The Long Beach State women’s soccer team had reason to celebrate Friday as it clinched the second seed for the Big West Conference tournament. The 49ers (12-4-2, 5-1-1 Big West Conference), who will host the first round of the Big West tournament against Cal State Northridge (11-8-0, 5-3-0 Big West)[Read More…]
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The Beach remains winless in MPSF
The No. 8 Long Beach State men’s water polo team suffered its most devastating defeat of the season, as the 49ers were downed by No. 10 Pepperdine 9-8 on Friday night at the Campus Pool. It was a must-win-game for both sides, as the winner would force the other team[Read More…]
LBSU loses first Big West home match since 2007
For the first time in three years, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team lost a Big West Conference home match Friday night. The 49ers lost in four sets — 26-24, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23 — to the Cal Poly Mustangs at the Walter Pyramid. Cal Poly was also the last[Read More…]
Del Toro, Maldonado lead 49ers at Big West Championships
Men’s and women’s results The Long Beach State cross country team withstood the rain to take part in the Big West Conference Championships on Saturday morning. The women’s team collected a third-place finish in the 6,000-meter race after collecting 72 points in the nine-team race at UC Riverside’s Agricultural Operations[Read More…]
LBSU bounces back with sweep over UCSB
Box score Instead of going straight into its routine stretches an hour before its crucial Big West Conference match with UC Santa Barbara, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball huddled around head coach Brian Gimmillaro. “He just said, ‘Be prepared … and don’t remember what happened last night,’” said outside[Read More…]
LBSU women picked 7th in preseason media poll
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the nine-team Big West Conference by 25 media members in a preseason poll released Thursday. The 49ers, who finished fourth in the Big West last season, received 84 points and finished ahead of just Pacific (51) and[Read More…]
49ers picked to finish 2nd by media
As expected, defending outright Big West Conference champion UC Santa Barbara was selected to finish first by 23 members of the media. The conference’s preseason media poll was released Thursday with the Gauchos holding the top spot after garnering 20 first-place votes. Long Beach State picked up two first-place votes[Read More…]
Tournament positions at stake this weekend
If the Long Beach State women’s soccer team plans on earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, then it needs to be prepared to rewrite its own history. As strange as it sounds, the 49ers (11-4-2, 4-1-1 Big West Conference), who captured three of the last four regular season[Read More…]
LBSU looking for payback on home court
Six days after knocking Cal State Fullerton out of first place, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team could have the same opportunity presented — plus, a shot at redemption. The 49ers will host Cal Poly (Friday) and UC Santa Barbara (Saturday) in a pair of critical Big West Conference[Read More…]
VAFAMANESH: Golden opportunity awaits LBSU in Northern California
As the regular season narrows down to just two games, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team will have its sights set on maintaining second place in the Big West Conference. The 49ers (11-4-2, 4-1-1 Big West Conference), who currently have 13 points in the Big West standings, will need[Read More…]