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After losing against Hawai’i, LBSU bounces back to defeat UC Santa Barbara at home. By Grester Celis-Acosta Staff Writer
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team defeated UC Santa Barbara 60-52, on Saturday at the Walter Pyramid, bouncing back from a 60-42 loss against Hawai’i on the road. The 49ers (18-6, 7-3) led throughout the whole game, but did allow UCSB (9-16, 6-5) to tie the game in the middle of the fourth quarter, at 48 points. Just when it looked like LBSU would give up the lead, junior guard Raven Benton drove down the lane and drained a tough contested lay-up off the glass to give LBSU a two-point lead with 3:25 left in the game. That shot would ice the game as the 49ers held off the Gauchos from even tying the game again. “When they tied it, it was the gut check,” 49er head coach Jody Wynn said. “It was the refuse to lose attitude that they all had and Chantel [Dooley] gave us a great lift, great energy and great leadership.” Senior guard Chantel Dooley helped the 49ers seal the win down stretch as she drained three free throws after Benton’s lay-up. Dooley finished the game with seven points and two rebounds. Benton scored 15 points against the Gauchos, bouncing back from a game against Hawai’i where she scored zero points.
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(Top) A patient sparks a medical marijuana joint to help ease her migraine. (Bottom) Cannabinoids off the marijuana plant include CBD and THC. CBD has anti-inflammatory and anti-anxiety properties without the high that THC provides.
Long Beach medical marijuana initiative couldn’t deliver. By Taryn Sauer Staff Writer
The days when you could go from doing yoga on the bluff, ride your bike to pick up homemade hummus from the Farmer’s Market at Cherry Park and swing by one of the 10 marijuana dispensaries lining Broadway before heading back to your studio apartment in the East Village are gone. Now, Long Beach locals must travel to Compton, Torrance or Huntington Beach to purchase medical marijuana in lieu of the ease of that green era.
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‘Deporter-in-Chief’ Protestors gathered on Wilshire to denounce deportation and raids on Central American refugee families. By Valerie Osier Assistant News Editor
LOS ANGELES – Two blocks from a fundraiser with President Barack Obama, protesters’ shouts echoed in the streets of Los Angeles near Wilshire Boulevard while police in riot gear formed a line blocking the protesters from moving closer. “Obama, escucha, estamos en la lucha!” or “Listen, Obama, we are in the fight!” was repeated by the protesters denouncing the detainment
Long Beach could have secured four medical marijuana delivery service collectives, but Long Beach City council members voted down the initiative 9-0 Feb. 2 and local marijuana business owners are already feeling the consequences. Councilwoman Suzie Price of the Long Beach City Council’s Third District proposed the initiative, continuing to rally for its approval since the 5-4 vote against the possibility of nine delivery operations put forward last December.
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A leader from Homies Unidos, a non-profit gang violence prevention and intervention organization, speaks to the crowd of protesters as they stand and chant as close as they can to where President Obama’s fundraiser was being held, about a block away.
and deportation of refugees. In January, the Obama administration began the first of a series of raids targeting Central American immigrants and triggering outrage from human rights advocates. “We have a hotline where people can report raids and if
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Above, police in riot gear rush to the corner of Rossmore Avenue to block protesters as they try to enter that street. Right, Metro buses were used to block streets to prevent protesters from going down them. A common sentiment among the protesters was that “deportation destroys families.” P hotos by Valerie Osier | Daily 49er
they’re put in deportation proceedings or they end up in detention centers,” said Marcela Hernandez, a deportation defense coordinator for ICE Out of Los Angeles. “Myself, I’ve been hearing about people being put in detention or deportation proceedings almost on a daily basis.” ICE refers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a part of the Department of Homeland Security. With signs, megaphones and their voices, protesters started on Wilshire Boulevard and Rossmore Avenue at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, eventually spilling into the street and blocking traffic. Car horns honked and drivers became furious as their evening commute was disrupted. The signs had phrases such as, “Deporter in Chief” and “Obama deports families to their deaths.” A Metro bus and police cars blocked Rossmore Avenue, as well as a line of black-clad police in riot gear holding batons and wearing helmets. “We wanted to make sure that [Obama] didn’t leave L.A. without hearing our outcry,” said Nancy Zuniga, organizer from the Human Rights Alliance. “…We wanted to make sure that he could hear us from the party he was in. We wanted to make sure that he could hear our voices, representing our families, representing the people that are getting detained, the people that are getting raided in their own homes. We wanted to make sure to disturb his party the way that our families and communities are being terrorized.” Tickets to the the fundraiser ranged in price from $1,000 to $33,400.
