Despite the men’s basketball team’s season-ending loss last weekend, two Long Beach State students still became Big West Conference champions. Sophomore Clarissa Diaz and fourth-year student Alfonso Reyes teamed up last Saturday to win the 2009 Big West ShootOut. The co-ed duo won a grand prize of $5,000 between the[Read More…]
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Sizing up the 65-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament field
Just because the 49ers aren’t in the NCAA Tournament doesn’t mean that March Madness hasn’t hit a fever pitch in the newsroom. Sports editor Tracy McDannald, assistant sports editor Danny Lee and staff writer Matt Moreno discuss their tournament picks in this edition of Beach Banter. To compete against members[Read More…]
Coaches react to BLR rejection, look forward
The Beach Legacy Referendum’s defeat in a student vote last week has the 49er women’s soccer and track and field teams contemplating the future of their respective programs. A proposed 5,000-seat, lighted soccer and track facility was part of the referendum. “There’s just more stress on the coaches [to fundraise,]”[Read More…]
Junior nabs Player of the Week honor
Dean Bittner was named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week on Monday. Bittner led the 49ers to victories in last week’s Active Ankle Tournament over IPFW and defending national champion Penn State. The junior opposite posted 13 kills, three digs and five blocks in LBSU’s[Read More…]
‘Niners tame Nittany Lions
The seventh-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team scored a huge win Saturday night against the defending national champion Penn State Nittany Lions at the Walter Pyramid. In the finale of the Active Ankle Tournament, Long Beach (10-8) took five sets to top No. 4 Penn State (15-3) by the[Read More…]
49ers win one for the Dirtbags
Box score The baseball team at Long Beach State has affectionately been known as the Dirtbags for the past 20 years for their hard-nosed play. In an effort to jump-start a struggling young team, head coach Mike Weathers stripped his squad of that moniker for Sunday’s game. The 49ers fared[Read More…]
Senior earns All-American honors at NCAA Indoor Championships
Sprinter Brent Gray finished his phenomenal career as a 49er Friday, earning All-American honors as he placed sixth in the 200-meter NCAA Indoor Championships. “I came in ranked 14th so to finish sixth was good,” Gray said. “Although I wanted more, I’m still happy with what I got.” Gray competed[Read More…]
Wild 9th inning brings heartbreak
Box score The Dirtbags can’t seem to find a break on the young season, and it was even more evident Saturday at Blair Field. Long Beach State had a forgettable ninth inning as it fell at the hands of the visiting Washington State Cougars, 8-5, to go down 0-2 in[Read More…]
LBSU athletics endures day to forget
ANAHEIM — You didn’t need to look at a calendar to know it was Friday the 13th, just look at the Long Beach State officials at the Anaheim Convention Center. A 65-60 loss to Pacific in the Big West Conference semifinals capped one of the most disappointing days in LBSU[Read More…]
49ers too much for IPFW
Box score The No. 7 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team beat the IPFW Mastodons in three sets at the Walter Pyramid Friday night. The 49ers won 30-21, 30-24, 30-21 in the first day of the Active Ankle Tournament. LBSU (9-8) was led by Dean Bittner, who had a game-high[Read More…]