The Long Beach State men’s volleyball season came to a screeching halt on the floor of the USC Galen Center on Thursday night, as the 49ers fell to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament.

Senior Matt Hibbert set two career highs with four hits and two runs scored as Long Beach State defeated USC 7-1 Tuesday evening.

Don’t look now, but the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is riding a three-game winning streak and the National Player of the Week into a tournament semifinal match against No. 7 Santa Barbara this Thursday.

The historically dominant racing team faced numerous challenges at Long Beach – perfectly summarized in the video here.

The regular-season Big West champion Long Beach State tennis team will look to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time as the 49ers participate in the Big West Tennis Championships this weekend.

The 49ers of softball, women’s tennis and men’s volleyball position themselves for playoff spots, while the Dirtbags look to play spoiler.

Though they had already lost the series, the Dirtbags pulled through Saturday during their last game in a three-match series against UC Santa Barbara, preventing a Gaucho sweep.

The Long Beach City College softball team came up on the short end of a thrilling South Coast Conference contest Tuesday as the Vikings were edged 7-6 by rival Cerritos College. It was their final 2011 regular season home game.

Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson announced Tuesday that Kris Gulley from Independence Community College has signed a National Letter of Intent.