Daily 49er, April 8, 2019

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Spring break has passed, and the clock is ticking down to the end of the semester.

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Editor’s Note: New website, who dis?

In the beginning of the Fall 2018 semester, we told our readers that we were transitioning to a digital first platform. Since then, the Daily 49er has made some big changes. We’ve become more accessible to our audience by producing more videos, redesigning our print newspaper and having a stronger presence on social media. And while we’ve done all that, our biggest change is what you’re seeing today — a shiny new website. There’s nothing that screams archaic like an outdated website, so we’ve done our best to bring our readers a platform that’s intuitive, minimalistic and most importantly: a resource for the campus and city of Long Beach.

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Attendance struggles at LBSU home games. To compensate, LBSU Athletics has implemented incentives for students to go to games.

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GAME NUMBERS

Athletics looks to raise attendance numbers In the last five years, attendance has decreased for games held at the Walter Pyramid.

By Kevin Colindres & Armando Sanchez Staff Writers

The Long Beach State athletics program has a rich history, with multiple teams earning Division I National Championships and being contenders in conference play. As many of the teams have have fallen into losing records and underwhelming play, fans have been skipping the trip to the Walter Pyramid to catch the 49ers in action. Long Beach State athletics has been doing its best to increase attendance.

“We have to capture experiential things,” LBSU Athletics Director Andy Fee said.

“What is it about going to a game at the Walter Pyramid that I can’t get at home?”

Since 2015, the Walter Pyramid has seen a substantial decrease in attendance in men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball. With the men’s volleyball team’s recent success, it has been the only team hosted in the venue that has more than doubled its attendance since the 2014-2015 season. That year saw the men’s and women’s basketball

team average 3,538 and 869 fans per game, while men’s and women’s volleyball averaged 860 and 918, respectively.

This 2018-2019 season saw men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball average 2,239, 55, and 985 fans per game.

Men’s volleyball is currently averaging 1,988 fans halfway through its season. Despite the men’s volleyball team being ranked No. 2 in the nation, the underwhelming men’s basketball team still has reached a bigger audience.

The question is, how is the athletics department trying to fix this issue? Fee’s first solution: Fixing the Wi-Fi. “We’ve looked at what the real problem is and it basically starts with — are we connective enough,” Fee said. “We know that people are attached to our phones, so we’re working on ways to bring those people in.”

According to Fee, BeachNet Plus is available for use in the Walter Pyramid.

“The goal is to have it up and running at all times, or at least every game day,” Fee said.

“We want people in there who want to feel connected by posting a photo on their Instagram or Twitter to interact.”

Other ideas to motivate more students to

attend games include introducing a student lounge section. It would be similar to the Sand Bar, but would be located opposite of the main entrance where there is currently a large empty space.

“An idea would be to bring gaming systems, TVs and more up there for those who don’t just want to watch the game,” Head of Ticket Sales Benny Garcia said.

It’s been tough for Fee to fully understand what the problem is, but he often searches social media to see what other schools are doing.

“Everybody is struggling. Attendance is down in general and I don’t know if it’s because of flat screens or something else,” Fee said. “We’re trying to come up with creative solutions, but it’s perplexing to me.”

The marketing department has made an effort to spread the word by hanging banners that emphasize students have free admission to all athletic events at LBSU. Players and coaches also do small promotional activities near the business building, giving away free gear to students who participate.

“Fans like to see the athletes and coaches out there interacting with them, it makes

them want to come support the team,” Head of Marketing Kelli Gill said.

While a teams’ overall performance can play a big part of the lack of attendance, Fee believes the experience is what will bring in more students and fans regardless of play.

“It matters and everybody loves the winner, but it’s not the only thing,” Fee said. “We can never guarantee a win or a loss, but I can always guarantee that everything else will be the best it can be.”

“Fresh Prince of LB” and “Halloween Night” are promotions that have brought in more students than usual according to Fee, which has led the marketing department to consider having multiple theme nights in the future. Engagement with fans has proven to bring them in more, which has given the marketing department a better understanding of its audience.

