Four More W's for The Beach

In a continuing effort to blow away the competition, Long Beach St. swept UCLA Friday and Saturday before smoking the Harvard squad. The Crimson just 1-11 on the year would have been better off staying in the sand for their Spring Break trip than hitting The Beach for a game.

The Dirtbags got a day off Sunday to rest, but the weekend warriors got their three wins in just two days, taking the opener Friday night in LA 13-3 and two more Saturday in a doubleheader by the scores of 3-2 and 10-3.

Andrew Liebel dominated again Friday to improve to (2-0). His 1.14 era is Bob Gibson-esque, yet he has a lower mound and faces the impending ping of an aluminum bat. Scattering a meager four hits over 7 innings, only one run against him was earned.

In the first game of the double dip Saturday the Dirtbags put three across in the bottom of the ninth to steal a 3-2 victory. Freshman John Hill and Jonathan Jones each had three hits in the win.

Game two brought another stellar outing from Vance Worley who ran his record to (3-0). Petersen and Corder registered two R.B.I.'s apiece pacing a balanced and efficient Dirtbag attack.

Monday's game was a thorough beat down against a clearly outmatched opponent. Harvard managed just one hit to The Beach's 19, and after putting up 10 runs in the first three frames Long Beach St. cruised to a 15-0 win.

The Beach, now 17-3 on the year is ranked as high as #3 nationally, and higher than any other team in California.

Long Beach travels to beautiful Malibu today to take on Pepperdine. They head to the Bay Area this weekend to visit two bitter rivals in succession. They play the Golden Bears of California this weekend, before heading to Palo Alto to face the Stanford Cardinal on Monday.

Much more about the Monday affair forthcoming....