Women’s Basketball: 49ers’ hot shooting torches UC Santa Barbara Box score The 49ers snapped a seven-game losing streak to UC Santa Barbara after cruising to a 78-63 win over the defending Big West Conference champions, Thursday evening at The Thunderdome. LBSU (7-9, 3-1 Big West Conference) shot 51 percent from the[Read More…]
Men’s Volleyball
‘Niner Notes: Jan. 7-8
Men’s Volleyball: ‘Niners fall in four sets to UC Irvine at Elephant Bar Tournament Long Beach State jumped out to an early lead against defending national champion UC Irvine, winning the first set before the Anteaters stormed back to take the match 26-30, 30-26, 30-21, 30-26 in the fifth-place game of[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 29 and 30
Men’s volleyball: 49ers put on offensive showcase Box score The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team hit .361 en route to a 30-24, 30-23, 36-34 victory over Canada’s McMaster University in an exhibition at the Walter Pyramid on Tuesday night. A trio of 49ers reached double figures in kills, led by[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 17
Baseball: Dirtbag prospect found dead Long Beach State Dirtbag recruit James Wernke was found dead in Fullerton on Tuesday after going missing during the weekend. Search and rescue teams discovered his body in the Brea Channel Creek. Wernke was last seen in Fullerton on Saturday with a friend’s yellow Labrador[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 11-14
Men’s Basketball: Gilling earns first-ever conference weekly honor Long Beach State guard Stephan Gilling was named the Big West Conference men’s basketball Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday afternoon. The senior led the 49ers to a 96-61 win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday, scoring a career-high 28[Read More…]
Season comes to crashing halt at Pauley
Box score LOS ANGELES — The first-round NCAA Tournament match between the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team and UCLA turned out much differently Friday night than the early-season meeting. Kaitlin Sather’s team-leading 12th kill of the night off the LBSU block ended a three-set sweep for No. 8-seeded UCLA[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Dec. 2
Softball: The Beach adds two for 2010-2011 The Long Beach State softball team announced that high school prospects Karli Sandoval and Erin Wesley have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the 49ers next season. Sandoval, a senior at Riverside Poly High School, is a catcher who was a[Read More…]
49ers look to duplicate upset against UCLA
Before last season’s NCAA Tournament, junior setter Ashley Lee was just beginning the early stages of rehabilitating a torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in her right knee. This time around, Lee will be on the floor and a key component as the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team travels to[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Nov. 30
Men’s Basketball: Robinson earns conference weekly honor Sophomore forward T.J. Robinson added a Big West Conference Player of the Week award to go with his 76 Classic All-Tournament Team recognition on Monday. Robinson bucketed 60 points and snared 37 rebounds in three games at the Anaheim Convention Center, dropping 25[Read More…]
LBSU draws UCLA to open NCAAs
Head coach Brian Gimmillaro’s prediction came to fruition Sunday afternoon at Legends Sports Bar and Grill. He then made a few more bold predictions. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will travel to Pauley Pavilion and face the No. 8-seeded UCLA Bruins in the first round of the NCAA[Read More…]