Baseball: Offensive eruption keys rout of Pacific Box score Long Beach State exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull away to a 13-4 win over Pacific on Friday at Blair Field. Devin Lohman’s bat helped LBSU (12-12, 1-1 Big West Conference) even its three-game[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
Dirtbags fooled by Pacific in Big West opener
Box score It only took 18 pitches for Long Beach State to destroy what ace Drew Gagnon had built in eight innings. Gagnon matched Pacific’s Marcus Pointer pitch-for-pitch, but the Dirtbags’ bullpen couldn’t close it out in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers in both teams’ first Big West Conference[Read More…]
Women finish 5th at UCI Invite, men place 14th at Bulls Bay
Men’s resultsWomen’s results The Long Beach State women’s golf team made a big run in the final round to finish the Anteater Invitational in fifth place, after winning the UC Irvine-hosted tournament last season. After two disappointing rounds, the 49ers came alive in the third, shooting the second-best round of[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 28
Track and Field: LBSU completes Cal-Nevada Championships Results Long Beach State closed out the Cal-Nevada Championships Sunday afternoon at UCLA’s Drake Stadium as the 49er men finished the two-day meet in second place, while the women took 15th. Sam Jeter continued to improve on his 400-meter hurdle time, clocking in[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 27
Baseball: Dirtbags take series from No. 9 Oregon State Game 1 box scoreGame 2 box score Long Beach State (11-11) received strong outings from Jake Thompson and Branden Pinder in its doubleheader sweep of No. 9 Oregon State on Saturday, 7-1 and 8-4. Both starters went seven innings to help[Read More…]
The Beach unable to swing away at Cardinal
Box score Long Beach State could not carry the momentum from Friday night’s sweep against Pacific into Saturday’s showdown with No. 1 Stanford. The 49ers were overmatched in a 30-28, 30-22, 30-21, sweep at the hands of the Cardinal at the Walter Pyramid. Stanford hit a blistering .420 as a[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 26
Baseball: Dirtbags drop series opener to Beavers Box score Long Beach State fell, 16-4, in its series opener at Oregon State on a rainy Friday night at Goss Stadium. Beach starter Drew Gagnon (3-3) was charged with the loss after lasting 4.0 innings and allowing three runs — two earned[Read More…]
Baughman leads with 14 kills, LBSU returns to win column
Box score The 49er men’s volleyball team hit .433 as a unit to cruise past Pacific 30-22, 30-22, 30-21 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest at the Walter Pyramid on Friday night. Long Beach State (12-10, 8-7 MPSF) also proved too much for Pacific defensively, as the home team[Read More…]
Dirtbags can’t find win at end of Rainbow
Box score A disastrous eighth inning dropped the Dirtbags in a hole they couldn’t climb out of as they fell to Hawaii, 8-2, on Wednesday night at Blair Field. Hawaii (12-9) continued its hot streak with its fourth straight win, while Long Beach State (9-10) fell to a game under[Read More…]
49ers fall victim to USC onslaught
LOS ANGELES — The Long Beach State women’s water polo team (7-13) was crushed by No. 1 USC, 18-4, as the 49ers were outgunned by USC’s offense and had trouble penetrating the defense. The ‘Niners came to Los Angeles having been outscored, 25-4, in their previous two meetings with the No. 1[Read More…]