After two weeks in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (formerly the World League), the United States Men’s National Team is in a three-way tie for first place with a record of 5-1. The USA team has featured a trio of local players in Wilson and Long Beach State alum Dustin Watten, as well as current […]
Long Beach State’s international legacy is well documented. There has been a 49er in every Summer Olympics since the university was founded in 1949, and five more LBSU representatives are part of Team USA this year. LBSU women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia, water polo coach Gavin Arroyo, men’s volleyball assistant coach Nick MacRae and men’s […]
UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw, also the current USA national team coach, didn’t mince words in describing this year’s Long Beach State national champion. “I’ve said before that this is one of the best collegiate teams I’ve ever seen,” he said. Long Beach took their place in history by beating the Bruins for the […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags (24-26, 9-8) beat UC Santa Barbara 12-0 on Saturday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field to clinch the Big West Conference series with their sixth straight win. BOX SCORE The LBSU men’s volleyball team was on hand to sign autographs and throw out the “first serve” to celebrate their national […]
This week JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio are talking about the Long Beach State men’s volleyball NCAA National Championship (1:00) and which local legends are on our Long Beach Baseball Mount Rushmore (8:30). We’ll also list our Athletes Of The Week (24:00) and talk to record-setting golfer Tyler Schafer from Wilson.
Check in on everything that’s happened with Long Beach State athletics over the past seven days. Men’s Volleyball Long Beach State Volleyball Wins National Championship! VIDEO: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Wins National Championship COLUMN: Long Beach Way Leads To LBSU National Championship PODCAST: The LB Fee Show Special National Championship Edition Women’s Soccer LBSU […]
St. Anthony boys’ volleyball enters this week’s CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs as the tournament’s No. 1 seed, the favorites to win a CIF championship and to add another trophy to their case, which already includes a third consecutive Camino Real League championship. A big reason for the Saints’ success is junior captain Aidan […]
After cruising though the first round of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional Playoffs, the Long Beach City College beach volleyball team will be the No. 1 seed in the CCCAA Beach Volleyball State Championships that start today, Thursday, at West Valley College. The Vikings finished second in the state playoffs […]
The 2018 Long Beach State men’s volleyball national championship season is not a Cinderella story. However, the 49ers played like rabid underdogs against UCLA on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion where championship banners hang like pieces of art in a museum of historic success. Mike and I fought for five years at the Long Beach Press-Telegram […]
Summer workouts, fall practices, a long and grinding season: it’s all led to this. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has a chance at history today as the 49ers face UCLA in the NCAA championship at 4 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion. The match will be televised on ESPN 2. “It’s down to two teams,” […]