When the Long Beach State women’s soccer team suffered a 1-0 double-overtime loss to Cal State Northridge on Senior Day, its biggest disappointment wasn’t that it had squandered a playoff spot. It was the possibility that its seniors had played their last game as 49ers. The centerpiece among that group[Read More…]
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Women’s soccer headed to NCAA tournament
The NCAA didn’t allow for much tension or suspense to build up Monday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid, where members of the Long Beach State women’s soccer team gathered to learn the fate of their season. Just a few minutes into the NCAA selection show, the 49ers heard their name[Read More…]
49ers lose first overtime match of season
There are games that count, and then there are big games. The Long Beach State men’s water polo team missed a golden opportunity to solidify itself as a playoff contender, suffering a crushing triple overtime defeat to No. 7 Pacifc, 14-13, Sunday at the Campus Pool. The 49ers (19-7, 1-4[Read More…]
Women’s volleyball team to finish season out of contention for playoff spot
After a pair of Big West Conference losses over the weekend, a quarter-century streak of NCAA tournament appearances for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is almost assuredly over. With an 11-11 (6-5 Big West) record, The Beach has dropped to 77th in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). Even[Read More…]
Link earns Big West Offensive Player of the the Year Award
Senior forward Nadia Link earned her second consecutive Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year award and joined four teammates as an All-Big West selection. Link, who scored eight goals for the 49ers this season, led the Big West in shots (78), assists (9) and points (25). She is[Read More…]
LBSU men picked to win Big West, women to finish fifth
Men’s basketball projected to finish first in Big West Conference According to 13 members of the Big West’s media panel, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team will repeat as conference champions in 2013. The 49ers received 13 of 21 first place votes and finished with 194 points, 30 more[Read More…]
Arroyo earns career-defining win in upset over No. 5 California
All coaches will say that one of their main goals is to compete in every game, and Gavin Arroyo is no different. Arroyo delivers this message to his team day-in and day-out as he prepares them for the improbable. Seven years into his run as head coach of the Long[Read More…]
‘Niners lose game and playoff spot to CSUN
Senior Day smiles turned to frowns following what may have been the Long Beach State women’s soccer team’s most heartbreaking loss of the season. After being held scoreless for 103 minutes, the 49ers (12-7, 5-4 Big West Conference) allowed a controversial goal in double overtime and lost to Cal State[Read More…]
Women’ Soccer: Big win over Hawaii sets up all-or-nothing match against CSUN
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team thrashed Hawaii 5-0 on Friday at George Allen Field and kept its postseason hopes alive with only one match remaining. Forwards Nadia Link and Elizabeth Lyons each notched a goal and an assist, and Eileen Maes, Kristyn Benavidez and Jessika Oseguera scored a[Read More…]
Packed Pyramid can’t lift 49ers over No. 9 Hawaii
A historic rivalry lived up to its hype Saturday night. 2, 466 fans filled the Walter Pyramid to see the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team battle through a back-and-forth match against No. 9 Hawaii but ultimately fall short in four sets. The crowd was the largest in the Pyramid[Read More…]