Updated Sept. 13, 2017 With a loss to Pepperdine Tuesday night, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team broke a 14-game win streak against the Waves. In a season of mounting struggles, the 49ers lost their eighth straight game. LBSU (1-9) went down 3-0 in the first set, and would[Read More…]
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Alexis Patterson sets off a new journey as a 49er
Coming into a new program as a senior can be unsettling for some, but for setter Alexis Patterson, it was an easy transition. Patterson played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for three years, where she led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2016[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball drops its seventh in a row
LBSU women’s volleyball could not find its groove this weekend, continuing to struggle on the road and extending its losing streak to seven. Throughout the weekend, LBSU (1-8) started games off strong, yet did not have enough fight to finish. The 49ers showed spurts of energy, however it was never[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball comes home winless, losing its fourth in a row
The women’s volleyball team came home without a win in the Wolverine Invitational hosted by Utah Valley. Consistency and maintaining leads were a big problem for the 49ers in this past weekend’s tournament. While LBSU showed toughness against challenging opponents, it was not enough to muster a win. On Thursday,[Read More…]
The Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer era
When Brian Gimmillaro announced his retirement in June, Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and Matt Fuerbringer had a tough decision that could have impacted their future as a couple; who would chase after the newly-opened Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach position. McKienzie-Fuerbringer and her husband decided that she would be the better[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball drops final match against Iowa
Updated August 29, 2017 The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team fell 1-2 in the season after a 25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 25-21 loss to Iowa on Saturday in the last game of the LBSU Baden Challenge tournament. Junior outside hitter Megan Kruidhof led the team with 14 kills while also[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball loses to reigning champion Stanford in season opener
The women’s volleyball team began its season with the LBSU Baden Challenge hosted in the Walter Pyramid. On Friday LBSU was swept in their first game 25-19, 25-21, 25-13 against reigning champion No. 2 Stanford but followed up with a 27-25, 25-18, 25-15 sweep win against Wright State. The 49ers[Read More…]
The start of a new era under Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer
The women’s volleyball program has a big change this year with the departure of head coach Brian Gimmillaro, who retired last season after a 32-year coaching career at LBSU. Filling this vacancy in the program is Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer, and with her arrival comes the ushering in of a new style[Read More…]
Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer named women’s volleyball head coach
After the unexpected news of former head coach Brian Gimmillaro announcing his retirement earlier this month, LBSU Athletic Director Andy Fee was seeking to fill the vacant spot. In a couple of weeks, Fee found what he was looking for. On Monday, Fee announced the hiring of Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer as[Read More…]
Women’s volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro is moving on
Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro help create the foundation of producing some of the best volleyball talent the sport has ever seen. He coached Olympian Misty May-Treanor, who is arguably the greatest to play the sport of volleyball. Gimmillaro led Treanor to winning National Player of the[Read More…]