The Long Beach State women’s basketball team was handed a 57-41 defeat courtesy of host UC Riverside Saturday evening at the Student Recreation Center. Senior Kaiti O’Brien led the 49ers with 14 points and nine rebounds, while junior Whitney Fields added nine points. Junior Courtney Jacob finished with eight points,[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Women’s hoops team having winter to dis-remember
While the Long Beach State men’s basketball team has been riding a wave of momentum over the winter break, the 49er women are having a January that they’d like to forget. The latest setback came last Saturday night when the 49ers fell in overtime to CS Northridge, 88-84, at the[Read More…]
Aggies edge 49ers, 55-54, on controversial play
The tough breaks continued to pour in for head coach Mary Hegarty and the Long Beach State women’s basketball team Saturday night. UC Davis forward Kasey Riecks hit two free throws with 2.1 seconds left to give the visiting Aggies a narrow 55-54 win over the 49ers at the Walter[Read More…]
A tale of two halves: The Beach falls to Pacific, 76-62
Energized by a record-breaking home crowd of 2,656, The Beach sprinted out on to an early lead only to watch the Pacific Tigers claw back in the second half Thursday afternoon. The Tigers, behind the strong performances of forward Janae Young (23 points) and guard Amy VanHollebeke (15 points and[Read More…]
Beach women to host Pacific in Big West home opener
In an initiative to increase awareness and attendance at women’s college basketball games thoughout the country, Long Beach State will participate in the NCAA Pack the House Challenge on Thursday. The 49ers (3-10, 0-2 Big West Conference) will host the Pacific Tigers (7-6, 1-0 Big West) at the Walter Pyramid.[Read More…]
Losses, season-ending injuries mount for LBSU women
Head coach Mary Hegarty may have lost more than the Big West Conference opener Friday night. Long Beach State was routed, 66-48, by host UC Santa Barbara at The Thunderdome. Junior transfer Whitney Fields notched her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds, in addition to[Read More…]
Men’s, women’s hoops gear up for Big West play
For a while, it looked like head coach Dan Monson and the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was going to enter its Big West Conference schedule with a winning record. The 49ers (5-7) dropped an 86-74 decision at Oregon on Monday in the team’s final tune-up before conference play[Read More…]
‘Niners have ‘Fields’ day against Aggies
Junior center Whitney Fields responded to head coach Mary Hegarty’s decision to bring her off the bench on Monday night. Fields scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the Long Beach State women’s basketball team to a 74-61 victory over New Mexico State at the Walter[Read More…]
Slow start plagues women’s hoops against BYU
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team showed the gritty potential they have as a team in the second half of the game. One problem though: they continue to not show up in the first half. LBSU (2-7) was defeated Saturday night by Brigham Young University (8-2) at the Walter[Read More…]
4 recruits sign to play softball at The Beach
Three high school standouts and one junior college recruit signed national letters of intent on Tuesday to play softball at Long Beach State. Liz Javier, Caitrin DeBaun, Dana Garcia and Nalani St. Germain will join the 49ers for the 2009 season. “This recruiting class will certainly help to continue the[Read More…]