The Long Beach State baseball team is on the outside looking in for the playoff picture and will host Hawai’i for a three game series beginning Friday night at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (23-17, 8-7 Big West) are coming off of a Tuesday night upset over No. 2 UCLA. It[Read More…]
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LBSU hosts first place CSUN
The Long Beach State softball team will host Big West leader Cal State Northridge at the 49er Softball Complex for a three-game series starting Saturday looking to close the gap in league standings. The Matadors (37-10, 12-0) began conference play by sweeping Cal Poly, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and[Read More…]
LBSU completes sweep of Cal State Fullerton
The 49ers beat the Fullerton Titans twice on Wednesday at the 49er Softball Complex to complete the three-game sweep and take sole possession of second place in the Big West. “We’ve been picking it up, as you can see,” Sophomore catcher Lauren Lombardi said. “We’ve been doing better and better,[Read More…]
Big West Basketball Standings
MBB Conference All games W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral UC Davis 12 2 .857 22 5 .815 12-0 10-5 0-0 UC Irvine 10 4 .714 17 11 .607 9-3 6-8 2-0 UC Santa Barbara 9 5 .643 16 12 .571 11-2 3-9 2-1 Long Beach[Read More…]
LBSU matches up against UCSB and UCLA
The No. 10 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will try to overcome four consecutive losses when it travels to No. 8 UC Santa Barbara and No. 9 UC Los Angeles on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. The 49ers fell to a losing record in the league (8-8 overall, 5-8 Mountain[Read More…]
Deep dive
A three-game losing streak threatens to derail the Long Beach State men’s basketball team’s impressive efforts in league play. After losing to UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly, the 49ers are in third place in the Big West Conference with UCSB and Hawaii right on its heels. Why[Read More…]
LBSU hosts Riverside and Irvine
The Long Beach men’s basketball team is hosting a pair of Big West conference opponents when it plays UC Riverside and UC Irvine this weekend in the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (12-11, 6-1) will try to contain UC Riverside (10-11, 3-4) junior forward Taylor Johns, who leads the Highlanders with[Read More…]
Long Beach State softball expected to win the West
The 2015 preseason coaches poll selected the Long Beach State softball team to repeat as Big West conference champions. All of the Big West head coaches participated in the annual poll, which was released last Tuesday. The 49ers received four first-place votes and earned a total of 59 points to[Read More…]
49er softball team starts season without ace
Coming off one of the best seasons in school history, the Long Beach State softball team enters 2015 with a glaring void at the top of its rotation following the graduation of right-hander Erin Jones-Wesley. In her four years, Jones-Wesley established herself as one of the best pitchers in school[Read More…]
The right stuff: winning streak proves 49ers have what it takes
A 15-game winning streak has established the Long Beach State women’s basketball team as a top contender for the Big West Conference championship this season. After a 90-85 home loss to Southern California in the third game of the season, senior guard Hallie Meneses said the way the 49ers looked[Read More…]