{"id":1795,"date":"2010-03-14T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbsu-mvb-niners-swept-by-psu\/"},"modified":"2010-03-14T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:39:00","slug":"lbsu-mvb-niners-swept-by-psu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbsu-mvb-niners-swept-by-psu","title":{"rendered":"LBSU MVB: Niners Swept By PSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Report by LBSU<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dean Bittner had 22 kills and hit .405 but it wasn\u2019t enough for Long Beach State in a 30-28, 30-28, 30-27 Penn State win Saturday night in the final game of the Active Ankle Tournament at the Walter Pyramid.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jim Baughman added 14 kills and a .444 hitting percentage for The Beach, who his .340 as a team in the loss.&nbsp; Tommy Pestolesi finished with 10 digs.&nbsp; 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