After another pair of setbacks last weekend in San Francisco, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is home and looking to get back into the win column. The prognosis on middle blocker Haleigh Hampton isn’t great, but it could have been worse. The junior – who sat out the[Read More…]
Women’s Volleyball
‘Niner Notes: Sanders, Lyons, McConnell earn honors
49ers win weekly honors Hannah Sanders and Elizabeth Lyons each earned Player of the Week honors for their performances against Cincinnati and Loyola Marymount with the Long Beach State women’s soccer team this weekend. Sanders won the Big West Offensive Player of the Week award along with Cal Poly’s Elise[Read More…]
Long Beach State defeated twice at Bay Area Challenge
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team continues to take its lumps early on, absorbing two more close losses in the Bay Area Challenge. Playing three matches in two days, the ‘Niners (2-4) defeated San Francisco on Friday night in between losses to Air Force and Miami. All three matches[Read More…]
Misty May-Treaner to leave Long Beach State for USC
Misty May-Treanor announced her departure from the Long Beach State sand volleyball program Tuesday to go to Southern California. The three-time Olympic gold medalist was a volunteer assistant coach for the team, and she will assume the same position at USC. May-Treanor told LBSU that she was leaving the team[Read More…]
LBSU to play without star Hampton in Bay Area Challenge
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team may have lost much more than two matches over the weekend, as junior middle blocker Haleigh Hampton was injured in the final game and will miss the Bay Area Challenge, according to head coach Brian Gimmillaro. During the second set of a three-set[Read More…]
With first tests over, 49ers can look for wins this weekend
Both the Long Beach State women’s volleyball and women’s soccer teams took on ranked teams over the weekend, and after varying levels of success, they can look forward to facing softer opponents this weekend. All three of the schools the women’s volleyball team faced at the Long Beach State Mizuno[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Eileen Maes named to weekly honor roll
Women’s soccer players earn weekly honors Long Beach State women’s soccer players Eileen Maes and Mimi Rangel were recognized and awarded for their roles Sunday in the 49ers’ 3-2 final minute win against No. 23 Texas Tech. CollegeSoccer360.com named senior midfielder Maes to its Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll after[Read More…]
‘Niners falter against Florida State, Kentucky at Mizuno Invitational
After a come-from-behind victory over Illinois on Friday night, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team dropped consecutive matches against ranked opponents in theLong Beach State Mizuno Invitational. On Sunday, The Beach (1-2) closed out the annual tournament at the Walter Pyramid against No. 17 Kentucky in the most lopsided[Read More…]
CLARK: LBSU will make the NCAAs with or without a Big West title
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team took a break from the NCAA tournament last season, but that break will be over soon enough. The 49ers will be in tough competition with No. 11 Hawaii for the Big West Conference title, but even if they lose that battle, they will[Read More…]
Women’s volleyball team finally healthy
After being hampered by injuries from day one in 2012, the 49ers enter the 2013 campaign fully healthy and ready to compete at a high level once again. The perennial Big West Conference powers will face an immediate test this weekend with three matches in as many nights when they[Read More…]