Results NORWALK — Senior Kenneth Medwood was setting new records in the men’s 400-meter hurdles at Cerritos College’s Falcon Field, in a meet that featured a gold medalist who won that same event in the 2004 Olympics. Medwood circled the track in 50.37 seconds to establish a new school and[Read More…]
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Postseason hopes dashed in 5-set defeat
Box score The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team’s sixth straight loss marked the end of its postseason hopes Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (12-16, 8-13 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) fell in five sets 29-31, 28-30, 31-29, 31-29, 15-13 to Pepperdine, eliminating them from contention for a[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 16
Baseball: Dirtbags lose on walkoff hit Box score Long Beach State (14-16, 3-4 Big West Conference) scored five runs over the last two innings to tie the game, but UC Riverside scored one more in the bottom of the ninth to win 8-7 Friday night. Kirk Singer was 5-for-5 with[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 15
Women’s Basketball: Wynn inks 3 players during late signing period Long Beach State head coach Jody Wynn rounded out her 2010 recruiting class by adding three more players to the roster on Wednesday. Jhakia McDonald, Ella Clark and Alex Sanchez will join The Beach for the 2010-11 season. McDonald, a[Read More…]
Lions pounce in 6th inning
Box score A costly throwing error from Dirtbags shortstop Devin Lohman allowed Loyola Marymount to take the lead and the game, 6-5, on Tuesday night at Blair Field. Long Beach State (14-15) got off to a strong start scoring the first five runs of the game, but allowed LMU (16-15)[Read More…]
Figueroa in pursuit of WNBA dream
Long Beach State senior Karina Figueroa canceled her spring break plans for the chance to play in the WNBA. After the Los Angeles Sparks extended her an invitation earlier this month to attend a pre-draft training camp, Figueroa hopped on a plane to San Antonio, Texas. “I was supposed to[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 12-13
Men’s Golf: 49ers finish last tune-up before Big West Championships The 49ers shot a final round score of 295 at the U.S. Intercollegiate to finish in 18th place at the par 70, 6,742-yard Stanford Golf Course. Long Beach State completed the three-day 54-hole tournament at 50-over 890. No. 6 Oregon[Read More…]
Women’s golf faces ‘win or go home’ scenario
The 49er women’s golf team will look to repeat as conference champion when it heads to the Big West Championships at the San Luis Obispo Country Club from April 18-20. Long Beach State captured the championship last year to earn the Big West’s NCAA automatic bid after defeating UC Irvine[Read More…]
LEE: Fee would sack LBSU for loss
A long-standing undefeated mark at Long Beach State could fall forever. Since 1991, 49er football has enjoyed a stretch with zeroes in the loss column that even USC would love to experience. So impressive a feat, in fact, that the campus bookstore sells T-shirts to commemorate it. That could all[Read More…]
Missed penalty shots plague 49ers in loss to Pacific
Missed penalty shot opportunities came in bunches for the 49er women’s water polo team as it fell to No. 16 Pacific, 6-5, on Sunday at the Campus Pool. The 49ers (7-18, 0-4 Big West Conference) were awarded three 5-meter penalty shots for the game, but failed to score on each[Read More…]