Long Beach State outside hitter TJ DeFalco made history at Wednesday evening’s NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship Banquet, as he was named National Player of the Year for the second time. The banquet was held in downtown Long Beach at the Terrace Theater. DeFalco is just the third men’s volleyball player in history to […]
For the first time in 12 years, Long Beach will host an NCAA championship as Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid will welcome the best men’s volleyball teams in the nation this week for five matches. The action begins on Tuesday with USC facing Lewis at 5 p.m. and Pepperdine facing Princeton after. The winners will […]
We’ve got a special college Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Joseph Rocha, LBCC Volleyball LBCC won a state championship last weekend and it was thanks in part to freshman setter Joseph Rocha, who was lights out down the stretch. Rocha set LBCC to […]
The most underrated sports dynasty in Long Beach is bringing home another trophy, after Long Beach State’s women’s tennis team won a thrilling Big West championship over Hawaii, 4-3. It’s the 12th conference title in 15 years for Long Beach State, who trailed 3-1 but rallied to win the final three matches of the day, […]
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team lost its first game of the Big West Conference Tournament on Friday at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center 9-7 to UC Santa Barbara. Here are some great action shots from Stephen Dachman.
It’s been turbulent times for the Long Beach State Dirtbags, but interim co-head coaches Greg Bergeron and Dan Ricabal announced the signing of two more members of the 2019 recruiting class this week. Catcher Thomas Greely is currently in his sophomore season at Delta College, and the switch-hitter has a .309 average through 31 games […]
The ancient tale of Siddhartha is about a man who sacrifices materialistic pursuits in order to find a more sustainable spiritually, and he ends up succeeding by finding peace in nothingness. Long Beach State needs to apply that lesson to its search for a new mascot. After years of phasing out the 49ers mascot, and […]
The Long Beach State track and field program hosted the 25th Annual Beach Invitational on campus at Jack Rose Track last weekend with more than 3,000 elite competitors of all ages and skills participating. On the men’s side, LBSU’s 4×100 relay team of Femi Ajose, Faris Babineaux, Kemonie Briggs, and Koty Burton won the event […]
It was a super-sized week of action so it’s a super-sized Athletes of the Week! Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Doris Chuang, Wilson Badminton With a long frame and a powerful stroke, Wilson sophomore Doris Chuang dominated the field to win the Moore League girls’ badminton singles […]
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had a wild weekend in Hawaii at the Big West Tournament, playing in front of crowds of more than 10,000 Rainbow Warrior fans. After defeating UC Santa Barbara in an impressive four-set semifinal on Friday night, Long Beach was bested in a classic five-set championship match by the […]