“I can sit at home and watch the game, but that doesn’t make it unique,” Fee said. “You can’t get the same experience of being dressed up for a theme night at home. We [athletics] can’t just say, ‘Here is some free pizza come to the game’ anymore, we have to sell the event to the fans now.”

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CRIME BLOTTER

Cash stolen, warrant arrest and domestic abuse

By Jonathan Rulison Staff Writer

$900 stolen from Bob Cole Conservatory lock box Staff at the University Music Center reported a theft of approximately $900 from a locked cash box in the ticket office.

The theft took place sometime between March 11 and March 22, when staff noticed the money was missing. According to a report given to the University Police Department, the room had “limited access,� but the keys to the box were kept in

same desk that held the box. The report also stated the room was left open and unsecure a few times during the time frame.

UPD investigators dusted for fingerprints and searched the crime scene but found nothing to lead them toward a suspect.

Beach Police Department of the altercation who found the found the suspect and victim at Lakewood Boulevard and Rosada Street.

Domestic abuse outside Beachside College

A woman reported she was followed by a man yelling and cursing at her for refusing to stop and talk to him on March 24. The woman was walking from parking lot E9 to the University Library when the man started to follow and yell at her. Once she entered the library, the man did not follow her inside. UPD officers arrived at the scene and arrested the man for having

A resident of Beachside College reported a man and a woman in a physical altercation near the Beachside shuttle stop on March 24. The reporting party said the man hit the woman in the face and pushed her into a vehicle before they both moved north toward the Pacific Coast Highway Traffic Circle. UPD notified the Long

Parking lot stalker arrested for outstanding warrants

four outstanding misdemeanor warrants, three from Los Angeles County and one from Pennsylvania.

Skateboarder arrested at Arco AMPM for assault/battery

An altercation between a skateboarder and a motorist at the Arco AMPM near Bellflower Boulevard and Atherton Street led to an arrest March 25. According to UPD Capt. Richard Goodwin, a verbal altercation sparked after the driver pulled into the gas station. While arguing with the driver, the skateboarder attempted to assault him.

Shortly after, UPD arrived and arrested the the skateboarder for assault and battery.

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ADMISSIONS

Record number of applications leads to record number of rejections

By Austin Brumblay News Editor adbrumblay

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ong Beach State received a record number of freshman and transfer applicants for the fall 2019 semester, topping out at over 106,000.

The student applicants will be vying for around 10,000 open seats for the fall term, according to LBSU. The number of applicants lead the California State University system for the second year in a row.

According to President Jane Close Conoley, the increased competition has forced the university to turn away thousands of qualified applicants.

“[Applicants] did everything they were told to do and yet there’s CSULB no space for them,” Conoley said LBSU application numbers have increased drastically since 2012. Fall 2019 reported a record in an March 13 interview with the setting 106,000 applicants.

Daily 49er. “Some universities brag about how many students they turn away, but I don’t feel good about choice. by over 29,000 since 2012, mainly due to the that at all.”

“Long Beach was the most competitive for draw of transfers to the school, which make Currently the school is funded by the state [graphic design],” Havig said. [The school up 34% of admissions. for 30,000 full-time students, but Conoley will] only accept three transfer students that Long Beach ranks 10th in the nation for said enrollment may increase by up to 2% are pre-graphic design.” transfer student admissions, according to a with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed inAs one of the cheaper CSU campuses, the recent report. The campus is also one of the creased funding for the CSU system. cost of attendance was also a factor for Havonly CSUs to admit spring transfers.

LBSU admitted 31% of its fall 2018 appliig’s decision.

“I’m grateful to our faculty and staff for cants, making it one of the most competitive “That’s why I chose Long Beach, because it giving so many transfer students a chance to universities in the CSU system. was the best program at the cheapest cost,” earn their degrees here,” Conoley said.

Nolan Havig, fifth year graphic design Havig added. “I transferred from up north so Hannah Getahun and Perry Continente, and marketing major and fall 2016 transfer, cost was a huge factor.”

