It’s a huge day for Long Beach high school sports, with two water polo teams and one tennis team trying to punch their ticket to this weekend’s championships, and a volleyball team opening its state playoffs. Boys’ Water Polo Division 1: Wilson vs. Loyola (Woollett Aquatic Center, 6:30 p.m.) Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs. […]
The best game Long Beach State men’s basketball played last season was the Big West Conference Tournament opener against Cal State Northridge. The Beach beat CSUN 85-63 and coach Dan Monson credits a better mental approach for the impressive performance. Because they were staying at the same Las Vegas hotel during the conference tournaments, Monson […]
The Long Beach Wilson girls’ volleyball team saw its season come to an end Thursday night in a 25-19, 25-18, 25-20 loss to South Torrance in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. After a second-place finish in the Moore League, the Bruins (21-13, 9-3) ran into a solid Spartans team […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer recipe for success has been made clear this month and it’s a simple combination: play stellar defense and let Lena Silano score. Last week, LBSU didn’t give up a goal while cooking up a pair of victories at UC Davis and CSU Bakersfield thanks to an overtime goal from […]
The release of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoff brackets reveal a difficult path for Long Beach’s five playoff teams, with no one in the Moore League getting a home match in their opening round. Lakewood The Lancers are the undefeated Moore League champions, having not dropped a set the entire way through league […]
Long Beach State men’s water polo picked up a pair of quality wins over No. 11 UC San Diego and No. 4 Santa Barbara last week while moving up to No. 7 in the national polls. Rafael Real Vergara scored the game-winning goal with one second left in regulation to give the Beach a 9-8 […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team scored another last-second goal to steal all of the points in a Big West Conference matchup last Sunday at Cal State Fullerton. With the score tied 1-1 in the 89th minute, a beautiful set piece play from Daria Petredes, Kaylee Ramirez, and Lena Silano gave LBSU (6-4-2, 3-0-1) […]
The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team was still smarting from its five-set loss at Millikan earlier this year, and the Jackrabbits wanted to make a statement in their rematch with the Rams at home on Thursday afternoon. They did exactly that in a 90-minute showcase of just how much they’ve improved in a sweep […]
Lena Silano had a week to remember for Long Beach State women’s soccer. On Thursday, Silano scored both goals in the 2-1 Big West Conference opening win over UC San Diego at George Allen Field, including the game-winner with one second left on the clock. Then on Sunday, she scored the first goal against Hawaii […]
Two years ago, Lakewood girls’ volleyball coach Mike Wadley put a nail in his wall. There wasn’t anything to hang on it yet, but he knew there would be. “We were good enough to be a league champion in 2019 and we didn’t get it done, then we didn’t get to play last year,” he […]