Senior guard Lauren Spargo grew up with a fire captain for a dad. The father-daughter stories did not consist of Disney princesses; instead, he told her about his experiences on the job. One story that she has carried with her since she was a child was about a car fire[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Practice Win Repeat
The No. 24 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big West Conference the way they started the first – on the road. But this time, they’re 8-0. “It’s a long season left,” head coach Brian Gimmillaro said. “There’s a lot of volleyball left,[Read More…]
Final Big West run
With a spot secured in the Big West Conference Tournament, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team will head to UC Riverside on Sunday for the final game of the regular season. The 49ers (8-5-5, 4-1-2) are in the middle of an extended break after defeating Cal State Northridge during[Read More…]
Practice. Win. Repeat.
The No. 24 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big West Conference the way they started the first – on the road. But this time, they’re 8-0. “It’s a long season left,” head coach Brian Gimmillaro said. “There’s a lot of volleyball left,[Read More…]
Stepping into the forefront
It was a Friday night home game against University of San Diego two years ago. The Long Beach State women’s soccer team took the field without one of their experienced, senior defenders who had suffered a concussion the game before. Instead, a nearly 6-foot, blonde-haired freshman was inserted into the[Read More…]
The making of Big West Champions
Mauricio Ingrassia inherited a Long Beach State women’s soccer program that had endured a six-year period of defeat after its reinstatement in 1998. With a track record for success, Ingrassia took the challenge of rebuilding a floundering program head on, and quickly established the program as a destination for top[Read More…]
Beach sweeps the weekend
The No. 23 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team held onto its perfect record in the Big West Conference by beating UC Riverside and UC Davis in the Walter Pyramid over the weekend. The 49ers (18-4, 8-0 Big West) trounced UCR in three sets and UCD in four, giving the[Read More…]
Rise to the top
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team jumped to first place in the Big West Conference after defeating Cal State Northridge Thursday night in front of over 1,000 people during the 49ers’ last home game of the season. With the victory, the 49ers (8-5-5, 4-1-2) secured their spot in the[Read More…]
Mackie earns two weekly honors in two days
One day after earning her first career Big West Player of the Week honor, women’s volleyball senior Bre Mackie became the tenth player in Long Beach State history to receive the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week award last Tuesday. Mackie notched a career-high performance against then No. 21[Read More…]
49ers to host UC Irvine, Pacific
With a four-game winning streak, Long Beach State will host UC Irvine and Pacific this weekend at the Campus Pool. The 49ers (13-3, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will first face UCI (13-6, 1-2 MPSF), which won its first conference victory against Pacific (12-7, 0-2 MPSF). The Anteaters’ scoring leader[Read More…]