The Panthers are entering another season under coach Mele Motuliki, and are in rebuilding mode. Motuliki says the construction job in the gymnasium on the Ron Massey Court mirrors the construction that’s been happening all over the North Long Beach campus for the last several years. “We are working on constructing a team that will […]
Head coach Nikki Hannah will be dealing with a lot of new faces on the roster this year, having lost most of last year’s varsity team to graduation. “It’s going to be an uphill battle with the freshman class on a different campus, pending construction and struggles for gym space,” said Hannah. Hannah said that […]
A pair of impressive victories at home over the weekend extended the Long Beach State women’s soccer winning streak, and showcased how deep the talent pool is for this team. LBSU (3-1-0) got a phenomenal performance from senior Ashley Gonzales in a 2-1 win over Northeastern on Friday night at George Allen Field. The Beach […]
Lakewood, Long Beach Poly, Millikan and St. Anthony’s girls’ volleyball teams all got off to excellent starts in the last two weeks. Our full girls’ volleyball preview launches tomorrow, be sure to come back and check it out! The Lancers took second place at the Tae Kim Molten Classic after falling to Redondo Union in […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams will both be in action over the weekend. FRIDAY Long Beach State Women’s Soccer vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m. This is the second of a three-game homestand to start the season for LBSU (1-1-0), and these two schools have never met. Northeastern is a Division 1 […]
The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team won another Tae Kim Lakewood/Molten Classic tournament game on Wednesday after St. Anthony opened its season with a historic league victory over Serra. Poly edged Los Alamitos in a five-set thriller at Paramount 19-25, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24, 15-11. The Jackrabbits were led by 23 kills from Allanah Cutler. […]
There’s nowhere for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to go but up. The 49ers are coming off a 10-19 season in Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer’s first season as head coach, a rebuilding season that was also the worst winning percentage in the history of the program. The numbers don’t tell the story of a team […]
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A pair of local youth volleyball players have had quite the summer together. Gabriella “Babi” Gubbins and Kaia Herweg were on the same indoor club team that won a Junior Olympics title in June, and together they won a beach volleyball championship at the OCVolley in Huntington Beach last week. Gubbins, 12, goes to Rogers […]