She’s from Vancouver, she was on the Canadian water polo youth national team, she’s currently Long Beach State’s leading scorer and her dad is a Canadian mountie. She is sophomore utility player Virginia Smith. For someone who claims to have struggled with introversion upon her move to California, one would[Read More…]
Women’s Water Polo
LBSU crushes Azusa Pacific University, University of Redlands
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team’s offense erupted in wins over Azusa Pacific University, 12-5, and University of Redlands, 20-5, on Saturday in Redlands. LBSU got off to a slow start against APU, finishing the first quarter 2-2. They eventually set into pace, both defensively and offensively, scoring[Read More…]
Weekend preview
Men’s basketball Who: Cal State Fullerton (9-16, 2-10) When: Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Where: Walter Pyramid TV: Fox Sports Prime Ticket Need to know: When Long Beach State (14-12, 8-3) hosts Cal State Fullerton on Saturday night, the 49ers will be seeking their sixth straight victory. The 49ers own the[Read More…]
LBSU women’s water polo split results at Triton Invitational
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team ended up in 11th place at the Triton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, finishing with wins against Cal State Northridge and Marist College. The weekend’s first game was a tight match-up in which UC Irvine defeated LBSU 9-7. The 49ers could not[Read More…]
LBSU Women’s polo conditions for Big West conference
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team has a difficult schedule ahead, but their top priority won’t be getting wins. This season, head coach Gavin Arroyo said LBSU’s focus will be reaching its peak performance as a team. “It’s early in the season, our focus early on has been[Read More…]
LBSU blanked in first four starts of 2016
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team struggled to overcome slow starts in its season-opening slate of games, losing to each of its first four opponents at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational over the weekend. The 49ers (0-4) were deadlocked with No. 4 California at one goal apiece after[Read More…]
LBSU women’s water polo begins 2016 season at UC Santa Barbara Invitational
Who: No. 4 California (4-0) When: Saturday at 9 a.m. Where: Campus pool, UC Santa Barbara Need to know: Long Beach State has lost six of its last seven meetings with the Golden Bears dating back to 2005. California also owns an all-time record of 14-7 against the 49ers. Former[Read More…]
49ers to host UC Irvine, Pacific
With a four-game winning streak, Long Beach State will host UC Irvine and Pacific this weekend at the Campus Pool. The 49ers (13-3, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will first face UCI (13-6, 1-2 MPSF), which won its first conference victory against Pacific (12-7, 0-2 MPSF). The Anteaters’ scoring leader[Read More…]
Long Beach State’s Coriann Snyder overcomes loss to lead 49ers
Coriann Snyder stood locked in an embrace with head coach Gavin Arroyo minutes before the start of the 49ers’ game against UC Santa Barbara. It was senior day, a day filled with emotion, and one that held special meaning for Snyder. The day was one to commemorate a family and[Read More…]
Women’s water polo: 49ers shut out Bucknell
The last two weeks have proved transformative for the Long Beach State women’s water polo team. A group effort spurred 11th-ranked LBSU past Bucknell, 11-0, Thursday in the team’s first shutout of the season. Chelsea Parks, Justine Morgan, Hillary Veselik, and Coriann Snyder had multi-goal games for the 49ers (15-6).[Read More…]