After last Friday’s disappointing sweep at the hands of No. 6 Hawaii, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team hopes to redeem itself on the road this week as it takes on Cal State Northridge and UC Davis. The 49ers (8-8, 1-2 Big West Conference) don’t want to let any[Read More…]
Women’s Volleyball
‘Niners overmatched by Big West rival Hawaii in 3-0 sweep
With a crowd of 2,421 and a national telecast by Fox Sports West, Friday night had all the makings of a huge Big West Conference showdown between the Long Beach State and Hawaii women’s volleyball teams at the Walter Pyramid. However, the end result turned out to be a dominating[Read More…]
Long Beach State to host No. 6 Hawaii
It’s been almost a year since the Long Beach State and Hawaii women’s volleyball teams played a match for the ages in front of 2,466 at the Walter Pyramid. The two schools will meet again on Friday with 49ers looking to avenge last year’s 24-26, 34-32, 26-24 and 25-22 loss[Read More…]
49ers split opening Big West road trip
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team opened Big West Conference play with a comeback victory at UC Santa Barbara on Friday but couldn’t keep the momentum going in a three-set loss to Cal Poly on Saturday. The 49ers (8-6, 1-1 Big West) started the weekend by losing two of[Read More…]
LBSU to open Big West conference play at UCSB
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will start the second half of its season this weekend when it begins Big West Conference play at UC Santa Barbara. The 49ers (7-6) will start its attempt to claim the conference title when it takes on the Gauchos and Cal Poly in[Read More…]
LBSU takes two of three at Baden Classic
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team closed the Long Beach State Baden Classic by sweeping Cal State Bakersfield and Prairie View A&M in Walter Pyramid this weekend. The victories were split by a bitter loss to Oregon State and marks the end of the nonconference part of the season[Read More…]
Long Beach State falls to No. 11 UCLA in five-set thriller
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team came within a point of defeating No. 11 UCLA four times, but the 49ers couldn’t close it out and fell to the Bruins in five sets. In a match that went into extra points in three of five sets, the 49ers lost 28-26,[Read More…]
Behind the scenes of a Long Beach State volleyball tournament
It all starts with an email. It’s an email sent to every Division I women’s volleyball head coach in the country, inviting them to bring their teams to The Beach for one of the multiple tournaments Long Beach State hosts each year. LBSU women’s volleyball assistant coach Matt Ulmer, who[Read More…]
CLARK: Dominant wins were badly needed for LBSU women’s volleyball team
The coaching staff for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will be in much better spirits as it prepares for No. 11 UCLA this week thanks to a weekend of easy wins. As head coach Brian Gimmillaro put it, the 49ers “looked like us.” In other words, they finally[Read More…]
49ers jump back on track
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team needed wins this weekend, and it got them. One week after losing two of three five-set matches at the Bay Area Challenge, the 49ers (5-4) made quick work of Loyola Marymount, College of Charleston and Seattle at the Long Beach State/LMU Tournament. “It’s[Read More…]