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COVID-19 Long Beach State

Mark Edrington Moving Long Beach State COVID-19 Plan Along

The news that Long Beach State had received permission from the city of Long Beach to bring back 10 spring sports transformed a lot of preparation into action, and longtime employee Mark Edrington is representing the athletics department on the COVID-19 action team. “Our situation is constantly fluid,” Edrington said. “With safety in mind you […]

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Baseball COVID-19 Long Beach State Podcast

PODCAST: Dirtbags Coach Eric Valenzuela Talks New Schedule

This week on the show we’re talking to Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela about how he’s preparing his team for the 2012 Big West Conference schedule that was released this week and starts in about a month. 01:00 We’ve got good news! 07:30 Interview with LBSU Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela 30:00 NFL reactions […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Feature: Behind the Scenes of Long Beach State’s Stifling Defense

On paper, there’s nothing particularly intimidating about the Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s defense. They don’t have a premier ball-stopper or shot-blocker and only one all-conference defender on the roster–they don’t have any national leaderboard or conference-leading players in the defensive statistical categories. Yet somehow the Beach entered last weekend’s series against UC Santa […]

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COVID-19 Long Beach State Podcast

PODCAST: How Is Long Beach State Restarting Athletics On Campus?

This week on the LB Fee Show we’re talking to Sr. Associate Athletics Director Mark Edrington about how LBSU is adhering to COVID-19 protocols as they bring sports back. He also tells us some great stories about the Walter Pyramid. S4E69 – True Tales Of The Walter Pyramid!! And A Return To Spring Sports With […]

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Baseball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Dirtbags Release 2021 Schedule

The 40-game Big West Conference-only schedule for the Long Beach State Dirtbags has been released with four-game series every weekend starting in March. In an effort to get more games per week without non conference competition, the conference has added a Saturday doubleheader as part of the schedule. LBSU has not added any non-conference games, […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Women Sweep UCSB, Set Up Davis Showdown

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 […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Women Continue Historic Start With UCSB Win

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 […]