Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn has announced the addition of Sigrid Skorpen on Friday for the 2011-12 season. ”We are thrilled to add Sigrid to our Beach basketball family,” Wynn said in a release. “She is not only a quality young lady and terrific student, but[Read More…]
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LBSU to face daunting schedule in 2011-2012 season
Long Beach State men’s basketball head coach Dan Monson announced the 49ers’ schedule for the 2011-12 season last Thursday, which features four of last year’s top 12 teams in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, including five teams ranked in the top 25. The ‘Niners’ nonconference schedule includes No. 4-ranked[Read More…]
Wynn signs two recruits to women’s basketball team
Two recruits will be joining the Long Beach State women’s basketball program this upcoming academic year, head coach Jody Wynn announced last Thursday. Freshman Lauren Spargo of Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. and Mary Ochiltree, a junior college transfer from Everett Community College in Lake Stevens, Wash. signed[Read More…]
SDSU ends LBSU’s season on walk-off home run
San Diego State freshman Hayley Miles hit a pair of home runs, including a walk-off in the ninth inning to end the Long Beach State softball team’s season, 6-4, in the Tempe Regional of the NCAA tournament on Saturday. Tied at 4 with a runner on first in the bottom[Read More…]
Beach softball splits first two games in NCAA tournament
LBSU 6, SDSU 2 Alisha Rosen hit a solo home run to spark a five-run fifth inning rally to lead the Long Beach State softball team past San Diego State, 6-2, in the opening game of the Tempe Regional on Friday. Rosen’s home run, the first of her career, cleared[Read More…]
LBSU freshman highlights postseason softball honors
From throwing two no-hitters to spearheading the Long Beach State softball team to an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, freshman pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley has never shied away from the spotlight, and Tuesday the Big West Conference took note of that. Jones-Wesley was named both the Big West Pitcher of[Read More…]
Beach softball secures bid to NCAA tournament, opens play against SDSU
The Long Beach State softball team received an at-large bid into the 64-team NCAA Softball tournament on Sunday and will begin play against San Diego State in the Tempe Regional at Arizona State on Friday at 2:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU. The last time the 49ers[Read More…]
Beach softball sweeps doubleheader against Highlanders
The Long Beach State softball team scored 19 runs in two games to sweep a doubleheader, 8-4 and 11-2, from UC Riverside at Amy S. Harrison Field on Friday. Six 49ers finished with multiple RBI on the day, with Christina Schallig, Alisha Rosen, Nalani St. Germain and Hannah De Gaetano[Read More…]
‘Niners shut out by UC Riverside in regular-season finale
The Long Beach State softball team held UC Riverside to just three hits in its regular-season finale Saturday, but the Highlanders made the most of them as they scored three runs for a 3-0 shutout victory over the 49ers at Amy S. Harrison Field. LBSU (37-16, 15-6 Big West Conference)[Read More…]
Waves cut 49ers’ run short in first round of NCAA tournament
The No. 36-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team could’ve avenged two regular-reason losses in consecutive years against No. 27 Pepperdine when it mattered most. But instead, it was the Waves who rallied in two singles matches to crush the 49ers’ hopes of advancing to the second round of the[Read More…]