Despite an underwhelming season, fans of the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team showed up in full force to the annual matchup against Hawai’i. The rivalry game brought out some competition that has been missing from the home team. LBSU (5-15, 2-5 Big West) finished the fourth week of conference[Read More…]
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Long Beach State honors Brian Gimmillaro in rivalry match
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team returns home to face Hawai’i at 7 p.m. on Friday. After splitting the series last year, LBSU (5-14, 2-4 Big West) looks to take down long-time rival Hawai’i (11-6, 5-1 Big West) in the first matchup of the season. Both teams are coming[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball comes home winless
The Long Beach State’s women’s volleyball closed the third week of Big West Conference play with losses to UC Irvine and UC Davis. The 49ers (5-14, 2-4 Big West) tried to stage comebacks in both matches, but fell in four sets to each team. “A lot of things weren’t working[Read More…]
Long Beach State women’s volleyball heads to UC Irvine in rivalry match
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team hits the road to take on UC Irvine on Thursday, and will follow up with another away game against UC Davis on Saturday at 7 p.m. LBSU (5-12, 2-2 Big West) is tied with UC Irvine (13-2, 1-1 Big West) for fourth in[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball heads back into the win column
Redshirt freshman and outside hitter Brooke Earkman wore a different jersey Saturday night after not being able to find her own. But that didn’t stop her from having a career night. Earkman had a career best 15 kills and a career-high .382 hitting percentage at Saturday’s match. She wore No.[Read More…]
Kruidhof leads LBSU in transition season
Before every match, Megan Kruidhof sits in the locker room and listens to “Put Your Record On” by Corinne Bailey Rae. After pumping herself up, she walks into the stadium with her shoelaces untied. This is a pre-game tradition she said she created on her own. Once Kruidhof gets on the[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball wins one, drops one
Long Beach State’s volleyball team closed the first week of Big West conference play with a loss to Cal State Northridge on Saturday. The 49ers endured a 15-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-20 defeat. Junior outside hitter Megan Kruidhof led the team with 17 kills and four digs. Senior setter Alexis Patterson[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball makes a big splash in Big West opener
A nail-biting match against UC Riverside ended in a five-set win for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team Tuesday night. The pressure was on for the 49ers (4-10, 1-0 Big West) after a rough start to the season, but having beat UCR for four years in a row, history[Read More…]
The women’s volleyball team go 2-1 in the LBSU/UCI Mizuno Invitational
After extending its losing streak to nine, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team looked to bounce back on Saturday in a double header against the San Francisco Dons and the Montana State Bobcats. The 49ers cruised past the Dons, sweeping them 25-19, 25-19, 25-16 to win their second game[Read More…]
LBSU looks to muster a win at Walter Pyramid
The women’s volleyball team returns to the Walter Pyramid to play No. 13 UCLA on Friday, with San Francisco and Montana State following on Saturday. LBSU (1-9) looks to snap an eight-game losing streak and is currently second to last in the Big West conference in overall records. Key players[Read More…]