At the halfway point in their Big West Conference schedule, the Dirtbags are 7-5 and sit at 20-20 overall. The 7-5 mark puts them fourth in the Big West race behind UC Irvine (11-1), Cal Poly (10-5) and Cal State Fullerton (9-6). While the Dirtbags were swept at UCI three[Read More…]
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Beach tennis headed to Stanford for NCAAs
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team is headed to the Stanford Regional in Palo Alto for the NCAA Regionals, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The No. 50-ranked 49ers (18-7) will face the No. 25-ranked Louisiana State University Tigers (13-10) in the first round from May 8-10. LBSU, led by four-time[Read More…]
Sports Picks: Women’s golf earns No. 15 seed for NCAA West Regional
Softball Junior earns first Player of the Week honor Junior left fielder Ashley Weber was named Big West Conference Softball Player of the Week on Monday. Weber earned the first weekly honor of her career after helping the 49ers take two out of three against Cal State Fullerton as she[Read More…]
New WPS league aims to buck failure trend
Every so often it seems like a new women’s professional sports league is formed. Each time, the league is supposed to continue the push towards gender equality in athletics. However, other than the WNBA, women’s leagues seemingly never gain popularity and always collapse — usually for financial reasons — while[Read More…]
NFL Draft makes for an overhyped media spectacle
This past weekend’s NFL Draft triggered a discussion in the Daily Forty-Niner newsroom involving assistant sports editors Danny Lee and Daniel Ramirez, along with staff writer Matt Moreno. Matt Moreno: I think the draft is one of the best parts of the NFL year. It gives fans some hope that[Read More…]
High school junior’s decision may start trend
At least Jeremy Tyler won’t have to worry about coming down with a case of senioritis next year. The 6-foot-11 junior from San Diego decided last week to forgo his senior season of high school basketball in favor of playing professionally in Europe. That’s right, high school. Tyler cited better[Read More…]
Men’s volleyball season ended by Pepperdine – again
MALIBU — Much like last season, the Pepperdine Waves were just too much for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team to prolong its postseason Saturday night. The No. 2-seeded Waves ended the No. 7 49ers’ season in similar fashion with a 30-28, 30-25, 23-30, 30-27 victory in the quarterfinals[Read More…]
Titans spoil Senior Day for LBSU softball
Box score A season-high nine strikeouts from sophomore right-hander Brooke Turner was not enough to help the 49ers finish the series sweep against Cal State Fullerton on Senior Day. Long Beach State (29-18, 10-5 Big West Conference) fell, 2-0, to the Titans on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex. LBSU[Read More…]
Sports Picks: Dirtbags sweep Pacific
Baseball LBSU sweeps Pacific The Dirtbags (20-19, 7-5 Big West Conference) completed the series sweep with a 10-3 win Sunday over the Pacific Tigers (16-22, 7-8 Big West). Down two in the third, the Dirtbags scored four runs and captured the lead for good. Devin Lohman and TJ Mittelstaedt each[Read More…]
Weber produces 6 hits in 49ers’ doubleheader sweep
Game 1 box score Game 2 box score One can always expect a Long Beach State-Cal State Fullerton game to be an emotional, back-and-forth struggle and Saturday’s doubleheader at the 49er Softball Complex was just that. LBSU (29-17, 10-4 Big West Conference) downed the Titans in both games to move[Read More…]