There are plenty of college teams in California that will struggle this season due to missing typical offseason events, but Long Beach State women’s soccer is prepared to revamp its winning culture and regain what it lost due to COVID-19. “It’s almost like starting from scratch and we are looking at it like that,” LBSU’s […]
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has a proud and trophy-laden history that dates back decades. Throughout that time, the Beach (formerly the 49ers) have run essentially the same warmup, a nationally-known progression of drills that began under head coach Brian Gimmillaro, who won three NCAA titles. Last weekend, fifth-year head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer […]
For the first time in two years the Long Beach State men’s basketball team is planning to playing a full schedule of games starting on Nov. 10 at Idaho. CLICK HERE FOR FULL SCHEDULE The Beach will also try once again to play UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 15 after the last-minute cancellation last […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team finished its week of exhibition games with a strong 1-0 win over LMU on Thursday night at George Allen Field. The Beach limited the Lions to just three shots on goal while substitute forward Nadiyah Siqueiros scored the game winner in the 43rd minute. “I feel like we’ve […]
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Long Beach State women’s soccer returned to George Allen Field on Monday night for their season opening exhibition against FC Golden State and came away with a 3-1 victory. Junior Lena Silano gave LBSU a lead in the 18th minute, and after a 34th minute equalizer, senior Kayla Cannon gave the Beach a 2-1 lead […]
Eric Valenzuela has quickly left his mark in two short seasons as Long Beach State Dirtbags head coach and he’s been rewarded for getting the famous program back on track. Last week, LBSU announced that Valenzuela received a contract extension that runs through the 2026 season. “That trust that President Conoley, Andy Fee and the […]
There was a time not that long ago when Long Beach State only had a handful of female coaches on campus, but that trend has been bucked on purpose by Athletic Director Andy Fee. Since arriving in 2017, Fee has hired or promoted five new coaches for women’s sports and four of them have been […]
From the black and gold to the red, white, and blue: the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has been taking over at the Olympics. This year, the program will be represented by three Olympians, two alternates, and two coaches, with a total of seven of the city’s 17-person Olympic delegation coming out of the […]