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49ers Dominate Virginia Commonwealth Fri: Fort Collins: LB began the road trip to Colorado, by sweeping the Virginia Commonwealth Rams in 3. In the early match, LB had no trouble controlling the outcome, with scores of 25-15, 25-20, 25-19. Janisa Johnson led the 49ers with 16 kills, 11 digs for her 7th Double - Double of the year. Haleigh Hampton had 12 kills on .526

hitting. Caitlin Ledoux hit .407 with 15 kills. Michelle Osunbor had one of her best nights

with 7 kills with a .778 hitting.The 49ers out hit Virginia, .383 to .202.

LB Takes Colorado State In A Tension Filled Match Battling #14 Colorado State in the

evening match, LB took a thrill a minute 5 set match, to prevail by scores

of, 21-25, 33-31, 23-25, 25-15, 15-11.

LB Gets A Mixed Result In Colorado

Matches

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

LB TAKES TWO AT COLORADO STATE TOURNAMENT

Vol 2 Issue #7

Spikers NewsletterContributors

BILL KING & DONNA SCHULTZELayout and distribution of the Spiker Newsletter. Long time booster

ROB BURGEProvided photos for this

newsletter. Active 49er booster

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

The entire staff of the Athletic Department, for their help and assistance

in gathering information for this newsletter. GO BEACH

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Before a crowd of 2197, LB staged a great come from behind victory in set 2 of the high tension match. Down 24-21 and one set to nothing, after 11 ties and six lead changes, the 49ers would get the win on their fifth try. In the stat column, Sarah Clause had a great effort in just her 2nd match of the season, making a career-high 11 kills on .333 hitting while making five blocks. Haleigh Hampton had 18 kills, hitting .517, 4 single blocks, 1 assisted block. Janisa Johnson had 18 kills. Caitlin Ledoux had 13 kills to go with 17 digs. Lauren Minkel, had 11 digs. LB hit for .222, the Rams hit .184. This was a game that left everyone, players, fans, coachs, emotionally drained.

LB Stumbles In The Denver Tournament Sat: Denver University: In the early match of the day, after traveling from Fort Collins up to Denver,

LB, physically and adrenalin deprived, suffered one of its worst performances ever. Taking Middle

Tennessee to a 5 set match, dropping the match by scores of, 23-25, 9-25, with the 2nd set of 9, being

the first time ever to be below double figures in a rally scoring set, came back in the next 3 sets by scores

of 25-20, 25-20, and finally falling in set 5 by, 15-17. Stat highlights were, Caitlin Ledoux, 17 kills, Haleigh Hampton, 9 block assists, Janisa Johnson, 12 points, 7 digs, Lauren Minkel, 9 digs, Libby

Fontanilla, 2 service Aces. LB out blocked the Blue Raiders, 16 to 13.

Game 2, Sat Evening: Going against the host, Denver University, Pioneers, the 49ers got off to a slow

start, but managed to shake it off, and win the match in 4 sets by scores of, 28-26, 19-25, 25-14, 25-19.

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Loyola Marymount University – Lions - (California). 6 – 6: (On the Road)LMU will be playing the beach in their first home match of the 2010 season. The Lions were picked to finish eighth in the West Coast Conference. Under the reins of new coach Tom Black; they are lead by Junior OH Jamsmine Rankins avg. 3.71 kills a game, Sophmore OH Felicia Arriola 3.31/kg, and Sophmore setter Olivia Bailey. The Beach leads the series 15 – 3. CSU Fullerton – Titans – (California): 10 – 3 (Home)The Titans are coming off a school record-tying 18-win season in 2009, and behind first-team All-Big West players Sr. Libero Cami Croteau (5.20 d/g), Sr. OH Erin Saddler (4.52 k/g) and Sophmore MB Kayla Neto (3.36 k/g), they look to make good on a prediction made by the Big West coaches, and finish higher than fifth place in league for the first time in the program's history. Long Beach leads the series 77 – 4 and currently has a 53 winning streak against Fullerton. Milestones To Keep In Mind:Caitlin Ledoux, needs only 16 more kills to have 1,000 kills and become the 16th player to do it in LB history. Another milestone would be that, 13 more wins in 2010 will give Brian Gimmillaro 700 in his career .. Only seven active coaches have reached 700 wins, and only 13 have ever reached that distinction.

