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Every year, gun violence claims thousands of lives throughout the United States. The latest shooting in Oregon again made the country aware of the senseless violence that claims lives every week. Our view on Page 6.

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4 myths of mass shooters Mental illness causes gun violence.

Psychiatric diagnosis can predict gun crime before it happens.

U.S. mass shootings prove that we should fear mentally ill loners.

Because of the complex psychiatric histories of mass shooters, gun control won始t prevent mass shootings.

Signs to predict gun violence History of violence

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Longtime downtown staple showed off a new, more modern style over the weekend with a twoday long celebration.

The peak of the Pike

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The Pike Outlets had a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday to celebrate the new and revamped stores downtown.

BY MICAYLA VERMEEREN Assistant News Editor

Long Beach celebrated the official grand reopening of the Pike Outlets over the weekend, offering sales, entertainment and guest appearances to all who came.

The downtown shopping center, which first opened in 2003 along Shoreline Drive and spans the blocks leading down to the water, initially fell short in the face of expectations.

“Fifteen years ago, Long Beach was the city that never felt good about itself,” Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal said leading up to the reopening. “When I first saw the Pike [I thought]… we missed an opportunity. But things changed.”

The once quiet plaza is seeing a revival of interest through a new rebranding process in the making for the last two years.

Lowenthal, who served as a guest speaker at the festivities over the weekend, explained to Long Beach residents why the promotion of the Pike Outlets as a cornerstone of downtown culture was so important.

Over the course of the last year, Nike, Gap, Converse, Forever 21, Restoration Hardware and H&M have all either constructed a new space or updated an existing space at the Pike Outlets, tapping into an overall desire for the shopping center to exude a trendier vibe.

“There’s a desire from national brands

for high-end, modern design. The Pike was dated architecture,” said Branko Prebanda from P+R Architects, who oversaw the physical renovation.

One of the main focuses of the center’s remodeling was making the space more pedestrian friendly to keep shoppers comfortable and willing to experience both branches of the Pike, not just the Harbor or the Shoreline outlets.

According to developers, the expansion is worth over $65 million, but the new retail vendors and increased attention to aesthetic detail will hopefully draw in larger crowds, more money, and solidify the Pike Outlets as the go-to shopping spot for Long Beach residents, Pike Outlets General Property Manager Rose Barrantes said.

Barrantes said that she has been waiting for the formal reopening since 2013, when she first began work on the renovation process.

“We hope the opening of The Pike Outlets will serve as a catalyst for other development in the area,” Barrantes said in a press release about this weekend’s celebrations.

With both Los Cerritos and Westminster offering full-scale, indoor malls just a quick drive away from Long Beach, having the same experience available within city limits is something driving residents to relocate their time and revenue back home.

“I would only go down [to the Pike] for very, very specific things because the parking was so dramatic for the few things they had to offer,” said Long Beach resident Sabela Burleson, who has lived minutes from the Pike Outlets for over a year. “But now that there are more stores and it looks nicer, there is a bigger appeal and reason to go.”

Even more shops are slated to open in the coming months, with Cotton On and Columbia Sportswear moving in and opening their doors by the start of the new year.

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To the beat of your heart

The American Heart Association raises money and awareness in Downtown Long Beach.

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BY MICAYLA VERMEEREN Assistant News Editor

Governor Jerry Brown is facing a tight timeline to act on Senate Bill 707, which aims to bans permitted concealed carry holders from bringing firearms onto school campuses.

Current laws, stemming from the 1995 Gun-Free School Zone Act, disallow the presence of firearms within 1,000 feet of school campuses, unless there is written authorization from school officials, or the owner of the firearm is a retired police officer or is authorized with a concealed carry permit.

SB-707 includes measures to remove the authority of a concealed carry permit, overriding the GunFree School Zone Act. The new bill would also include a clause that would specify that firearms kept in a vehicle on school property would be subject to the same regulations as those held on-person, should the bill pass.

The California Legislation has passed the bill, and the governor has until Oct. 11 to formally act upon it. In the United States, eight states allow concealed carry firearms on campus, nineteen states explicitly forbid them and the remainder allows individual campuses to make the distinction.

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A wheelchair holding shoes filled with roses and a pillow decorated with a button down shirt wheeled to the finish line as the Freeman family pushed it in memory of beloved father and husband Paul.

“He was 88 years old when he passed away,” Freeman said. “He was a very witty and funny person.”

