In their final appearance on home soil before the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the United States Women’s Volleyball Team completed a 28-26, 25-18, 25-17 sweep of the Netherlands on Sunday afternoon at Walter Pyramid. The Americans went 3-0 this week against the Dutch, collecting a pair of sweeps after winning the […]
After surviving at thrilling five-set match in the USA Volleyball Cup opener this week at The Walter Pyramid, the Americans swept the Netherlands 25-21, 25-20, 25-13 to take the USA Volleyball Cup. “It wasn’t a perfect game which I think is good,” said USA middle blocker Haleigh Washington. “We don’t want to be playing perfect […]
The United States women’s indoor volleyball team is getting its final pre-Olympics tuneup in Long Beach this week, hosting the Netherlands at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid for a trio of matches. In Wednesday’s USA Volleyball Cup opener, the Americans came back from down 2-1 to win a five-set thriller, 22-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-10, 15-12. […]
The United States women’s national volleyball team will get a pre-Olympic Games tuneup in Long Beach this week, as the Americans host the Netherlands at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evenings–all at 7pm. It’s the last chance to see the No. 2-ranked team in the world before they head to […]
The Long Beach connection with the USA Water Polo is deep, and extends back more than a century. There’s only been one Olympic men’s water polo team from the United States that didn’t feature a Long Beach native, and this Summer’s USA squad headed to Paris for the 2024 Olympics is upholding that tradition. The […]
This wasn’t the year the Summer Olympics were supposed to take place in Tokyo, but that didn’t stop Long Beach from having another solid contingent of representatives in the games and that’s why it’s our No. 9 moment of the Long Beach sports year. There were 17 athletes with ties to Long Beach who traveled […]
On this episode of ‘What Up, Long Beach?!’ we’re talking about how Long Beach has been a consistent presence at the Summer Olympics.
Long Beach has a storied history of aquatic Olympians, due mostly to Wilson’s unparalleled history in the pool. But while Max Irving is holding it down for Long Beach (and the Bruins) in the Tokyo Olympics on the men’s national water polo team, there isn’t a representative for the city swimming between the lane lines […]