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Zuniga said she is Salvadorian. Her family came to the United States in the 1980s fleeing a civil war, she said. Her mother had to leave Zuniga’s older brother behind in Salvador. “I think about this as: this could’ve been my mother,” Zuniga said. “If my mother would’ve crossed in this day and age, she could’ve been one of the mothers to be detained. This is personal to me, even though my family came in a different time, the conditions [in Central America] are the same, they’re war-like.” The alliance has been protesting and denouncing family detention since the summer of 2014, in response to the child refugee crisis, Zuniga said. Eventually the protesters began marching up Wilshire Boulevard to Arden Boulevard, and as the protesters marched down the street, approaching the fundraiser where President Obama was supposed to be, the police blocked the intersection of Arden Boulevard and West Sixth Street. More police arrived on the sides of trucks as bomb-sniffing dogs inspected mailboxes. “We were making sure the folks were within the sidewalks,” said Kryssia Campos, a volunteer “peacekeeper” from the alliance. “There’s always people from the outside that want to agitate and want to get in conflicts, so we were making sure that our energy was positive. We had a lot of youth that are directly being affected by this … You have to remember that youth have experienced a lot of trauma back in their home countries with the police. So they already feel scared of speaking against the police. But that’s cool that they saw that they have the right to do that.” Zuniga said that the alliance is speaking to other Central American organizations in the U.S., and they will soon be announcing a national effort.
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With the number of operations reduced to four, the measure was met with much opposition from Price’s fellow councilmembers. One of the most vocal critics was District 9 Councilman Rex Richardson, who said the plan lacked sensibility in its very foundation. “The original intent was to put forth sound public policy and actually take a step in that direction and that is just not what is happening,” he said. “I think what is happening here is a waste of time and resources.” His main argument was against the fiscal impact upon the city in relation to the measure’s timely output of confirmed operations. According to the City Attorney, Charles Parkin, it would have cost the city $3 million to authorize and implement physical delivery organizations, and would not break even until about seven were allowed to operate. Long Beach residents would not even see such a service available until March 2019, with only one of the 400 applicants allowed to begin operation until further surveillance of its impact could be observed. Several Long Beach residents echoed Richardson’s dissatisfaction with the plan during the council meeting. One medical marijuana activist, Jeff Abrams, expressed disappointment with the council continuing to “kick the can down the road,” stressing the tug-of-war that is marijuana’s credibility in the political arena and advocating for the validity of cannabis in alleviating patients’ ailments.
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CityD49er@gmail.com “For one second, think patients’ needs, not stoners’ needs,” he said. Abrams was the owner of One Love Beach Club on Broadway, which operated under measure 5.89, banning marijuana collectives except for a few exceptions. Abrams saw his shop raided and was was ordered to vacate the facility last Wednesday, the day after the delivery service measure was denied. Other business owners, like ex-national football player Kyle Turley of Gridiron Cannabis Coalition, saw potential in the measure. “The fact that we’re having this [debate] in California is quite archaic,” he said. “[But] there’s something on the ballot to be put in place — that something is better than nothing.” Despite these advocates, medical marijuana storefront and delivery services remain banned in Long Beach since 5.89 passed in 2012. Pre-ban, Long Beach saw an immediate increase of 50 dispensaries within its unsanctioned borders once President Obama said in 2009 that the DEA would no longer conduct raids on a national level. Deeming this number uncontrollable, the city passed measure 5.89 that declared medical marijuana to be “a public nuisance.” It stripped all licensed businesses of their legality except a handful selected through a lottery system. There are currently 15 medical marijuana operations in Long Beach. Long Beach has yet to create a consistent template for operating medical marijuana in either brickand-mortar storefronts or delivery service collectives. There are no new measures on the table for discussion just yet.