Family, friends and canines all gathered Saturday morning for the Los Angeles County Heart Walk in Long Beach.

The American Heart Association hosted the three mile walk and raised over $1 million for research, according to the AHA website.

Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the country, AHA Vice President Nichole Guzman said. In the United States alone about 610,000 people die annually of heart disease, accounting for 1-in-four deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Paul was a World War II veteran who loved science, science fiction, his wife and making friends, his daughter Alisha Freeman said. His battle with heart disease included having multiple bypasses and a pacemaker before passing away in the spring, Freeman said.

“The mission is to decrease cardiovascular disease by 20 percent by 2020,” said Chris Gibson from PepsiCo, who raised over $3 million for the walk.

Walkers such as Andre Nuwte took

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The Freeman family walk in memory of Paul Freeman at the 2015 Los Angeles County Heart Walk. part in the event to support those who have battled with heart disease and stroke.

“It’s a noble, honest thing to do,” Nuwte said. “All of those need to recognized for all the diseases they encounter.”

Nurses from Long Beach Memorial and volunteers from Los Angeles Medical Center walked as well.

“I came to support the cause,” Long Beach Memorial nurse Katy Lonsdale said. “I take care of a lot of patients with heart disease and stroke.”

Families who lost members due to heart disease wore shirts in remem-

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brance of their loved ones.

“This is our third year supporting the walk,” Sean Fontaine said. “My cousin’s daughter was born with half a heart.”

Molly Mccoy was two and a half years old when she died, and she donated her corneas to a 60-year-old man and 80-year-old woman, Fontaine said.

Mccoy died on the waitlist to receive a heart transplant.

The walk began with Rachel Platton’s “Fight Song,” as walkers and runners held up their hands and cheered. Parents danced their way to the starting line with their children above their heads

and canines below following the crowd.

Survivors and walkers were able to enjoy snacks, take selfies and play games.

After the walk, students from American Career College waited to give massages.

Rachel Valencia said that her reason for walking is her grandfather, who dealt with heart problems for 40 years. He had a quadruple bypass, stroke and four heart attacks, Valencia said while carrying her daughter on her back.

The 2015 Los Angeles Heart Walk is hosted in four different locations. The next walk will take place in Santa Clarita on Oct. 10th.

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See Jane swing …

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...and miss.

It isn’t terribly comforting when every usher warns loudly that there will be no intermission; the first page of the program even included that notice in bold italics. That warning starts to really hit hard when the introductory speeches and songs are still in full swing nearly a halfhour in and the audience is still waiting to See Jane Sing.

So when Jane Lynch finally came out (no pun intended) and opened with an invitation to join her on a journey of tunes that had nothing to do with one another and no thematic tie whatsoever, she set the stage for her random set of show tunes, love songs and hit-and-miss comedic remarks between numbers.

“See Jane Sing” was a step above singing in the shower and a far cry from Broadway.

And yet, the two standing ovations (one before the encore that no one saw

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(From left to right) Tim Davis, Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery shared the stage during the finale of “See Jane Sing.” coming and one after the third encore that ... perhaps the audience should have seen coming) told a very different story about the long-awaited night with television actor Jane Lynch singing her favorite songs in the Karen Carpenter Center on Saturday.

To be fair, it wasn’t just Jane who felt off about the night. Even President Jane Close Conoley felt out of place as an opening speaker for the show. Conoley candidly joked about how she “threw the party” that took place outside the Carpenter Center earlier in the evening to mark the first President’s Gala event.

Conoley, a Jane who didn’t sing that night, fumbled through a set of welcomes and encouraged guests to speak with the students in the audience who she claimed

“are much smarter than I am,” as she left the stage and climbed through the row to find her seat in the darkness as the band began to play.

One solo-spotlight moment after another, the Tony Guerrero Quintet left the audience with a light buzz as it wrapped up its introductory set with a light version of “When You’re Smilin.” Tony Guerrero’s Armstrong-esque voice was a surprising cherry on top of this sweet final number.

Ready for Jane Lynch yet? Wait for it.

Former musical arranger for “Glee” Tim Davis hit the stage next for another 15 minutes of somewhat stale or overly-rehearsed comedic commentary between songs. Davis, a Buble/Sinatra hopeful, made his way through romantic tunes

and personal favorites and finished with a number he and the band composed about the game of tennis, which has yet to make it big.