Assistant News Editors contributed to this applied to 10 schools, but LBSU was his top The number of applicants has increased story.

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By Nikki Nelsen News Assistant nikkikat6

As this busy semester comes to an end, students are in need of a calming distraction. A temporary escape can be found by taking care of plants.

Grocery stores, farmer’s markets and hardware stores are stocked full of interesting plants that most students stray away from because they don’t think they have the time or resources to keep them alive. Fortunately, there are options for students to have plants without the fear of killing them during the busy months of the semester.

Drought tolerant plants are commonly seen littered throughout Southern California in restaurants, coffee shops, shopping malls, parking lots and even the Long Beach State campus.

“You have to remember to let the light in, you have to remember you have one, so if anything it takes you out of your head for a second,” said Brita Lemmon, owner of Brita’s Old Town Gardens in Seal Beach. “Having that thing you have to look in on and take care of a teeny bit can help you shift focus from all the angst of school.”

Drought tolerant plants are the go-to for busy students who think they don’t have the time or who frequently forget to water their plants. These plants require little water and are low maintenance, making the the perfect option for busy students.

Succulents and cacti are popular drought tolerant plants, offering a number of varieties that are easy to plant and take off on their own once fully adapted to their surroundings.

Succulents can survive unfavorable weather conditions, thriving best in desert-like and dry regions. While being hardy for students, succulents are also affordable options, with the base rate for 2-inch succulents starting at $2 to $3.

The Agave variety is a great and sturdy recommendation for students looking to purchase their own succulents, such as the aloe vera plant, which helps relieve a sunburn.

“Most people think a drought tolerant plant is obviously a succulent and cactus because they like to take the drier side before they are watered again, but the plan is to make it that way when established,” Kevin Kim said, Manager of Armstrong Garden Center in Long Beach. “No matter what when the plant is starting out they need water to become fully established.”

While most plants flower and die,

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Drought tolerant plants such as cacti and succulents are great low maintenance plants to add to any space.

GARDENING

Grow plants, not stress There are water saving options for students to own plants without fear during the busy months of the semester.

for succulents and cacti, it often means rebirth, allowing for the plant to reproduce and spread for endless gardening possibilities.

If you are not fond of cacti or succulents, there are a variety of drought tolerant options for houseplants, various ferns and shrubs that are great plants for students who are dorming or renting.

Lavender, bamboo, spider plants and philodendron are all drought tolerant varieties that are not members of the succulent and cactus family, but are still difficult to kill. Indoor plants however, do require a little more attention because of how much sunlight and water the plant gets.

While a majority of fruits and vegetables require a lot of sunlight and space to grow, there are choices for students who may lack the space and time to grow their own food.

Tomatoes and peppers can be good possibilities for students. Students can also grow indoor herb gardens if they have the proper indoor lighting to support them.

“Fruits and vegetables are a bit tougher, but having a nice smelling herb that you can break off a little mint and put it in hot water and make some tea is kind of like having a fruit and vegetable garden,” Lemmon said.

Depending on if you chose indoor or outdoor gardening, location can be everything. Most plants require the proper amount of water and sunlight and the right environment to ensure they will thrive.

LBSU offers Grow Beach, an organic garden on campus that allows students, staff and faculty the opportunity to grow and cultivate their own food and plants.

Plot rentals are available to students and faculty offering 5-feet by 5-feet plots that charge a yearly fee of $25 dollars for students and $50 for faculty and staff.

The city of Long Beach also has a variety of community gardens where members can purchase a plot of land to garden and maintain.There are a variety of local community gardens such as the Zaferia Junction Community Garden and the Three Sisters Community Garden.

With all of the benefits that plants can provide along with all of the opportunities on campus and around Long Beach, there is really no reason not to invest in living and drought tolerant plants.

“Every plant you grow whether you make it live or kill it, you are going to learn what to do on the next one, there is really no perfect plant, it’s the one that makes you happy,” Lemmon said.

