Long Beach State, ranked No. 2 in the country, returns home for two non-conference matches this weekend against Fort Valley State and Long Island, highlighting their return with the unveiling of the 2025 NCAA National Championship banner on Saturday. The Beach are unbeaten at 5-0, having recently completed a perfect road trip, including a notable win over No. 13 Ohio State. The team is celebrated for its strong performance, including multiple straight-set victories, as they prepare to face new opponents at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid.<\/p>\n
By the NumbersLong Beach State currently ranks No. 2 in the AVCA National Poll with a record of 5-0.The team has won four of its five matches in straight sets, with a significant win over No. 13 Ohio State, handing them their first home loss. State of PlayThe Beach averaged 12.38 kills per set and had a .418 hitting percentage through the first two weeks of competition.Skyler Varga leads the nation in service aces per set with an average of 1.07. What’s Next<\/p>\n
After hosting Fort Valley State and Long Island, the Beach aim to maintain their undefeated streak. Future matches will be critical as they seek to establish themselves as frontrunners for another national title amidst growing competition.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/p>\n
Long Beach State’s strong start and championship celebration serve as a powerful motivation to solidify their position as a contender, with the focus set on sustaining momentum and improving team dynamics as the season progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State, ranked No. 2 in the country, returns home for two non-conference matches this weekend against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-145831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}