At this point, the show felt like it could be halfway over, and the audience still hadn’t seen Jane sing.

By the time she ran out into the spotlight, those warnings from the ushers felt like a distant memory. And since there was no halfway-point break in sight on Saturday night, let’s pause for a brief

INTERMISSION Welcome back. So anyway, Jane Lynch sang some songs, and she’s certainly

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After a light-hearted first song in which Jane proudly and theatrically declared, “If wishes were rainbows, so am I,” Kate Flannery of “The Office” marched out with mic in hand. Why? Seriously, who knows?

But Jane and Kate laughed their way through song after song, went back and forth about how much makeup Kate was actually wearing (a bit that felt more like an overplayed inside joke than anything else) and pondered the proper pronunciation of “clitorous.”

Jane told her story on Saturday night for a Long Beach crowd, and that included self-deprecating jokes, bold disdain for romance and couplehood, mentions of family and hometown and a sincere goodbye to the crowd, which she called friends by the end. Even the uncomfortable hip-hop rendition of “Anaconda” was loveable because the feel of true joy and excitement overshadowed any theatrical shortcomings.

In the final moments of the show, Tim, Kate and Jane sang together, and the arrangement of voices was surprisingly pleasant. With eyes closed, one would never imagine the rag-tag assortment of B-listers on stage having the time of their lives. The sounds of the band and the combination of vocal talent raised the bar of the whole show in those final moments.

Jane ended the show on a somber note; she literally closed the show with a medley of songs that made each performer on the stage cry like a child.

“Puff the Magic Dragon” book-ended this compilation, and when it finally ended the audience rose in part-second-standing-ovation and part-desperate-escape. Whichever it was, members of the audience left with a song in their step and much to laugh about.

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Millennial feminism in action Amber Rose leads slut walk in Downtown L.A.

By LYNOHILA WARD Staff Writer

A feminist wave crashed into Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as hundreds of people in shameless nudity, colorful body paint, star-shaped pasties and lace teddies gathered for a Slut Walk to protest sexual violence, victim blaming, derogatory labels and gender inequality.

Protesters made their point by dressing in revealing clothing and carrying signs with slogans such as “My Clothes Are Not My Consent” and “Sluts Don’t Cause Rape, Rapists Do.” The Slut Walk as a movement started in 2011, when Toronto police officers speaking at York University reportedly told the audience that if women wanted to avoid being raped, they should not dress “like sluts.” After reading about the story in a university newspaper, co-founders Heather Jarvis and Sonya Barnett organized a rally and the Slut Walk was born, Jarvis said.

“It was a really small story, but it was the last straw,” Jarvis said. “Judges say this, people in the media say this, people in our educational institutions say this and the officer illustrated by saying ‘I’m not supposed to say this’ that he had training on not to say things like that. It just didn’t work.”

Since 2011, the volunteer-based movement has spread internationally, with the Amber Rose Slut Walk being just one of many in the last year.

Rose came into the public eye af-

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Three young women pose with handmade signs during the Slut Walk in downtownLos Angeles on Saturday.

ter her relationship with Kanye West.

Rose has been publicly slut-shamed by former love interests, which led her to harness her celebrity power and bring awareness to an issue that she says all women are subjected to.

“I deal with equality issues all the time and I feel like a lot of women do too. But a lot of women don’t necessarily

have a voice,” Rose said at a press conference.

The event attracted around 800 participants and featured a fashion show, a panel of speakers and live performances from singers Frenchie Davis and Marsha Ambrosius. The event also had an HIV testing truck, vendors, educational booths, art exhibits and food trucks. In-

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Attendants enjoy the live performances while freely expressing their sexuality through provocative dancing.

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teractive features included a “wall of no shame,” where participants shared their slut-shaming experiences and a photo booth.

“I’m here to represent that women should be able to dress any way they want and not be assumed to be a slut,” said Fire Temptress Lorelei of Los Angeles-based clown group Hella Klownz.

“In the very same way that people can dress as a clown without being assumed to be a part of a circus.”

Sathina Camberos attended the event with her mother, Sandra Camberos, whom she convinced to accompany her even after her mother expressed hesitation because of the controversial name.

Sandra said she attended to support her daughter and to be the change in what she views as generational differences.

“I remember my mom saying [the victim in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case] was asking for it because she dressed like a slut and I want to change that mentality for the sake of my daughter’s generation, ” said Sandra. “So I’m here supporting her and it is different from what I thought it would be; it’s empowering for women.”

