Women’s Volleyball at the Hawaii Tournament
Long Beach State women’s volleyball goes 1-2 at the Hawaii Classic against an all top 25 field. The volleyball team from Long Beach State ventured to the islands to face three top 25 teams and fared pretty well, beating Ohio State and losing to UCLA and Hawaii in close matches. The Beach played the Bruins, [...]
49er’s take on field at Wahine Classic
Long Beach State’s volleyball team faces trio of top ten teams in Hawaii As a precursor to many trips to come, the Long Beach State 49ers travel to the islands to participate in the Hawaii Rainbow Classic. As usual, the classic attracts some of the best volleyball teams in the country, and this year’s [...]
49ers fall in an emotional match
Long Beach State’s women’s volleyball team lose the Mizuno Tournament final to the Washington Huskies in 4. When the Long Beach State athletic department published their 2011 women’s volleyball schedule, many within the local volleyball community took notice and circled the August 27th date with the Washington Huskies. Both of these heavy weights did not [...]
Women’s Volleyball host their Alumni
The 2011 Long Beach State women’s volleyball season kicks off the new year with an alumni match. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team hosted their alumni by playing the past greats in an Alumni Match. The event was well attended with alumni players including Barrett, Phillips, Hetzer, Lawlor, Saunders, Green, and of course assistant [...]
Sneak Peak: Women’s Volleyball and Soccer
Long Beach State women’s volleyball and soccer programs gave their fans a sneak peak with same day scrimmages. Fans visiting the Long Beach State campus on August 13th were treated to a couple of athletic scrimmages. The women’s volleyball team had their practice open to the public where head coach Brian Gimmillaro explained the finer [...]
August will bring Volleyball Double-Days
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will officially begin practice on August 9th, and could field a completely new team with the eight newcomers on the roster. If that was not enough, Head Coach Brian Gimmillaro brings in a new volunteer assistant coach, Rob Koehler, to compliment his staff. With an influx of so many [...]
Big win and unexpected loss
The women’s volleyball team from Long Beach State traveled to Colorado and picked up a big win and a disappointing loss along the way. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach - Flickr - Facebook From LBSU reports LBSU vs VCU Long Beach State looked very impressive the first of four matches over [...]
Winning Ways
Long Beach State women’s volleyball sweeps Virginia 3-1 to close the Mizuno Invitational. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach – Flickr – Facebook From LBSU reports Sept. 11, 2010 Box Score Long Beach, Calif. – Sophomore Janisa Johnson turned in her fifth double-double of the season, making 16 kills and 10 digs [...]
49ers fall to USD
Even the return of Ashley Lee, last season’s starting setter, was not enough as the University of San Diego pulls away in their 3-1 victory. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach – Flicker – Facebook From LBSU reports Sept. 10, 2010 Box Score Long Beach, Calif. – Long Beach State clawed to [...]
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. [...]
Rally Falls Short
The 49ers come up a little short as their rally stalls in their 3-2 loss to Texas. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach - Facebook - Flicker From LBSU reports Sept. 4, 2010 Box Score Austin, Texas – Down two sets to none, the 49ers recovered against No. 2 Texas, winning the [...]
Opening Day Sweep
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team open the season with a sweep of Rutgers and UNLV. Images can be found at: Ballin’ at Da Beach – Facebook – Flickr From LBSU Reports Aug. 27, 2010 Box Score Long Beach, Calif. – Instead of the freshmen like the morning match, it was a sophomore who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Beach Attack
As expect the men’s volleyball match between the UCI Anteaters and the Long Beach State 49ers was a good one. Both teams entered the contest ranked in the top 15 nationally, with UCI being the defending national champions. Behind an excellent performance from Tommy Pestolesi, 24 kills, the Beach closed out the match in 5 [...]
LBSU goes 3-1
Long Beach State ends the regular season at the Mizuno Thanksgiving Classic The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team ended the regular season going 3-1 at home during the Mizuno Thanksgiving Classic. The Beach started the tourney off with a 3-1 loss to TCU before rebounding with three straight victories over UNLV (3-1), LMU (3-0), [...]
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 [...]
Ledoux’s Night
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team sweeps the UC Davis Aggies reclaiming the top spot in the Big West Conference. Behind a stellar performance from Caitlin Ledoux, the LBSU women’s volleyball team wrestles away the Big West Conference’s top spot in tonight’s three game sweep of UCD (25-20, 25-22, 25-22). Ledoux (15 kills on [...]
LBSU beats Pacific
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team defeats the Pacific Tigers in an important late season conference match. The women’s volleyball team from Long Beach State avenges an earlier loss by defeating the Pacific Tigers in four sets on Friday night: 25-14, 21-25, 25-15, 25-22. The team was once again led by Naomi Washington with [...]
49ers Sweep
Long Beach State sweeps Cal State Northridge in a must win women’s volleyball match. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team entered Saturday night’s contest against the Cal State Northridge Matadors matching their longest losing streak of the season, a two game skid. The streak may not be a long one, but it could not [...]
Beach takes Two
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team defeats both of their opponents during a critical stretch in their conference schedule. Coming into town was perhaps the Big West Conference’s most difficult traveling partners in UCSB and Cal Poly. Over the years these two programs have been a thorn in the 49ers side, and both were [...]
Beach Smorgasbord
The Beach dominated both sides of the net during the Long Beach State Invitational “Eating well” is one of today’s most popular phrases, and the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team did not disappoint by feasting on all of their opponents during this weekend’s LBSU Invitational. The 49ers swept all three teams they faced (UMBC, [...]
