It’s a crisp January morning, with the only sounds on the northeast side of campus coming from the University Music Center in the distance and some construction nearby. “Let’s go, Beach!” breaks the silence in this corner of campus as the players of the Long Beach State Softball team take[Read More…]
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A Fee for Long Beach State students
It’s 8 a.m. on a Friday and the semester is in full swing. A thin-framed, energetic, 43-year-old staff member is eagerly waiting to hit the sidewalks of lower campus. New Long Beach State Athletic Director Andy Fee looks through his thick, black-rimmed rectangle glasses to check his daily schedule one[Read More…]
LBSU Athletics introduces new clubhouse
Long Beach State called a press conference Thursday to announce the construction of a new clubhouse for the women’s soccer and softball teams. The $3.5 million project will begin in January and should be finished in late summer. Workers will break ground at the corner of the softball complex nearest[Read More…]
LBSU softball’s head coach Kim Sowder speaks
How did you arrive at Long Beach State? When I got to be 14 or 15, I got the opportunity to play on a top club team, the Panthers. I started to get little more focused on softball. I got offered a scholarship to LBSU from that club team. I[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…]
LBSU softball team begins the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
The Long Beach State softball team will try to bounce back from the Easton Desert Classic as it gets set for five games in three days in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs. The 49ers’ (6-4) schedule is about to ramp up significantly with a doubleheader against No.[Read More…]
Holmes working her way back
Following a breakout offensive season in 2014, senior infielder Ashley Holmes is working towards remaining a healthy and productive player for the Long Beach State softball team. With regular playing time last year, Holmes hit over .400 in her first nine games and tied for third on the team with[Read More…]
Up-and-down start for 49ers
The Long Beach State softball team wrapped up its first tournament of the season with a 5-3 loss to Utah in the SoCal Collegiate Classic on Sunday morning at the 49er Softball Complex. The 49ers (3-2) started the season-opening tournament strong, winning their first the three games against Sacramento State[Read More…]
49er softball team starts season without ace
Coming off one of the best seasons in school history, the Long Beach State softball team enters 2015 with a glaring void at the top of its rotation following the graduation of right-hander Erin Jones-Wesley. In her four years, Jones-Wesley established herself as one of the best pitchers in school[Read More…]