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May 17, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Wraps Up Home Slate by Hosting Second-Place Cal St. Northridge No. 27 Cal Poly (34-16, 12-9 Big West), seeking its second NCAA Division I regional playoff berth, continues building its postseason resumé -- currently ranked No. 27 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and an RPI of No. 29 -- by hosting Cal State Northridge (31-20, 15-6 Big West) for its final three home games of the 2013 season Friday through Sunday in Baggett Stadium.
May 14, 2013 | Softball Andersen, Westlund and Cochiolo Earn All-Big West Softball Honors After leading the Cal Poly softball program with a .325 batting average, a .402 on-base percentage and 53 hits, Mustang junior third baseman Jillian Andersen was named to the All-Big West Conference second team on Tuesday afternoon. Joining Andersen were junior shortstop Kim Westlund and junior catcher Mariah Cochiolo, both of whom earned All-Big West honorable mention acclaim.
May 13, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Add Two, Announce Roster Transactions for 2013-14 Season Fourth-year Cal Poly men’s basketball head coach Joe Callero fortified an already deep incoming backcourt with the Monday announcement that 6-4 wing David Nwaba (Los Angeles, Calif.; Santa Monica Junior College) and 6-0 guard Andy Rowley (San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Mission College Preparatory) will be joining the Mustang program for the 2013-14 season.
May 14, 2013 | Baseball Bloomquist, Stewart Spark Cal Poly to 10-4 Win Over CSU Bakersfield Senior catcher Elliot Stewart snapped a 3-3 tie with a two-run home run and freshman right-hander Casey Bloomquist pitched six strong innings for his fifth win as No. 27 Cal Poly defeated CSU Bakersfield 10-4 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night in Baggett Stadium.
May 13, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball to Open Four-Game Home Stand Tuesday Night No. 27 Cal Poly (33-16, 12-9 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season, battled through a sluggish second half of March and all of April (15-13) and split four games on the road last week, plays the first of its final four home games of the 2013 season Tuesday night, hosting CSU Bakersfield (34-18, 17-7 WAC) for a single non-conference game in Baggett Stadium.
May 11, 2013 | Softball UC Davis Tops Cal Poly Softball Team in Regular Season Finale, 4-0 Junior catcher Mariah Cochiolo collected a team-leading two hits, but a three-run fifth inning from UC Davis helped propel the Aggies to a 4-0 victory against the Cal Poly softball team during the 2013 regular season finale between both programs at LaRue Field.
May 4, 2013 | Football Cal Poly Amasses 467 Total Yards, 30 First Downs in Spring Game Cal Poly rushed for 317 yards and passed for 150 more, scoring two touchdowns and a field goal in a 51-27 victory by the offense over the defense in the 2013 Spring Game presented by The Ribline and held Saturday afternoon in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
May 12, 2013 | Baseball No. 23 UC Irvine Clinches Series With 11-1 Win Over No. 22 Cal Poly Junior right-hander Andrew Morales earned his 10th victory with 10 strikeouts in the first four innings as No. 23 UC Irvine defeated No. 22 Cal Poly 11-1 in the final game of a three-game Big West Conference baseball series Sunday afternoon at Anteater Ballpark.
May 11, 2013 | Baseball No. 22 Cal Poly Evens Series With 4-3 Victory Over No. 23 UC Irvine Sophomore southpaw Matt Imhof earned his fifth win and freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell sparked No. 22 Cal Poly offensively with a two-run double as the Mustangs evened their Big West Conference baseball series against No. 23 UC Irvine at a game apiece with a 4-3 victory Saturday afternoon in Anteater Ballpark.
May 10, 2013 | Baseball No. 22 Cal Poly Falls to No. 23 UC Irvine, 7-1 Senior right-hander Joey Wagman’s quest for his 11th victory of the season has been delayed another week as No. 23 UC Irvine parlayed 14 hits into a 7-1 victory over No. 22 Cal Poly in the opener of a Big West Conference baseball series Friday night in Anteater Ballpark.
May 10, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Visit UC Irvine in Battle of Third-Place Teams in Big West No. 22 Cal Poly, which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and overcame a sluggish second half of March and all of April (15-13) by sweeping UC Riverside last weekend, takes a four-game winning streak into its Big West Conference series at No. 23 UC Irvine this weekend in Anteater Ballpark. The two teams are tied for third place in the Big West.
May 7, 2013 | Baseball No. 22 Cal Poly Defeats San Jose State, 5-2, for Fourth Straight Win Freshman right-hander Casey Bloomquist earned his fourth win in five weeks, allowing two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings, as No. 22 Cal Poly defeated San Jose State 5-2 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night at Municipal Stadium.