Haleigh Hampton was voted Co-Player Of The Week in The Big West Conference

Scouting ReportPromotions

Various DatesAlumni Postcard Collectables

Sept 25, 2010Go Beach Cheer Card

Oct 30, 2010LB Window DecalNov 26, 2010

Senior Night-------------------------Other Possible

Promotions To Be Determined

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Follow The Action At http://www.longbeachstate.com/index.html

Denver Tournament Continued From Page 2:Michelle Osunbor had an outstanding match for LB, having 9 kills on .444 hitting while making eight total blocks. Caitlin Ledoux led the team with 14 kills, Haleigh Hampton had 13 for the 49ers,while the team hit .235 overall. Home Sweet Home, never looked so good. GO BEACH

Driving Directions To Loyola Marymount:Take 105 West - Take Sepulveda Blvd N. exit, toward LA Airport, stay left. Then merge left onto Lincoln Blvd, turn right on Manchester Blvd, turn left on Loyola Blvd. Go into campus. Gym called Gersten Pavilion. Parking is on left, gym is on the right. Support Our Girls

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BIG WEST & OVERALL RECORDSBig West Standings, and overall records of the teams in the conference are reflected in the table listed above. This table will be upgraded with the latest facts in every newsletter as the season progress’s. Subject to information available at the time of publication.

Big West Conference Wins Loss’s Winning % Total Wins Total Loss’s Overall %

Cal Poly

Cal State Fullerton

Long Beach State

UC Davis

Pacific

UC Santa Barbara

Cal State Northridge

UC Irvine

UC Riverside

0 0 10 3 76.9%

0 0 10 3 76.9%

0 0 9 3 75.0%

0 0 8 4 66.7%

0 0 7 4 63.6%

0 0 6 6 50.0%

0 0 6 7 46.2%

0 0 4 7 36.4%

0 0 1 11 8.3%

NO NAME POS HT YR Hometown/ Last School01 Caitlin Ledoux OH 6-2 JR Phelan, Calif/ Serrano

03 Whitney Wilkerson DS 5-7 RFR Rancho Santa Fe, Ca/Torrey Pines Hs

04 Laura Schuck DS 5-7 SR Lakewood, Ca/ Wilson

06 Taylor Cook MB 6-1 SR Laguna Hills, Ca/ Goldenwest CC

08 Haleigh Hampton MB 6-7 FR Huntington Beach CA/ HB HS

09 Sarah Clause OH 6-0 SO Gilbert Ariz/ Gilbert HS

10 Janisa Johnson OH 5-9 SO Long Beach, CA/ Wilson HS

11 Megan Johnson S 5-9 JR Lakewood, CA/ Wyoming

12 Ashley Lee S 5-8 SR La Habra, CA/ Wilson

13 Chelsea Cabrajac DS 5-11 FR Downey, CA/ Warren HS

15 Lauren Minkel DS 5-9 JR Honolulu,Hawaii, Iolani School

16 Delainey Aigner-Swesey OH 6-1 FR Phelan, Calif/ Serrano

17 Kiri Hirini MB 6-1 FR Tauranga, New Zealand18 Michelle Osunbor MB 6-2 JR Dallas, TX/ Hebron

20 Libby Fontanilla OH 5-10 SO Corona, CA/ Santiago HS

21 Ashley Vazquez S 6-1 FR Gurabo,Puerto Rico

22 Jocelyn Neely OH 6-0 SO La Habra, CA/ La Habra

24 Gabby Pulig DS 5-8 RFR Lakewood, CA/ Lakewood

Conference Standings & Overall Records

2010 TEAM ROSTER

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1. Whose your favorite Actor? Paul Walker and Adam Sandler.

2. What’s your favorite TV Show? Pretty Little Liars, The Hills, Fuel TV.

3. What’s on your IPod? A whole lot of Country. Hee Ha!

4. What is your Dream Car? I would love to have a Range Rover.

5. What’s your Biggest Fear? Spiders and getting Kidnapped.

6. Craziest thing you have ever done? I got bit by my dog, a chihuahua, on my upper lip below my nose, and I had to

get 4 stitches that looked like a snakebite.

Meet The Player

(2009): Played in 112 sets during the year, playing all but one match as a true freshman. Made 177 digs, fifth on the team ... Finished the year with a 1.58 digs per set. Also added 15 back-row kills. Finished with more than 10 digs, four times on the year

Santiago High School A two-sport letterwinner at Santiago in soccer and volleyball ... A three-year letterwinner in soccer, earning first-team all-league honors as a senior ... A second-team all-state selection ... Led soccer team to a league championship in 2007 and 2009 ... A four-year letterwinner in volleyball ... First-team all-league all four years ... A three-time all-state pick ... Led team to a Big 8 championship as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology. Hometown is Corona, Calif.

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