Women’s Sports

Freshman repeats performance against Boise State

Box score Erin Jones-Wesley’s second start for the Long Beach State softball team (3-0) turned out much like her first one, with a 2-0 win over Boise State (1-3) Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex. For the second day in a row, Jones-Wesley (2-0) had eight strikeouts and a complete[Read More…]

Freshman stellar in softball debut

Box score Freshman pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley struck out eight batters Saturday in a 2-0 Long Beach State victory over Boise State at the 49er Softball Complex. In her first appearance for the 49ers (2-0), Jones-Wesley allowed only three hits and one walk in a complete-game shutout. She struck out five[Read More…]

Two-out rally lifts ‘Niners in season opener

Long Beach State senior Liz Javier drove in what proved to be the winning runs of the softball team’s 5-3 season-opening victory against Loyola Marymount Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. With two strikes, two outs and the score tied at 3, the third baseman hit a two-run bloop single[Read More…]

Jacob leads The Beach over UC Davis in nail-biter

Box score What a world of difference a week made. Just eight days removed from a 19-point thrashing, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team may have put a scare into the opposing teams of the Big West Conference on Saturday. The 49ers (7-19, 5-7 Big West) moved into sixth[Read More…]

Bounce-back year for 49ers softball?

Long Beach State softball has something to prove when the team starts its season this Saturday. Coming off a campaign where the team finished 21-21 overall and 10-11 in Big West Conference play, head coach Kim Sowder said she wasn’t surprised the team was predicted to finish fourth by the[Read More…]

Seattle spoils LBSU’s festivities

Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team paid homage to its illustrious history on a Friday night it would probably like to otherwise forget. The 49ers — who honored former LBSU legend and WNBA general manager Penny Toler — had no answer for Seattle University’s full court pressure.[Read More…]

Beach softball picked 4th in Big West

Coming off a .500 season, the Long Beach State softball team was picked to finish fourth in the Big West Conference preseason poll by the league’s eight head coaches Tuesday. The 49ers, who finished 26-26 and 10-11 in conference play last season, finished in fourth last year. Cal Poly, which[Read More…]

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