Women’s Volleyball: Balanced effort keys seventh straight victory Box score The 49er women’s volleyball team swept UC Davis, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22, Friday night at Upper Hickey Gym to push its winning streak to seven matches. Outside hitter Caitlin Ledoux tallied 13 kills to help the ‘Niners maintain sole possession of[Read More…]
Men’s Volleyball
Defense digs in for sweep
Box score The No. 22-ranked Long Beach State women’s volleyball team literally dug in against Cal Poly Saturday night. Junior setter Ashley Lee (16 digs) and libero Lauren Minkel (13 digs) led the 49ers to a 3-0 sweep over the Mustangs — 25-21, 25-19, 25-15 — in a Big West[Read More…]
Washington’s 23 kills help 49ers edge Gauchos
Box score An injured neck could not prevent Naomi Washington from lifting No. 22 Long Beach State past UC Santa Barbara, which had been 3-0 against ranked opponents coming into Friday’s tilt at the Walter Pyramid. The senior middle blocker swatted seven of her match-high 23 kills in the fifth set as[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 29
Women’s volleyball: The Beach jumps three spots in Top 25 The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team moved up three places to No. 22 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday morning. The 49ers (8-3, 1-0 Big West) swept Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, having won 12 of[Read More…]
No. 25 49ers grind out 3-0 sweep over rival Titans
Box score FULLERTON — The 25th-ranked Long Beach State women’s volleyball team grinded out a 3-0 sweep in a back-and-forth affair Saturday night at Titan Gym. The 49ers started their Big West Conference title defense with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-21 win over host Cal State Fullerton in the conference opener[Read More…]
Big West champs face wide-open field
This Saturday evening’s women’s volleyball Big West Conference-opener between No. 25 Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton got a lot more interesting after last weekend. The Titans outlasted then-No. 7 UCLA in five sets last Friday in the Fullerton Classic at Titan Gym. The following day, the 49ers (7-3)[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 22
Women’s volleyball: The Beach returns to national rankings The 49ers jumped back into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll released Monday morning. LBSU (7-3) received a boost after defeating Fordham and then-No. 7 UCLA in straight sets over the weekend at the Cal State Fullerton Tournament at Titan Gym.[Read More…]
LBSU tramples No. 7 UCLA
Box Score FULLERTON — The 49er women’s volleyball team might creep back into the Top 25 poll after a convincing win Saturday at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Gym. Unranked Long Beach State stormed by the No. 7 UCLA Bruins in a nonconference rout, 25-19, 25-16, 25-14. The Bruins showed very[Read More…]
LBSU rolls past Fordham
Box score FULLERTON — The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team needed just 1 hour, 9 minutes to sweep the Fordham Rams, 3-0, on Friday at Titan Gym. Sophomore outside hitter Caitlin Ledoux and senior middle blocker Naomi Washington killed 17 balls apiece, as the 49ers prevailed 25-20, 25-23, 25-17. Setter[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 15
Men’s basketball: Top 100 recruit verbally commits Jacob Thomas, a 6-foot-4 guard from Columbia Heights High School (Minn.), verbally committed to play basketball at Long Beach State, Sunday morning. Thomas is rated by ESPN.com as the No. 25 shooting guard — No. 89 overall — among Class of 2010 prospects.[Read More…]