Long Beach State University NCAA News

This group workout was organized by the Brooklyn Nets, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers, and featured measurements, agility testing, interview sessions and drill-work similar to the NBA Combine in Chicago.

The PNY Center was the scene for the latest NBA workout. Many prospects attending are fighting to be picked late in the second round.

Long Beach State officially will announce the departure of up to five basketball players from last season's roster with eligibility remaining, including a couple of starters.

Sixteen Long Beach State athletes qualified on Friday for the NCAA West Track and Field Preliminary Rounds, which will be held May 23-25 in Austin, Texas.

Third-seeded Long Beach State's women's tennis team saw its 13-match winning streak and its season come to an end on Saturday.

The Long Beach State men's track and field team claimed the Big West title on the final day of the conference championships at Matador Track & Field Complex.

Rutgers' list of candidates to be its athletic director is down to three: Fresno State's Thomas Boeh, Louisville Executive Senior Associate AD Julie Hermann and Wisconsin Deputy AD Sean Frazier.

The skinny: Fresno State ends regular season with nonconference rematch vs. Long Beach State, an 8-0 winner on March 3 at the San Diego State Classic as Erin Jones-Wesley threw a six-inning no-hitter. Bulldogs' Vonnie Martin and Jill Compton are reigning Mountain West player and pitcher of the week.

The Long Beach State women's tennis team will be looking for some of the same mojo in 2013 that it enjoyed in the 2012 NCAA team tournament.

Despite the graduation of James Ennis and Peter Pappageorge, Long Beach State had the look of a team with enough pieces returning for the 2013-14 season to be considered a threat to win their fourth consecutive Big West regular season title.

Kirby Burnham, front, and Stevi Robinson of Southern Cal won the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball national pairs championship in Gulf Shores on Sunday, May 5, 2013.

Rallying from a 2-1 deficit, Cal State Long Beach's sand volleyball team rallied Saturday to hand No.

In as tight of a dual match ending as you can have, the No. 4-ranked USC women's sand volleyball team lost a heartbreaker to No.

The No. 3-seeded Florida State sand volleyball team advanced to the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship semifinals for the second straight year, finishing 2-1 in dual match play on Friday.

The Long Beach State junior was named American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Year for 2013 on Wednesday at the group's banquet in Los Angeles.

In the first 32 seasons that Long Beach State fielded a women's tennis team, there were five winning seasons.

What do women's water polo teams from USC, Hawaii, Princeton, UC San Diego and Iona have in common? They all will be in Boston, Massachusetts the weekend of May 10-12 competing in the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships.

Long Beach State got its biggest win of the season when it needed it most on Thursday, but it wasn't enough to get the 49ers to the NCAA men's volleyball Final Four.

Third-seeded San Diego State fell in the Big West Tournament third-place game to fourth-seeded Long Beach State, 8-6, Sunday afternoon at Anteater Aquatics Complex.

Provo a On the road to its tournament championship, BYU faced plenty of challenges, moments that would have discouraged a mentally weaker team.