About an hour after the Long Beach State women’s soccer team fell 2-1 to rival Cal State Fullerton, CSUF athletics tweeted, “There are few wins sweeter than ones against the 49ers.” After seeing the looks on the faces of the defeated 49ers as they headed toward the team bus, it[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
49ers fall sans Serna
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team suffered its first Big West Conference loss of the season Friday night at the Matadome. After taking the first set, LBSU (7-7, 2-1 Big West) could not hold off Cal State Northridge (12-4, 3-1 Big West) the rest of the night, as it[Read More…]
Weekend forecast of sun and rainbows for Long Beach State
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team faces its biggest road tests of the season this weekend. The Beach (7-6, 2-0 Big West Conference) will play against Cal State Northridge (11-4, 2-1 Big West) on Thursday and the eighth-ranked Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (10-2, 3-0 Big West) on Saturday. LBSU head[Read More…]
Long Beach State enters conference play with nation’s seventh-best RPI
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team has endured its toughest matches of the season and will begin Big West Conference play ranked among the best in collegiate soccer. Following a 1-0 defeat of San Diego in their final nonconference game, the 49ers (7-3) moved up one spot in the[Read More…]
Tennis season begins as two 49ers win Player of the Week honors
As Long Beach State transitions from nonconference play to Big West Conference play in several sports, the women’s tennis team is just getting started and several players are earning recognition for their outstanding efforts this weekend. Tennis The LBSU women’s tennis team finished up its first tournament of the year[Read More…]
Serna’s career match leads ‘Niners over UC Santa Barbara
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is growing stronger and more confident match by match. This is due, in part, to the healthy return of sophomore middle blocker Alma Serna, who led The Beach to its second Big West Conference victory in as many days Saturday night. LBSU (7-6,[Read More…]
LBSU ends nonconference play with shutout of San Diego
After spending two weekends on the road, the 49ers returned home to face their rivals, the San Diego Toreros. And what a homecoming it was. Competing in front of a season-high 808 spectators, No. 22 Long Beach State (7-3) played suffocating defense and got a late goal from freshman forward[Read More…]
Long Beach State opens Big West play with win over Cal Poly
Sophomore middle blocker Alma Serna celebrated her birthday by leading the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to victory Friday night. The Beach (6-6, 1-0 Big West Conference) defeated Cal Poly (1-11, 0-1 Big West) in four sets (25-17, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14) in the Big West Conference opener. Serna recorded[Read More…]
49ers will have to battle for back-to-back Big West titles
With the addition of Hawaii and the continued improvement of teams such as Pacific and Cal State Northridge, the Big West Conference looks to be highly competitive in 2012. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team begins its Big West title defense Friday when it hosts Cal Poly.
San Diego to visit Long Beach State in annual rivalry match
It has been 304 days since the 22nd-ranked Long Beach State women’s soccer team defeated San Diego in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. That’s 304 days of reminiscing on the 49er sideline about a rainy, muddy afternoon game that was won in the 56th minute by Ashley Roese’s[Read More…]