The Long Beach State softball team held UC Riverside to just three hits in its regular-season finale Saturday, but the Highlanders made the most of them as they scored three runs for a 3-0 shutout victory over the 49ers at Amy S. Harrison Field. LBSU (37-16, 15-6 Big West Conference)[Read More…]
Softball
Beach softball drops to second place in Big West
LBSU 7, CSF 6 Box score The Long Beach State softball team doesn’t like the idea of losing, despite what it might take to win. LBSU, which wasn’t able to get more than one hit until the fifth inning, won the first game of a doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton,[Read More…]
‘Niners take series on walk-off single
Box score It came down to the wire, but clutch hitting by the Long Beach State softball team provided a key 1-0 victory Sunday over Cal State Fullerton at the 49er Softball Complex. The win moved the 49ers (35-15, 13-5 Big West) within a game out of first-place University of[Read More…]
Schallig’s walk-off home run lifts ‘Niners over Gauchos
Box score Christina Schallig hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Long Beach State softball team to a 3-2 win over UC Santa Barbara on Sunday at the 49er Softball Complex. Schallig’s fifth blast of the season helped the 49ers (33-14, 11-4[Read More…]
Beach softball steals two from Gauchos
LBSU 6, UCSB 5 F/13 A marathon game at the 49er Softball Complex ended with delight as the Long Beach State softball team snuck by UC Santa Barbara, 6-5, in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at the 49er Softball Complex. Reigning Big West Conference Player of the Week Sarah Carrasco[Read More…]
‘Niners’ win streak snapped in extra innings
The Long Beach State softball team built a pair of two-run leads, but Cal Poly answered both times to eventually snap the 49ers’ seven-game winning streak, 5-4, in eight innings at Bob Janssen Field on Saturday. LBSU won the series, however, after sweeping both games of a doubleheader Friday. The[Read More…]
Beach softball collects second consecutive doubleheader sweep
Freshman Hannah De Gaetano garnered five hits, while freshman Sarah Carrasco drove in three runs to lead the Long Beach State softball team to its fifth and sixth consecutive victories at Cal Poly on Friday. The 49ers picked up a 3-2 victory before completing the sweep with a win over[Read More…]
Freshman guides ‘Niners in sweep of UC Davis
Box score Freshman Erin Jones-Wesley allowed just four hits in five innings while striking out eight to lead Long Beach State women’s softball team to a 3-1 win over UC Davis at the 49er Softball Complex on Sunday. Jones-Wesley (16-4) picked up her second win in as many days to[Read More…]
LBSU earns first doubleheader sweep in conference play
Box score LBSU 10, UC Davis 0 (5) The Long Beach State softball team pounded UC Davis for 10 runs as the mercy rule was applied after five innings in the first game of a doubleheader on Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday at the 49er Softball Complex. Senior Christina Schallig, sophomore[Read More…]
Freshman ace becomes LBSU’s diamond in the rough
Whether anyone knows it, or not, Long Beach State softball pitcher Erin Jones-Wesley has taken the Big West Conference by storm, and her team may be well on it’s way to doing the same. The 49ers are 25-13 following a mediocre 26-26 campaign last year, and Jones-Wesley has the most[Read More…]