The Long Beach State women’s water polo team went 0-2 and placed fourth this weekend in the Big West Tournament, ending their season with a one-point loss against UC Irvine on Sunday. Both the No. 1 seed LBSU and No. 2 seed UC Irvine fell on Saturday, the 49ers to[Read More…]
Women’s Water Polo
LBSU enters Big West women’s water polo tournament with plenty to prove
The No. 1 Long Beach State women’s water polo team heads to Santa Barbara this weekend for the Big West Tournament in hopes to prove to the competition LBSU’s conference title was no accident. After winning only two out of eight games in their first two tournaments, LBSU began to[Read More…]
LBSU women’s water polo wins Big West regular season title
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team claimed its first Big West title on sophomore center Emily Garczynski’s last-second shot, giving the 49ers a 7-6 win over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. Although the 49ers stumbled at the beginning of the season when[Read More…]
LBSU women’s water polo chasing history
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team could go undefeated in conference play for the first time in school history with a pair of wins this weekend. The 49ers (16-9, 3-0) face UC Irvine (17-10, 2-2) on the road Thursday and UC Santa Barbara (15-11, 3-1) at home to[Read More…]
LBSU dominates Pomona-Pitzer 18-4 for third win in a row
Long Beach State’s women’s water polo team defeated the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens 18-4 at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center Sunday night, improving LBSU’s record to 15-9 overall. The 49ers came out strong, using a high intensity press on defense that the Sagehens struggled to compete against. After the win, the 49ers[Read More…]
Weekend previews
Men’s volleyball Who: UC San Diego (5-21, 0-20) When: Friday at 7 p.m. Where: RIMAC Arena, San Diego Need to know: Long Beach State (21-6, 15-5) dominates the all-time series 62-5 and has won eight straight matchups against the Tritons, the last six of which by a score of[Read More…]
LBSU wins second Big West game behind Tori Morrissey’s career game
Behind freshman attacker Tori Morrissey’s career-high five goals, the Long Beach State women’s water polo team topped Cal State Northridge 10-4 on Sunday afternoon at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. Morrissey, the first-year player out of Maroubra, Australia, gave the 49ers (14-9, 2-0) an early 3-0 edge with a pair[Read More…]
What you missed at LBSU
Movin’ on up Before going on break, then-No. 21 LBSU women’s water polo team thumped Chapman University 16-3 at home on March 24. Sophomore utility Virginia Smith scored a team-high three goals and four other 49ers finished with two goals each. Then on March 26, the 49ers made a[Read More…]
Weekend preview
Baseball Who: Cal State Fullerton (11-9) When: Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Where: Goodwin Field, Fullerton Need to know: Long Beach State (14-6) and Fullerton renew their rivalry and their annual non-conference series with the Titans leading the all-time series 143-85.[Read More…]
LBSU women’s water polo goes 3-1 at Wolverine Invite
The No. 21 Long Beach State women’s water polo team returns from a cold weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan where the 49ers went on a hot streak after their initial loss to No. 5 Michigan. LBSU began the Wolverine Invite with a 15-8 loss to tournament hosts Michigan on Saturday.[Read More…]