This Week In LBSU Athletics: March 11, 2013

LAST WEEK

Athlete of the Week–Junior Chelsea Parks | Driver
Chelsea Parks guided the 49ers to their 13th-consecutive win over the weekend scoring a team-high 12 goals. The junior driver fired in four goals in each of the first two games to record eight on the first day of competition. The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native followed up with a hat-trick against La Verne to start the day two and tacked on another goal in final game as LBSU completed its third tournament undefeated.

Softball
Went 2-3 at the LBSU Invitational
Lost to Virginia Tech, 6-1 (8 innings)
Lost to UCLA, 6-3
Won vs. Charleston Southern, 6-1
Won vs. North Dakota State, 5-4
Lost to South Alabama, 4-1

Women’s Basketball (16-14, 9-9 Big West)
Lost at UC Santa Barbara, 59-50
Won at Cal Poly, 71-58
–Sophomore Devin Hudson had two double-doubles last week, including a 22-point, 20-rebound performance in a win at Cal Poly, as the 49ers finished the regular season over .500 for the first time since 2005-06.

Women’s Tennis (10-3, 4-1 Big West)
Won vs. Eastern Michigan, 7-0
Won vs. No. 45 Boston College, 5-2
–Karolina Rozenberg and Ebba Unden moved up to the No. 1 doubles spot and went 2-0, improving their winning streak to nine matches.

No. 9 Women’s Water Polo (16-2, 0-0 Big West)
at Claremont Convergence
Def. Redlands 16-4
Def. Whittier 22-5
Def. La Verne 14-3
Def. Pomona-Pitzer 14-3
–Junior Chelsea Parks guided the ninth-ranked 49ers to their 13th-consecutive win with team-high 12 goals at the Claremont Convergence while Junior Kelly Ringel recorded 19 saves moved up on spot to fourth on the all-time career-saves list.

Baseball (6-10)
Lost vs. No. 7 UCLA 3-2
Lost at No. 20 Arizona State 4-0
Lost at No. 20 Arizona State 6-0
Lost at No. 20 Arizona State 11-2
–Junior Michael Hill hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot on Sunday.

Men’s Basketball
Won at UC Davis, 77-76
Lost at Pacific, 71-51
–The 49ers clinched their third straight Big West regular season crown with their win at UC Davis. James Ennis had a double-double (24-/14) against the Aggies and led the team in scoring (12) at Pacific)

Men’s Golf
at Bandon Dunes Championship
–49ers ties for 14th place (out of 18 teams) at 34-over par 898.
–Senior Raymond Ho ties for 11th with 1-over 217.

Men’s Volleyball (14-5, 12-4 MPSF)
Won vs. UC San Diego, 3-0
Lost to #2 UC Irvine, 3-1
–Junior Taylor Crabb had a career-high 24 kills and 15 digs against the second-ranked Anteaters. The loss snapped a six-match winning streak for the 49ers.

Track & Field
at Ben Brown Invitational, NTS
–Junior Meghan Foley won the women’s 1500m with a personal-record 4:34.90.

THIS WEEK

Sand Volleyball
vs. No. 8 Florida International | Wednesday, 2PM | LBSU Sand Courts
vs. Loyola Marymount | Wednesday, 4PM | LBSU Sand Courts

Women’s Basketball
Big West Tournament First Round
vs. Cal State Fullerton | Tuesday, 6PM | Irvine, Calif. (Bren Events Center)
Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 30 minutes after conclusion of first game at 6PM | Irvine, Calif. (Bren Events Center)
Big West Tournament Semifinals
Friday, Noon or 30 minutes after conclusion of first game | Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)
Big West Tournament Finals
Saturday, 1PM (FOX Sports Prime Ticket) | Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)

Women’s Tennis
vs. No. 51 Louisville | Thursday, 2PM | Long Beach, Calif.

Women’s Water Polo
vs. Bucknell | Tuesday, 7PM | Campus Pool
vs. Hawai’i | Friday, 3PM | Campus Pool

Men’s Basketball
Big West Tournament Quarterfinals
vs. Cal State Fullerton | Thursday, 6PM | Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)
Big West Tournament Semifinals
Friday, 9PM or 30 minutes after conclusion of previous game | Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)
Big West Tournament Championship game
Saturday, 7:30PM | Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)

Men’s Golf
at National Invitational Tournament
Saturday | Tucson, Ariz.
Sunday | Tucson, Ariz.

Track & Field
at Aztec Invitational
Saturday, All Day | San Diego, Calif.

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