The Long Beach Mizuno Volleyball Club had a great end to its summer season at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics national championships in Detroit, as the club boasted a pair of national champions. Mizuno is owned and run by Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and husband Matt Fuerbringer, who are the head coach and top assistant for the […]
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Long Beach State Summer Update
Catch up on everything that’s happening this summer with Long Beach State athletics. MEN’S BASKETBALL Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Releases Schedule MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Long Beach State, Wilson Volleyballers Win Bronze With USA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL This year’s Long Beach State women’s volleyball season isn’t far away, and the 49ers schedule has officially been set. Second-year […]
Beach Volleyball Golden For Grace Abdoo
Grace Abdoo just started the most hectic and important 12 months of her young life, and the Long Beach Poly High junior wouldn’t have it any other way. “I like being busy,” Abdoo said. “I think it builds character as a person.” Abdoo is part of the PACE academic academy at Poly, and the junior […]
Long Beach State Well-Represented On Team USA
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 […]
CIF Volleyball: Wilson, Lakewood, St. Anthony Fall In Second Round
A promising boys’ volleyball season came to an abrupt and surprising end on Thursday evening, as Lakewood, Wilson, and St. Anthony were all knocked out of the second round of the playoffs. The Lancers were seeded No. 2 in Division 2 and the Saints were No. 1 in Division 4. Wilson had a great showing […]
Feature: Volleyball A Family Affair For Lakewood’s Tufugas
If you ever find yourself at a park on a sunny day and you stumble across a Tufuga family picnic, do not attempt to join in a pickup volleyball match—unless you can come correct. The first family of Moore League volleyball powered Lakewood to this year’s league championship, and they’re hoping to lead the Lancers […]
PODCAST: City Of Long Beach Celebrates National Champions
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.
CIF Volleyball: Lakewood, Wilson, St. Anthony Sweep
The Lakewood boys’ volleyball team is seeded No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 bracket, and the Lancers came out like championship contenders at home in the first round against Channel islands. Lakewood led wire to wire in a 25-10, 25-18, 25- 20 sweep. The most drama came during the third set, when […]
Long Beach State Weekly Update
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 […]