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Long Beach State Roundup: Softball Falls At Fullerton
After Long Beach State won the opening game in the three-game series against Cal State Fullerton Friday, the Titans bounced back to snag a pair of one-run victories, snapping Long Beach State’s program-best winning streak at 14 games. The opener was an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel between Cielo Meza and Trish Parks, as the game featured […]
LB In MLB: Three Local Boys Hit Meaningful Show Homers
A trio of Moore League baseball alums have hit very meaningful Major League Baseball home runs in the last week. JP Crawford hit his first career home run into the second deck of Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop started the season with a 1-for-25 hitting slump, but has been working hard. […]
Long Beach State Roundup: Dirtbags Win At CSUN
FROM LBSU REPORTS Long Beach State (14-20, 2-2 Big West) scored six times in the fifth inning, capitalizing on some key mistakes by CSUN (16-17, 4-3 Big West) to earn a come-from-behind 7-5 win on Friday afternoon at Matador Field. Five of LBSU’s runs were unearned, and the six-run inning helped erase a 3-0 deficit […]
Column: Put The Long Beach Back In Long Beach State Basketball
When Long Beach State announced that head basketball coach Dan Monson had been signed to a five-year extension last week, the university and Monson both admitted that the last few years have been below standard. With an impressive amount of candor and openness, they said that the extension will allow for a fresh start, and […]
Jacob Hughey Pushes Dirtbags Past No. 17 UCLA
FROM LBSU REPORTS The 2018 season is gradually becoming the year of the two-way player for the Dirtbags, as redshirt sophomore Jacob Hughey pulled double duty to help lead Long Beach State (13-20) to a 5-2 win over No. 17 UCLA (19-9) on Tuesday night. Hughey made his first start of the season on the […]
Long Beach State, Alan Knipe Nearing Contract Extension
When it was announced two weeks ago that Long Beach State and Dan Monson had reached a five-year contract extension, LBSU athletic director Andy Fee pointed out that he didn’t like coaches entering lame-duck years where they were on the last season of their contract. Astute 49er fans might have perked their antennae up at […]
PODCAST: The LB Fee Show With Guest Troy Buckley
Every week JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio usually sit down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee for The LB Fee Show to talk about everything LBSU athletics and interview a special guest. This week the guys are without Fee but got a chance to catch up with Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Troy […]
The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week
Welcome back to the562.org’s Athletes of the Week, released every Monday. HIGH SCHOOL Ariyonna Augustine, Long Beach Poly Track California’s reigning sprint queen put on a show last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational. The LSU signee won the 100 and 200 state championship last year and already owned this year’s top time in the 200 […]
Long Beach State Notebook
It was an historic night in the Pyramid as the top-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team swept UC San Diego to claim the first-ever Big West conference championship. The win improved the 49ers to 23-0, setting a new program record for consecutive wins and giving head coach Alan Knipe his 301st win, just one […]