There are about 2,700 international students enrolled at Long Beach State, studying a variety of subjects. Two of them, Bjarne Huus and Simon Anderson, are trying to help the school’s men’s volleyball team win a national championship this week. Huus and Anderson are not your typical “fish out of water” stories. Both have thrived since […]
Tuesday was a very good day for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball coaching staff, as head coach Alan Knipe won the AVCA National Coach of the Year award and Nick MacRae won the AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year award. It was also announced by Long Beach State that Knipe had been signed […]
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. […]
In the late 1970s, the NCAA rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird elevated the sport of basketball. The national championship game that year was the most-watched basketball game ever, and as their rivalry moved on to the NBA, it’s widely considered responsible for launching basketball into the “major sport” status it enjoys today. The […]
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team earned the No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, which will be held May 1-5 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. The 49ers won the Big West regular season and conference championships and have been ranked No. 1 in the nation since very early in the season. With a […]
Saturday night’s Big West championship match between Long Beach State and Hawaii wasn’t just a win for the 49ers. It was a full-throated, chest-beating, screaming statement from Long Beach that they’re still the best team in the nation, despite having lost to the Rainbow Warriors on the island a week ago. Long Beach dominated with […]
We’ve got some great photos of the 49ers’ sweep taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
We’ve got a great gallery from the 49ers’ sweep of the Matadors taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
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 […]