Box score LAKEWOOD — Senior pitcher Brooke Turner held the Sacramento State Hornets in check for a 2-1, extra-inning Long Beach State softball win at the Long Beach Marriott Invitational on Saturday. Turner (4-1) pitched through nine innings, giving up an unearned run, and had nine strikeouts including the last[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Softball goes 0 for 2 as hosts
BYU 2, LBSU 0 Box score LAKEWOOD — The Long Beach State softball team watched Brigham Young get a little revenge Friday by winning its second match-up of the season, 2-0, at the Long Beach Marriott Invitational. While the 49ers (13-8) beat the Cougars the first go-around eight days ago,[Read More…]
‘Niners Notes: March 7
Baseball, softball players receive weekly honors Three Long Beach State athletes — one from baseball, two from softball — were named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Sophomore Nalani St. Germain earned the conference’s Field Player of the Week honor while senior Brooke Turner earned a co-Pitcher[Read More…]
Rout ends LBSU women’s basketball season
Box score RIVERSIDE — The Long Beach State women’s basketball team lived up to its reputation for struggling on the road Tuesday night at the Student Recreation Center. Except this time, the 49ers won’t see another road game — or any contest for that matter — for about the next[Read More…]
Freshman headlines LBSU women’s postseason honors
When Long Beach State women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn thrust freshman Brandi Henton into the limelight as a starting point guard prior to start of the season, no one knew what to expect. Now with 30 games under her belt, Henton has made a strong case to be the[Read More…]
‘Niners look to erase road woes in tournament
Playing on the road to start the Big West Conference Tournament won’t be an easy task for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team. Then again, it’s been that way all season. Of the nine teams in the Big West, The Beach has the worst overall record at 1-12 on[Read More…]
Freshman tosses no-hitter for The Beach
LBSU 7, No. 21 Baylor 1 Box score SAN DIEGO — Freshman pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley delivered her first career no-hitter for the Long Beach State softball team in a 7-1 victory against 21st-ranked Baylor on Saturday in the Campbell/Cartier Tournament. Jones-Wesley (6-2) struck out six and gave up two walks,[Read More…]
Big West Tournament pairings set
A wild regular season came to a close in the Big West Conference on Saturday night, and the idle Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball teams now have first-round conference tournament opponents. In a rematch of Wednesday’s season finale, the No. 6-seeded LBSU women (8-22, 6-10 Big West) will[Read More…]
Turner, Petty command the circle again
Nalani St. Germain provided all the offense that the Long Beach State softball team needed to beat No. 23-ranked Houston, 3-0, Friday at the Campbell/Cartier Tournament in San Diego, Calif. The 5-foot-9 sophomore had the only two hits for the 49ers (11-6), including a three-run home run in the first[Read More…]
LBSU upperclassmen combine for 1-hitter
LBSU 1, BYU 0 Box score A pair of Long Beach State pitchers combined for a one-hitter Thursday to lead the softball team to a 1-0 victory over Brigham Young at the Campbell/Cartier Classic Tournament in San Diego. Junior starting pitcher Taylor Petty threw four scoreless innings of one-hit ball[Read More…]