The Long Beach State women’s basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the nine-team Big West Conference by 25 media members in a preseason poll released Thursday. The 49ers, who finished fourth in the Big West last season, received 84 points and finished ahead of just Pacific (51) and[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Tournament positions at stake this weekend
If the Long Beach State women’s soccer team plans on earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, then it needs to be prepared to rewrite its own history. As strange as it sounds, the 49ers (11-4-2, 4-1-1 Big West Conference), who captured three of the last four regular season[Read More…]
VAFAMANESH: Golden opportunity awaits LBSU in Northern California
As the regular season narrows down to just two games, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team will have its sights set on maintaining second place in the Big West Conference. The 49ers (11-4-2, 4-1-1 Big West Conference), who currently have 13 points in the Big West standings, will need[Read More…]
Beach soccer moves past CSUN into 2nd place
Box score The Long Beach State women’s soccer team shook up the Big West Conference standings Sunday as it edged Cal State Northridge, 2-1, on Senior Day at George Allen Field. The 49ers’ (11-4-2, 4-1-1 Big West) victory moved them up to second place in the conference with 13 points,[Read More…]
49ers dropped by No. 15 UCI in emotional showdown
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team saw its seven-game unbeaten streak snapped as it ran into its most physical conference match of the season Thursday against 15th-ranked UC Irvine. UCI defender CoCo Goodson scored the game-winning goal in the 43rd minute to lift the Anteaters (14-1-2, 6-0-0 Big West[Read More…]
One school’s decision becomes LBSU’s missing Link
The Long Beach State women’s soccer match Thursday against No. 15 UC Irvine, which kicks off at George Allen Field at 3 p.m., might mean a little more to sophomore Nadia Link. Whether anyone knows it or not, Link is no ordinary student-athlete. Aside from waking up every morning at[Read More…]
Bullock nets hat trick in 49ers’ romp of Titans
FULLERTON — Senior midfielder Lindsay Bullock compiled a hat trick to lead the Long Beach State women’s soccer team to a decisive 5-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Sunday at Titan Soccer Stadium. Bullock’s hat trick was the first for the 49ers since October 2008 when Hayley Bolt scored[Read More…]
Big West Media Day: Women’s basketball outlook
ANAHEIM — The only thing Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn knew for certain, as of Wednesday, was that she’s far from deciding on a starting lineup. The hobbled 49ers have six players injured and Wynn said she “anticipates that some will come back at some point”[Read More…]
Big West leaders show why they coach, not cook
ANAHEIM — It was all smiles Wednesday for the Big West Conference basketball coaches at the Second Annual Southern California Basketball Coaches Cooking Challenge at the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney. Dan Monson and Jody Wynn (Long Beach State), Bob Burton and Marcia Foster (Cal State Fullerton), Bobby Braswell and[Read More…]
LBSU men’s basketball video causes stir on Web
It’s funny where two giant, plastic hamster balls found in a closet can lead to when the Internet is involved. The Long Beach State athletics marketing department has made a few creative YouTube videos to help promote the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball seasons. The video entitled “LBSU Basketball: No[Read More…]