The Long Beach State tennis team’s NCAA appearance came to an end as it lost to the top-ranked team in the nation, UCLA. The 46th-ranked Long Beach State women gave all they had, but it wasn’t enough as they fell to No. 1 UCLA at the Los Angeles Tennis Center[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
‘Niners take Big West
The Long Beach State softball team beat Pacific and won its first Big West title since 2008 in front of a home crowd Saturday afternoon. Sarah Carrasco’s three-run home run in the fourth inning was all the ‘Niners needed to put away Pacific and earn a trip to Arizona, where[Read More…]
Woman’s tennis player Malenovska perseveres through injury, complications
A season-ending injury and complications with the NCAA were not enough to keep Long Beach State women’s tennis player Klaudia Malenovska off the court. Since moving to Long Beach from her native Slovakia, Malenovska, who plays at No. 2 doubles and No. 5 singles, has been on the tennis team[Read More…]
Athletics in review: From women’s soccer to men’s basketball
The 2011-2012 seasons were stellar for many of the Long Beach State sports teams. From numerous Big West Conference titles, individual player accolades, record breaking careers and performances and storied NCAA tournament runs. This athletic year could go down as one of the best in the history of LBSU. It[Read More…]
Hannah Grady Feature
Assistant women’s tennis coach Hannah Grady will leave Long Beach State this summer to take a swing at life. Grady, 24, is an international student from Coventry, England and is leaving the Beach with her MBA. She is looking for a career in city management or work with a non-profit[Read More…]
Petty relishes time in the circle
No regrets? Check. Just have fun? Always. Go out with a bang? Working on it. Every time Taylor Petty steps into the circle for the Long Beach State softball team, these are the things she works to accomplish before her senior season concludes. Petty, a communications major who plans to[Read More…]
49ers sweep UCR
Erin Jones-Wesley led the Long Beach State softball team with a pair of two-hit, complete-game shutouts as the ‘Niners swept UC Riverside 10-4, 1-0 and 6-0 over the weekend. The dominant weekend put the 49ers (23-22, 11-4 Big West Conference) over .500 for the first time since February 19 and[Read More…]
‘Niners take two of three from Davis
The Long Beach State softball team took two of three from UC Davis this past weekend, thanks to strong pitching performances from starters senior Taylor Petty and sophomore Erin Jones-Wesley. The 49ers (18-21, 6-3 Big West) swept a Saturday doubleheader but lost the Sunday finale to the Aggies, as Petty[Read More…]
‘Niners sweep Cal Poly
The Long Beach State softball team used dominant pitching to sweep Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in a three-game series this past weekend winning 4-1 and 3-2 on in a doubleheader on Friday and 2-1 on Saturday. Senior Taylor Petty and sophomore Erin Jones-Wesley combined efforts and gave up[Read More…]
49ers host Cal Poly
The 49ers are out of excuses. When the Long Beach State softball team takes the field on Friday against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, it will be doing so with a completely healthy team for the first time this year. While injuries and illnesses can shoulder much of[Read More…]