The 49ers had their backs to the wall against Hawai’i yet were able to come away with the win.
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Beach Weekly Episode 19: Tennis, budgets and sexual misconduct
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COMMENTARY: The gold standard for the Big West
With a three-team race to the top, Long Beach State has shown why they’re the most reliable team in the Big West.
49ers look to outperform formidable Wildcats team
Long Beach has strong start to season against UC Riverside
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team stringed in a couple strong performances early on, allowing that momentum to culminate in a 5-2 victory against UC Riverside in its first match of the season that took place on Saturday. Having won the doubles point, Long Beach (1-0 Big West) continued[Read More…]
Serena Williams’ claims of discrimination are valid
It’s no secret that professional sports has long been a bit of a boy’s club and while the wage gap in sports is slowly closing, the differences in the treatment of men and women in athletics goes well beyond pay. This has been made apparent most recently with professional tennis[Read More…]
International athletes are part of LBSU’s success
A recent trend among some of the successful sports teams at Long Beach State is the recruitment of international athletes. They travel thousands of miles to devote multiple years of work to a program, while putting trust into a coaching staff they’ve never met in person. The presence of foreign-born[Read More…]
Long Beach State women’s tennis outshine conference leaders, UC Davis
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team earned its third consecutive victory after besting conference leaders UC Davis 4-1 Sunday at the Rhodes Tennis Center. After losing the doubles point, the 49ers (10-8, 4-2 in Big West) came back from behind during singles matches and outclassed the Aggies (13-5, 6-2[Read More…]
A last breath defeat for Long Beach State women’s tennis
A perfect March ended for Long Beach State women’s tennis team, as the team suffered a close 4-3 loss Saturday against Purdue at the Rhodes Tennis Center. LBSU (6-6) and Purdue (7-7) fought until the last game of the match, where 49er freshman Sadaf Sadeghvaziri fell against Boilermakers’ Seira Shimizu[Read More…]
LBSU women’s tennis edged Penn in the final moment
Natalie Muñoz has been nothing but clutch for the Long Beach State women’s tennis team this season. Her point in the third singles match against University of Pennsylvania sealed the 4-3 victory Tuesday at the Rhodes Tennis Center. The sophomore delivered for LBSU (5-5) similar to the way she[Read More…]