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Despite a difficult loss to LMU on Saturday, the 49ers (ranked number five in the nation), got their spirits up and took down the No. 17 Cal Baptist Lancers and the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens in Pomona Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n In the first game of the afternoon, the Niners faced off against the seventeenth-ranked Lancers, and got off to an early start with a 3-1 lead after the first period. The second quarter was an equal matchup for the two squads, each scoring three goals to go into halftime with a 6-4 advantage to Long Beach. The Niners maintained their lead for the rest of the game, scoring 5 more and allowing only 2 to the Lancers, and the Beach walked away with a 12-6 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n The match included two hat tricks for the Beach, coming from juniors <\/span>Justin Koeppen<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Jeff Greenwood<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Ash Blythen contributed to the victory with two goals of his own, and <\/span>Joe Sherrin<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Kevin vanHaaster<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Aleksander Petrovic<\/span><\/a><\/span> each chipped in with one goal apiece. Derek Weibe-Bailey nabbed 12 goalie saves against the Lancers.<\/span><\/p>\n In their second game of the afternoon, the Niners matched up against the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer. Long Beach carried its momentum from the first game, wasting no time in taking a 6-2 lead in the first half against the Sagehens. With junior goalie Derek Weibe-Bailey sitting out the game against the Hens, junior <\/span>George Alberson<\/span><\/a><\/span> stepped up to take his place, shutting out Pomona-Pitzer in the second half. The Niners were able to score five more in the half, and finished with an 11-2 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n Freshman <\/span>Jordan Koeppen<\/span><\/a><\/span> was the high scorer of the day for the Niners, scoring four in the match against Pomona. Five other 49ers scored in the game, including two each from <\/span>Jeff Greenwood<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Mike Del Grande<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and one apiece from <\/span>Jake Kinne<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Pavle Filipovic<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Shane Luth<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Next up for the 49ers is their first regular-season home game against UC San Diego. Long Beach is 2-0 against the Tritons this season, beating the host team 11-8 in the UCSD Triton Invite and 10-7 in the NorCal Tournament in Stockton, California last weekend. 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