Coming into the season, Long Beach State was expected to be part of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which kicks off with Tuesday’s opening round game. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Anaheim Convention Center, the site of the Big West tournament. The 49ers’ NCAA hopes[Read More…]
Men’s Sports
‘Niner Notes: March 14
Baseball: LBSU takes series against No. 21 Wichita State Box score Joey Terdoslavich went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Branden Pinder earned his first win of the season as Long Beach State defeated No. 21 Wichita State, 7-3, on Sunday to grab the series victory. Devin Lohman added a pair of[Read More…]
49ers drop close battle with No. 6 ASU
Krizia Cerda recorded a hat-trick, but it was not enough as Long Beach State (4-11) fell to No. 6 Arizona State, 8-5, on Sunday at the 49er Campus Pool. Cerda, along with junior Lauren Sieprath and freshman Courtney Elward, provided the offense for LBSU. All scores were made from beyond[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 13
Track and Field: Piggee wins hurdle crown, Jenkins takes triple jump The Long Beach State track and field team saw two of its six athletes competing at the Aztec Invitational post first-place finishes on Saturday. Nimrod Piggee claimed the 110-meter hurdle title, clocking in with a season-best 14.68 seconds in windy[Read More…]
Gagnon finds no support in shutout loss
Box score When a grounds crew member lost his footing, and took a dive while preparing the field 15 minutes before the Dirtbags were set to face Wichita State, many of the 1,141 fans at Blair Field chuckled and gave him a round of applause as he worked his way[Read More…]
Bottom of lineup comes through against Shockers
Box score Back-to-back two-run hits from Derek Legg and Kellen Hoime in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Dirtbags to a 7-4 win against Wichita State on Saturday at Blair Field. Long Beach State (6-7) fought hard in a game that went back-and-forth to hand the Shockers (10-2) their[Read More…]
Beach men edged by just a whisker
Box score The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team (11-8) kept it close, but was still swept by Penn State 30-28, 30-28, 30-27, Saturday night in the final match of the Active Ankle tournament at the Walter Pyramid. Senior Dean Bittner led the ‘Niners with 22 kills, while hitting .405[Read More…]
49ers eliminate Pacific, ‘final’-ly
Box score ANAHEIM — For the last 364 days, the University of the Pacific has a been a thorn in the side of the Long Beach State men’s basketball team. On Friday, the 49ers pulled that thorn out. LBSU (17-15) avenged a three-game losing streak to the Tigers with a[Read More…]
49ers fall short of Big Dance
Box score ANAHEIM – The Long Beach State men’s basketball team could have erased all the remnants of a disappointing season with a win on Saturday. Instead, the 49ers had to watch UC Santa Barbara and its student section celebrate an outright Big West Conference championship at the Anaheim Convention Center.[Read More…]
Balanced attack ends 5-game slide
Junior Lauren Sieprath scored three goals and five other players from Long Beach State chipped in as well to help the 49ers stave off Colorado State’s furious comeback in a 9-6 win on Saturday at the 49er Campus Pool. The ‘Niners (4-10) returned home for the first time since a[Read More…]