Social media played a key role in the success of the event. Crowd funding website GoFundMe was used to collect

over $55,000 in donations, Eventbrite allowed people to RSVP online and during the event, the hashtag #amberroseslutwalk trended worldwide. But the use of social media also heightened criticisms against the movement.

“The movement is great and the message is amazing,” onlooker Anabel Gulati said. “My concern would be is it going to attract people for the movement or people who just want to attract attention to themselves?”

Questions about Rose’s celebrity status and the sincerity of her efforts were also brought up during the press conference.

Rose insisted that her participation in the Slut Walk was far from a media ploy for fame and revealed that she was not in any way being compensated for her involvement.

For co-founder Jarvis, there is no legitimate face of feminism and little fame that comes along with promoting it.

“Who wants the kind of hateful, degrading attention that comes with speaking out about sexual violence? This is not something that comes with a lot of joy and fame,” Jarvis said. “This is actually something that risks reputation because people are being honest about what they’ve experienced.”

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Celebrity Amber Rose hosted the Los Angeles Slut Walk on Saturday to re-appropriate the term “slut.”

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S-L-U-T: just a word Micayla Vermeeren Assistant News Editor

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refuse to believe in the existence of sluts.

I refuse to believe that the way a woman interacts with sex impacts the core of her being in any notable way, shape or form. I refuse to believe that a woman with a healthy sex life is thoughtless, dirty, worthless, insecure or fundamentally lesser than her celibate sisters.

I refuse to believe that a woman’s sex life should ever be used as a descriptor of character.

And I refuse to believe that a woman’s sex life should be commented on by anyone other than the partners she does or does not bring into her bed, and definitely never in a derogatory manner.

More and more, it seems like I stand on the minority side of the spectrum, with the rest of society waving from across the way, ranting and raving about the dissolution of proper womanhood thanks to the tramps and coquettes opening their legs with wanton care.

I could wax poetically on the double standards of male and female sexuality for months, but the specific case of “slut” is one I feel deserves its own discourse.

And on that point, I’m not alone.

Over the weekend, stripper-turned-

model-turned-ex-Kanye-girlfriendturned-activist Amber Rose hosted her inaugural Slut Walk Los Angeles to get the message out that being a slut is not a bad thing.

Amber and her crew transformed Pershing Square in Downtown L.A. into a safe space full of sex-positive vendors and exhibits, resources for survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and the Wall of No Shame, a giant chalkboard where all Slut Walk participants could scrawl in what living as a shameless

Amber Rose’s inaugural Slut Walk in L.A. gave a positive connotation to a not-so-friendly word.

sexual being meant to them.

Poster-making tables scattered across the square gave walkers the opportunity to grab a pre-made sign with a sex-positive slogan, or to create one with a message of their own.

With signs in our hands and our hearts on our sleeves, we marched

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through the streets, yelling that no woman should ever have to be ashamed of her sex life.

It was the most comfortable I had felt in years.

I’ve had the word slut thrown at me for nearly a decade, coming from car windows on days where I dare walk down the street in a dress, boys who get mad at me not matching their mindset on sex, strangers that think a survivor of sexual assault really was asking for it and holier-than-thou women who think being a slut is the worst thing a woman could possibly be.

But at Slut Walk, every negative connotation of the word was removed and revamped. Nobody was accused of being a slut, but celebrated for being a valuable person who may or may not have recreational sex.

Nobody was made to feel like their bodies were their main attraction, but rather a vessel that holds all the wonderful capabilities of an intelligent mind and open heart.

Anyone who had been abused by the word was reassured that they are so much more than an object for gratification, and above all, did not need to change anything about who they are.

I still may not love the word slut, but if Slut Walk is any indication of its positive re-appropriation, I might just hop on board the good ol’ train to Slutsville.

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hen you Google shooters are often mentally ill and socially “number of…” today, marginalized. Enhanced psychiatric attenthe top three search tion may well prevent particular crimes,” options are “number the study explains. “And, to be sure, mass of school shootings shootings often shed light on the need for in 2015,” “number of guns in the U.S.” and more investment in mental health support “number of allowances.” networks or improved state laws and Nearly everyday this year there has procedures regarding gun access.” been a mass shooting, according to Mental health and substance abuse shootingtracker.com. Mass shootings, or expenditures have risen from $42 billion massacres, are defined as the “savage killin 1986 to $239 billion in 2014, but don’t ing of a considerable number of people,” be misled. As a share of all health-related according to Webster’s Dictionary. spending, it has dropped from 9.7 percent Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Eleto 6.9 percent over that span, according mentary school in December 2012, there to the U.S. Department of Health and have been 45 mass school shootings. On Human Services.

