Softball: The Beach shoots down Buffalo to end five-game slide Box score The Long Beach State softball team (6-11) used a four-run second inning to push past Buffalo, 6-2, snapping a five-game losing streak Saturday afternoon at the USD Softball Complex. Junior Brooke Turner (3-3) compiled a season-high nine strikeouts,[Read More…]
Men’s Volleyball
‘Niner Notes: March 1
Baseball: Tinoco earns first weekly nod Senior first baseman Steve Tinoco was named the Big West Co-Player of the Week as announced by the conference on Monday. Tinoco went 8-for-10 with five RBI and three walks this past week, leading Long Beach State to a two-game sweep of Arizona on[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Feb. 26
Baseball: Dirtbags come from behind to edge Wildcats Box score Down 4-0 after the first inning, Long Beach State climbed back into the game a couple runs at a time, culminating in a two-run ninth for an 8-7 comeback win over Arizona. Junior Jonathan Jones was 4-for-5 with a double,[Read More…]
Pestolesi’s 24 kills pushes The Beach to five-set win
Box score The 49er men’s volleyball team displayed its heart in the fifth set to close out UC Irvine for a five-set victory Wednesday night at the Walter Pyramid. No. 9 Long Beach State (7-6, 5-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) rallied from a four-point deficit to claim the match from[Read More…]
49ers use balanced attack to cruise past Lancers
Box score Long Beach State ran through Cal Baptist in three sets, 30-22, 30-18, 30-24 in a nonconference contest, Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. With the win over the Lancers, LBSU (6-6) came back from a two-match losing skid.A strong team effort allowed The Beach to pull away from[Read More…]
No. 6 LBSU fails to close out Gauchos
Box score The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team fell in five sets to UC Santa Barbara, 30-24, 26-30, 31-33, 30-22, 15-13 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest, Friday at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (5-6, 4-4 MPSF) fell to 1-2 at home and dropped its first match to[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Feb. 11
Men’s Basketball: Second-half fire helps 49ers run past Mustang Box score Senior guard Stephan Gilling drained four 3-pointers in the second half to lift the Long Beach State men’s basketball team to a 78-72 win over Cal Poly, Thursday night at Mott Gym. Gilling finished with 14 points on 4-of-10[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Feb. 5
Men’s Volleyball: Bittner records 20-kill outing in LBSU win The 49ers ran their winning streak to three matches with a 30-25, 30-27, 26-30, 30-24 victory at UC San Diego on Friday night. Senior Dean Bittner led LBSU (5-4, 4-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) with 20 kills, his 34th career match[Read More…]
Men’s volleyball drops home-opener to Matadors
Box score The No. 9 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team suffered a lopsided loss to No.2-ranked Cal State Northridge, Friday night at the Walter Pyramid. In their second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest, the 49ers (2-3, 1-1 MPSF), coming off a 3-2 win against rival UCSB, lost in three[Read More…]
Interim coach seeks to ‘bring in more banners’
Interim men’s volleyball head coach Andy Read takes over for Alan Knipe, who is on a three-year leave of absence to coach the United States men’s national team leading up to the 2012 Olympics. Jon Aviles: Was it a surprise when you were hired as the next men’s volleyball head[Read More…]