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No slut-shaming here The Health Resource Center emphasizes the importance of a sex positive attitude. By Amanda Mayberry Staff Writer
Complete with prosthetics of both the female and male genitalia, students learned how to properly put on condoms and dental dams when Student Health Services got the jump on National Condom Day, spreading knowledge and awareness Thursday at Cal State Long Beach. National Condom Day was officially on Sunday, Feb. 14, but Student Health Services said it recognized the need to hand out free condoms before the weekend. “It’s Thursday, leading into the weekend, Valentine’s Day is coming up, so we knew we had to come out now,” said Heidi Girling, the coordinator of the Health Resource Center at Student Health Services. According to Girling, half of young adults aged 18-25 will get an STD by the age of 25. Girling emphasized the importance of normalizing the use of condoms and practicing safe sex to achieve healthier sex lives. “There’s so much wrapped up in sex mentally, meaning we come from religious families that can create guilt or shame,” Girling said. “If somebody comes from a family where sex is not talked about and it’s not normalized as a healthy experience that we all pretty much engage in, then their attitudes and likelihood of accepting themselves as a sexual being becomes even more complicated.”
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The outreach program was held in the Maxson Plaza located in front of Brotman Hall on the second floor. Workers and volunteers passed out condoms to students passing by, and the program included games and demonstrations of proper condom usage where students were able to practice on the prosthetics. Alongside the Health Resource Center, the Center for Latino Community Health also handed out free condoms. The group is responsible for putting the recently added free condom dispensers in various bathrooms located throughout the University Student Union. Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the condom dispensers are part of a twoyear plan to make condoms more accessible. As part of their Salud a la Vida program, the group promoted their upcoming sexual health workshops which are aimed at but not limited to the Latino community. “We’re having workshops to promote
safer sex practices and HIV prevention,” said Diana Aguirre, the graduate health educator with the Center for Latino Community Health. She is working on her masters in public health. The Center for Latino Community Health provides free HIV testing with results in one minute, hosted by Bienestar. Lizeth Vazquez, a first year student majoring in nutrition dietetics, stopped at the demonstration for some games and free condoms. She’s 18 years old and said she will be utilizing the resources offered to her on campus. She said she never had proper sex education in high school. “When they do this stuff it’s great because I come and ask questions, and I find out stuff. It’s the best way I find out about things. I personally love it,” Vazquez said. She admitted she doesn’t know much about birth control and is glad to have a place where she can ask questions and find out the information she needs.
A penny more on sales tax Mayor Garcia proposes a one-cent increase in sales tax to fund the city. By Lauren Torres Staff Writer
Mayor Garcia, along with former Mayors Bob Foster and Beverly O’Neill, gave the city council a letter asking for a measure to be put on the the ballot to help combat the city’s “two pressing challenges” by raising the sales tax one cent. The two challenges are $2.8 billion in unfunded infrastructure needs and a need for additional police and firemen. While the city currently spends $65 million on capital infrastructure, the added funds would address the city’s need to repair sidewalks, streets, alleys and an upgrade for city water and storm drain systems. Hiring more police and firemen
would help combat the city’s rising crime rate and maintain 911 paramedic response times across the city. “We care deeply about this city and believe the vast majority of our community members and business owners want to find solutions to these challenges,” Garcia’s letter read. The letters proposal also asked for an additional measure to be placed on the ballot that would put the first one percent of any new revenue into a “rainy day” fund for the city. According to the letter, this would, “provide long-term financial stability for the city and protect service levels in a prolonged recession.” A recent survey of Long Beach voters shows that 67 percent believe Long Beach is headed in the right direction, while 21 percent feel it’s headed down the wrong track. Of these voters, 66 percent feel that the city needs additional funds, while 25 percent do not. The city council still needs to vote on whether or not these measures will be put on the ballot this year.
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Get contemporary Student dancers exhibited intimate personal life experiences through their own choreography. By Natalie Rodriguez Staff Writer
Hard stage light set the scene for the 2016 Contemporary Dance Concert, where nine Cal State Long Beach choreography and dance students told their own visual, intimate stories through dance. Held at CSULB’s Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre on Thursday, the dance was divided into two acts. Both contained different contemporary dances that gave the dancers the opportunity to present their different talent, stories and creativity in the form of art. The performance was hosted by the College of Arts and Department of Dance, the first program of the 2016 Contemporary Dance Concert took place Thursday night. Senior dance major Caitlin Barfield said that
she wanted to demonstrate and showcase her own experience with alcohol abuse through “6 hrs,” a piece she choreographed and performed before a packed audience. “6 hrs” is a collection of Barfield’s personal college experiences, recounting times she encountered foreign situations and complexities of young adult life. While facing a college party scene, Barfield came in contact with the nightlife and was subsequently introduced to alcohol. This excessive drinking made its mark on Barfield through a struggle with alcohol poisoning that left her fighting for her life. “The first thing I had to do was come out and tell my story so I can explain to everybody that this is something that happens to a lot of us, whether if it was the exact same way or not,” Barfield said. Many of the dances aimed to provide a deeper understanding of complex, personal stories in which the performers on stage were also the real-life subjects of the dance. The 2016 Contemporary Dance Concert will hold its second act March 10-12 at 8 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. in the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre.
