Click here for 2011 NCAA Tournament bracket The Long Beach State women’s soccer team won’t have to go far for the start of the NCAA Tournament this season. The NCAA.com selection show revealed that the 49ers (15-5-1) will travel to Malibu to face Pepperdine (15-1-4) on Saturday in the first[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
LBSU claims second consecutive Big West Tournament title
IRVINE — The Long Beach State women’s soccer team sits atop the Big West Conference — again. And, anyone who thought LBSU’s tournament title was a fluke last year is probably eating their words after Sunday’s Big West Tournament championship. For the second year in a row, the No. 2-seeded[Read More…]
Link’s go-ahead goal sends LBSU to Big West Tournament championship
When the stakes have been at their highest, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team has always been able to turn to star forward Nadia Link, and Thursday’s Big West Conference semifinal rematch was no exception. Link delivered the go-ahead goal in the 55th minute to lead the No. 2-seeded[Read More…]
Link earns national recognition from Soccer America
Long Beach State junior forward Nadia Link has been named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week, the website announced Wednesday. This marks the second time this season that Link has earned national recognition from Soccer America as she was also selected to its team of the week[Read More…]
‘Niners look to repeat as Big West Tournament champs
After two momentous wins that solidified a second seed in the Big West Conference Tournament, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team will look to earn its second straight trip to the conference championship when it hosts Cal State Northridge at George Allen Field on Thursday at 2 p.m. A[Read More…]
Link strikes twice, delivers game-winner as LBSU clinches No. 2 seed
What a world of difference a week makes for the Long Beach State women’s soccer team. Just seven days removed from sitting in fourth place in the conference standings, the 49ers secured themselves a No. 2 seed and home-field advantage in the first round of the Big West Tournament. In[Read More…]
Link nabs Big West weekly honor
Long Beach State junior forward Nadia Link was named the Big West Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. It marks the second weekly honor for Link this season and third of her career. Link helped the LBSU women’s soccer team lock up[Read More…]
‘Niners lock up Big West Tournament bid
With her first collegiate goal, freshman midfielder Taylor Nelson secured the Long Beach State women soccer team its sixth Big West Conference Tournament bid in seven years as the 49ers defeated UC Davis, 2-0, on Friday. The win over the Aggies (11-5-1, 4-2-1 Big West) at George Allen Field sent[Read More…]
Tournament position at stake for Beach soccer
If the Long Beach State women’s soccer team hopes to have any shot at repeating as Big West Conference Tournament champions, then it could start by winning at least one of its last two games of the season this weekend. LBSU, which is seeking its sixth conference tournament appearance in[Read More…]
‘Niners bounce back with Sweetman’s game-winner
After back-to-back shutout losses, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team managed to post a shutout of its own in a 1-0 win over UC Riverside on Friday afternoon at George Allen Field. Senior forward Nicole Sweetman delivered the game-winning goal in the 75th minute. Freshman midfielder Taylor Nelson streaked[Read More…]