Box score The Long Beach State baseball team might as well have shot itself in the foot Saturday in its series finale against No. 12-ranked Stanford. After blowing a four-run lead, the Dirtbags evened up the score only to lose the game on an errant throw, 6-5, at Sunken Diamond[Read More…]
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Men’s track in 1st at Cal-Nevada Championships
The Long Beach State men’s track and field team currently sits at the top of the standings with 46 points after the first day of the Cal-Nevada Championships on Saturday. The 49ers scored in each of the first four field events. Leading the way were the javelin throwers with a[Read More…]
Beach rallies in upset of second-ranked Cardinal
Box score After coming off a career-high performance to help lead the ninth-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team in Friday’s victory, senior middle blocker Antwain Aguillard outshined himself again. Except this time, his new career-best of 24 kills Saturday came in a match when his team needed it the[Read More…]
Dirtbags fall to No. 12 Stanford
Box Score Just a day removed from one of its best offensive outputs of the season, the Long Beach State baseball team’s bats were silenced Saturday, while its pitching didn’t fare any better either. After a shaky start in the first inning, Dirtbags hurler Brandon Pinder settled down only to[Read More…]
Dirtbags offense shines in rout of No. 12 Stanford
It may be long overdue, but the Long Beach State baseball team finally gave its number one starting pitcher Andrew Gagnon something he hasn’t had all season: run support. In Gagnon’s five previous starts this year, the Dirtbags (12-9) have scored just five runs. But on Friday, The Beach provided[Read More…]
Beach volleyball snaps two-game skid
If the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was looking to avoid a ‘hangover effect’ Friday after dropping consecutive matches at home last weekend, then it certainly took a step in the right direction. Behind career-high kills from freshman Taylor Crabb and senior Antwain Aguillard, the No. 9-ranked Long Beach[Read More…]
Freshman paces LBSU track in Day 1 of Stanford Invitational
Freshman Heath Reedy highlighted the first day of the Stanford Invitational for the Long Beach State track and field team as he won his section of the men’s 5000-meter run Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. Reedy crossed the finish line in 14 minutes, 16.62 seconds to finish ahead of the[Read More…]
‘Niners pitchers deal two shutouts against Canisius
The Long Beach State softball team wasted little time Friday. Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley and junior Taylor Petty pitched back-to-back complete game shutouts to lead the 49ers to a doubleheader sweep of Canisius at the 49er Softball Complex. The 49ers won both games, 4-0. The two pitchers combined to allow just[Read More…]
LBSU point guard receives national recognition
Long Beach State junior point guard Casper Ware added to his extraordinary list of achievements this season, except this time, he was honored as one of the best defensive basketball players in the country. Ware became one of 21 NCAA Division I basketball players to be selected to the 2011[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 25
It hasn’t been two weeks since Klaudia Malenovska returned to the tennis court from her suspension, and she has already made her presence felt on the Long Beach State women’s tennis team. After completing her first full week of competition last week, Malenovska was named the Big West Conference Player[Read More…]