It should have been a triumphant weekend in Hawaii but instead it ended in bitter disappointment. No. 6 Long Beach State pulled off two upsets of No. 4 Cal Poly in order to reach the championship of the Big West Tournament, where the 49ers fell to the Rainbow Wahine, 4-1. The 49ers (26-8) appeared to […]
Welcome back to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood Baseball Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood last week in a must-win Moore League contest against Poly. Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a […]
Sunday’s Big West Conference series finale between Long Beach State softball and visiting Cal Poly was an emotional roller coaster for the No. 17 49ers. They came in riding high after a walk-off win and a no-hitter on Saturday, but were humbled in a 4-1 loss to the Mustangs. They then left field crying tears […]
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The No. 17 Long Beach State won the first game of its Big West Conference doubleheader at LBSU Softball Complex on Saturday with a walkoff hit from Nichole Fry. Jessica Flores out did that by pitching her first career no-hitter in the second game. Fry had the only RBI in the 1-0 win. LBSU (37-9, […]
The frustrations of the 2018 Long Beach State baseball season reached an all-time high at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Saturday where the Dirtbags lost to UC Davis 3-0 in 10 innings. LBSU (18-25, 4-7) wasted another stellar starting pitching performance, lost a team leader due to a disciplinary issue and left 15 runners […]
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The Long Beach State Dirtbags returned to Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday night for their first Big West Conference weekend series in 19 days, and they celebrated in front of a crowd of almost 3,000 with an 8-0 win over UC Davis. LBSU (18-24, 4-6) got another stellar start from Sophomore Zak Baayoun […]
Last year the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had a layoff of nearly two weeks between winning a conference championship and playing in the NCAA Final Four against BYU. The result was a shocking sweep loss to the Cougars, one the 49ers’ coaches privately felt was in part due to their team being cold. […]
Improvements in equipment and overall athleticism has made college softball more offensive every year. However, three talented pitchers at Long Beach State and Long Beach City College are bucking that trend. At Long Beach City College, sophomore Alissa Cienfuegos is the ace pitcher and one of the best hitters for the Vikings. Last week, she […]