This Week In LBSU Athletics: March 18, 2013 • Long Beach Post Sports

Last Week

Athlete of the Week–Jeff McNeil, Baseball: Jeff McNeil led the Dirtbags to a sweep of Wichita State, hitting .545 against the shockers and contributing four double plays during the week, slugging .727. against the Shockers.

No. 2 Sand Volleyball (4-0)
Won vs. No. 4 Florida State 4-1
Won vs. No. 8 Florida International 3-2
Won vs. Loyola Marymount 5-0
Won at No. 3 USC 3-2
–Long Beach State opened the 2013 season with four wins, including crucial victories over Florida State and at USC.

Women’s Softball (18-12)
Defeated Buffalo 8-3
Lost to Buffalo 10-3

at San Diego State Classic II
Defeated UMASS, 9-1
Defeated Miami (OH) 4-2
Defeated Harvard 3-2
Lost to Fairfield, 2-0
Lost to San Jose State, 2-1
–The 49ers went 3-2 at the SDSU Classic II tournament, while splitting with Buffalo earlier in the week. Nalani St. Germain led the team with 12 hits, 6 RBI, 2 home runs and seven runs.

Women’s Basketball (16-15, 9-9 Big West)
Lost to Cal State Fullerton, 54-48 (Big West Tournament – First Round)
–Sophomore Devin Hudson had 17 points and a Big West Tournament record 24 rebounds as she was named to the conference’s all-tournament team.

Women’s Tennis (11-3, 4-1 Big West)
Won vs. No. 71 Louisville, 5-2
–Freshman Ebba Unden clinched the victory for LBSU with her 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win at the No. 1 singles spot. Unden is now 2-1 since moving into the top spot two weeks ago. The 49ers improved to a perfect 7-0 when playing at home.

No. 9 Women’s Water Polo (17-3, 0-1)
Def. Bucknell 10-3
Lost No. 8 Hawai’i 12-7
–Chelsea Parks led the 49ers with six goals as Long Beach State split a pair of home games last week defeating Bucknell and dropping its conference opener to No. 8 Hawai’i.

Baseball (9-11)
Lost at LMU 4-1
Won vs. Wichita State 4-1
Won vs. Wichita State 3-1
Won vs. Wichita State 5-4
–The Dirtbags swept an opponent at home for the second time this season with three wins over Wichita State.

Men’s Basketball (19-13)
Lost to UC Irvine in Big West Semifinals (67-60)
Defeated Cal State Fullerton in Big West quarterfinals (75-66)
–The 49ers fell in the semis at the Big West Tournament and earned a big to the NIT. James Ennis led the team against CSUF, scoring 15, while Tony Freeland and Keala King led the team vs. UC Irvine with 15 apiece.

Men’s Golf
at Don Puckett National Invitational Tournament
–49ers finish in 11th place (16 teams) at 21-over 885.
–Freshman Kevin Lee tied for 29th at 2-over 218.

Men’s Volleyball (16-6, 12-5 MPSF)
Lost to #5 UCLA, 3-2
Won vs. #15 George Mason, 3-2
Won vs. IPFW, 3-0
–With their two victories in the Active Ankle Tournament, the 49ers secured the most wins in a season since 2008 when they claimed a share of the MPSF regular-season title and advanced to the NCAA Championships.

Track & Field
at Aztec Invitational, NTS
— Senior Amanda Klinchuch established a personal-record and the seventh-best mark in school history as she cleared 12-00 in the pole vault

This Week

Sand Volleyball
vs. Nebraska | Tuesday, 1PM | LBSU Sand Courts
vs. No. 1 Pepperdine | Thursday, 1PM | LBSU Sand Courts

Women’s Tennis
vs. No. 58 Iowa | Wednesday, 12PM | Long Beach, Calif.

vs. No. 70 Wyoming | Friday, 2PM | Long Beach, Calif.

Men’s Basketball
at Baylor (NIT 1st round) | Wednesday, 6PM (ESPN2) | Waco, Texas

Men’s Golf
at Anteater Invitational
Saturday (First & Second Rounds) | Shady Canyon Golf Club | Irvine, Calif.
Sunday (Final Round) | Shady Canyon Golf Club | Irvine, Calif.

Men’s Volleyball
vs. Cal Baptist | Thursday, 7PM | Walter Pyramid
vs. BYU | Saturday, 7PM | Gold Mine

Track & Field
at UCI Spring Break Invitational
Friday-Saturday, All Day | Irvine, Calif.

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