Softball

Beach softball grabs NCAA at-large bid

The 49ers’ softball team will head to Westwood for the NCAA regional and they will be joined by three familiar foes. Long Beach State (34-19) nabbed an at-large bid after finishing third in the Big West Conference and will kick off the double-elimination tournament against No. 2 UCLA (41-9) Friday[Read More…]

Sowder earns 100th victory in softball doubleheader

Game 1 box score Game 2 box score The Long Beach State softball team swept Pacific in a Big West Conference doubleheader on Friday afternoon, winning 6-1 and 2-1 (eight innings), at Bill Simoni Field. With the victories, third-year head coach Kim Sowder surpassed the century mark, improving her career[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…]

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…]

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