LBSU to retire number of former volleyball player Brett Winslow
Long Beach State will retire former 49er and Olympic volleyball player Brett Winslow’s number in a ceremony on March 15 during the men’s volleyball match against Penn State. The ceremony will be held between the second and third sets.
Winslow played at LBSU from 1989 to 1992 and still holds school records for total blocks with 529 and solo blocks with 111. He helped lead the ‘Niners to a national championship in 1991, which still remains the only men’s volleyball title in school history.
After graduating from LBSU, Winslow became a two-time All-American before playing for the USA national team in the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Alexis Trujillo and Kevin Ramirez give LBSU a lift at the Highlander Invitational
LBSU sophomore Alexis Trujillo led the women’s cross country team to a seventh place-finish at the Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
The men’s team was led by freshman Kevin Ramirez, who finished 14th out of 68 runners in the individual 6k race, which was held at the UC Riverside Agricultural Operations Course.
Trujillo’s run time in the 5k race was 18:04, giving the ‘Niners 172 points in their seventh-place finish in the women’s team competition. Wyoming finished first with 54 points.
Ramirez led the men’s team in the 6k race with an 18:27.7 run while finishing 18th overall.
LBSU will next participate in the Big West Conference Championship in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 2.
LBSU tennis fall season at ITA West Regional
No. 5 doubles duo Ebba Unden and Karolina Rozenberg lost to UC Irvine’s Sarah Gong and Marivick Mamiit on Saturday on the third day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association West Regional, effectively ending LBSU’s fall season until the spring season opens in January.
The 49er pair lost for only its fourth time all season in Saturday’s round of 16 at San Diego State’s Aztec Tennis Center.
Unden and Rozenberg had advanced to Saturday’s main draw doubles match after they defeated Grand Canyon’s Frederique Van de Velde and Janaki Gunuganti on Friday. Unden, Julie Gerard and Hayley Thompson all fell in singles matches Friday and couldn’t join the doubles team in advancing to Saturday.
– compiled by Assistant Sports Editor Daniel Astle