Thursday another shooter took aim and Even the money that is spent on mental opened fire, this time on the campus of health has shifted from inpatient care to Umpqua Community College in Oregon. more on prescription drugs. In 1986, 42 In the aftermath percent of spending was on of this most recent inpatient care, compared Gun control laws school shooting, we to just 7 percent on drugs. and the treatment By 2005, prescription drug have seen pictures of students crying, spending accounted for 27 of the mentally ill learned what is must be addressed percent, while inpatient on the shooter’s care fell to 19 percent. to decrease mass Facebook page and But more investment in shootings. watched a growing mental health only tackles gun control debate part of the issue. Guns may on Twitter and T.V., not actually kill people, but all of which is to be expected after seeing a person with a gun has been able to kill so many of these recently. people at a rate in this country that dwarfs But what is sadly most predictable with every other developed nation. these shootings is the wall that gets erected According to a 2012 Small Arms Surbetween both sides of the issue. vey by the Human Development Index, Mantras like “guns don’t kill people, the U.S. had 29.7 homicides by firearm people kill people” get tossed out as a way per 1 million people; Canada had 5.1, to reduce the issue to its simplest form.

Switzerland had 7.7, Germany has 1.9 and And then everyone has to line up behind Australia has 1.4.

Team Gun Control or Team Mental It cannot be ignored that a contributing Health. factor is the number of guns owned in this Instead we talk about it until we run out country. The 2007 Small Arms Survey of steam, then let the outrage fade and reestimated that there are roughly 88 guns set the conversation for the next shooting owned per 100 people in the United States, that will occur. And in the end, there is no which is nearly 20 more than the next movement on either issue. highest country on the list.

But here is the thing, why can’t both be The truth is that there is no one-stop right? solution to curbing school shootings or Why can’t we put more effort into gun violence in this country. But that does treating mental health issues in this not mean that we are also allowed to just country? And why can’t gun enthusiasts throw up our hands and wait for the next acknowledge that some limitations could shooting to occur. help prevent these shootings?

To see any change in the trend of school According to a study done in February and mass shootings in the U.S., we must

by Vanderbilt University researchers Jonrealize the affect that our failure to do athan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeith, drug anything has had, or lack there of. and alcohol abuse, history of violence, President Obama and Stephen Colbert access to firearms and personal relationboth made passionate speeches last week ship stress are signs that can predict gun alluding to the same point. It is a fantasy violence. to believe that one of these shootings will What MacLeith and Metzl dismiss not happen again as long as we continue to about gun violence is the “myth” that men- do nothing to change how we support the tal illness causes gun violence. mentally ill or the regulations of gun use “Evidence strongly suggests that mass and gun distribution in the United States.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Gonzalez wills 49ers to overtime win The sophomore striker scored her fourth game winner of the season to get conference play started on the right foot.

By Josh Barajas Sports Editor

A crowd of 929 watched as the Long Beach State women’s soccer team defeated the rival Fullerton Titans 1-0 in an overtime thriller on Sunday night at George Allen Field.

Sophomore striker Ashley Gonzalez scored her fifth goal of the season, in the 93rd minute. The goal came on Gonzalez’s eighth shot of the game.

“I honestly think that I was a little off today,” Gonzalez said. “But, you’ve just got to keep working.”

Gonzalez found the net with one touch after senior defender Val Margerum lobbed a free kick into the box and senior defender Melanie Fox flicked the ball back to the striker.

“I was expecting it because during halftime one of our coaches told us to get behind [Melanie Fox],” Gonzalez said. “[He said] she’s going to flick it on and just stay hungry for the goal.”

LBSU (6-3-3, 1-0-0) had a great chance of going up early in the game.

Gonzalez found herself in a one-on-one against Fullerton goalkeeper Jennifer Stuart, but her shot was just a bit wide.

Gonzalez then had three more decent chances to put LBSU on the board in the first half alone.

The best chance came in the 36th minute after freshman forward Fatmata Kamara shook off a defender and found a streaking Gonzalez with a through ball. Stuart, however, was quick off her line and smothered Gonzalez’s shot to

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keep the score tied at zero heading into the half.

