With its fourth consecutive win, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team kept its slim hopes of a postseason berth alive. The Beach (15-11, 10-5 Big West Conference) defeated UC Riverside (7-21, 1-13 Big West) in straight sets (25-14, 25-17, 25-23) without much resistance Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid.[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Long Beach State eliminated in first round of NCAA tournament
The sight of Long Beach State women’s soccer players walking off the field with tears in their eyes has become unusually common this year, but the tears cried following the 49ers’ 2-1 loss to Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA tournament had entirely different meaning than those[Read More…]
LBSU evens season series with Titans
After falling to Cal State Fullerton earlier in the season for the first time in 30 years, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team started a new streak from scratch Thursday night at the Walter Pyramid. The Beach (14-11, 9-5 Big West Conference) defeated the Titans (13-13, 7-6 Big West)[Read More…]
Women’s basketball season preview
After overcoming injuries and defying all odds in 2011-12 to finish as runners-up at the Big West Conference tournament, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team is heading into this season with a renewed sense of pride and confidence. There’s a distinct swagger within the team now, and eight letter[Read More…]
Sanchez inherits important role with ease
Alex Sanchez is a natural leader. The voice echoing most clearly through the angled walls of the Walter Pyramid and barking out orders in defensive drills during practice belongs to Sanchez, a guard for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team. The versatile sophomore has been thrust into a leadership[Read More…]
With Alex Balcer, a good defense is the best offense
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]