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‘Deadpool’ is crazy, vulgar and terribly fun MOVIE REVIEW
Ryan Reynolds’ (second) entry into the “X-Men” film series is a hit. By Ross Siev
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“Deadpool” is one of those “once in a blue moon” R-rated superhero movies in a sea of PG-13 connected universe films. “Deadpool” is the first R-rated comic book movie set within an established universe (“X-Men” film universe), and after having its first draft and test footage leaked online, the film is finally out in theaters. Ryan Reynolds’ comic book movie career is similar to that of a major league batter’s. He gets two strikes from being in starring roles in “Green Lantern” and “R.I.P.D.” before he hits a homerun with “Dead-
pool,”where his quick witticisms and charm fits as the Merc with the Mouth. Deadpool goes into a vengeance-fueled killing spree as he searches for Ajax (Ed Skrein), the bad guy-archetype who turned Deadpool’s face into a mix of mashed potatoes and feces. While “X-Men”’s Weapon X program is briefly mentioned in the beginning, the film doesn’t waste time on any of that franchise’s mutant rights and instead focuses more on Deadpool’s origin story and his desire for placing a bullet between Ajax’s eyes. However, unlike the “X-Men” films, the villains don’t pose a huge threat against Deadpool and instead the film falls back into the uninspired trope of kidnapping the love interest, Vanessa (“Firefly”’s Morena Baccarin). Even then, the relationship between Deadpool and Vanessa is more than just a tacked-on Hollywood romance. Both Deadpool and Vanessa grew up in harsh households, and their relationship becomes more endearing, especially as it progresses from a montage of various sexual activities to a depressing scene where Deadpool has to figure out how to cure his
life-threatening cancer. The film shines with its jokes — and Deadpool isn’t the only one spouting them. Almost all of Deadpool’s allies, such as his bar attendant friend Weasel (“Silicon Valley”s T.J. Miller) and elderly cocaine-addicted blind roommate Blind Al (Leslie Uggams) all have
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nonsensical jokes with their own hilarious personalities that complement Deadpool’s. Though some of these jokes aren’t important to the plot, such as Blind Al having to build an IKEA furniture set or Deadpool convincing his Indian love-struck taxi driver to murder
his rival, but jokes like that fit perfectly within the nonsensical film. It’s a movie designed to enhance the superhero genre with a lot of in-jokes, staying true to the character comic book geeks would love. In true Deadpool fashion, it’s selfaware enough that in the opening credits, it stars “a British villain” and was written by “the true heroes.” Deadpool also spouts out various pop-culture references, breaks the fourth wall (and breaking the fourth wall within the fourth wall, which he calls breaking the sixteenth wall), references past “X-Men” films and jokes about Reynolds and his embarrassing role as the Green Lantern. Like other Marvel movies, the protagonists kill people. However, unlike those Marvel movies, Deadpool’s swords and guns inflict more mayhem and gore than Wolverine’s claws. The film doesn’t skirt around the issue of having the anti-hero kill people. “X-Men’”s Colossus returns from previous “X-Men” films, but this time, he’s fully metallic, seemingly unbreakable, and is always CG. However, none of the other X-Men cast returns as the story is dedicated to Deadpool. Compared to Deadpool, Colossus is his antithesis, as
he prefers to convince Deadpool to join the team of not causing a ton of mayhem (despite past “X-Men” films). The film had a budget of $58 million, which is considerably lower than all past “X-Men” films, but first-time director Tim Miller makes use of his limited budget by not going into wide-scale destruction (with the exception of an aircraft carrier in a junkyard) and instead focusing on smaller action scenes, which fits perfectly with the film’s junky tone. While “Deadpool” isn’t as good as Bryan Singer’s “X-Men” films (anything is better than “X-Men: The Last Stand”), it does overtake “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and “The Wolverine” as focusing purely on fun comic book action and not reusing “X-Men’”s tiring mutant rights and Wolverine’s self discovery plotlines. It’s a simple uninspiring plot with boring villains, but the smaller action and humor help to carry the character into his own movie. There was a lot of risk when attempting to make an R-rated anti-hero film set within the “X-Men” film series, but the resulting fanfare from its two successful leaks prove it can be a stellar hit.
