In the fall, head coach Dan Monson called this year’s Long Beach State basketball team one of the deepest in school history – and with good reason. Along with all-conference point guard Mike Caffey and returning starters Tyler Lamb and David Samuels, LBSU’s incoming freshmen were considered so good that[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
LBSU outshoots UCR on Senior Night
In their final regular season game at Long Beach State, Hallie Meneses, Lauren Spargo and Alex Sanchez put their stamp on Senior Night with a 76-66 win over UC Riverside Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid. “When it’s your senior night, you really walk down memory lane,” Meneses said. “[You think[Read More…]
Jody and Derek Wynn have made 49ers contenders
Jody met Derek Wynn in her junior year at Southern California. Derek, then a student at Cal State Fullerton, coached high school basketball. “A mutual friend of ours, who was a football player at USC introduced us,” Jody said. “It was late in my junior year; he came to a[Read More…]
Florida stomps LBSU
Defending national champion Florida lived up to its reputation in a 10-1 rout of the Long Beach State softball team Wednesday at the 49er Softball Complex. The Gators (22-0) took advantage of eight walks, five hit batsmen and three errors by the 49ers (10-11). The multitude of physical and mental[Read More…]
Payback on Senior Night
Two points shy of 1000 career points, senior guard Lauren Spargo will lead the Long Beach women’s basketball team in its last two games of the season starting Thursday at Cal State Northridge. “It’s just exciting, to know that I was a college basketball player that accomplished something,” Spargo said.[Read More…]
LBSU hosts undefeated Florida at the 49er Softball Complex
The Long Beach State softball team will face its biggest challenge of the season Wednesday when it hosts defending National Champion and No.1 Florida. “It’s just another game, it’s just another team,” senior outfielder Christina Montoya said. “I’m more concerned about us and how we’re going to play.” The 49ers[Read More…]
The 49ers reached .500 after winning three of five at home.
An upset victory over No. 12 UCLA highlighted a successful weekend for the Long Beach State softball team in the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational at Mayfair Park. An electrifying crowd of 1,255 people, split evenly between Bruin and 49er fans, watched as sophomore right-hander Christina Clermont and senior right-hander[Read More…]
LBSU drops thriller, defeats Fullerton
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team split a pair of weekend conference games with a 47-46 on Thursday loss to Hawaii and 69-62 win on Sunday at Cal State Fullerton. With 33 seconds left against Hawaii (20-7, 12-2), senior guard Hallie Meneses slashed into the paint for two of[Read More…]
Back in the LBC
One high-profile school after another will await the Long Beach State softball team at Mayfair Park for the Long Beach Louisville Slugger Invitational, which starts Thursday night. Head coach Kim Sowder said she is confident in the 49ers (7-8), who lost four of their last five games, and believes her[Read More…]
49ers trying to stop losing skid
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will enter the final stretch of its regular season when it hosts Big West leader Hawaii Thursday night inside the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (20-6, 7-5) are 0-2 after losing leading scorer Raven Benton and leading rebounder Devin Hudson to season-ending injuries. LBSU[Read More…]