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No. 7 Long Beach falls flat in home opener

March 9, 2018

With the game on the line, seniors Rachel Nieto and Nele Barber missed their chance to turn the tide in extra points after losing the first two sets to seal the match. The Long Beach State beach volleyball team was u...

Fullerton gets the last laugh

Kevin Colindres, Assistant Sports Editor

March 9, 2018

Filed under Men's Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports, Today

ANAHEIM - With two seconds left in the Big West conference quarterfinals, Long Beach State senior Gabe Levin rose to tip teammate Deishuan Booker’s missed layup to send the game into overtime. The ball found its way out and...

A talk with Jordan Roberts

March 8, 2018

From zero, to hero; Dirtbags pull off a top-10 upset

March 8, 2018

When the sixth inning ended between No. 10 Vanderbilt and Long Beach State at Blair Field Tuesday, a home crowd of 1,712 collectively groaned and looked up at a zero in the Dirtbags’ hit column. The despair gave way ...

No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball sweeps Mount Olive

March 8, 2018

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team etched its own mark into the program’s history Wednesday night by becoming the first team ever to start 17-0. “I think it’s a testament to what we are doing...

The 49ers get buried by the Highlanders

Jarrod Castillo, Staff Writer

March 7, 2018

Filed under Sports, Women's Basketball, Women's Sports

As the adage goes, “when it rains, it pours —” and once UC Riverside got rolling, the team fed off of Long Beach’s mistakes and put the 49ers through a storm. Long beach was put away 79-66, in th...

Curry cooks the 49ers in the first round

March 7, 2018

A hopeful final half of the season ended with a disappointing loss that sent the women’s basketball team home without a win. Long Beach’s (8-22, 6-10 Big West) season came to an end after a 79-66 lo...

Long Beach State men’s golf Joe Fryer medals at the Sacramento Invitational

March 7, 2018

The Long Beach State men’s golf team went from a 14th place finish last week to a tie for first after the final round at the Sacramento State Invitational Tuesday. Junior Joe Fryer won his second car...