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REVIEW

You are about to return to…

‘The Twilight Zone’ The 2019 reboot of the old show has a lot to live up to, and it’s off to a good start.

By Rachel Barnes Arts & Life Editor rachelsalien

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eware, you are about to step into the spoiler zone.

Jordan Peele’s new rendition of the classic, “The Twilight Zone” was met with a lot of anticipation as well as skepticism from fans of the old show.

However, with as good a reputation as Peele’s, people could expect it to be great.

There are some differences, the most obvious being that the show is in color and the episodes are much longer than the original 20-minute long episodes.

Much like the previous show, each episode

is an anthology, meaning there is a different cast and story each time.

Peele takes the place of Rod Serling, the host of the 1960’s show. He makes appearances throughout the episodes to connect ideas and add some clarity to the story.

The first two episodes premiered on March 31 on CBS All Access, and the first episode, “The Comedian” is available for free on YouTube.

This first episode stars Kumail Nanjiani as struggling comedian Samir Wassan as he climbs his way to the top of the stand-up ranks. He soon learns that success comes with a price, and that getting personal means sacrificing things and people he knows to the Twilight Zone.

The new reboot of “The Twilight Zone” has some really big shoes to fill.

When Wassan meets one of his idols after a particularly bad set, everything changes as it’s revealed that making jokes about his personal life causes the subjects of his jokes to disappear completely, as if they never existed.

It started with his dog, then his nephew, and eventually led to others that turned out to impact the world around him in drastic ways.

Nanjiani’s character keeps a notebook of names of people that wronged him, in a Deathnote-esque way where he chose to focus his jokes on them in order to send them

to the Twilight Zone.

Tonally, this episode was more similar to “Black Mirror” than its classic counterpart.

The underlying creepiness of Wassan slowly slipping into lunacy with every sacrifice didn’t feel like the Twilight Zone I used to know.

But that’s not a bad thing.

The new take on the theme was simple, but effective. With passing times comes evolving tastes and stories. Peele and the new team have done a great job remastering the old subject matter and making it fresh and something that is their own.

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most endless stream of snarky commentary throughout the season.

Ambrose explores new sexual ventures with Prudence (Tati Gabrielle), while his boyfriend, Luke, is away on special assignment for Father Blackwood. The handsome spellbinder also continues to perch himself on the Spellman’s countertops in just about every other scene.

There’s a lot less drama between Hilda (Lucy Davis) and Zelda Spellman (Miranda Otto). Instead, we see the sisters empower each other. As Zelda aims to climb the ranks of the Church of Night and become High Priestess, Hilda helps her sister every step of the way. When Hilda is unsure of how to shoot her shot with a longtime crush, Zelda gives her a truly iconic pep talk.

The show works on many levels, it’s campy, dark, sexy and self-aware. Unlike most successful teen dramas, such as “Teen Wolf” or “Pretty Little Liars,” “Sabrina” doesn’t get lost in plot holes. The horror is light, just disturbing enough. The show doesn’t shy away from touching on sexism, racism and transphobia in both the real and supernatural worlds.

The acting tends to be more cringe-inducing than the frights, but the writing is so concise you can’t help but barrel through all nine episodes. “Sabrina” is like your favorite bag of chips, what it lacks in nutrition it makes up for in flavor, every episode will have you reaching in the bag for “just one more.”

By Jeremy Porr Staff Writer

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he studies her reflection in the mirror, with a quick turn, she completely changes her outfit, over and over again.

It’s clear that Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) is ready to take full advantage of the new powers she obtained following her evil glow-up.

Season two of the ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” debuted on Netflix April 5. The nine new episodes cover everything from possession and potions, to orgies and the otherworldly. The writers do their best to cover every witchy cliche in the (spell)book.

In the season one finale, Spellman signed the “Book of the Beast” during her dark baptism, solidifying her witchyness and fully dedicating herself to the ‘Dark Lord.’

