Bruins spank the 49ers
Long Beach State women’s soccer loses 4-1 to the UCLA Bruins. The most anticipated home soccer match in the women’s soccer program’s history is now in the books. The problem with the story… well, a Bruin must have written, edited, and published the darn thing. The Long Beach State 49ers (1-1-0) were on their heels [...]
Up for the Challenge
Long Beach State women’s volleyball loses a heart breaker to the Texas Longhorns. The No. 2 ranked Texas Longhorns were a heavy favorite coming into the Walter Pyramid Saturday night, but the young Long Beach State squad was up for the challenge. However, after taking the first 2 sets, LBSU could not hold off the [...]
49ers lose to USD
Long Beach State women’s volleyball slow out of the gate in lose to USD. The LBSU women’s volleyball team’s home opener was not the type of night they envisioned just a few hours earlier. The lady 49ers went down 3-1 (24-26, 25-15, 22-25, 22-25) to an equally unimpressive University of San Diego team. Long Beach [...]
W-Soccer: New look 49ers blank the Bulldogs
Long Beach State women’s soccer shine in their season opener against Fresno State. A new era began Sunday when the Long Beach State women’s soccer team hosted the Fresno State Bulldogs at George Allen Field. The season opener seemed a bit strange not seeing Coach Ingrassia’s foundation class taking the field, but if [...]
Summer Spotlight: M-Basketball’s Eugene Phelps
A couple of Novembers ago, I remember how excited the Long Beach State athletic community was with the signing of Eugene Phelps. Coach Dan Monson inked a player that had off the charts athletic ability, and played for a power house of a team in Taft High School. Everyone envisioned an instant starter, and the [...]
Summer Spotlight: Softball’s Megan Denio
Now that the 2009 LBSU softball season is clearly in our rear view mirror, we can now look back and replay all of the fond memories created during this past season; however, a season ended brings on highly anticipated opportunities for returning players, especially the ones that embraced supporting roles this past season. One player [...]
Volleyball 101 Review
Long Beach State kicked off the 2009 volleyball season with “Volleyball 101“. This event was implemented to give fans a sneak peak at this season’s team, and to provide some insight into the nuts and bolts of the game itself. Based on the fan turn out and their responses afterward, the event was both enjoyable [...]
Volleyball 101
Long Beach State kicked off the 2009 volleyball season with “Volleyball 101″. This event was implemented to give fans a sneak peak at this season’s team, and to provide some insight into the nuts and bolts of the game itself. Based on the fan turn out and their responses afterward, the event was both enjoyable [...]
Battle at The Beach
Coach Dan Monson held his third annual “Battle at the Beach” team tournament (camp) at the Walter Pyramid during early August. A total of 28 local travel ball and high school basketball teams took to the court during this two day event. Having this many teams all at one location gave parents, fans, and of [...]
Softball 2009
The Long Beach State softball team reached familiar heights last season as the team made its 19th appearance in the NCAA Championship Tournament. Unfortunately, the 49ers were placed in the very tough Los Angeles Regional, and were eliminated on the second day by No. 25 Fresno State. The team ended the season at 35 – [...]
W-Tennis 08-09
Wow, what more can one say when talking about the woman’s tennis program at Long Beach State. The 2009 version brought home, yet again, another Big West Conference championship. That makes six, yes I mean six in a ROW for head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. It is hard too believe that this program can maintain this [...]
M-Basketball 08-09
Last season, in one of the biggest turnarounds in recent memory, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team dramatically went from a 3-12 to a 10-6 conference record; and in fact, was just one shot away from winning the Big West’s regular season title. This season head coach Dan Monson returns a slew of young [...]
