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. […]
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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 […]
The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week winners and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for sponsoring this feature. September is our membership drive–to support Long Beach sports coverage be sure and click SUBSCRIBE to sign up for a small monthly donation to help keep this coverage around forever! HIGH SCHOOL Feso Kaowili, […]
Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Blanks St. John’s
Long Beach State women’s soccer dominated visiting St. John’s 6-0 on Friday night as Dana Fujikuni, Taylor Bistline, Rocio Rodriguez, Mackenzie Magaoay and Makayla Soll all scored goals to tie the school record for margin of victory. Fujikuni scored two of the first three goals, and now leads the team with three goals on the […]