Sabrina experiences a radical transformation as a result. This season, we see her newfound powers beginning to blossom, even as everything surrounding her personal life begins to fall apart. Early on, it’s revealed that Spellman no longer wants to attend Baxter High. Instead, she opts to attend the Academy of Unseen Arts full-time, but not without some negative repercussions.

Sabrina’s pansexual warlock cousin, Ambrose (Chance Perdomo), is also back. We gain a bit more insight into his shady past as well. Speaking of shade, he provides an al-

The new season of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” sees the crew on a brand new adventure.

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Double the toil, double the trouble

Season two of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” is a haunting delight.

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REVIEW

‘Pet Sematary’ is a shadow of its source material The shortcoming of King’s adaptation overshadows the film’s solid acting.

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The new movie adaptation of “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King doesn’t do justice to the novel.

By Perry Continente Assistant News Editor perrycontinente

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tephen King’s scariest novel “Pet Sematary” is a sickening inversion of the familiar and good into the horrifying. Parental love is warped into subservience to a malicious and unknowable force. Kindness becomes weakness and a grim inevitability settles over the story like a dense fog.

The novel’s 2019 film adaptation has none of this power. Like those interred in soured earth above the titular cemetery, this adaptation is superficially similar, but awkwardly shambles around missing what made the original so impactful. It turns one of the boldest and darkest stories in horror into a dull, by the numbers, bore.

Adapting the over 600 page novel to film couldn’t have been easy. Most of the plot progression happens in characters’ mental states, and the horror comes from watching them fall apart. This isn’t something that is easily translated to film. The existence of the similarly poor 1989 version of the film is a testament to that.

The film centers around the Creeds, a hapless nuclear family unit that has recently moved to rural Maine.

Their new property includes a sinister pet cemetery, as well as several acres of dark forest.

Slowly but surely, ghastly dreams begin to penetrate the waking world, and it becomes clear that something

is seriously wrong.

The original’s themes of grappling with morality, familial breakdown, madness and the juxtaposition of the sacred and profane are replaced with a first half that is a bad haunted house movie, followed by a second that is a boring and predictable creepy kids movie.

Everything in the film has been done before, and done better, but its greatest sin is in how dreadfully boring it is.

That is not to say that every element is totally abysmal. John Lithgow’s performance as lovable neighbor Jud is great, adding some much needed levity and charm to a bland film. Amy Seimetz is believable as traumatized Rachel Creed and Jeté Laurence gives it her all in a dynamic role.

Some makeup effects are great: bloody corpses are rendered realistically and almost tastefully grounding scenes that could have been gratuitous.

Add to this some legitimately sweet scenes between characters, and there is at least the foundations of a great movie in here somewhere.

All of this good will is lost, however, in the film’s attempts to radically change the ending to make an already dark story even more bleak. It instead jettisons any tonal consistency and undercuts its themes in the worst climax to a horror film I have seen in years.

Unfortunately, decent acting and a few good moments cannot hope to salvage a script this poor, and these bright points of quality only make the mediocrity surrounding them more apparent.

Much of the escalating ghastliness comes across as

unintentionally silly: Rachel Creed’s memory of her sister with spinal meningitis and the trauma associated with watching someone die is rendered laughable by the cheesy dialogue and goofy resolution that is more “Looney Tunes” than lunatic.

Plot threads are mentioned and dropped with no bearing on the plot. A brief mention of a creature called the wendigo could be removed from the film entirely.

These loose plot threads permeate the film, dragging down what is already a sluggish experience.

The film isn’t even pretty to look at, with color gradients and shot composition looking amateurish at best. One scene is distractingly green tinted in a way that feels more like a mistake than an artistic statement.

Another scene features slow motion that looks more like something out of a YouTube video than a major motion picture, ruining a pivotal scene.

The true tragedy of this adaptation is in what it could have been. The source material is one of the greatest horror novels ever written and has lost none of its power. None of this comes across in the film.

“Pet Sematary” is slow and deliberate without being profound. It’s morbid without being frightening, and it is unintentionally cheesy without being fun.

