Box score Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley allowed just four hits in five innings while striking out eight to lead Long Beach State women’s softball team to a 3-1 win over UC Davis at the 49er Softball Complex on Sunday. Jones-Wesley (16-4) picked up her second win in as many days to[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
LBSU earns first doubleheader sweep in conference play
Box score LBSU 10, UC Davis 0 (5) The Long Beach State softball team pounded UC Davis for 10 runs as the mercy rule was applied after five innings in the first game of a doubleheader on Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. Senior Christina Schallig, sophomore[Read More…]
Victory gives 49ers fourth consecutive Big West regular-season title
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team captured its fourth consecutive regular-season Big West Conference title Saturday with a 5-2 win on the road at the University of Pacific. With the win, the 49ers (17-5, 7-1 Big West) also clinched a No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. In[Read More…]
LBSU’s second leading scorer granted release from scholarship
What once seemed like a promising future now appears to be a time of change and uncertainty for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team. That’s because LBSU granted a scholarship release this past Monday to freshman guard Brandi Henton, who was named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year,[Read More…]
Freshman ace becomes LBSU’s diamond in the rough
Whether anyone knows it, or not, Long Beach State softball pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley has taken the Big West Conference by storm, and her team may be well on it’s way to doing the same. The 49ers are 25-13 following a mediocre 26-26 campaign last year, and Jones-Wesley has the most[Read More…]
Beach softball takes series finale behind heavy hitting
Box score Freshman designated hitter Sarah Carrasco hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning to give the Long Beach State softball team a one-run lead it later expanded upon Sunday in a 6-2 victory over Cal State Northridge at the 49er Softball Complex. Down[Read More…]
49ers take 1 of 2 in Big West home opener
Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley pitched her eighth shutout of the season to lead the Long Beach State softball team to a doubleheader split with Cal State Northridge on Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. Jones-Wesley picked up a 4-0 win in the first game of the day, but the Matadors[Read More…]
Armstrong guides ‘Niners to victory on Senior Day
If the No. 47-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team was looking to reestablish its dominant history over the Big West Conference, then it certainly didn’t hold back in its final home match of the season Saturday. Following a pair of comeback wins to sweep the doubles point, the 49ers’[Read More…]
Beach tennis takes down Oregon, 5-2
Behind a stellar performance from the bottom half of its lineup, the No. 47-ranked Long Beach State women’s tennis team notched a 5-2 victory over Oregon on Friday in its return to the Rhodes Tennis Center. It was the first match home match for The Beach in three weeks. The[Read More…]
LBSU splits doubleheader in Big West opener
Pacific 3, LBSU 1 Box score The Long Beach State softball team couldn’t close the door on a sweep in the first day of Big West Conference play, losing 3-1 to Pacific in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader in Stockton, Calif. LBSU (23-11, 1-1 Big West) put the[Read More…]