The No. 1-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team now turn their attention to the postseason, where the true goal of their season has always loomed: a national title. The 49ers will need to win four matches to make it happen. They host the Big West Tournament this week with the semifinals on Friday and […]
Long Beach State softball star Naomi Hernandez is on the short list for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. She is one of 25 players in the running for the National Fastpich Coaches Association honor. Hernandez is hitting .400 with 15 doubles and three home runs for No. 18 LBSU. […]
Tyler Jackson was in the middle of an interview early last Saturday morning, standing off to the side of the Long Beach State sand courts where she became the school’s all-time beach wins leader a few short years ago. Jackson, now an assistant coach at LBCC, was beckoned by her boss, Vikings head coach Misty […]
Misty May-Treanor is making a mockery of the word “retirement.” Six years after the three-time Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion announced the end of her playing career, the Long Beach resident is keeping more than busy with family, coaching at Long Beach City College, and starting a new volleyball club. On the family front, […]
The Long Beach State women’s golf team completed a dominant performance at the Big West Championship at Strawberry Farms Golf Club to win the three-round tournament by 10 strokes. LBSU finished with an overall 879, 27-over par. It’s the second Big West Championship in school history, and the first since 2009. LBSU Women’s Golf on […]
Every Monday we 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 we’re without Fee but got a chance to catch up with Long Beach State women’s tennis coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. Episode 7 – Indian […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags upset No. 17 UCLA 5-2 last week at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, and then rode that momentum into a Big West Conference series victory at Cal State Northridge over the weekend. The win over UCLA is the fourth win over a ranked opponent for the Dirtbags, and the road […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags (15-21, 3-3) edged Cal State Northridge 3-2 on the road Sunday to win the Big West Conference series. Junior Clayton Andrews drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh inning, and then made a great throw home in the ninth inning to complete a game-ending double play. […]
In the fifth set, in the final match of the regular season, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team finally lost. The 49ers had won their first 24 matches of the season, the best start in program history and the longest win streak in program history. But the night after an epic five-set battle in […]
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