It took three tries, but the Long Beach City College women’s soccer team earned its first win of the season after defeating visiting Grossmont College 4-0 in their home opener on Friday.
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Long Beach State Athletics Department Hall of Fame Inductees
Long Beach State will honor eight former players, a team and an administrator with induction into the athletic department’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Long Beach Hotel & Executive Meeting Center.
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Men’s Soccer: Long Beach plays Irvine Valley to 2-2 Draw in Home Opener
The Long Beach City College men’s soccer team earned a 2-2 draw in the Vikings’ 2011 home opener on Tuesday. The non-conference tie moved LBCC’s record to 1-1-1 overall this season while Irvine Valley is now 2-2-1.
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Dust Plus: When the Sand Turns to Gold and Other Notes on my Napkin
You might have guessed that when you stir your sporting cocktail this time of year the napkin, if not soaked with the tears of coaches and ADs, is, at the very least, well scribbled. Our session today runs the gamut across the globe from golf to futball to sand on the court and sand on the course.
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Water Polo’s Butler, Agopian honored as 2010-11 LBCC Athletes of the Year
Scott Butler (men’s water polo/swimming) and Sarah Agopian (women’s water polo) have been named the Long Beach City College male and female athletes of the year for the 2010-11 sports season.
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2011 Naples Island Swim Event September 17
The 2011 Naples Island Swims event will be held Saturday, September 17th in the Los Alamitos Bay. The event has been held annually for many years, but this will be the second year with the Long Beach Shore Aquatics as hosts.
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Dust Plus: The If And Whens And Maybes Edition
If (and hopefully when) the double gold USA Beach volleyball queens May-Treanor and Walsh-Jennings, dance their way onto the center court in London’s Horse Grounds on the River Thames for the 2012 Olympics, the journey likely started back in the stately Hague v-ball venue on the North Sea in late August.
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49er Visit to the Land of Beer, Cheese, Laverne, and Shirley
It was a beautiful evening for being outside in Milwaukee and both teams seemed well prepared and ready for action. Milwaukee was clad in gold jerseys and black shorts and was facing off against CSULB in all white. Someone asked one of the Milwaukee staff members who these opponents were and where they were from. “They are from California. They are ranked something like 23rd,” he replied in a manner that led me to believe he considered The Beach a formidable opponent.
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Dust Plus: A Fast Start on the Pitch and the Court
Unless you have European or South American genes in your sporting DNA, Long Beach State is really not about football this time of year. It is about women’s volleyball and women’s soccer (okay that would technically be futball) and this weekend the schedule maker ups the ante for the 49ers.
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Long Beach State Athletics Program Earns 3rd Consecutive Full NCAA Certification
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Committee on Athletics Certification announced on August 18, 2011 that the athletics program at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has received its third consecutive full certification. The designation of certified means that an institution has shown that it operates its athletic program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the NCAA Division membership.