Baseball: Dirtbags drop finale at Riverside Box score Long Beach State took an early 2-0 lead against UC Riverside, but four home runs by the Highlanders in the bottom of the third gave UCR a 6-2 lead on the way to a 7-5 win in the third game between the[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
‘Niner Notes: April 17
Baseball: Dirtbags even series with UCR Box score Long Beach State (15-16, 4-4 Big West Conference) pounded out nine extra-base hits and eight singles to defeat UC Riverside 8-5 on Saturday night, evening the series at one game apiece. Brennan Metzger tied a school-record with three doubles and Kirk Singer hit[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 15
Women’s Basketball: Wynn inks 3 players during late signing period Long Beach State head coach Jody Wynn rounded out her 2010 recruiting class by adding three more players to the roster on Wednesday. Jhakia McDonald, Ella Clark and Alex Sanchez will join The Beach for the 2010-11 season. McDonald, a[Read More…]
Figueroa in pursuit of WNBA dream
Long Beach State senior Karina Figueroa canceled her spring break plans for the chance to play in the WNBA. After the Los Angeles Sparks extended her an invitation earlier this month to attend a pre-draft training camp, Figueroa hopped on a plane to San Antonio, Texas. “I was supposed to[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 12-13
Men’s Golf: 49ers finish last tune-up before Big West Championships The 49ers shot a final round score of 295 at the U.S. Intercollegiate to finish in 18th place at the par 70, 6,742-yard Stanford Golf Course. Long Beach State completed the three-day 54-hole tournament at 50-over 890. No. 6 Oregon[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 11
Softball: 49ers homer three times in 10-9 loss Box score Long Beach State (19-18) could not complete the three-game sweep against Cal State Northridge on Sunday after falling to the Matadors, 10-9, in eight innings. CSUN’s Jaci Carlsen drove in the game winner with an RBI-single down the left field[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 10
Baseball: Dirtbags split Saturday doubleheader Game 1 Box ScoreGame 2 Box score Branden Pinder tossed a complete-game shutout and TJ Mittelstaedt tied a season-high with five hits as Long Beach State (14-14, 3-3 Big West Conference) salvaged a doubleheader split with an 11-0 win in game two against UC Davis[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 9
Baseball: Errors sink Dirtbags in pitching duel Box score Devin Lohman’s two-run home run in the ninth cut the UC Davis lead to one, but the three unearned runs the Dirtbags surrendered earlier in the contest proved to be one to many in a 3-2 loss Friday. Long Beach State’s[Read More…]
Tigers pounce on ‘Niners with 7th-inning rally
Box score Long Beach State junior pitcher Brooke Turner was solid for just about the entire game until the final inning on Saturday. The 49ers (17-17, 1-2 Big West Conference) were up, 2-0, and needed just three more outs to come away with a series victory over Pacific, before they allowed[Read More…]
49ers split on first day of Big West action
Game 1 Box scoreGame 2 Box score Long Beach State (17-16, 1-1 Big West Conference) split its conference-opening doubleheader against Pacific, taking the first game, 7-0, before losing the nightcap, 3-2, on Friday at the 49er Softball Complex. “We did a great job in the first game, and in the[Read More…]