field in Stockton, Calif. Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley (12-4) was charged with the loss for LBSU (23-12, 1-2 Big[Read More…]
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Dirtbags score 20 runs in romp of Pacific
Box score Well, it wasn’t pretty, but the Long Beach State baseball team couldn’t have asked for a better start to conference play in its Big West opener on Friday. That’s because the Dirtbags lit up the University of Pacific for 20 runs on 23 hits in a shutout victory[Read More…]
Beach softball looks to carry preseason momentum into conference play
The Long Beach State softball team will begin Big West conference play Saturday against a tough University of Pacific team, but the 49ers seem up for the challenge based on its results during nonconference play. LBSU (22-10) has beat then-No. 6-ranked Oklahoma and No. 17 Baylor. Though the Big West[Read More…]
No. 19 Notre Dame steamrolls past LBSU
The No. 44-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team learned that it still has a ways to go before it can contend with the best collegiate teams in the country, and it found that out the hard way Friday. In the second of three matches on the road in the[Read More…]
No. 4 49ers lose in straight sets to No. 2 BYU
Well, so much for redemption. After losing a four-set match to No. 2-ranked BYU on Thursday, the No. 4 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team showed little resistance Friday as it was defeated by the Cougars for the second night in a row. This time, though, the 49ers were routed[Read More…]
‘Niners overcome early woes in Chicago
The No. 44-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team opened its three-match road trip in the Midwest with a come-from-behind victory over Illinois-Chicago, 5-2, on Thursday. The 49ers rallied to win the doubles point before taking four of six singles matches to win the contest. The Beach fell behind early[Read More…]
Men’s golf ties for seventh at OGIO-Santa Barbara Intercollegiate
The Long Beach State men’s golf team shot a 306 in Tuesday’s final round of the OGIO-Santa Barbara Intercollegiate at Sandpiper Golf Club in Santa Barbara to tie for seventh-place. LBSU completed the two-day, 54-hole tournament in a tie for seventh-place at 37-over par 901. Oregon claimed the team championship[Read More…]
Women’s golf finishes in fourth at Anteater Invitational
Long Beach State shot a final round 308 on Tuesday to finish in fourth-place at the Anteater Invitational at Dove Canyon Country Club in Dove Canyon. LBSU recorded a 54-hole total 900 to finish at 48-over-par. The 49ers fell from first-place after 36-holes on Monday afternoon, finishing one-stroke behind[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 28
Senior middle blocker Antwain Aguillard of the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Molten Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. Aguillard helped the 49ers secure an MPSF Tournament berth by leading the team to a pair of road victories at[Read More…]
Men’s track capture 1st-place in Cal-Nevada Championship
The Long Beach State men’s track and field team won the 2011 Cal-Nevada Track & Field Championship title Sunday as it finished with 155 points over the two-day meet in Claremont, Calif. “It was a very good team day for us,” 49ers head coach Andy Sythe said in a release.[Read More…]