The Long Beach State women’s basketball team lost its season opener on the road at Oregon State, 71-39, in front of 1,562 fans Saturday night at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. The Beavers (1-0) made 40.7 percent of their field goals, while limiting the 49ers (0-1) to 35.6 percent. OSU[Read More…]
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49ers move within striking distance of 1st-place Titans
Box score Junior outside hitter Caitlin Ledoux collected a double-double to power the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to its fourth consecutive Big West Conference victory Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (20-6, 10-3 Big West Conference) swept Cal State Northridge -— 25-13, 25-15, 25-23 -— to[Read More…]
Losing streak continues for men’s water polo
The No. 9 Long Beach State men’s water polo team dropped its seventh consecutive decision as a late comeback went for naught in the 49ers 11-9 overtime loss to No. 8 Loyola Marymount on Thursday night at the Campus Pool. The Beach (7-13) is still looking for its first win[Read More…]
49ers’ shots, NCAA run put to stop
STANFORD, Calif. — The first NCAA tournament victory in the Long Beach State women’s soccer team’s history will have to wait another year. But it’s not because of a lack of effort — or shots at the net. And, at the same time, there was one shot The Beach may[Read More…]
49ers ink four recruits
The Long Beach State basketball season gets underway on Saturday, but the 49ers added some fresh faces for 2011-12 through the first two days of the early signing period. Men Head coach Dan Monson announced the signings of Michael Caffey and Shaquille Hunter to letters of intent on Tuesday. “You[Read More…]
‘Niners claim 11th place at Gifford Collegiate Championship
Results The Long Beach State men’s golf team wrapped up its final fall tournament with an 11th-place finish at the Gifford Collegiate Championship in San Mateo, Calif., on Wednesday. Head coach Ryan Ressa’s squad shot a 29-over-par 384 in the final round to card a 76-over 1,141 for the tournament.[Read More…]
Ready or not, first-year point guard thrust into prominent role
As the Long Beach State women’s basketball team took the floor for its first exhibition game last Saturday, freshman point guard Brandi Henton made her LBSU debut. With senior guard Melanie Lisnock on the injured list, the newcomer from Modesto Christian High School looks to step up to the task[Read More…]
49ers to limp into season opener without ‘set lineup’
Second-year head coach Jody Wynn may have to sit and watch what becomes of her Long Beach State women’s basketball team like everybody else this season. The 49ers, who finished 13-17 overall and 9-7 in the nine-team Big West Conference last season, were picked to finish seventh by the media[Read More…]
Nick Shepherd: LBSU’s new spark off the bench?
Arriving as a freshman on a new team, at a new school and in a different state can be intimidating. First-year Long Beach State men’s basketball forward Nick Shepherd is not fazed, though. Shepherd is the lone freshman on a roster predominately made up of juniors and seniors. The big[Read More…]
LBSU men look to erase ‘frustration’ of last season’s finish
With the 2010-11 NCAA men’s basketball season tipping off this weekend, the 49ers are gearing up to take the last step in becoming Big West Conference champions after a heartbreaking finish last year. Last season’s Big West tournament championship game saw Long Beach State on the wrong end of a[Read More…]