Box score The rain may have canceled play for the Long Beach State women’s softball team’s second game of its doubleheader Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to stop freshman pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley in the first game. And neither was Illinois for that matter. Jones-Wesley (9-3) fell one hit shy of[Read More…]
Softball
Freshman leads ‘Niners in come-from-behind victory
FULLERTON — After a shaky start, the Long Beach State softball team came back to defeat DePaul, 2-1, in the opening day of the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton. Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley (8-3) stopped some heavy first-inning bleeding for LBSU (17-9) by getting three batters out in a row with[Read More…]
Softball edged by No. 14 Texas
Box score The Long Beach State softball team was narrowly defeated by 14th-ranked Texas, 1-0, Wednesday at the 49er Softball Complex. Texas (19-3) scored the lone run of the game in the top of the second inning as Amy Hooks sent a solo home run over the left field fence[Read More…]
Freshman throws second no-hitter
LAKEWOOD — For the second time in eight days, freshman starting pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley took matters into her own hands for the Long Beach State softball team in a 2-0 win against Utah State on Sunday at the Long Beach Marriott Invitational. Jones-Wesley (7-3) tossed her second no-hitter in as[Read More…]
LBSU pulls out extra-inning victory
Box score LAKEWOOD — Senior pitcher Brooke Turner held the Sacramento State Hornets in check for a 2-1, extra-inning Long Beach State softball win at the Long Beach Marriott Invitational on Saturday. Turner (4-1) pitched through nine innings, giving up an unearned run, and had nine strikeouts including the last[Read More…]
Softball goes 0 for 2 as hosts
BYU 2, LBSU 0 Box score LAKEWOOD — The Long Beach State softball team watched Brigham Young get a little revenge Friday by winning its second match-up of the season, 2-0, at the Long Beach Marriott Invitational. While the 49ers (13-8) beat the Cougars the first go-around eight days ago,[Read More…]
‘Niners Notes: March 7
Baseball, softball players receive weekly honors Three Long Beach State athletes — one from baseball, two from softball — were named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Sophomore Nalani St. Germain earned the conference’s Field Player of the Week honor while senior Brooke Turner earned a co-Pitcher[Read More…]
Freshman tosses no-hitter for The Beach
LBSU 7, No. 21 Baylor 1 Box score SAN DIEGO — Freshman pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley delivered her first career no-hitter for the Long Beach State softball team in a 7-1 victory against 21st-ranked Baylor on Saturday in the Campbell/Cartier Tournament. Jones-Wesley (6-2) struck out six and gave up two walks,[Read More…]
Turner, Petty command the circle again
Nalani St. Germain provided all the offense that the Long Beach State softball team needed to beat No. 23-ranked Houston, 3-0, Friday at the Campbell/Cartier Tournament in San Diego, Calif. The 5-foot-9 sophomore had the only two hits for the 49ers (11-6), including a three-run home run in the first[Read More…]
LBSU upperclassmen combine for 1-hitter
LBSU 1, BYU 0 Box score A pair of Long Beach State pitchers combined for a one-hitter Thursday to lead the softball team to a 1-0 victory over Brigham Young at the Campbell/Cartier Classic Tournament in San Diego. Junior starting pitcher Taylor Petty threw four scoreless innings of one-hit ball[Read More…]