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6 Opinions Modernization does not destroy history Monday, February 15, 2016
Demolishing and selling remarkable locations in Los Angeles does not kill its past. By Erik Öhrström Staff Writer
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he pride and emotion that we attach to cultural icons and attractions tend to impair our decisions about keeping them, even if destruction is sometimes for the best. Letting go of the past can be hard due to our stubborn tendencies to associate history with materialistic icons instead of experiences. The demolition of the Sixth Street viaduct, an arched bridge that connects Boyles Heights with the Arts District in Los Angeles, is one example that has raised such discussion. The viaduct was built in 1932 and since then, has appeared in everything from films to TV shows to video games. What started out as a practical solution for the city became a recognized feature in the entertainment industry. But is its ubiquitous appearance really relevant to the practical reasons for why it is being replaced? As a kid I remember seeing the bridge appear in the “Terminator” movies, and it can still be seen in modern films such
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as “The Dark Knight” and “Furious 7.” The Sixth Street viaduct therefore has a place in my heart, too. But I am not willing to justify that its demolition would kill the culture of Los Angeles. We do not even know how long the bridge would have sustained itself and if we chose to not modernize, then we would only be delaying our future. Modernization is a sensitive topic because there is no method to apply it that is ethically right in all aspects. Not only is the viaduct a landmark in American entertainment, some Angelenos claim that it symbolizes the diversity of the city. A similar case to the Sixth Street viaduct is the demolishing of the house in Cheviot Hills where famous author Ray Bradbury lived for more than 50 years. Bradbury became successful with his collection “The Martian Chronicles” and his novel “Fahrenheit 451” in the 1950s. The man who bought the Bradbury property, Thom Mayne, had no idea that the house belonged to the author and was unable to see the connection due to the simplicity of the house. On the other hand, Thom Mayne eventually plans to build a wall between the street and the property that will commemorate the author which will be a more convenient way to secure and remember history. Again, this proves that an avoidance of modernization would be an avoidance of the future itself. Similarly, in Santa Monica, the demolition of the gay bar Circus Disco
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The main entrance to Circus Disco, on Santa Monica Boulevard, in Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. The iconic property was recently closed amid a sweeping plan to redevelop the area. But historic preservationists say they have struck a deal with the developers, one that could recognize the club’s history without halting plans for new housing, shops and restaurants.. has been criticized due to its historical importance for the LGBTQ community and its diversified Latino patronage. The “Lexington project” taking place on Santa Monica Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue required this radical step. However, the club was promised
a “Los Angeles Historic-cultural monument” designation from Los Angeles City Council in order to commemorate its significance what values it stood for. We can acknowledge a site’s history without materialistic attachment ruin-
ing its potential for the future. If we don’t modernize society due to the fear of loss in history, we would be overwhelmed with relics that take up too much space. Renewal does not kill Los Angeles’s culture; it diversifies it in a positive direction.
Recalibrating the use of deadly force change. Standard: 30 Guiding Principles.” In Media organizations, including The 300 or so of the killings tracked by The Washington Post and The Guardian, Post in 2015, the suspect was not armed began tracking the with a gun. Wexincidents themler suggests there selves through meare lessons to be dia reports and onlearned from those Yet the FBI, to its line searches. The 300 cases. embarrassment, doesn’t Post’s accounting The principles keep good records on for 2015: 987. The emphasize two killings by police. That’s Guardian’s: 1,134. main points: LeAbout 200 police thal force must be beginning to change. chiefs and other the option of last law enforcement resort. Protecting experts met in the sanctity of huRosslyn, Va., on Jan. 29, where Chuck man life should be at the heart of every Wexler, executive director of the Police police force’s mission. Executive Research Forum, presented Wexler also urged police agenhis group’s “Taking Police to a Higher cies to hold themselves to a standard
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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Holding on to No. 1 LBSU’s freshmen came out on top as the 49ers took down USC for the second time this season. By Kayce Contatore Contributing Writer
The No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team maintained its top spot in the nation as it cruised past USC 3-0 Friday night inside the Galen Center Pavilion. The 49ers (11-2, 8-2) extended their win streak to five matches with the win over the Trojans (2-10, 2-8). LBSU also moved into first place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation after No. 2 UCLA suffered its second loss of the season against UC Irvine on Feb. 11. LBSU held the Trojans to a .093
hitting percentage with just 28 kills. That’s coming against the 49ers, who lead the nation with 13.57 kills per set. Freshmen outside hitters T.J. De Falco and Kyle Ensing led the 49ers with 15 and nine kills, respectively. De Falco ended the night with a .345 hitting percentage and committed only five errors. LBSU’s junior middle blocker Bryce Yould finished the night with six kills on nine swings for a .556 hitting percentage. The 49ers’ Freshman setter Josh Tuaniga continued to move the ball well, earning 29 assists and leading the offense to a .356 hitting percentage. Tuaniga’s 11.12 assists per set have LBSU leading the nation with 12.94 assists per set. Senior middle blocker Tommy Leonard and junior outside hitter Lucas Yoder led the Trojans with just seven kills each. LBSU returns home to the Walter Pyramid on Wednesday night as they take on UC San Diego at 7 p.m.
