California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach!) is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California. It is located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County.

Athletics

In the realm of sports the school is referred to as "Long Beach State." The official name of LB State sports teams is "The 49ers" in honor of the year the university was founded and for the prospectors of the California Gold Rush one-hundred years before. Since 1989, the Baseball team has unofficially gone under the moniker "The Dirtbags." Also, unofficially, "The Beach" is used to refer to LB State and its teams, as it is the only university on the West Coast with the word "Beach" in its name. One can see the cheer, "Go Beach!" written on many CSULB products and around campus.

Related Topics:
California Gold Rush - The Dirtbags

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Long Beach has 18 sports teams and plays competively in: baseball,

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cross country, softball, track and field,and Women's soccer as well as both men's and women's teams for basketball, volleyball, water polo and golf.

Related Topics:
Cross country - Softball - Track and field - Soccer - Basketball - Volleyball - Water polo - Golf

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Long Beach State is home to one of the top women's volleyball teams in the nation. Seasonally ranked in the top 25, every year the team prepares for one of the most competitive schedules in women's volleyball. In 1998 the team took national No.1 rank from Penn State and went on to win NCAA finals as well as world finals against China claiming World No.1. Long Beach State is a member of the Big West Conference.

Related Topics:
Volleyball - 1998 - Penn State - China - Big West Conference

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CSULB Men's volleyball, played for the 2004 NCAA National Championship and finished 2nd in the nation.

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Alma Mater

Alma Mater Hail to Thee

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And We Pledge Our Loyalty

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To the College of Our Choice

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Thee We Serve With Hand and Voice

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Now and in the Future Bright

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Citadel of Truth and Right

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Honor, Glory and Renown

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All are Thine Dear Gold and Brown

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(In the Spring of 2000, by student vote, the official school colors were changed from Gold and Brown to Gold and Black.)

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