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sports
Road awaits 49er
athletes
Staff reports
Three Long Beach
State athletic squads hit the road in earnest this weekend
as the 49ers' women's soccer and volleyball teams, along with
the men's water polo team, have road games this weekend.
The 49er women's soccer will try to rebound from its first
Big West Conference loss with games against conference rivals
Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside. The Beach takes on the
conference-leading Titans (8-5, 3-1 BWC) at 5 p.m. Friday
at Cal State Fullerton and travel to Riverside to play the
Highlanders (4-6, 1-3 BWC) Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Beach's record stands at 3-7-1 overall, 2-1 in conference.
Women's volleyball also has two Big West matchups this weekend,
both on the road. The Beach, the top-ranked team in the nation
at 13-0 and 7-0 in conference, play Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
(11-5, 5-4 BWC) Friday at 7 p.m. and travel down Interstate
101 to tangle with UC Santa Barbara Saturday, also at 7 p.m.,
in what could be a battle for first place in the Big West.
UC Santa Barbara, ranked 23rd in the nation, is 9-7 overall
and 7-1 in the conference. If the Gauchos beat last-place
UC Irvine Friday and the 49ers defeated Cal Poly, the teams'
Saturday match will have major conference implications.
LBSU handed UC Santa Barbara its only Big West loss on the
season, beating the Gauchos in five games at The Pyramid in
September.
Men's water polo has the team's only home game this weekend,
sandwiched between two road games. The 49ers begin the weekend
with a nonconference game against UC San Diego Friday at 4
p.m. in San Diego.
The Beach follows that with two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
matches to close out the weekend. LBSU (5-4, 1-2 MPSF) takes
on conference-leading Stanford (10-0, 3-0 MPSF) Saturday at
12 p.m. at the 49er Campus Pool and head to Malibu to play
Pepperdine (8-2, 1-1 MPSF) Sunday at 12 p.m.
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