May 7, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball to Visit San Jose State for Single Game Tuesday Night No. 22 Cal Poly (31-14, 11-7 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and overcame a sluggish second half of March and all of April (15-13) by sweeping UC Riverside last weekend, visits San Jose State (14-33, 8-13 WAC) for a single non-conference game Tuesday night in Municipal Stadium.
May 2, 2013 | Men's Tennis Dome Invited To Second Straight NCAA Singles Championship The season continues for Cal Poly senior Andre Dome (Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS), who found out that he will compete in the NCAA Division I Men's Singles Championships to be held May 22-27 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex/Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Ill.
May 6, 2013 | Baseball Senior Right-Hander Joey Wagman Named Big West Pitcher of the Week Senior right-hander Joey Wagman, who earned his 10th victory of the season and 24th of his Cal Poly baseball career, has been named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week.
May 5, 2013 | Baseball No. 24 Cal Poly Scores Third Walkoff Win of Season, Beats UC Riverside 4-3 Denver Chavez, Jordan Ellis and Brian Mundell produced two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift No. 24 Cal Poly to a 4-3 walkoff win over UC Riverside on Sunday in Baggett Stadium, completing a three-game Big West series sweep.
May 4, 2013 | Baseball Torres, Allen Lift No. 24 Cal Poly Over UC Riverside, 3-1 Sophomore right fielder Nick Torres and junior third baseman Jimmy Allen both had two hits and knocked in a run as Cal Poly defeated UC Riverside 3-1 in a Big West Conference baseball game Saturday night before 1,379 in Baggett Stadium.
May 3, 2013 | Baseball Wagman, Stewart Spark Cal Poly to 4-1 Win Over UC Riverside Senior right-hander Joey Wagman pitched his third complete game of the season and became the 14th Mustang to earn 10 or more wins in a season while senior catcher Elliot Stewart belted his second three-run home run in as many weeks as No. 24 Cal Poly rallied to defeat UC Riverside 4-1 in a Big West Conference baseball game Friday night.
May 2, 2013 | Football 2013 Spring Football Game Slated for Saturday in Alex G. Spanos Stadium Cal Poly football fans can decide for themselves who should replace Andre Broadous as starting quarterback when the four candidates showcase their skills and talent in the 2013 Spring Game on Saturday in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and admission is free.
May 3, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Host UC Riverside for Big West Weekend Series No. 24 Cal Poly (28-14, 8-7 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season but has posted a 15-13 mark since and is tied for fifth place in the Big West Conference, resumes Big West Conference play this weekend by hosting UC Riverside (18-22, 7-8 Big West) for a three-game series in Baggett Stadium.
May 1, 2013 | Baseball No. 24 Cal Poly Falls to Pepperdine, 5-3, in Non-Conference Game Pepperdine scored five runs in the first two innings and Cal Poly couldn’t recover as the No. 24 Mustangs fell to Pepperdine, 5-3, in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.
May 1, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Visit Pepperdine for Single Non-Conference Game Wednesday No. 24 Cal Poly (28-13, 8-7 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season but has posted a 15-12 mark since and is tied for fifth place in the Big West Conference, concludes a five-game road trip Wednesday with a non-conference game at Pepperdine (21-17, 9-6 West Coast) at Eddy D. Field Stadium (1,800) in Malibu.
April 30, 2013 | Women's Volleyball Four-Time All-American, Olympian, Added to Coaching Staff Jennifer Tamas (Joines), a four-time All-American and Olympian, has joined the Cal Poly volleyball program as a volunteer assistant coach.
April 28, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Trumped Late in Series Finale at UC Riverside Junior second baseman Ashley Romano and junior catcher Mariah Cochiolo both matched career highs with three hits apiece, but UC Riverside produced the decisive run with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Cal Poly softball program was edged at Amy S. Harrison Field on Sunday afternoon, 3-2.
April 27, 2013 | Track & Field Prader Breaks 16-Year-Standing Cal Poly School Record in Pole Vault Cal Poly senior John Prader broke a 16-year-old school record in the men's pole vault Saturday afternoon during the Mustangs' home dual track and field meet against UC Santa Barbara, clearing 18-feet, 7-inches while freshman Kendal Nielsen won the women’s triple jump with a mark of 40-feet, 8-inches good for fifth in Cal Poly history.
April 28, 2013 | Football Williams Signs With Raiders as Undrafted Free Agent Former Cal Poly slotback Deonte Williams signed a contract with the Oakland Raiders shortly after he went undrafted in the 2013 National Football League Draft on Saturday.