Fullerton (8-2-1, 0-1-0) came out in the second half looking to mount an attack, but the 49ers quickly regained control of possession and proceeded to put pressure on the Titans for the rest of the game.

Gonzalez again had the best chance of the second half. But in the 65th minute, Stuart again was quick off her line

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

49ers winning streak snapped Long Beach State wins one out of two over the weekend.

By Natasha Viti Contributing Writer

The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team bounced back from a disappointing 3-1 loss against Cal Poly on Friday night by defeating UCSB 3-1 on Saturday.

The 49ers’ loss against the Mustangs broke a 23-match Big West winning streak for LBSU, who hadn’t lost since Nov. 9, 2013 against CSUN. Junior outside hitter Nele Barber and senior setter Jenelle Hudson both recorded double-doubles on Friday night, but LBSU was unable to stop Mustang’s freshman outside

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Sophomore Ashley Gonzalez takes a shot in the first half of Sunday’s game. The striker scored the game winner in overtime to lift the 49ers over the Titans.

hitter Adlee Van Winden. Van Winden had 21 kills with nine digs and only four errors.

After the Mustangs won the first set 25-17, LBSU recovered and won the second one 25-20. However, the Mustangs capitalized on 49er mistakes and won the last two sets 25-23 and 25-15 to win the match.

The 49ers started Saturday’s game by losing the first set 25-18. They made up for their first set mistakes by coming out on top in the second 25-19. The third set was neck and neck until freshman libero Mykah Wilson ended it with a kill 26-24.

LBSU then blew past the Gauchos in the fourth set 25-12 to win the game.

Hudson had a career-high nine kills on Saturday, one away from a triple-double; she also recorded 43 assists and 10 digs.

The 49ers will return to the Walter Pyramid on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against UC Riverside.

to stop an open Victoria Bolden and ended up crashing into the sophomore striker. Gonzalez got two shots off while the CSUF keeper was on the ground, but the Fullerton defenders were there both times to clear the ball from the empty net. “[Gonzalez] got a little bit of an earful at halftime. I don’t mind us missing opportunities, but put the keeper to work,” head coach Mauricio Ingrassia said.

“But, she’s always going to be the Energizer bunny and staying persistent.”

The game headed into overtime where the 49ers put the game away after only three minutes. Fullerton’s head coach Damien Brown praised LBSU for its tenacity and determination.

“The goal that they scored is indicative of the type of team that Long Beach is and it’s something that we have to get

better at,” Brown said. “Just that grinding moment where they were faster to a ball.”

Overall, the LBSU outshot the Titans 16-8. Junior goalkeeper Ashton McKeown made four saves while CSUF keepers Stuart and Morgan Bertsch combined for six saves.

The 49ers head to San Luis Obispo and look to go 2-0-0 in conference when they face Cal Poly on Thursday at 5 p.m.

MEN’S WATER POLO

LBSU falls to UC Irvine 49ers men’s water polo drop second consecutive conference game to UC Irvine 6-5

By Joshua Caudill Staff writer

The Long Beach State men’s water polo team continues to flounder after Saturday’s 6-5 conference loss to No. 8 UC Irvine, where six different players

scored for the Anteaters.

LBSU’s rematch with UC Irvine (92) was just as a close as the first matchup when the 49ers walked away victorious in a 12-11 match. The sequel saw a different outcome with the Anteaters on the winning side.

Despite LBSU tying the game at 2-2 to end the first quarter, a scoreless second quarter for the 49ers put them in a hole and allowed UC Irvine to take control 4-2 at half time.

LBSU freshman Keegan Wicken’s goal in the third cut the deficit to one and breathed life into the 49ers until the Anteaters’ Jared Osborn and Matt Skinner netted two more goals before the end of the third.

Down 6-3 and their backs against the wall, LBSU looked to its senior goalie Pavo Ljepopio to keep the ball out of the net while the 49ers sought an answer on the offensive end. Ljepopio locked down UC Irvine in the 4th period and would end the day with 16 total saves.

LBSU put up a furious rally late in the 4th period after another goal by Wicken and a goal by Chandler Kaltenbach to make it 6-5 with less than four minutes to go. However, despite some last minute attempts, the 49ers failed to score another goal.

LBSU’s will travel to Malibu to participate in the SoCal Tournament this Saturday, Oct. 10th.

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