Box score After playing fairly even for a half, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with No. 14 Brigham Young University in the season opener Friday. The visiting Cougars relentlessly attacked the 49ers in the first 15 minutes of the second half to record a 2-0[Read More…]
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Walking wounded 49ers just miss Top 25
While the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team may be the jewel of the Big West Conference, the team narrowly missed out on cracking the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 national preseason poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon. LBSU received 132 votes, the most of any team not ranked.[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes
Men’s water polo: ‘Niners picked to finish No.7 in MPSF The 49ers were selected seventh in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation preseason coaches poll released on Monday. LBSU received 18 points in the nine-team poll, which features teams such as UCLA, Stanford and California. The Golden Bears received the top[Read More…]
The Beach falls to SDSU in exhibition
There were plenty of shots to go around, but the Long Beach State women’s soccer team struggled to find the net in its first piece of action this season. The 49ers outshot San Diego State, 13-4, yet they were only able to come away with one goal in the 2-1 exhibition[Read More…]
‘Niners picked to finish in bottom half by coaches
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team was selected to finish the 2010 season in sixth place when the Big West Conference coaches’ poll was released on Thursday. Head coach Mauricio Ingrassia’s squad received 44 points in the nine-team poll, leaving the 49ers just one point behind Cal State Northridge’s[Read More…]
LBSU soccer seeking bounce-back year
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team finished last season with a disappointing 5-11-3 overall record and just one Big West Conference victory, leaving them eighth in the nine-team league. The Beach will return a large portion of last season’s young core, including leading goal scorer Shawna Gordon. LBSU will[Read More…]
49ers selected No. 1 by coaches
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will have the target on its backs once again this season. The 49ers received seven of nine first-place votes to be tabbed the favorites in the Big West Conference preseason coaches’ poll released Monday morning. UC Irvine, which lost to the ‘Niners in[Read More…]
LBSU a ‘no-brainer’ for new men’s golf coach
Like any new head coach would say, recently appointed Long Beach State men’s golf coach Ryan Ressa wants to build the program into a national contender. But he wants to do it while making Long Beach the marquee travel destination for opponents. Among Ressa’s priorities is to make the Del[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes
Baseball: Dirtbags release 2011 schedule The Dirtbags released their 2011 schedule on Tuesday, which includes a home-and-home series with Big West Conference rival Cal State Fullerton. As it did in 2010, Long Beach State will have one of the more challenging nonconference schedules in the nation. The Dirtbags open the[Read More…]
Maniacs searching for a leader in 2010-11
Thousands of students showed up to Long Beach State men’s basketball games last season covered in black and gold from head to toe. Two students, however, stood out for their dedication to the 49ers program and the student fan section known as the Monson Maniacs. Anthony Olton and Dale Johnson,[Read More…]