LOS ANGELES –– The gym was small and humid, and the crowd was noisy, rowdy and too much to handle for Long Beach men’s volleyball as it suffered its first loss of the season to No. 11 USC. For the first time since the 2017 NCAA Semifinals, No. 1 Long[Read More…]
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Dirtbags battle, but come up short against Titans
Dirtbags junior catcher Dominic Campeau adjusted his batting gloves with the bases loaded and Long Beach down by a run with two outs in the eighth. The crowd at Blair Field gasped as he launched the first pitch of his at bat into deep center field, then groaned as it[Read More…]
Winning isn’t always easy
It’s time to take a step back and acknowledge that the road to another championship won’t be as easy as fans thought it would be. After cruising through the season and crushing opponents in the Walter Pyramid, No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball (19-0, 4-0 Big West) was finally[Read More…]
Season recap: Injuries, six-game losing streak caused Long Beach to peak too late
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team finished its third consecutive season with a losing record and 15 total wins. While it appears mediocrity has sunk in as the norm for Long Beach, this season saw the most promise out of the last three years. The 49ers showed enough fight[Read More…]
Long Beach shifts speeds this weekend
Coming off its performance in the split meets last weekend, the Long Beach State track and field team will be changing pace, as the decathletes and heptathletes will take center stage at the UC Riverside Decathlon and Heptathlon Thursday and Friday. This event is the only decathlon and heptathlon on[Read More…]
MBB: LBSU advances to Big West semifinals only to fall to UCI
Long Beach made it to the semifinal round with a 68-66 win over Hawai’i Thursday night. In the semifinal, Long Beach State men’s basketball team was on the wrong side of the tale Friday, giving up 48 second half points in a 75-67 loss to UC Irvine in the Big[Read More…]
WBB: LBSU upsets CSUF to advance to quarterfinals
An impressive performance by reserve guard Kianna Hamilton-Fisher propels the 49ers to a 60-54 victory.
Roberts saves Long Beach with game winner over Hawai’i
ANAHEIM — Since the halfway point of conference play, Jordan Roberts has looked like a different player offensively. Roberts’ aggression to score the ball continued into the Big West conference tournament as he netted a game-winning jump shot with less than a second left to send Long Beach to the[Read More…]
Long Beach falters, but outlasts Santa Barbara
The 49ers suited up for another match in the Walter Pyramid Thursday night, but found themselves in unfamiliar territory hours later. With their backs against the wall, down 2-1 for the first time all season, Long Beach State men’s volleyball had to regroup and rally together to defeat No. 3[Read More…]
Breamon earns scholarship in final season
Breamon Richard just can’t stop smiling. He’s not used to being interviewed in his two years on Long Beach State’s men’s basketball team. His smile is contagious, and he can’t help but be nervous and energetic for another chance to help his team get to the big dance — even[Read More…]