REPORTS FROM LONG BEACH STATE Naomi Hernandez tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run home run, and then Taylor Rowland’s grand slam did the rest as Long Beach State rallied to defeat Loyola Marymount on the road 9-6. Loyola Marymount (15-17-1) scored first, but the Beach limited the damage with some excellent defense. Two […]
The No. 22 Long Beach State softball team won two games at the Loyola Marymount Tournament. From Long Beach State Reports GAME ONE LBSU methodically built up a lead over Fairfield and pulled away late with a five-run fifth inning, winning a second-straight game via the run-rule 9-1 in six innings. LBSU, playing as the […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS The Dirtbags (7-12) ran into an onslaught from Tulane (9-11) on Saturday as the visiting Green Wave scored 10 runs on 16 hits to even the series with a 10-6 victory at Blair Field. There were some offensive highlights for Long Beach State, however, as LBSU had four doubles and a home […]
Long Beach State women’s tennis (6-6) was edged by Purdue 4-3 on Saturday at Rhodes Tennis Center. LBSU senior Lena Pacholski and freshman Sadaf Sadeghvaziri earned the lone win in doubles action. Pacholski also bounced back and defeated Silvia Ambrosio 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles match. Purdue won the next three matches. […]
It only took five pitches for the Long Beach State Dirtbags to score twice on Friday night at Blair Field where they rolled to a 13-2 win over Tulane. The Dirtbags (7-11) have won consecutive games for only the second time this season. LBSU starter Zak Baayoun pitched seven strong innings of 3-hit baseball while […]
Great action shots from our own 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 raucous crowds at Texas A&M baseball games are known for getting on opposing pitchers, and not letting them up. Aggies fans will scour social media for heckling fodder, and count consecutive balls thrown with loud chants. That’s what the Long Beach State Dirtbags had to deal with last weekend when they visited the No. […]
We’ve got a great gallery of shots from the 49ers’ win by photographer Stephen Dachman.
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 […]