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Beach Roudup: women’s basketball continues to struggle

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team fell into the cellar of the Big West conference this weekend, losing at Cal State Northridge, 74-60, on Thursday and at Pacific, 77-72, on Saturday.

Against Northridge (11-11, 7-2), LBSU stuck with the Matadors early on and at one point the score was tied at 17. Then Northridge took over, going on a 15-2 run and the 49ers were unable to come back.

Karina Figueroa recorded her fifth 20-point game in the last six games, scoring 25 points in the losing effort.

Against Pacific (8-15, 2-7), the Tigers’ Jake Kelly hit her fifth 3-pointer of the game with 55 seconds left to give Pacific a 75-72 lead. The Tigers didn’t allow the 49ers to score for the rest of the game.

Figueroa again led the team in scoring with 15 points and forward Kaiti O’Brien added 14 points in the loss.

LBSU is now 1-12 away from The Walter Pyramid.

Women’s Tennis LBSU began its defense of its Big West title in impressive fashion Friday afternoon, beating host Cal State Fullerton 7-0.

The 49ers (2-1) didn’t lose a set in the six singles matches and won the three doubles matches.

The doubles pairing of Hannah Grady and Jessica Weeks, which is ranked No. 48 in the country, won their match 8-3.

LBSU will return home Saturday when it meets Cal State Northridge.

Club HockeyLBSU (22-8) ended its regular season on a high note this weekend, beating UNLV 10-4 on Friday and again beating the Runnin’ Rebels Saturday, 8-4. Both game were at Glacial Gardens Arena in Lakewood.

In the two games combined, center Brian Horowitz had three goals and seven assists. Horowitz finishes the season with 47 goals and 55 assists for 103 points.

LBSU will head to Utah State for the Western Region Tournament, which will take place Feb. 16-17.

Women’s Water Polo In an exhibition match, the current LBSU water polo team defeated its alumnae, 16-9, at the Campus Pool Saturday morning.

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