There is no reason to see this film, the adaptation brings nothing to the table. Reading the book, hell, even glancing at its Wikipedia page is better than sitting through this mess.

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News stories that garner a lot of attention from the public are often scrutinized on social media platforms for headlines that lack the name of a previously unknown individual.

JOURNALISM

We don’t mean to name names

Headlines aren’t supposed to include the names of people not widely known, contrary to Twitter belief.

By Ralston Dacanay Staff Writer

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onte Scott.

Unless you’ve read the story that I’m about to dive into, this name probably sounds unfamiliar to you.

On April 1, I was scrolling down my Twitter feed when I noticed a tweet, one of many, that had gone viral for the wrong reason. A user by the name of “Cap Master Flex” retweeted a local news story from The Hill headlined, “12-year-old Michigan kid goes viral fixing potholes.” By adding, “His name is Monte Scott.” to the original tweet, the quoted tweet racked in over 62,000 retweets and 174,000 likes from Twitter users.

The replies to the tweet were filled with dozens of people who also felt that the omission of Scott’s name in the headline was a selfish move by The Hill to discredit

him.

Upon clicking on the article, I was not surprised to find that Monte Scott’s name appears clearly in the second sentence.

This complaint has also arisen when a person who has been arrested goes unnamed in a headline, especially when said person becomes an enemy of a community.

In response to an article headlined, “Man arrested for assault on conservative activist at UC Berkeley,” David L Mullins tweeted, “Zachary Greenberg. His name is #ZacharyGreenberg. Don’t hide it, put his name right in the headline.”

A study in 2016 by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute found that 6 in 10 social media users share news stories based on the headlines without actually reading them.

It is unnecessary for those who don’t read the article to take offense to something that has long been a part of a journalistic writing process and Associated Press style. As a journalist and avid social media

user myself, I’ve often become discouraged while coming across angry tweets directed toward news outlets for not naming common people in their headlines.

Ultimately, this hate that stems from the exclusion of most names in headlines is a result of journalistic style — not of systematic oppression or lack of desire by reporters and media outlets.

While it’s a common misconception that journalists are legally unable to include the names of minors in headlines, this is untrue. Rather, there is a style of writing referred to as AP Style, which instructs journalists not to use the name of any obscure individual in a headline. On the other hand, a famous celebrity, such as Kanye West, would be mentioned first and foremost.

Most writers also don’t have a say with the headlines for their own stories. Headlines are a part of a package with the overall design and layout of the publication itself that works in tandem with one goal in mind: to grab the reader’s attention.

Immediately naming someone who isn’t widely known goes against this idea. It doesn’t give the reader any clue as to who the person is or the significance of the article and discourages the audience from reading the remainder of the article.

I won’t ignore that there are still major battles to be had for equal representation in the media and in the world. However, there simply isn’t one here.

Established or credible news outlets will ultimately always choose to describe a common person rather than use their name in the headline since it’s what’s best for both accuracy and attracting attention.

It is up to the public to continue to read the article; if and when they do, they will discover the person’s name in the first or second paragraph.

In a world where content creators and social media influencers compete for attention online with clickbait titles and photos, it’s become more important that readers read the past the headline before jumping to conclusions.

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WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Long Beach starts slow, falls to Hawai’i

By Teran Rodriguez

The No.12 Long Beach State women’s water polo team succumbed to the tight defense from No.4 Hawai’i, losing 15-7 Sunday at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center in a conference game.

Both teams were coming off tough conference losses on Friday. Long Beach fell 10-7 to No.9 Davis and Hawai’i lost to No.8 Irvine 7-6.

“I am definitely not surprised about how the Big West is. Irvine’s a great team, Long Beach is a great team,” Hawai’i head coach Maureen Cole said.

Against the Rainbow Wahine, Long Beach started off on the wrong foot, falling behind 3-0 and not registering its first goal of the game until the 2:53 mark of the first quarter.

The 49ers added another goal before the quarter ended, making the score 3-2.

