Misty May-Treanor is making a mockery of the word “retirement.” Six years after the three-time Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion announced the end of her playing career, the Long Beach resident is keeping more than busy with family, coaching at Long Beach City College, and starting a new volleyball club. On the family front, […]
When it was announced two weeks ago that Long Beach State and Dan Monson had reached a five-year contract extension, LBSU athletic director Andy Fee pointed out that he didn’t like coaches entering lame-duck years where they were on the last season of their contract. Astute 49er fans might have perked their antennae up at […]
It was an historic night in the Pyramid as the top-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team swept UC San Diego to claim the first-ever Big West conference championship. The win improved the 49ers to 23-0, setting a new program record for consecutive wins and giving head coach Alan Knipe his 301st win, just one […]
History has its eyes on the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, and the 49ers are staring right back, unblinking. Last weekend they overcame a big hurdle with a pair of wins over No. 4 UC Irvine, bringing the No. 1 Long Beach squad to a program-record 21-0. By contrast, every other team in the […]
The Long Beach State softball team’s pair of gems from Cielo Meza lifted them to a sweep of Hawaii. Meza set a school record with 17 strikeouts in game one against the Rainbow Wahine and then followed it up the next day with a no-hitter. The No. 18-ranked 49ers won game three to move to […]
We’ve got some great photos of the 49ers’ five-set win taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has appeared near-invincible for most of the 2018 season. The 49ers are 18-0 and the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation, having dropped only three sets all season. But Long Beach struggled for a stretch during the second set against UC Santa Barbara on Thursday evening, and […]
The No 8-ranked Long Beach State beach volleyball team posted a pair of big wins on Thursday, defeating No. 4 Florida State and TCU at the LBSU Sand Courts. The win over the Seminoles was huge for the 49ers (7-1), who hadn’t beaten a top five program yet this year after a narrow 3-2 defeat […]
Long Beach has long had a special place in the volleyball world but this spring has seen the city become the center of the volleyball universe. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation, the NCAA’s only undefeated team, and has swept every team 14 of their […]
Welcome back to our weekly Athletes of the Week awards. HIGH SCHOOL Malik Salahuddin, Long Beach Poly Basketball Poly junior Malik Salahuddin showed how bright the Jackrabbits’ future is last week in a pair of state playoff games. Salahuddin led the way for Poly in a first-round road game against El Camino Real with 26 […]