A pair of Long Beach State men’s volleyball players were named All-Americans by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday. Junior opposite Dean Bittner was tabbed a first-team honoree while senior libero Dustin Watten earned second-team honors. Bittner led the 49ers in aces (42) and kills, which he also ranked[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Sports Picks: Women’s golf earns No. 15 seed for NCAA West Regional
Softball Junior earns first Player of the Week honor Junior left fielder Ashley Weber was named Big West Conference Softball Player of the Week on Monday. Weber earned the first weekly honor of her career after helping the 49ers take two out of three against Cal State Fullerton as she[Read More…]
Titans spoil Senior Day for LBSU softball
Box score A season-high nine strikeouts from sophomore right-hander Brooke Turner was not enough to help the 49ers finish the series sweep against Cal State Fullerton on Senior Day. Long Beach State (29-18, 10-5 Big West Conference) fell, 2-0, to the Titans on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex. LBSU[Read More…]
Weber produces 6 hits in 49ers’ doubleheader sweep
Game 1 box score Game 2 box score One can always expect a Long Beach State-Cal State Fullerton game to be an emotional, back-and-forth struggle and Saturday’s doubleheader at the 49er Softball Complex was just that. LBSU (29-17, 10-4 Big West Conference) downed the Titans in both games to move[Read More…]
Third baseman finds comfort zone at The Beach
On a hot and sweaty Saturday afternoon, the Long Beach State softball team is up 1-0 against UC Santa Barbara. It is the bottom of the second inning with two outs and runners on second and third base, and the 49ers look to increase the lead. Up next to bat?[Read More…]
Baseball, softball pitchers earn weekly honors
The Big West Conference honored Long Beach State’s Adam Wilk and Brooke Turner as the Pitcher of the Week in their respective sports Monday. Wilk, a junior left-hander for the Dirtbags, tossed eight scoreless innings in a 1-0 win over Cal State Northridge last Friday. He struck out six batters,[Read More…]
Griffin’s career-high 4 RBIs powers ‘Niners
Box score The only thing more sizzling than the 90-degree heat at the 49er Softball Complex Sunday afternoon was third baseman Jennifer Griffin’s bat. The Whittier-native went 2-for-2 and drove in four runs as Long Beach State defeated UC Santa Barbara, 6-1, Sunday afternoon to complete the series sweep. The[Read More…]
‘Niners sweep ESPNU doubleheader
Game 1 box score Game 2 box score The 49er softball team relished being in the ESPN spotlight Saturday afternoon. During the week, players mugged for the cameras in vignettes filmed for ESPN television. When game time arrived, they made the Gauchos look silly in front of a national audience.[Read More…]
Sports Picks: Dirtbags to celebrate 20th anniversary
Baseball Dirtbags host Matadors at Blair Field The Dirtbags (15-17, 2-4 Big West Conference) host a three-game series against Cal State Northridge that begins tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The second game of the series will be played Saturday at 2 p.m. and will have a special ceremony commemorating the 20th[Read More…]
Not wasting time: Wynn conducts first practice
VIDEO: Jody Wynn’s first practice and the rest of Beach News It didn’t take long for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team to figure out practices would be run differently this season. Just six days on the job, new head coach Jody Wynn conducted her first on-court activities with[Read More…]