No. 3 Long Beach State wrapped up its regular season with an emphatic 3-1 victory over No. 5 UC Irvine, demonstrating dominant offensive and defensive performances. The Beach set the tone early, winning the first two sets decisively with strong serving and blocking, showcasing a .309 hitting percentage compared to UC Irvine’s .188. After Irvine managed to secure the third set, Long Beach rallied back in a closely contested fourth, ultimately sealing their victory and a clean sweep in the season series.<\/p>\n
By the NumbersLong Beach State hit .309 overall, with a hitting percentage of .609 in the second set.The Beach recorded 16.5 total team blocks, contrasting with UC Irvine’s 6 blocks. State of PlayLong Beach State has finished the regular season with a 22-4 overall record.The Beach secured the No. 2 seed for the upcoming Big West Championship. What’s Next<\/p>\n
With the regular season concluded, Long Beach State will look to maintain momentum in the postseason as they prepare for their first matchup in the Big West Championship, potentially competing for a title and an improved seeding for future tournaments.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/p>\n
The statement win positions Long Beach State as a formidable contender in the postseason, capitalizing on their strengths in serving and defense, while showcasing individual performances that will be crucial for their upcoming playoff success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 3 Long Beach State wrapped up its regular season with an emphatic 3-1 victory over No. 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-275998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275998","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=275998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}