The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team suffered its first Big West Conference loss of the season Friday night at the Matadome. After taking the first set, LBSU (7-7, 2-1 Big West) could not hold off Cal State Northridge (12-4, 3-1 Big West) the rest of the night, as it[Read More…]
Women’s Volleyball
Weekend forecast of sun and rainbows for Long Beach State
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team faces its biggest road tests of the season this weekend. The Beach (7-6, 2-0 Big West Conference) will play against Cal State Northridge (11-4, 2-1 Big West) on Thursday and the eighth-ranked Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (10-2, 3-0 Big West) on Saturday. LBSU head[Read More…]
Serna’s career match leads ‘Niners over UC Santa Barbara
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is growing stronger and more confident match by match. This is due, in part, to the healthy return of sophomore middle blocker Alma Serna, who led The Beach to its second Big West Conference victory in as many days Saturday night. LBSU (7-6,[Read More…]
Long Beach State opens Big West play with win over Cal Poly
Sophomore middle blocker Alma Serna celebrated her birthday by leading the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to victory Friday night. The Beach (6-6, 1-0 Big West Conference) defeated Cal Poly (1-11, 0-1 Big West) in four sets (25-17, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14) in the Big West Conference opener. Serna recorded[Read More…]
49ers will have to battle for back-to-back Big West titles
With the addition of Hawaii and the continued improvement of teams such as Pacific and Cal State Northridge, the Big West Conference looks to be highly competitive in 2012. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team begins its Big West title defense Friday when it hosts Cal Poly.
The Beach wins two of three in Illinois
In its last opportunity to build momentum before beginning Big West Conference play, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team won two of three matches at the Bradley Invitational. The ‘Niners (5-6) opened the tournament Friday night by defeating Arkansas State in four sets. They continued their success on Saturday[Read More…]
Serna returns from injury as ‘Niners head to Illinois
Alma Serna has exchanged her crutches and walking boot for court shoes and kneepads. Although she has been limited in her return to action, Serna is finally back on the court after being sidelined by an opening-match ankle sprain for nearly three weeks. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team[Read More…]
LBSU gets mixed results in Seattle
Looking to get back on track, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team came away with a win in one of its two matches over the weekend at the Washington Invitational. The Beach (3-5) defeated Seattle (4-5) in straight sets Saturday night, but fell to No. 7 Washington (8-0) in[Read More…]
Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to battle in Seattle
After a rough stretch of matches to begin the season, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is hoping to turn things around this weekend at the Washington Invitational. The non-conference schedule for the Beach (2-4) has been difficult to this point, and it does not get any easier. The[Read More…]
Home court advantage nonexistent for Long Beach State
Despite having the luxury of playing its latest tournament at home, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team experienced the same fate it saw on the road last weekend when it won only one of three matches. After defeating James Madison in straight sets (25-14, 25-21, 25-12) Thursday night in[Read More…]