The No. 36-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team is hoping that the third time will be the charm as it prepares to face No. 27 Pepperdine in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday at the Stanford Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. Start time is scheduled for[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Beach softball drops to second place in Big West
LBSU 7, CSF 6 Box score The Long Beach State softball team doesn’t like the idea of losing, despite what it might take to win. LBSU, which wasn’t able to get more than one hit until the fifth inning, won the first game of a doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton,[Read More…]
‘Niners take series on walk-off single
Box score It came down to the wire, but clutch hitting by the Long Beach State softball team provided a key 1-0 victory Sunday over Cal State Fullerton at the 49er Softball Complex. The win moved the 49ers (35-15, 13-5 Big West) within a game out of first-place University of[Read More…]
‘Niners headed to Stanford for NCAA tournament
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team will be making its return to the NCAA tournament as it heads north to the Stanford Regional in Palo Alto, Calif., the NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Subcommittee announced Tuesday. In a rematch of the regular season, the No. 36-ranked 49ers (20-5) will[Read More…]
Schallig’s walk-off home run lifts ‘Niners over Gauchos
Box score Christina Schallig hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Long Beach State softball team to a 3-2 win over UC Santa Barbara on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex. Schallig’s fifth blast of the season helped the 49ers (33-14, 11-4[Read More…]
LBSU avenges loss to earn automatic bid to NCAA tournament
It was a déjà vu moment for the Long Beach State women’s tennis team Sunday when it faced UC Irvine for the second consecutive year in the Big West Conference tournament championship at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. This time around, however, it was the 49ers who claimed the title[Read More…]
Beach softball steals two from Gauchos
LBSU 6, UCSB 5 F/13 A marathon game at the 49er Softball Complex ended with delight as the Long Beach State softball team snuck by UC Santa Barbara, 6-5, in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at the 49er Softball Complex. Reigning Big West Conference Player of the Week Sarah Carrasco[Read More…]
Beach tennis: one win away from punching NCAA ticket
The No. 1-seeded Long Beach State women’s tennis team is now one match away from earning its seventh Big West Conference title in eight years and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after a decisive 4-1 victory Saturday against the No. 5-seeded University of Pacific at the Indian Wells[Read More…]
49ers make easy work of Titans in first round
The No. 1-seeded Long Beach State women’s tennis team finished the season with a five-match winning streak, and sure enough, the 49ers carried that momentum over into a decisive 4-0 victory over No. 8 Cal State Fullerton on Friday in the first round of the Big West Conference Championships. Sophomore[Read More…]
‘Niners aim to put last season behind them
After failing to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years last season, the No. 39-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team will have it sights set on redemption this weekend at the Big West Conference tournament. Since the tournament’s venue moved in 2004[Read More…]