The Long Beach State women’s basketball team completed its weekend sweep of UC Santa Barbara with a comfortable 70-55 win on Saturday afternoon that improves the Beach to 11-1, and a perfect 10-0 in Big West play. It’s the team’s best start in 15 years and sets up a championship-level showdown with UC Davis next […]
We’ve got some great photos from the game from photographer Joseph Kling.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara Long Beach State improved to 9-0 in Big West play with a 61-49 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara on Friday night. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team continued its excellent start to the season with a strong defensive win over UC Santa Barbara, 61-49. The Beach was without its most consistent offensive player in Naomi Hunt and struggled from the field, but played excellent defense to secure the win. “You’re not going to put the […]
We’ve got some great photos from the game taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
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Long Beach native Sherridan Atkinson will be joining Athletes Unlimited, the first professional indoor women’s volleyball league in the United States, launching this month in Texas. Atkinson played varsity volleyball at Millikan High School for three years, and graduated in 2014. She then joined Long Beach State women’s volleyball team for two years before transferring […]
It took about seven-and-a-half minutes for Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team to shake off the rust from a three-week hiatus, but once the Beach found its groove, the results were the same: wins. LBSU picked up a pair of victories last weekend over new Big West rival UC San Diego, improving to 9-1 overall […]
Just about everyone in the Long Beach volleyball community knows the Iamaleava family. There’s the patriarch, Nick, who’s an enormous physical and emotional presence at matches, and the matriarch, Leinna, a generous and giving spirit. Leinna and Nick have eight children, all of whom are standouts at one level or another. Their oldest son, Matt, […]
Long Beach State spring sports are back on track to return to practice and competition on February 15 after the lengthy COVID-19 shutdowns. The Big West Conference announced two weeks ago that it would allow it’s 11 member schools to compete in the spring, but the Beach had to wait for Long Beach health officials […]