Women’s Golf: Four golfers earn Big West honors Four Long Beach State women’s golfers were named to the All-Big West Conference team, the league office announced on Tuesday. Freshman Simone Hoey was named to the first-team, sophomore Noelle Zavaleta was a second-team selection and junior Lindsey McAtee and sophomore Monica[Read More…]
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49ers, Big West foes set to tackle ‘Mission Impossible’
The Long Beach State men’s golf team will tee off at the Big West Conference Championships from May 3-4 for the chance to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The 49ers have played multiple styles of golf courses this year, and traveled as far as Hawaii and South[Read More…]
Beach tennis looks to punch 7th straight NCAA ticket
With the Big West Conference tournament right around the corner, the No. 45 Long Beach State women’s tennis team is preparing to win an unprecedented seventh consecutive Big West championship. The 49ers (17-5, 8-0 Big West) head into the tournament as the No. 1 seed after finishing Big West play[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 27
Baseball: Dirtbags clip Aztecs in extra innings Box score Long Beach State utilized a three-run 10th inning to move past San Diego State, 11-8, in a nonconference game on Tuesday at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Jordan Casas delivered the heroics in the top of the 10th inning by blasting a home[Read More…]
Women’s water polo team assistant, 49ers part ways
Long Beach State women’s water polo assistant coach Heather Moody will embark on a new journey, as the two-time Olympian will leave the 49ers to become the next head coach for the United States women’s junior national team. She will also resume duties as an assistant coach on the women’s[Read More…]
Beach fails to complete series sweep
Box score If it were any other day, Long Beach State starting pitcher Branden Pinder would have walked away with the win, but UC Santa Barbara’s Jesse Meaux had other plans as he led the Gauchos to a 4-1 victory over the Dirtbags on Sunday. In the three games prior[Read More…]
49ers go winless in Big West
Long Beach State was denied a fifth-place finish at the Big West tournament as UC Davis dominated the second half to put away the 49ers, 12-7, on Sunday at the Campus Pool. The loss ended the 49ers’ season as they concluded the 2010 campaign with an overall record of 8-21.[Read More…]
Softball surrenders 2 homers to drop finale
Box score One day after tossing a four-hit shutout, Long Beach State pitcher Taylor Petty gave up two home runs against Cal Poly that proved to be costly. The 49ers dropped a 6-2 decision to the Mustangs on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex, in front of a crowd of[Read More…]
Petty tosses shutout to key doubleheader split
Game 1Game 2 After being shut out by Cal Poly in the first game of a doubleheader, Long Beach State bounced back to take the nightcap, 4-0, in front of 362 spectators on Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. LBSU (21-21, 5-6 Big West Conference) scored all of its runs[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 24
Men’s Golf: 49ers sign top international prospect Long Beach State men’s golf Coach Bill Poutre announced the signing of Chien Yao (Alan) Hung of Taipei, Taiwan. Hung is listed by Golfweek’s Sagarin rankings as the No. 1 international recruit and the No. 7-overall recruit for the 2010 class. He is[Read More…]