Pacific posted three runs in the ninth to knock off Long Beach 5-3 Saturday night behind a four-for-four night from senior SS/CF Josh Simms. Sophomore C Riley Drongesen drove in two go-ahead runs in the game, as Pacific damaged the Big West title hopes of the 49ers.

Long Beach State junior Philip Chian shot an even-par 71 in Saturday's final round of the NCAA Athens Regional to tie for fourth place at the University of Georgia Golf Course to advance to the NCAA Championship at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades.

It was a day of the ultimate highs and the deepest lows for the Long Beach State softball team at the Tempe Regional of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

Junior right-hander Joey Wagman, who never pitched a complete game in high school, earned his first collegiate complete game Friday night with a five-hitter as Cal Poly defeated Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara 5-1 in the opener of a Big West Conference baseball series Friday night before 1,226 in Baggett Stadium.