ANAHEIM — It was all smiles Wednesday for the Big West Conference basketball coaches at the Second Annual Southern California Basketball Coaches Cooking Challenge at the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney. Dan Monson and Jody Wynn (Long Beach State), Bob Burton and Marcia Foster (Cal State Fullerton), Bobby Braswell and[Read More…]
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LBSU finishes near bottom at Dale McNamara Invitational
After remaining in the top 10 through the first two days at the Dale McNamara Invitational, the Long Beach State women’s golf team had a rough go of it in Wednesday’s final round. The Beach finished the three-day tournament, which took place at The Patriot Golf Club in Owasso, Okla.,[Read More…]
LBSU men’s basketball video causes stir on Web
It’s funny where two giant, plastic hamster balls found in a closet can lead to when the Internet is involved. The Long Beach State athletics marketing department has made a few creative YouTube videos to help promote the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball seasons. The video entitled “LBSU Basketball: No[Read More…]
The Beach avoids last-place finish in La Quinta
Raymond Ho and Benjamin Lein both shot 2-under-par 70 in the final round to lead the Long Beach State men’s golf team to a 14th-place finish at The Prestige at PGA West on Tuesday. The sophomores completed the three-day tournament tied for 32nd place with identical 8-over 224 scores. Fellow[Read More…]
‘Niners drop at Dale McNamara Invitational
The Long Beach State women’s golf team couldn’t continue the momentum it had built in the opening round of the Dale McNamara Invitational. After shooting a 13-over-par 301, the 49ers carded a 19-over 307 on Tuesday in their second time through the course at The Patriot Golf Club in Owasso,[Read More…]
LBSU wins doubles title … against LBSU
In a weekend of peculiar circumstances, the Long Beach State women’s tennis team concluded the Fullerton Invitational at the Rhodes Tennis Center in Long Beach. The tournament’s top-seeded tandem of Anais Dallara and Deborah Armstrong relinquished a 6-3 lead before winning the match, 8-6, over fellow teammates Rachel Manasse and[Read More…]
Men’s golf moves up one spot at The Prestige
The Long Beach State men’s golf team made an improvement on Monday to move up one spot into 14th place at The Prestige at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. Head coach Ryan Ressa’s squad carded a 9-over-par 297 in the second round to jump ahead of Michigan State, which[Read More…]
Women’s basketball schedule released
Second-year head coach Jody Wynn released the Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s 2010-11 schedule Monday afternoon. After a preseason exhibition against Cal Poly Pomona at the Walter Pyramid, the 49ers will open the regular season with a pair of road games at Oregon State (Nov. 13) and Loyola Marymount[Read More…]
49ers tied for 5th place in Oklahoma
The Long Beach State women’s golf team finished its first day at the Dale McNamara Invitational tied for fifth place Monday after shooting a 13-over-par 301. Junior Monica Villarreal, who led The Beach in its last two tournaments, paced the ‘Niners by carding a 2-over 74 in the first round[Read More…]
Monson’s contract extension yields 89 percent raise
Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson will earn a $281,004 base salary this season — approximately an 89 percent pay raise from last season — according to the contract obtained Monday. Monson, who inked a three-year contract extension that was finalized Sept. 14, is signed through the[Read More…]