Here are a few Long Beach sporting events happening this weekend. THURSDAY High School Girls’ Volleyball, 4:30 p.m. Today marks the second round of Moore League play, and it is headlined by first-place Poly hosting Millikan. In other action, Wilson is at Cabrillo and Jordan is at Compton. High School Girls’ Golf, 2:30 p.m. The […]
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Long Beach State Volleyball Dominates UC Riverside
The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has had an up-and-down non-conference schedule that featured impressive wins, baffling losses, and proof that the team is capable on any given night of beating anyone in the Big West. It was no surprise that Long Beach handled UC Riverside easily in its Big West opener, sweeping them […]
Long Beach State Weekly Update
Catch up on everything happening with Long Beach State athletics this week. Women’s Volleyball LBSU (8-5) is coming off of its best week of the young season. The 49ers took a set off of No. 16 UCLA on Thursday before beating Lamar and Fresno State over the weekend in the Mizuno Invitational at Walter Pyramid. […]
Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Wins At BYU
Long Beach State women’s soccer won its first game ever at BYU in a 3-1 comeback on Monday in Provo, Utah. LBSU (5-4-0) got goals from senior Ashley Gonzales, junior Taylor Bistline and sophomore Rola Badawiya in the final 25 minutes. In the 65th minute senior Dana Fujikuni drew a foul in the box, and […]
The562.org’s College Athletes Of The Week
The top performers from Long Beach State and LBCC this week–congrats to the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Hailey Harward, Long Beach State Volleyball It was an impressive week for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team, as they took UCLA to four sets and then beat Lamar and Fresno […]
Long Beach State Volleyball Shows Fight In UCLA Loss
After the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team’s four-set loss to UCLA, junior libero/hitter Hailey Harward was seated at a black table waiting for the postmatch press conference to begin. She banged the table and leaned over to head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer. “Ah! We’re so close,” she said. Indeed, the 49ers were tantalizingly close to […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. UCLA Volleyball
We’ve got some great shots of the tight match last night from photographer Joseph Kling.
PODCAST: What Up, Long Beach?! Mascot Mayhem
This week we’re talking about local college rebranding (1:00) before handing out midseason grades to all of the Long Beach high school football teams (5:00) and discussing cheating in sports (20:00).
PODCAST: LB Fee Show Talks Big West Tournament
In our biweekly podcast with Long Beach State athletic director Andy Fee we talk about the future of the Big West Basketball Tournament and what we’d like to see happen with it. We also interview Long Beach State cross country coach Shawn Winget and talk about the importance of recruiting locally. Episode 17 – Tournament […]
Long Beach State Weekly Update
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team has started the 2018 season with six wins in seven tournament games, but now the real challenges start with some of the best college water polo teams in the world on their schedule. With a solid freshman class coming in ready to make waves, the Class of […]