49ers split weekend in La Jolla LBSU women’s water polo finishes 2-2 over the weekend. By Jason Enns Staff Writer
The Long Beach State women’s water polo team ended up in 11th place at the Triton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, finishing with wins against Cal State Northridge and Marist College. The weekend’s first game was a tight match-up in which UC Irvine defeated LBSU 9-7. The 49ers could not stop UCI’s Mary Brooks, who finished with a game-high six goals. LBSU (3-6) moved on to play CSUN. The 49ers maintained a lead over the Matadors through the entire game, though it remained close. LBSU finished the day with a win, defeating the Matadors 8-7. The 49ers’ Alexandra Massier, Annabel Harman and Tori Morrissey were the leading scorers Saturday, getting three goals each over both games. LBSU started off Sunday with another close match-up, this time against San Diego State. The 49ers were on the short end of a onepoint game this time, losing to SDSU 8-7. LBSU went on to face Marist College in the weekend finale for 11th place in the tournament. The match was pretty steady to start. LBSU had a one-point lead to begin the second half with a score of 7-6. The 49ers then turned on the heat, outscoring Marist by six goals in the half for a final score of 16-9. Harman led the way for the 49ers, finding the net five times against Marist. LBSU’s Emily Matheson and Virginia Smith added hat tricks to ensure the win over the Red Foxes. The 49ers will head to Redlands on Saturday to face Azusa Pacific University at 10 a.m. and University of Redlands at noon.
LBSU struggles in opening weekend The 49ers drop three out of their first five games of the season at the Sportco Kickoff Classic. By Will Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor
The Long Beach State softball team had a tough opening stretch to the season, splitting its first four games before losing 7-0 against Oklahoma in Las Vegas, on Sunday afternoon. Designated hitter Erin Miller’s homer off LBSU freshman pitcher Cielo Meza gave the Sooners (3-2) an early 1-0 lead. The 49ers had a tough time getting anything going
against No. 9 Oklahoma, totalling just four hits against Sooner pitchers Paige Parker and Kelsey Stevens. Although the 49ers (2-3) were blanked by the Sooners, they dominated South Dakota in the seasoning opener, winning 12-4 on Friday. South Dakota took an early 3-0 lead after a three-run homer by Sydney Hancock in the top of the first inning. But in the bottom half, the 49ers had two straight walks and tied the game at three after junior Lauren Lombardi slammed her first homerun of the season. LBSU broke the score wideopen with a five run third inning. Junior Christina Clermont handled the rest, pitching a complete game and picking up her first win of the season.
