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WOMEN’S SOCCER BIG WEST STANDINGS Cal Poly UC Davis Cal State Fullerton UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara LONG BEACH STATE UC Irvine Hawaii Cal State Northridge
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3-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-3 0-2 0-4
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Weekend Results
at Santa Clara 4, LONG BEACH STATE 0 LONG BEACH STATE 3, at Texas Tech 2 at Cal Poly 4, Sacramento State 0 at Cal State Fullerton 0, Utah 0 (2OT) at Cal State Fullerton 2, Montana 0 at USC 4, Cal State Northridge 1 at San Diego 3, at Cal State Northridge 1 Iowa 1, at UC Davis 0 UC Davis 3, Drake 2 at San Diego 1, UC Irvine 0 Denver 3, UC Irvine 2 at Arizona 6, UC Riverside 0 at UC Riverside 1, Northern Arizona 1 (2OT) at Southern Utah 4, UC Santa Barbara 3 at Loyola Marymount 1, UC Santa Barbara 0 (2OT)
Big West Players of the Week OFFENSIVE: Elise Krieghoff (Cal Poly) Krieghoff scored two goals against Sacramento State and now has an NCAAbest seven for the year. Krieghoff leads the Big West in goals, points and shots. DEFENSIVE: Morgan Batcheller (CSUF) The CSUF defender helped the Titans shut out Utah by limiting the Utes’ top scorer to just two shots. Batcheller also performed well in a shutout of Montana.
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Commentary
With first tests over, 49ers can look for wins this weekend Jason Clark Sports Editor
Both the Long Beach State women’s volleyball and women’s soccer teams took on ranked teams over the weekend, and after varying levels of success, they can look forward to facing softer opponents this weekend. All three of the schools the women’s volleyball team faced at the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational are now ranked. The 49ers defeated No. 18 Illinois in four sets before losing to No. 15 Florida State in five and being crushed by No. 21 Kentucky. LBSU’s match against Kentucky was ugly. There were numerous miscommunications, and the 49ers looked overmatched for most of the night. It was an anomaly, though, as that same team defeated a top-25 team and was a point away from taking down another. The 49ers now know that they can compete with the best. They just have to iron out the inconsistencies that come with the beginning of a new season. Despite the 1-2 start, LBSU received more votes in the national polls and is now just three spots away from entering the top 25. With a weekend slate of Air Force, San Francisco and Miami, the ‘Niners will be looking to significantly increase their wins total (of the three, Miami is the only school receiving votes). With a sweep at the San Francisco Tournament, the ‘Niners will have the winning record that attracts votes in national polls. For the women’s soccer team, the
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Mimi Rangel (15) helped the women’s soccer team get back on track Sunday with a game-winning goal against Texas Tech. story is a bit different. The 49ers aren’t close to being nationally ranked, and their lone win was as much a comeback as it was a collapse by No. 23 Texas Tech. Still, that win was an important one. Whatever the mix of luck or skill was that went into Mimi Rangel’s
goal with three seconds to play, it’s irrelevant. The 49ers won on the road against a ranked opponent, and now they don’t have to search for their first win four games into the season. Momentum has its way of significantly affecting college sports. Right now, the women’s soccer team has
Rangel, a freshman midfielder, was named LBSU’s Student Athlete of the Week on Tuesday for her two goals in Sunday’s upset victory, including the game-winning goal three seconds before the game clock expired.
Villarreal, who played for LBSU from 2009 to 2012, recorded a 298 at the 72-hole event, which was composed of 241 players from around the world. Of those 241, the top 100 players are eligible to advance to the second stage. Stage two of the tournament will be held in October at The Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Fla. The top 80 players to finish will advance to the third stage in December.
