Randi Hicks failed to cap off her record-setting season with a win on Saturday as the junior placed 12th in the women’s javelin at the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. Hicks had a distance of 157-08 feet to finish sixth in Flight 1. Meanwhile, teammate Alex Shaw[Read More…]
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Cup Talk: World’s biggest sporting event set to kick off
After four years of waiting, the FIFA World Cup will begin this Friday. South Africa will host the tournament for the first time in its continent’s history and will feature 32 teams from every part of the globe and 64 games. The World Cup always brings different expectations, results and[Read More…]
Eight Dirtbags taken in draft
Despite a last-place finish in the Big West Conference, Long Beach State had eight of its players selected in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft on Tuesday and Wednesday. Right-handed pitcher Jake Thompson was the first Dirtbag player to be selected as he went at No. 66 overall to[Read More…]
Buckley officially introduced as head coach
The first rollercoaster ride of the Troy Buckley Era wasn’t delivered by a Dirtbags pitcher, but instead by an emotional Buckley. He was officially introduced as the seventh head coach of the Long Beach State baseball program Tuesday at a press conference in the Walter Pyramid’s Ukleja Room. Buckley, who[Read More…]
Poutre resigns after two seasons at The Beach
Long Beach State announced that men’s golf coach Bill Poutre has decided to resign from his position after two seasons. Golfweek first reported the resignation on Friday. Poutre was the head coach at the University of Hartford for four years prior to taking his head coaching job at LBSU. According[Read More…]
Weathers’ farewell game spoiled by Anteaters
Box score Long Beach State head coach Mike Weathers said earlier this week that he just wanted a sunny day for his last game as the Dirtbags’ skipper. The sun was shining for the ninth-year head coach, but his team couldn’t come through in the end to send Weathers out[Read More…]
‘Good attack’ dooms Dirtbags at Blair Field
Box score The Dirtbags surrendered a leadoff single to start their game against UC Irvine on Friday. It was all downhill from there. Long Beach State (23-30, 7-15 Big West Conference) couldn’t overcome the initial blow as the Anteaters compiled five extra base hits to put away the Dirtbags 6-0[Read More…]
Brock, Anteaters dash Dirtbags’ series hopes
Box score A new starter yielded the same results for Long Beach State on Saturday. Kenny Arnerich was roughed up in his first start of the season as the Dirtbags dropped their final series of the year with a 6-1 loss to UC Irvine at Blair Field. Arnerich, who is[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: May 28
Track and field: Three 49ers advance to NCAA Championships Kenneth Medwood is the latest Long Beach State track and field athlete to advance to the NCAA Championships after placing eighth in the West Preliminary on Friday in Austin, Texas. The senior joins Alex Shaw and Randi Hicks, who both qualified[Read More…]
Bullpen pushes Dirtbags over Waves
Box score It took a while, but Long Beach State used gifts from Pepperdine, as well as timely hitting, to snap its six-game losing streak on Tuesday night. The Dirtbags (23-29) made the most of their seven walks to earn the 9-8 win over the visiting Pepperdine Waves in a[Read More…]