Welcome to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Rachel Glenn, Wilson Track & Field Wilson’s Rachel Glenn planted a flag on Saturday at El Camino College as the Bruin cleared 5’11” in the high jump. Glenn’s mark was the top in the nation so far this year, and would have been the […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags (8-12) won their first series of the season over the weekend at Blair Field by taking two of three games against Tulane, and just like the rest of this injury-riddled season has gone for LBSU, it didn’t come without pain and sacrifice. The Dirtbags took the series with a 1-0 […]
REPORTS FROM LONG BEACH STATE Sunday’s series finale between Long Beach State (8-12) and Tulane (9-12) looked nothing like the first two games of the series, but that was just fine for the Dirtbags who came away with a 1-0 victory to win their first series of the 2018 season. A day after allowing 16 […]
REPORTS FROM LONG BEACH STATE Naomi Hernandez tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run home run, and then Taylor Rowland’s grand slam did the rest as Long Beach State rallied to defeat Loyola Marymount on the road 9-6. Loyola Marymount (15-17-1) scored first, but the Beach limited the damage with some excellent defense. Two […]
The No. 22 Long Beach State softball team won two games at the Loyola Marymount Tournament. From Long Beach State Reports GAME ONE LBSU methodically built up a lead over Fairfield and pulled away late with a five-run fifth inning, winning a second-straight game via the run-rule 9-1 in six innings. LBSU, playing as the […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS The Dirtbags (7-12) ran into an onslaught from Tulane (9-11) on Saturday as the visiting Green Wave scored 10 runs on 16 hits to even the series with a 10-6 victory at Blair Field. There were some offensive highlights for Long Beach State, however, as LBSU had four doubles and a home […]
Long Beach State women’s tennis (6-6) was edged by Purdue 4-3 on Saturday at Rhodes Tennis Center. LBSU senior Lena Pacholski and freshman Sadaf Sadeghvaziri earned the lone win in doubles action. Pacholski also bounced back and defeated Silvia Ambrosio 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles match. Purdue won the next three matches. […]
It only took five pitches for the Long Beach State Dirtbags to score twice on Friday night at Blair Field where they rolled to a 13-2 win over Tulane. The Dirtbags (7-11) have won consecutive games for only the second time this season. LBSU starter Zak Baayoun pitched seven strong innings of 3-hit baseball while […]
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The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has appeared near-invincible for most of the 2018 season. The 49ers are 18-0 and the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation, having dropped only three sets all season. But Long Beach struggled for a stretch during the second set against UC Santa Barbara on Thursday evening, and […]