Long Beach kept within striking distance throughout the match, but each time Hawai’i led by one. Toward the end of the second quarter, with the Rainbow Wahine leading 6-4, they added a six-on-five goal with seven seconds left and led 7-4 at halftime.

The power play goal seemed to galvanize the Rainbow Wahine’s confidence, as they shut

out Long Beach in the third quarter. The 49ers didn’t score in the second half until the 6:05 mark of the fourth quarter, after a power play goal by senior defender Annabel Harman. Despite the efforts, Hawai’i’s defense stifled the 49ers, preventing them from getting many good looks.

A notable player for the Rainbow Wahine was Irene Gonzalez, who led the team with four goals.

“I think she’s someone who’s probably a little upset that some of the goals didn’t go [in] Friday night. She’s quick and she’s tough and that’s why she’s an All-American,” Cole said.

“We were fortunate enough to get some counter goals I think that helps us break away a little bit.”

Maxine Schaap, Alba Bonamusa Boix and Elyse Lemay-Lavoie each had two goals for the Rainbow Wahine. Emma Van Rossum, Femke Aan, Ann Inoue, Carmen Baringo and Lalelei Mata’afa each scored once for Hawai’i, which got five second half saves from Molly DiLalla while Bridget Layburn made four first half saves.

Long Beach was led by freshman attack Orsi Hertzka and junior utility Maria Eleni Mimidi, who each had two goals while Harman, freshman attacker Camille Gallardo-Russell and freshman defender Gabriella Matafora-Adams

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

By Bryan Aparicio

Staff Writer

Long Beach gets a confidence boost After sweeping the Tritons, the 49ers are ignited going into next week’s powerhouse matchup.

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The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team gained some momentum over the weekend with a pair of sweeps against conference foe UC San Diego. After struggling offensively in their previous matches, the 49ers displayed a high-powered offense that discombobulated the Tritons in both matchups.

No. 2 Long Beach (23-1, 8-0 Big West) started off Friday’s match against San Diego (717, 0-8 Big West) with ease, hitting .450. The 49ers swept (25-14, 25-22, 25-17) the Tritons and were greeted with different offensive contributions to help lead the team to the victory.

Senior setter Josh Tuaniga started the first set with three kills on a perfect 1.000 hitting, while also setting up his teammates to get multiple kills. In the second and third sets, freshman middle blocker Shane Holdaway saw the court and produced quick results.

In his short span, Holdaway accumulated three kills on 1.000 hitting, an assist, a block

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Long Beach takes a shot against Hawai’i goalie Bridget Layburn in Sunday’s game between Long Beach State and Hawai’i.

had one goal apiece. Junior goalkeeper Eirini Patras made six saves for Long Beach.

Long Beach will have next week off, but returns April 18 for a home game against Irvine at 7 p.m. The game will also be a black and gold rivalry game and will take place during Long Beach’s senior night.

Hertzka believes her team can beat the Anteaters, who is in a tie for first place with Hawai’i and is a half game ahead of Santa Barbara.

“We need to keep going forward and really concentrate on our defense,” Hertzka said. “I think we need to be more confident on offense, but we still have time [to improve].”

and two service aces that were well-received by the crowd.

“It means a lot to be so close to home, growing up in Huntington [Beach],” Holdaway said. “I have a lot of friends and family that are close and that just makes this environment even more of a family environment just coming in. To have the crowd in it, it means a lot.”

The team managed to limit its attack errors, which always keep opponents in the match, but offset that with 20 service errors on the night, allowing San Diego to hang around.

“It was kind of a rough night serving,” senior opposite Kyle Ensing said. “It’s not really us to miss that many balls and we try to go back and focus on us and serve like how we serve in practice everyday.”

Collectively, the 49ers were able to to do just that and minimize their errors. In the second matchup Saturday, Long Beach bested San Diego in straight sets once again (25-18, 25-14, 27-25), and the team accumulated 14 service errors and just five hitting errors, a cleaner sheet than Friday’s 28 combined errors.

