Jody met Derek Wynn in her junior year at Southern California. Derek, then a student at Cal State Fullerton, coached high school basketball. “A mutual friend of ours, who was a football player at USC introduced us,” Jody said. “It was late in my junior year; he came to a[Read More…]
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LBSU baseball will travel to the desert to play Arizona State in weekend series
An emerging pitching staff and improved offense will lead the Long Beach State baseball team into Phoenix to take on No. 21 Arizona State for a three-game series starting Friday night. The Dirtbags (8-4) rank 13th in the country in earned run average and fifth in strikeouts per inning. Freshman[Read More…]
Florida stomps LBSU
Defending national champion Florida lived up to its reputation in a 10-1 rout of the Long Beach State softball team Wednesday at the 49er Softball Complex. The Gators (22-0) took advantage of eight walks, five hit batsmen and three errors by the 49ers (10-11). The multitude of physical and mental[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…]
LBSU hosts undefeated Florida at the 49er Softball Complex
The Long Beach State softball team will face its biggest challenge of the season Wednesday when it hosts defending National Champion and No.1 Florida. “It’s just another game, it’s just another team,” senior outfielder Christina Montoya said. “I’m more concerned about us and how we’re going to play.” The 49ers[Read More…]
The 49ers reached .500 after winning three of five at home.
An upset victory over No. 12 UCLA highlighted a successful weekend for the Long Beach State softball team in the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational at Mayfair Park. An electrifying crowd of 1,255 people, split evenly between Bruin and 49er fans, watched as sophomore right-hander Christina Clermont and senior right-hander[Read More…]
LBSU falls to Hawaii
The No. 10 Long Beach State men’s volleyball dropped back-to-back matches to No. 6 Hawaii over the weekend in the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (8-8, 5-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) got off to a terrific start against Hawaii (13-3, 10-2 MPSF) in the first set, taking a 10-5 lead with[Read More…]
LBSU demolishes Titans
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team snapped its five-game losing streak with a 70-47 win over Cal State Fullerton Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (14-16, 8-6) dispatched the last-place Titans (9-20, 1-13) behind sophomore guard Travis Hammonds, senior point guard Mike Caffey and senior forward David Samuels,[Read More…]
LBSU sweeps Wichita State
Freshman right-handers Chris Mathewson and Darren McCaughan combined to throw the first no-hitter in Long Beach State history, giving the Dirtbags a three-game sweep over Wichita State at Blair Field on Sunday. Mathewson threw the first seven innings of the game, striking out eight batters in the Dirtbags’ (8-3) historic[Read More…]