Baseball: Dirtbags win slugfest in Vegas Long Beach State (8-8) racked up 19 hits on its way to a 17-8 win over UNLV on Friday to kick off a three-game series with the Rebels. Joey Terdoslavich led LBSU with four RBIs for the game, which included a three-run home run[Read More…]
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‘Niner Notes: March 17
Women’s Tennis: The Beach slips past Minnesota The 49ers extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Wednesday at the Rhodes Tennis Center. No. 53 LBSU (11-2) dropped the doubles point, but regrouped to capture four of the six singles matches to pull out[Read More…]
Javier rocks Jayhawks with game-winning RBI
The Long Beach State softball team refused to let the umpires determine the outcome of its game against Kansas. LBSU (11-12) defeated the Jayhawks, 4-3, in front of 103 spectators on Wednesday at the 49er Softball Complex. “We’re getting some breaks right now and finding a way to take advantage[Read More…]
Late-game dry spell pushes Dirtbags in Lions’ den
Box score LOS ANGELES – Long Beach State head coach Mike Weathers summoned reliever Cris Trout to face Loyola Marymount designated hitter Colton Plaia, who had homered earlier to tie the game, with the game knotted at four in the eighth inning and the go-ahead run on first with two[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 16
Men’s Basketball: Robinson earns All-District recognition Long Beach State sophomore T.J. Robinson was named National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Second Team All-District 9 in a vote of member coaches, the NABC announced on Tuesday. Robinson is one of 240 student athletes, from the 24 districts, to be honored as[Read More…]
Club seeks recognition for sport
The Cal State Long Beach men’s lacrosse team has the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Championships at Denver in its crosshairs, after a successful 2009 season took the 49ers all the way to the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference finals. Men’s lacrosse operates as a club team at CSULB. Last season, the[Read More…]
49ers battle to third-place finish
The Long Beach State men’s golf team captured a third-place finish on Tuesday at the Triumph at Pauma Valley. The 49ers came into the final round at the 7,077-yard course just 12 strokes back from the leader. Tuesday, they pushed to within seven strokes to finish at 43-over par for[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 15
Baseball: Terdoslavich picks up Player of the Week nod Junior third baseman Joey Terdoslavich was named the Big West Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office today. Terdoslavich hit .615 on the week and had five RBI. The Miami (Fla.) transfer was a key part of an[Read More…]
LEE: Tourney loss offers humbling moment
Coming into the season, Long Beach State was expected to be part of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which kicks off with Tuesday’s opening round game. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Anaheim Convention Center, the site of the Big West tournament. The 49ers’ NCAA hopes[Read More…]
St. Germain delivers heroics on final day at Mayfair Park
Box score LAKEWOOD – The bats of the Long Beach State softball team came alive during the final game of the Long Beach State Invitational at Mayfair Park on Sunday afternoon. The 49ers (10-12) pushed five runs across the plate in the eighth inning en route to a 6-1 triumph[Read More…]