The 49ers once again provided a high-powered offense, hitting .541 throughout the match and were led by senior outside hitter TJ

DeFalco and Ensing who had 16 and 15 kills, respectively. The duo hit above .500 and provided a surge that was too much for the Tritons to handle. Ensing provided a service ace in the end to cap off a competitive third set, which had Long Beach battling back and forth with San Diego.

“I knew I wanted to fire us up today and Josh [Tuaniga] looked back to me and said, ‘Hey let’s do it again, let’s have a good night and get out of here and focus on the next game,’” Ensing said.

Coming off these wins and remaining perfect in conference play, the 49ers will have a showdown in a fight for the number one seed, as No. 1 Hawai’i will come to the Walter Pyramid for a two-game series Friday and Saturday.

“We’re going to have a good week of prep, we’re going to be prepped for them and it’s going to be a really exciting game to watch,” Ensing said.

Long Beach will face No. 1 Hawai’i 7 p.m. Friday in the Walter Pyramid for a two-game homestand in a fight for the top seed in the nation.

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The Long Beach State track and field team celebrates its first place win at 27th Big West Challenge Friday.

TRACK AND FIELD

Track and field beat out conference rivals 49ers defeat defending conference champions Fullerton.

By Max Perez Staff Writer

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he Long Beach State track and field team kicked off its first scored meet Friday, with the men claiming first place at the 27th Annual Big West Challenge at Santa Barbara with a score of 202.5 and the women earning second with a score of 178.5.

Long Beach came out on top of conference rivals Fullerton, Irvine and Santa Barbara, winning 11 events and having an athlete place in scoring position in every event.

“We definitely were the better competing team, we really brought a lot to the table, not just our depth but from our top people as well,” head coach Andy Sythe said. “We got better as a team today, no doubt about that.”

The 49ers were led by the relay teams and individual athletes who performed well throughout the day.

Senior sprinter Courtne’ Davis ran legs in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays that both placed first at the event. She also finished first in the 100m and 200m dashes, totaling four event wins for her.

Kemonie Briggs, senior sprinter, also had a busy day breaking the meet record in the long jump with a distance of 7.74m, placing second in the 400m dash and running anchor for the men’s 4x100m relay that took first place.

In the high jump, the 49ers swept the competition as senior jumpers Vincent Calhoun and Bria Palmer won the events.

Senior thrower Crystal Rodriguez placed second in the hammer throw with a distance of 53.10m after being ranked fourth prior to the event. She finished one spot behind senior thrower De’ondra Young, who hit a mark of 56.36m.

Rodriguez also placed sixth in the shot put to

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give points to the team.

The 49ers claimed the first and second spot in the men’s hammer throw with senior throwers Nicholas Hudson and Josh Carr placing first and second with distances of 63.43m and 60.04m.

Sophomore Faris Babineaux placed fourth in the 400m dash, third in the 200m dash and competed in the men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays. “[Babineaux] had an amazing day for us. The kid was a freshman walk on last year, and is now coming into his own and has really developed well,” Sythe said.

The hurdlers for LBSU had a strong performance as sophomore Koty Burton finished first with a time of 14.02 in the 110m hurdles, and junior Skylin Harbin ran a lifetime best in the 110m hurdles, finishing second with a time of 13.87.

With the men finishing first, they edged out Fullerton, the defending Big West Champions and winners of the event last year. While the women didn’t take first place, they were in this exact situation last year, coming up short in this event only to go on to win the Big West Championships.

“I know our women even with a second place finish feel a lot more confident than they did going into this event,” Sythe said. “I felt like we really grew as a program today.”

After this event, the 49ers look ahead to their April schedule as the team’s throwers and pole vaulters will be traveling to La Jolla to compete in the UC San Diego Triton Invitational next Friday and Saturday.

“This team has definitely developed a hunger for the championship season,” junior sprinter Chaio Winters said. “I can see how focused everyone is at meets, and we all support one another.”