April 28, 2013 | Baseball No. 18 Cal Poly Loses Game and Series to Long Beach State, 9-5 A grand slam by third baseman Juan Avila turned a 5-4 deficit into an 8-5 lead and Long Beach State went on to beat No. 18 Cal Poly 9-5 in the finale of a Big West Conference baseball series Sunday afternoon at Blair Field.
April 27, 2013 | Baseball No. 18 Cal Poly Falls to Long Beach State, 3-2 Third baseman Juan Avila’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning lifted Long Beach State to a 3-2 victory over Cal Poly in a Big West Conference baseball game Saturday afternoon at Blair Field.
April 27, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Program Splits Saturday Doubleheader at UC Riverside Junior third baseman Jillian Andersen’s sixth-inning, bases-loaded single stood as the decisive blow and starting sophomore lefthander Chloe Wurst tossed her sixth complete-game shutout of 2013 as the Cal Poly softball program opened a Saturday afternoon doubleheader versus UC Riverside with a 2-0 triumph at Amy S. Harrison Field. Powered by a four-run second inning, however, UC Riverside returned during the second game to whitewash Cal Poly, 8-0, in five innings.
April 26, 2013 | Men's Tennis Pacific Upsets Cal Poly, 4-3, in Semifinal of BWC Tennis Tournament The second seeded Cal Poly men’s tennis team was upset by the No. 3 seed Pacific, 4-3, Friday afternoon in the semifinal round of the Big West Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. With the loss Cal Poly falls to 14-9 overall. The Mustangs entered the BWC tournament ranked 67th in the nation.
April 24, 2013 | Track & Field Cal Poly to Host UCSB in Blue-Green Rivalry, Saturday The Cal Poly track and field team’s will host the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in a Blue-Green Rivalry meet on Saturday with possibly the title on the line. Two of the three points remaining (men’s golf) will be decided in the dual meet between the schools. The meet opens with the hammer throw at 10 am with the track events starting at 12:30 pm with the women’s 3000m steeple chase.
April 26, 2013 | Baseball No. 18 Cal Poly Opens Long Beach State Series With 8-5 Victory Cal Poly erupted for five runs in the first inning before an out was recorded and the No. 18 Mustangs held on for an 8-5 victory over Long Beach State in the opener of a Big West Conference baseball series Friday night at Blair Field.
April 25, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Enter Big West Home Stretch at UC Riverside April 27-28 The Cal Poly softball program closes the 2013 regular season with a six-game road trip that begins with a three-game April 27-28 set at UC Riverside. The series at Amy S. Harrison Field gets underway with a 12 noon doubleheader on Saturday, April 27 before closing with a 12 noon single contest the ensuing Sunday.
April 25, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Resumes Big West Slate With Three-Game Set at Long Beach State No. 18 Cal Poly (27-11, 7-5 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and is tied for third place in the Big West Conference, continues a five-game road trip this weekend with a three-game Big West Conference series against Long Beach State (18-20, 7-5 Big West) at Blair Field.
April 22, 2013 | Football Deonte Williams, Kennith Jackson Await 2013 NFL Draft Slotback Deonte Williams and linebacker Kennith Jackson, Cal Poly’s first All-Big Sky Conference first-team selections, are the Mustangs’ top two candidates for the 2013 National Football League Draft, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
April 22, 2013 | Women's Golf Cal Poly Moves Up at Big West Women's Golf Championships The Cal Poly women's golf team moved up from sixth place to fifth Monday afternoon at the Big West Conference Championships held at San Luis Obispo Country Club, and is one stroke back of fourth place entering Tuesday’s final round.
April 25, 2013 | Men's Tennis Mustangs to Open Big West Championship Against UC Riverside Cal Poly will open the Big West Conference Men's Tennis Championship as the No. 2 seed, playing seventh-seeded UC Riverside at 8 a.m. Thursday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
April 21, 2013 | Women's Golf Thomas Leads Cal Poly on First Day of Big West Golf Championship Freshman Drew Thomas shot an opening-round 79 Sunday afternoon on San Luis Obispo Country Club’s par-73 layout to lead Cal Poly on the first day of the three-day Big West Conference Women’s Golf Championship.
April 21, 2013 | Baseball Cal State Fullerton Clinches Big West Series at Cal Poly With 6-4 Victory No. 16 Cal Poly rallied from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game, but No. 4 Cal State Fullerton tallied two in the ninth to beat the Mustangs 6-4 and win the Big West Conference baseball series, two games to one, before 1,973 in Baggett Stadium on Sunday.
