The Long Beach State women’s soccer team will finally get some home cooking after playing six of its first nine matches of the season on the road. The 49ers (4-5), 2-4 on the road this season, play their next four matches at George Allen Field, starting tomorrow at 3 p.m.[Read More…]
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‘Niners rebounding from injuries
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team is continuing to heal after an off-season riddled with injuries that ranged from minor dings to unexpected losses. Four of the 17 players listed on the 49ers’ roster have dealt with a multitude of ailments over the summer. The key injury to LBSU’s[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 29
Women’s volleyball: The Beach jumps three spots in Top 25 The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team moved up three places to No. 22 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday morning. The 49ers (8-3, 1-0 Big West) swept Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, having won 12 of[Read More…]
No. 25 49ers grind out 3-0 sweep over rival Titans
Box score FULLERTON — The 25th-ranked Long Beach State women’s volleyball team grinded out a 3-0 sweep in a back-and-forth affair Saturday night at Titan Gym. The 49ers started their Big West Conference title defense with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-21 win over host Cal State Fullerton in the conference opener[Read More…]
‘Niners survive home thriller
The No. 9-ranked Long Beach State men’s water polo team overtook No. 8 UC Irvine, 8-7, in dramatic fashion Thursday night, courtesy of a game-winning goal from Justin Koeppen with 1:09 remaining in the match. Joe Sherrin sealed the victory with 25 seconds remaining by deflecting UCI’s final shot attempt[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: Sept. 25-26
Cross country: Men place 5th, women 7th at Stanford Invitational Junior Josh Ruff was the top finisher for the 49er men, placing 19th with a personal-best time of 24:50 in the 8K run at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday. Fellow junior Travis Kuhlman was the second LBSU runner to finish, coming[Read More…]
Big West champs face wide-open field
This Saturday evening’s women’s volleyball Big West Conference-opener between No. 25 Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton got a lot more interesting after last weekend. The Titans outlasted then-No. 7 UCLA in five sets last Friday in the Fullerton Classic at Titan Gym. The following day, the 49ers (7-3)[Read More…]
Newcomers and returning players making off-season strides
Individual workouts for the Long Beach State men’s basketball team are underway, and head coach Dan Monson is finally getting a chance to work with his promising new squad. There are 17 players listed on the 49ers’ roster, which means plenty of new faces for the coaching staff to get[Read More…]
BLR may be an option ‘down the road’
Long Beach State sports fans shouldn’t expect President F. King Alexander to unilaterally impose the Beach Legacy Referendum (BLR) any time soon. In March, more than 3,898 students voted down the BLR — approximately 60 percent — which would have paved the way for a new 5,000-seat soccer stadium and[Read More…]
LEE: Always nice to Beach slap the Bruins
It irks me just a little to walk around campus and see a UCLA sweatshirt or book bag. I cannot figure out why a significant amount of Beach students, for whatever reason, prefer to flaunt that familiar four-letter acronym rather than the colors of the school giving them their degrees.[Read More…]