WVB: Spikers Newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 7
After mentioning the Spikers Newsletter in one of my previous articles, fans of this site have asked if they can subscribe or view one of the newsletters. The latest newsletter is embedded below and was originally published after returning from the road trip to Colorado. Credit goes to Bill King for putting together this [...]
WVB: Booster’s view from Texas
Texas size road trip with Bill King Bill King, long time women’s volleyball booster, made the road trip with the team to the University of Texas. He is not only an active booster, but he is also the creator of the “Spikers Newsletter”, a weekly publication focusing on Long Beach State’s outstanding women’s volleyball program. [...]
BW Players of the Week: Ledoux, Link, & Kingsborough
Not only did Long Beach State’s athletic teams make into the national rankings this week, volleyball at No. 23 and soccer at No. 24, but three athletes earned the conference’s player of the week award: Caitlin Ledoux, Emily Kingsborough and Nadia Link. From Big West Reports Ledoux Captures First Big West Honor Of New Season [...]
Women’s Soccer: LBSU downed by BYU 2-0
Long Beach State went into half time against BYU feeling pretty good about their overall play. The 49ers played the Cougars pretty even up to that point, but the first 8 minutes of the second half was a different story. The No. 22 ranked team from Prove, Utah kicked it into another gear scoring two [...]
WVB: Freshman class making an impact
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team just completed their first full week of double day practices, but there is already a buzz among fans and boosters that have attended practices. This air of excitement has nothing to do with the program’s returning players that came in fit, significantly improved, and raring to go, but [...]
Say No: Anderson & Wilson
49er duo lead their Say No Classic team to victory. The Say No Classic’s championship season started this weekend and one of the playoff bound teams have two Long Beach State 49ers playing prominent roles. Both Larry Anderson and Tristan Wilson have been tearing it up this summer on team Power Balance and the first [...]
WBB: Season Highlight Video
Lissa Lawrence put together a nice video recapping the women’s basketball 2010 season. The video is located on Vimeo but I have also embedded it below: Long Beach State University Women’s Basketball 2009-2010 from Lissa Lawrence on Vimeo.
MBB: Coach Monson signs 3 more
The Long Beach State men’s basketball program adds 3 more to their fall class. Combining both classes, The Beach will have 6 new faces when pactice opens in the fall. Expectations will be high next season as the majority of the LBSU fans will not be satisfied with anything less then a conference championship and [...]
Spring Soccer: LBSU defeats LMU 3-0
Two second half goals propel the LBSU women’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over LMU Long Beach State concluded their spring season with another shutout defeating LMU 3-0 at George Allen Field. Goals were scored by Nadia Link, Nicole Sweetman, and Karina Camacho. This was the fifth shutout of the season for goalie Emily [...]
Men’s Volleyball goes down in 5 to Pepperdine
Volleyball match slips away as Long Beach State loses in 5 to Pepperdine after leading 2-0. From Long Beach State Reports April 15, 2010 Box Score LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State’s postseason hopes died Thursday night as the 49ers dropped a 29-31, 28-30, 31-29, 31-29, 15-13 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match to Pepperdine [...]
W-Tennis: Klaudia Malenovska able to practice
The NCAA came down with their decision and it was a harsh one. Freshman Klaudia Malenovska will have to sit out the remainder of this season and the first 11 matches next year; the Long Beach Press-Telegram ran a story on the severity of the penalty. The positives: Klaudia can now practice with the team, [...]
Video: WVB Spring Tourney
Beach Spring Volleyball Tourney at the Mid The following You Tube video was produced by volleyball booster Bill King. Bill also puts together a great newsletter.
Softball loses at UCLA
Eight-run inning turns a competitive game into a route as UCLA defeats LBSU 11-3 Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach – Flickr – Facebook From LBSU reports LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Long Beach State softball team rallied to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth, but fifth-ranked UCLA erupted for [...]
W-Volleyball: Spring Season
Long Beach State women’s volleyball kick-off the spring season with a home tournament. The Beach started the spring with one win and one loss during their home tournament at the Pyramid. In the morning session the team lost to Big West rival CSUF 2-1 before coming back to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers 2-1 later in [...]
Quick work for W-Tennis
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team overwhelms the young ladies form Washington State 6-1. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach - Facebook - Flickr From Long Beach State reports March 25, 2010 Long Beach, Calif. – Long Beach State returned to its winning ways Thursday as the No. 36 49ers defeated [...]
Spring Soccer
The LBSU women’s soccer team ties SDSU 1-1 in a spring match held in Temecula. Images found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach – Flickr – Facebook The Long Beach State women’s soccer team traveled to Temecula to take on the Aztecs from San Diego State. Both teams were aggressive and played a very physical style [...]
Long Beach State Women’s Tennis
The Long Beach State women’s tennis team starts the new season looking for their seventh consecutive Big West title. After watching the following slideshow you will see that there are plenty of new faces on this year’s team. Go Beach!
WBB Recruit: Brandi Henton
Coach Wynn and the basketball program signed guard Brandi Henton from Modesto Christian High School during the fall signing period. Included below are her current statistics and a highlight video which clearly reveals why this terrific guard was signed. Game statistics: MaxPreps – Points/Game 19.6; Assists/Game 3.0; Blocks/Game .3; Rebounds/Game 6.6; and Steals/Game 3.3. What [...]
WBB Recruit: Alex Sanchez
Coach Wynn and the Long Beach State women’s basketball program just received a verbal commitment from guard Alex Sanchez from Troy High School. Sanchez also played for Cal Swish one of the premier clubs teams this past summer. This combination, Troy High School and Cal Swish, happens to be the same as redshirt guard’s Amanda [...]
Big West Player of the Week: Casper Ware
From Long Beach State reports Ware is fourth different LBSU player to earn award in six weeks Sophomore Casper Ware is the latest Long Beach State player to earn Big West Conference Player of the Week honors. Ware grabbed the weekly award after leading The Beach past Utah State 75-62 last Friday at the Walter [...]
Beach Review: Nov 30 -Dec 6
Season ends for women’s volleyball in the 1st round of the NCAA tournament 12/4 – Long Beach State vs UCLA: Box Score The NCAA selection committee pitted the Long Beach State 49ers against the UCLA Bruins even though both teams had faced each other earlier in the season, a 3-0 Beach victory. This time around [...]
Big West Player of the Week: Stephan Gilling
From Long Beach State reports Senior ties school record with eight 3-pointers Senior guard Stephan Gilling (Chino Hills, Calif.) has been named the Big West Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. Gilling led Long Beach State to a 96-61 rout of Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday (Dec. 12) [...]
W-Basketball: Late run not enough as LBSU loses to USC
Game Summary: Box Score In a game that pitted the new against the old, Long Beach State’s women’s basketball head coach Jody Wynn, former player and assistant coach of the visiting team, guided her team to a near upset of the heavly favored USC Trojans, losing 83-77 in a game that was not decided until [...]
Big West Player of the Week: Ashley Lee
From Long Beach State reports Long Beach State’s junior setter wins the award for the first time. Junior setter Ashley Lee was named the Big West Player of the Week for Nov. 30, completing a stretch that has seen three different 49ers win the award in the last three weeks, joining Naomi Washington and Caitlin [...]