April 20, 2013 | Track & Field Cal Poly Throwers Compete at Long Beach State Invitational The Cal Poly throwers competed in the Long Beach State Invitational on the campus of Cerritos College, Saturday with sophomore Brian Hutchison nearly matching his career best.
April 20, 2013 | Men's Tennis Cal Poly Defeats UCSB, 5-2, Secures Share of Regular Season Title The Cal Poly men's tennis team defeated UC Santa Barbara, 5-2, in a Big West Conference match on Saturday in Santa Barbara. With the win the 65th-ranked Mustangs earn at minimum a share of the regular season title, its fourth overall, but must wait for Sunday’s results to find out what seed they will have at the Big West Conference Tournament at Indian Wells, April 25-28.
April 20, 2013 | Baseball Cal State Fullerton Evens Big West Series at Cal Poly With 10-5 Victory Freshman right-hander Justin Garza preserved his unbeaten record with eight strikeouts over seven innings while third baseman Matt Chapman had three hits and three RBI to lead No. 4 Cal State Fullerton to a 10-5 victory over No. 16 Cal Poly in a Big West Conference baseball game Saturday night before 2,352 in Baggett Stadium.
April 20, 2013 | Football Offense Held Out of End Zone in Saturday Morning Scrimmage The Cal Poly offense produced eight plays of 10 yards or longer, but was held out of the end zone by the Mustang defense in Saturday’s 90-play scrimmage ending the second week of Spring Drills on the upper field of the Cal Poly Sports Complex.
April 19, 2013 | Baseball No. 16 Cal Poly Edges No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 2-1 in Big West Series Opener Senior right-hander Joey Wagman earned his 22nd career victory, sophomore righty Reed Reilly claimed his 10th save and sophomore center fielder Jordan Ellis had three hits and scored both Cal Poly runs as the No. 16 Mustangs edged No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 2-1 in the opener of a Big West Conference baseball series Friday night in Baggett Stadium.
April 20, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Edged by No. 15 Hawai’i in 2013 Home Finale Sophomore starting lefthander Chloe Wurst tossed a complete-game seven-hitter and struck out three batters, but two run-scoring singles from Hawai’i shortstop Jessica Iwata accounted for the difference on Saturday afternoon at Bob Janssen Field as the Cal Poly softball program was edged by the 15th-ranked Rainbow Wahine, 2-1.
April 19, 2013 | Track & Field Laura Hollander Shines in 5000 at Mt. SAC Relays Cal Poly freshman, Laura Hollander, posted the West Region’s fifth best time, running in her 2013 debut at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday. The meet will conclude on Saturday.
April 19, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Edged Twice by No. 15 Hawai’i Sophomore starting lefthander Chloe Wurst matched a career high with seven strikeouts during the Cal Poly softball team’s Friday doubleheader opening game against No. 15 Hawai’i, but the Rainbow Wahine allowed just three hits as the Mustangs dropped a 4-0 decision at Bob Janssen Field. Despite taking a first-inning lead during the nightcap, Cal Poly also fell in the second game, 3-1.
April 18, 2013 | Men's Soccer Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Caps Spring Slate Saturday versus Stanford The Cal Poly men’s soccer program looks to close its five-match spring exhibition schedule with an undefeated mark when hosting Stanford inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium on Saturday, April 20. Match time is scheduled for 7 p.m. with gates set to open at 6 p.m.
April 18, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Host No. 4 Cal State Fullerton for Big West Showdown Series No. 16 Cal Poly (25-9, 6-3 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and has opened Big West Conference play with six wins in nine contests for second place, concludes a seven-game homestand this weekend by hosting No. 4 Cal State Fullerton (32-5, 8-1 Big West) for a three-game Big West Conference series in Baggett Stadium.
April 18, 2013 | Football Pair of Cal Poly Football Games to be Televised by Root Sports Big Sky Conference football tri-champion Cal Poly will be featured on a pair of Root Sports telecasts this fall. DirecTV Sports Networks announced its 10-game Big Sky television package for the 2013 season Thursday.
April 21, 2013 | Women's Golf Cal Poly to Host Big West Women's Golf Championship Cal Poly will host the Big West Conference Women's Golf Championship for the fourth time in five years at the San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club, starting Sunday.
April 17, 2013 | Men's Tennis Andre Dome Wins Conference Tennis Athlete of the Week Cal Poly senior Andre Dome sparkled in conference play to take home Big West Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week honors.
April 17, 2013 | Football Cal Poly to Conduct 60-Play Scrimmage Saturday Morning Cal Poly football wraps up the second week of Spring Camp with a 60-play scrimmage Saturday morning on the upper field of the Cal Poly Sports Complex.