The 49ers did not get on the board at all in their second game, losing 1-0 to Syracuse. The Orange cashed in the winning run in the third inning on a bases-loaded walk. Clermont suffered her first loss of the season on Saturday, giving up three runs in four and two thirds innings against Texas Tech. LBSU bounced back later in the day by defeating No. 14 Minnesota 13-2 in five innings. After struggling to muster up runs in the previous two games, LBSU’s bats woke up against the Golden Gophers, scoring six runs in the first inning. Meza pitched a solid five innings, striking out six on her way to her first collegiate career win. The 49ers will next play against Stanford in Palo Alto on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
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49ers buck defensive woes LBSU struggles to close out Cal Poly on Thursday, make it five wins in a row with win against UC Davis on Saturday. By Will Hernandez Assistant Sports Editor
After allowing 46 second-half points against Cal Poly on Thursday, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team responded with a strong defensive performance against UC Davis, winning 57-48 on the road on Saturday night. LBSU (14-12, 8-3) led UC Davis 2516 at the end of the first half, but an Aggie 8-0 run at the start of the second made the game close. Sophomore Gabe Levin’s layup at the 17:11 mark ended the 49ers’ scoring drought. as he proved to be their top performer. Levin proved to be their top performer as he led the way for the 49ers, racking up his third double-double this season with 23 points and 12 rebounds. The Aggies (10-14, 5-6) tied the game at 39 with 8:58 remaining, but the 49ers never surrendered the lead for the remainder of the game. LBSU’s defense held the Aggies to a 34.7 percent field goal percentage. Senior guard Nick Faust scored under 20 points for the first time since scoring six in LBSU’s 74-72 loss at UC Riverside on Jan. 23. Faust scored 12 points against the Aggies on four of 12 shooting after averaging 27.5 points per game in his previous four appearances. The 49ers allowed the Aggies’ top scorer, senior forward Josh Fox, to score 20 points on the night. However, everyone else on UC Davis failed to score in double digits. LBSU’s strong defensive performance against UC Davis came only after the 49ers allowed Cal Poly to erase a 17-point lead with seven and a half minutes left to play on Thursday night. “I was really disappointed with us
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Senior guard Nick Faust (2) drives against Cal Poly guard Reese Morgan in LBSU’s 73-70 win over the Mustangs on Feb. 11 inside the Walter Pyramid.
mentally in the second half,” 49er head coach Dan Monson said. “We get up 17 and again we let them get back and down to four points.” With 01.9 seconds remaining and the 49ers up by three, Hammonds managed to inbound the ball to Faust, who dribbled around and ran the clock out, sealing the win for LBSU.
“It felt like we ran out of time,” Cal Poly’s head coach Joe Callero said. “It felt like if we had three more minutes we come all the way back and win the game.” Although the 49ers outshot Cal Poly 51 to 35 percent for the game, the Mustangs outscored LBSU 46 to 38 in the second half. The Mustangs controlled
the offensive glass, pulling in 16 boards and scoring 18 points off their second chances. “It was disappointing the way this team has not been able to mentally handle winning and success,” Monson said. “As soon as we get up we want to deviate [what is working.]” Faust led the team with 21 points,
completing seven out of 15 field goal attempts and two for six from downtown. Senior David Nwaba recorded a game-high 24 points for the Mustangs, making nine of his 14 shot attempts. The 49ers will look to make it six straight on Saturday when they face UC Davis on the road at 5:30 p.m.
but the 49ers held her to five points and allowed her to dish only one assist. “We got in her gaps,” Wynn said. “We had tight gaps on her from the time she touched the ball in the inbounds pass, all the way until the basket. We tried to eliminate her space.” On Thursday, the 49ers lost against Hawai’i, ending its five-game winning streak. LBSU scored a season-low of 42 points with junior forward Madison Montgomery registering a team high of only nine points. Hawai’i held the 49ers to 25.4 shooting. The 49ers’ next game is against UC Riverside on Thursday at the SRC Arena; tip off is at 5 p.m.
Junior guard Raven Benson dribbles in front of UCSB Makala Roper (5) in LBSU’s 60-52 win over the Gauchos on Saturday inside the Walter Pyramid.
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continued from page 1 “Hawai’i is a game that [is] left in the past,” Benton said. “I knew I wasn’t making anything and I couldn’t do anything, so this game I just tried to relax more and just try to have the game come to me and it went [well].” Benton came off the bench on Saturday; however, Wynn subbed her in immediately in the first quarter. “We made an adjustment and started Chantel [Dooley] instead,” Wynn said. “And Raven played beautifully, she played within herself and she finished well today.”
Gauchos’ head coach Bonnie Henrickson said that her team just couldn’t get into rhythm offensively, that LBSU’s signature high pressure defense was too troublesome. “We didn’t shoot the ball well,” Henrickson said. “[The 49ers] are disruptive, they shoot very few uncontested [shots], a lot of rushed [shots] and once they got into us and sped us up we couldn’t find any calmness in the chaos and they create chaos.” The Gauchos finished the game shooting 28.8 percent from the field and 18.2 percent from behind the arc. Wynn said going into this game that UCSB junior guard Onome Jemerigbe is one of the fastest and most dangerous guards in the league,
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