Q: What are your thoughts on this year’s men’s basketball team? Cegles: I think this is a transitional year. We made some changes and we have seven new players, and I know that it takes a lot of time for everybody to get together in terms of learning how to[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
BASKETBALL GUIDE: Women’s team has its eyes on the prize
Before last season, the last time the Long Beach State women’s basketball team played in a national postseason tournament game, Bill Clinton was president, nobody knew what an iPhone was and most players on the current roster were in elementary school. But unlike last year, this team of young versatile[Read More…]
BASKETBALL GUIDE COMMENTARY: LBSU Women’s basketball team in better shape with healthy guards
After the 2012-13 season ended, Long Beach State women’s basketball team head coach Jody Wynn metaphorically compared her team to a “car without a steering wheel.” LBSU had finished the season with an average of 19.5 turnovers per game, which was the highest among teams that finished in the top[Read More…]
BASKETBALL GUIDE: Point guard Anna Kim proving to be early standout among freshmen
With the 2013-14 season set to kick off, Long Beach State women’s basketball freshman guard Anna Kim is focused on one thing: winning the Big West Championship. “I have a lot of goals, but I want to achieve having a championship here within my four years,” she said. Head coach[Read More…]
BASKETBALL GUIDE: Hallie Meneses is back in action
What was supposed to be a routine practice in preparation for the 2012-13 basketball season turned grave for redshirt junior point guard Hallie Meneses. On Oct. 8, 2012, Meneses was practicing jump-stop drills when she heard her right knee pop. “I just knew I was done,” Meneses said. “You don’t[Read More…]
BASKETBALL COUNTDOWN: Jade Wilson is 49ers’ lone senior
When Jade Wilson came to Long Beach State before the start of the 2012-13 season, the team had an introductory assignment: write down a couple of words that describe yourself on paper. Wilson wrote “outgoing and energetic.” Head coach Jody Wynn disagreed. “I would have described her as reserved and[Read More…]
Long Beach State comes up short in upset bid of No. 15 Hawaii
One month ago, after the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team lost to Hawaii at the Walter Pyramid, libero Tyler Jackson said something that summed up the night for the 49ers: “The most disappointing thing tonight is losing but knowing that we could’ve won.” A similar fate unraveled inside Hawaii’s[Read More…]
Women’s soccer team misses Big West Tournament with 2-1 loss to UC Riverside
The Long Beach State and UC Riverside women’s soccer teams entered Sunday’s season-concluding match at George Allen Field uncertain but still hopeful of a playoff bid. Barring a draw, however, only one team would be guaranteed to move onto next weekend’s Big West Tournament. With only three shots on the[Read More…]
LBSU controls destiny after tie with Fullerton
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team is a step closer to clinching a Big West Conference Tournament bid after battling Cal State Fullerton to a 1-1 tie Thursday, but it will have to wait until Sunday to determine its postseason fate. The ‘Niners (8-6-3, 2-2-3 Big West) moved into[Read More…]
CLARK: Winning is the simplest solution for Long Beach State
We tried. We tried to give you a breakdown of all the different scenarios surrounding the final weekend of regular-season Big West women’s soccer. We tried to explain it, spell it out possibility by possibility in a way that was understandable. But after a few hours of relentlessly going over[Read More…]