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sports
Jerz, O'Neil
break records at MPSF championships
Staff reports
Strong showings
by several Long Beach State track and field athletes highlighted
competition Friday and Saturday at the Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation Indoor Championships in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Connie Jerz and Jon O'Neil broke school records Friday. Jerz
reached a height of 13'3 1/2" in the pole vault to break
her own school record for the third time this season. Jerz
placed fifth overall.
O'Neil finished second in the weight throw Friday with a toss
of 66'11 1/4", breaking his own school record for the
second time this year. O'Neil came back Saturday with a throw
of 60'11 1/2" in the shotput competition to place fifth
in that event.
Matt Bates also shined Saturday, finishing second in the 800-meters
with a time of 1:54.83 -- .32 seconds behind winner Nick Thornton
of UCLA. Emily Forsythe was also strong Saturday, placing
fourth in the high jump with a leap of 5'3".
The men's distance medley team placed third Saturday with
a time of 10:26.58.
LBSU finished eighth overall in the women's team competition
and ninth on the men's side. The women's finish was its highest
ever in the conference indoor championships.
In other Beach sports:
Gauchos cool the 49ers -- The red-hot Long Beach State
women's basketball team ran into an even hotter UC Santa Barbara
squad Friday, losing, 72-56, in a Big West Conference contest
at Santa Barbara.
Ekuah Ramsey scored 15 points and pulled down eight rebounds,
and Crystal Givens and Tamara Inoue scored 13 points each
for the 49ers (14-11, 10-4 Big West), who were undone by poor
shooting (28.2 percent for the game) and the potent UCSB frontcourt
combination of Lindsay Taylor (19 points, eight rebounds),
Kristen Mann (15 points, 12 rebounds) and Kayte Christensen
(12 points, seven rebounds).
The Gauchos (19-5, 13-0) had won 15 games in a row as of Friday
and stopped The Beach's three-game winning streak.
Marbach leads split in Hawaii -- LBSU men's volleyball
beat Hawaii, 30-26, 26-30, 36-34, 31-29, Wednesday and dropped
a 30-18, 30-22, 30-25 decision to the Wahine Friday in MPSF
action.
Nick Marbach had 23 kills and Tim May added 13 kills and five
blocks Wednesday for the 49ers, who hit .336 for the match
and never lower than .303 in any of the four games.
Marbach again led LBSU in kills Friday with 17, but the Beach
couldn't overcome the hot-hitting Wahine, who hit over .400
in each of the three games.
The 49ers are now 5-5 in the MPSF and 7-9 overall. Hawaii,
ranked third in the nation, is 7-1 in the MPSF, 10-3 overall.
Beach wins, loses in tournament -- The 49er women's
water polo team beat UC Santa Barbara, 9-5, and later lost
to Stanford, 8-3, Saturday at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational.
LBSU's Roberta Stewart scored four goals against UC Santa
Barbara, and the 49ers defense shut out the Gauchos in the
fourth quarter to preserve the victory.
The Beach didn't fare as well against Stanford, the nation's
top-ranked team. Angelica Garcia scored two goals for LBSU.
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