Redshirt freshman and outside hitter Brooke Earkman wore a different jersey Saturday night after not being able to find her own. But that didn’t stop her from having a career night. Earkman had a career best 15 kills and a career-high .382 hitting percentage at Saturday’s match. She wore No.[Read More…]
Women’s Volleyball
Kruidhof leads LBSU in transition season
Before every match, Megan Kruidhof sits in the locker room and listens to “Put Your Record On” by Corinne Bailey Rae. After pumping herself up, she walks into the stadium with her shoelaces untied. This is a pre-game tradition she said she created on her own. Once Kruidhof gets on the[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball wins one, drops one
Long Beach State’s volleyball team closed the first week of Big West conference play with a loss to Cal State Northridge on Saturday. The 49ers endured a 15-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-20 defeat. Junior outside hitter Megan Kruidhof led the team with 17 kills and four digs. Senior setter Alexis Patterson[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball makes a big splash in Big West opener
A nail-biting match against UC Riverside ended in a five-set win for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team Tuesday night. The pressure was on for the 49ers (4-10, 1-0 Big West) after a rough start to the season, but having beat UCR for four years in a row, history[Read More…]
The women’s volleyball team go 2-1 in the LBSU/UCI Mizuno Invitational
After extending its losing streak to nine, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team looked to bounce back on Saturday in a double header against the San Francisco Dons and the Montana State Bobcats. The 49ers cruised past the Dons, sweeping them 25-19, 25-19, 25-16 to win their second game[Read More…]
LBSU looks to muster a win at Walter Pyramid
The women’s volleyball team returns to the Walter Pyramid to play No. 13 UCLA on Friday, with San Francisco and Montana State following on Saturday. LBSU (1-9) looks to snap an eight-game losing streak and is currently second to last in the Big West conference in overall records. Key players[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball team’s season continues to spike down
Updated Sept. 13, 2017 With a loss to Pepperdine Tuesday night, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team broke a 14-game win streak against the Waves. In a season of mounting struggles, the 49ers lost their eighth straight game. LBSU (1-9) went down 3-0 in the first set, and would[Read More…]
Alexis Patterson sets off a new journey as a 49er
Coming into a new program as a senior can be unsettling for some, but for setter Alexis Patterson, it was an easy transition. Patterson played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for three years, where she led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2016[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball drops its seventh in a row
LBSU women’s volleyball could not find its groove this weekend, continuing to struggle on the road and extending its losing streak to seven. Throughout the weekend, LBSU (1-8) started games off strong, yet did not have enough fight to finish. The 49ers showed spurts of energy, however it was never[Read More…]
LBSU women’s volleyball looks to regroup in Aztec Challenge
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team are on the road again on Thursday against Loyola Marymount, and will then travel to San Diego for the Aztec Challenge on Friday and Saturday. LBSU (1-5) is on a four-game losing streak, its last win was on Aug. 25 against Wright State.[Read More…]