This Week In LBSU Athletics: March 25, 2013 • Long Beach Post Sports

LAST WEEK

#2 Sand Volleyball (5-1)
Won vs. #9 Nebraska 4-1
Lost vs. #1 Pepperdine 3-2
–Long Beach State nearly handed No. 1 Pepperdine their first loss in Sand Volleyball, falling 3-2 to the waves as Jackson/Johnson and Minkel/Neely both picked up victories.

Softball
Fell to Colorado State in the final game of non-conference play and won two games at Cal Poly to win the opening series of Big West Play
Lost to Colorado State, 2-1
Def. Cal Poly, 5-4
Def. Cal Poly, 1-0
Lost to Cal Poly, 2-0
Women’s Basketball (16-16)
Lost to Utah, 56-49 (WNIT First Round)
–Sophomore Alex Sanchez had 13 points and six assists in the 49ers’ first postseason appearance in 13 years.

Women’s Tennis (13-3, 4-1 Big West)
Won vs. No. 74 Iowa, 5-2
Won vs. Wyoming, 5-2
–The 49ers remained perfect when playing at home (9-0) and seniors Klaudia Malenovska and Sarah Cantlay both went 4-0 during the week and are currently on a five-match winning streak in doubles play.

No. 9 Women’s Water Polo (19-4, 0-2 Big West)
Lost at No. 6 San Diego State, 6-5
Won vs. Brown, 10-2
Won vs. Redlands, 11-2
–Christina Kotsia led the 49ers with six goals as LBSU nearly upset the sixth-ranked Aztecs Friday evening before taking down Brown and Redlands on Saturday.

Baseball (9-15)
Lost at San Diego State 12-2
Lost vs. #8 Cal State Fullerton 6-0
Lost vs. #8 Cal State Fullerton 8-6
Lost vs. #8 Cal State Fullerton 2-1
–Long Beach State begins Big West play this week, hosting Cal State Northridge for three games beginning on Thursday.

Men’s Basketball (19-14)
Lost at Baylor, 112-66 (1st round of NIT)
–Kris Gulley led the team with 15 points, while James Ennis ended his career with his 38h-consecutive game in double-digit scoring (10).

Men’s Volleyball (17-7, 13-6 MPSF)
Won vs. #11 Cal Baptist, 3-2
Lost to #1 BYU, 3-0
–Junior Taylor Crabb averaged 3.88 kills per set last weekend and is just 17 away from becoming the 20th 49er to reach the 1,000-kill milestone.

Track & Field
at UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational, NTS
–Junior Adam Bianchessi won the javelin, while senior Michael Vaughan took top honors in the triple jump.

THIS WEEK

Sand Volleyball
vs. No. 5 Hawaii | Tuesday, 1PM | LBSU Sand Courts
vs. No. 4 USC | Thursday, 1PM | LBSU Sand Courts

Softball
at UC Riverside | Friday, 12PM (Doubleheader) | Riverside, Calif.
at UC Riverside | Saturday, 12PM | Riverside, Calif.

Women’s Golf
at SDSU Farms Invitational
Sunday (First Round) | The Farms Golf Club – Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Monday (Second Round) | The Farms Golf Club – Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Tuesday (Final Round) | The Farms Golf Club – Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Women’s Tennis
vs. Cal State Northridge | Saturday, 12PM | Rhodes Tennis Center

Women’s Water Polo
at Pacific | Friday, 7PM | Stockton, Calif.
at UC Davis | Saturday, 3PM | Davis, Calif.

Men’s Golf
at Anteater Invitational
Monday (First & Second Rounds) | El Niguel Country Club – Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Tuesday (Final Round) | El Niguel Country Club – Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Men’s Volleyball
at Pacific | Friday, 7PM | Stockton, Calif.
at Stanford | Saturday, 7PM | Stanford, Calif.

Track & Field
at Cal-Nevada Championships
Friday-Saturday, All Day | La Jolla, Calif.
at Stanford Invitational
Friday-Saturday, All Day | Stanford, Calif.

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