momentum on its side. Coming up next for the 49ers is a weekend at home against Cincinnati and Loyola Marymount. Cincinnati is 1-4 to start the season, and its lone win came against lowly UMass-Lowell. LMU is 3-1, but it hasn’t beaten a team tougher than UC Santa Barbara. Like the LBSU women’s volleyball team, the women’s soccer team has a great chance to get back above .500 this weekend. The 49ers’ young soccer squad couldn’t have been expected to get off to a great start this year, but being 3-2 after five games would certainly provide a boost of momentum after being outscored 5-0 over the first two matches. There are positives and negatives to take from both the volleyball and soccer teams’ performances this weekend. They each earned big wins over highly-ranked opponents, but they both also experienced what it was like to be on the wrong side of a lopsided matchup. Both experiences will provide head coaches Brian Gimmillaro (women’s volleyball) and Mauricio Ingrassia (women’s soccer) with coaching material. There’s a lot of tape to be looked at from the one-sided defeats, but there’s also a good amount of belief and motivation that can come from knocking off a good team. After taking the week to practice and learn all of the weekend’s lessons, the 49ers will have to translate it to the court and field for their upcoming games. The results will determine whether or not the weekend’s games were a step forward or just another set of games.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BIG WEST STANDINGS OVR.
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Cal State Northridge UC Irvine
3-0 3-0
0-0 0-0
UC Santa Barbara Hawaii Cal Poly Cal State Fullerton LONG BEACH STATE UC Davis UC Riverside
2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Weekend Results
at LONG BEACH STATE 3, Illinois 1 Florida State 3, at LONG BEACH STATE 2 Kentucky 3, at LONG BEACH STATE 0 at Northern Colorado 3, Cal Poly 1 at Colorado State 3, Cal Poly 0 at Cal Poly 3, Baylor 2 at UNLV 3, Cal State Fullerton 0 Kansas State 3, at Cal State Fullerton 2 at Cal State Fullerton 3, Portland 0 at Cal State Northridge 3, Santa Clara 0 at Cal State Northridge 3, Rice 0 Cal State Northridge 3, at Fresno State 2 at Hawaii 3, Texas 1 at Hawaii 3, UT El Paso 0 San Diego 3, at Hawaii 2 San Diego State 3, at UC Davis 2 at Louisiana State 3, UC Davis 1 UT San Antonio 3, UC Davis 1 at UC Irvine 3, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 1 at UC Irvine 3, Air Force 2 UC Irvine 3, at Denver 2 Texas Tech 3, at UC Riverside 0 at Weber State 3, UC Riverside 2 Seattle 3, at UC Riverside 0 Stanford 3, at UC Santa Barbara 0 at UC Santa Barbara 3, New Mexico State 2 at UC Santa Barbara 3, Nevada 2
Big West Player of the Week Emily Hartong (Hawaii) Hartong led the Rainbow Wahine to a season-opening upset of No. 1 Texas. She led Hawaii in kills in all three of its weekend matches and earned the Most Outstanding Player Award at the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational.
‘Niner Notes Women’s soccer players earn weekly honors Long Beach State women’s soccer players Eileen Maes and Mimi Rangel were recognized and awarded for their roles Sunday in the 49ers’ 3-2 final minute win against No. 23 Texas Tech. CollegeSoccer360.com named senior midfielder Maes to its Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll after scoring her 10th career goal as a 49er and set up Rangel’s game-winning goal with an accurate pass against the Red Raiders Sunday in Lubbock, Texas.
Former 49ers golfer Monica Villarreal advances in LPGA Q-School Former Long Beach State women’s golfer Monica Villarreal placed 88th in the first stage of the LPGA qualifying tournament, allowing her to advance to next month’s second stage. The tournament represents an opportunity for amateur female golfers to play their way into professional golf.
Women’s volleyball team adds freshman Hayley Roberts The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team announced that it has added freshman middle blocker Hay-
ley Roberts to its roster and is available to play immediately. Roberts was recruited by LBSU out of Liberty High School in Bakersfield, Calif., where she was a four-time all-area selection. She led the team with 404 kills and .478 hitting in her senior year while earning the Area MVP honors. The 6-2 freshman will join the ‘Niners on their road trip to San Francisco this weekend for three matches against Air Force, San Francisco and Miami (Fla.), which will be take place Friday and Saturday. — Compiled by Assistant Sports Editor Daniel Astle