April 16, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Wrap Home Slate versus UC Santa Barbara, No. 15 Hawai’i The Cal Poly softball program opens its final home stand of 2013 and closes its season series against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara when hosting the Gauchos for a 3 p.m. single game on Wednesday, April 17 at Bob Janssen Field. The Mustangs (17-26-1, 6-8) then conclude their 18-game home schedule when hosting No. 15 and Big West Conference-leading Hawai’i for a three-game set that opens with a 4 p.m. doubleheader on Friday, April 19 and closes with a 2 p.m.
April 16, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 65 Cal Poly Men's Tennis Defeats Hawai’i, 4-3 The Cal Poly men's tennis team defeated the University of Hawai’i , 4-3, in a Big West Conference match on senior day on the Mustang Courts Tuesday afternoon on the Cal Poly campus.
April 16, 2013 | Track & Field John Guerrero Wins Big West Track Honors Cal Poly junior John Guerrero (Galt, Calif./Atwater HS) notched Big West Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors as he established a personal-best in the 800 meters.
April 15, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Host Santa Clara for Single Game Tuesday Night No. 16 Cal Poly (24-9, 6-3 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and has opened Big West Conference play with six wins in nine contests, continues a seven-game homestand Tuesday night by hosting Santa Clara (9-24, 0-12 West Coast) for a non-conference game in Baggett Stadium.
April 15, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Climbs to as High as No. 16 in National Polls The Cal Poly baseball team jumped four positions in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll and returned to the Baseball America and Perfect Game polls this week. Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs are in the top 25 in all five major polls for the third time in the last four weeks after posting a 3-1 record last week.
April 14, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustangs Close Regular Season with 4-2 Win at UC Riverside Juniors Jen Cornea and Gabrielle Gatewood both prevailed in singles action and junior Ane McPike and freshman Louise Oxnevad rallied to win both of theirs as the Cal Poly women’s tennis program closed its 2013 regular season with a 4-2 triumph against UC Riverside at Andulka Park.
April 14, 2013 | Baseball Hawai'i Salvages Win in Final Game of Big West Series at Cal Poly, 7-6 Hawai'i scored five times in the first three innings and No. 20 Cal Poly couldn’t catch up, pulling to within a run twice, as the Rainbows held on for a 7-6 victory in the finale of a Big West Conference baseball series Sunday afternoon before 1,482 in Baggett Stadium.
April 13, 2013 | Men's Tennis Cal Poly Men’s Tennis Upsets No. 66 Pacific, 5-2 The Cal Poly men’s tennis team upset No. 66 Pacific, 5-2, in a Big West Conference tennis match at the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts on the campus of Pacific on Saturday. With the win the Mustangs move to the top of the conference standings with a 3-1 conference record and are 11-8 overall while Pacific falls to 2-1 in Big West play and 12-6 overall.
April 13, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Edges Hawai’i 3-2 in Quickest Game in Baggett Stadium History Sophomore southpaw Matt Imhof matched his career high with 11 strikeouts and combined with sophomore right-hander Reed Reilly on a five-hitter as No. 20 Cal Poly edged Hawai’i 3-2 in a Big West Conference baseball game Saturday night before 1,593 in Baggett Stadium.
April 13, 2013 | Track & Field Mustangs Set Seven Personal-Best Marks at Mondo Challenge The Cal Poly men’s track and field team posted seven personal-best and one season-best mark on Saturday in the second and final day of competition at the Mondo Challenge hosted by Sacramento State
April 13, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Swept in Saturday Doubleheader at Cal State Northridge Sophomore righthander Jordan Yates tossed a complete-game four-hitter on Saturday afternoon, but a two-out, two-run homer by Cal State Northridge second baseman Korinne Randazzo during the bottom of the seventh inning propelled the Matadors to 3-2 victory at Matador Diamond. The Matadors also captured game No. 1 against Cal Poly, 7-0.
April 12, 2013 | Baseball No. 20 Cal Poly Defeats Hawai’i 8-3 in Big West Series Opener Senior right-hander Joey Wagman tossed his second complete game of the season and third of his career, scattering eight hits, while senior second baseman Denver Chavez continued his torrid hitting pace as No. 20 Cal Poly opened a Big West Conference baseball series with an 8-3 victory over Hawai’i on Friday night before 1,536 in Baggett Stadium.
April 13, 2013 | Women's Tennis Cal Poly Forced to Forfeit Saturday Match at No. 46 Long Beach State Due to a lack of healthy competitors, the Cal Poly women’s tennis program was forced to forfeit its Saturday, April 13 matchup at No. 46 Long Beach State. The 49ers were credited with a 7-0 victory for the abandoned match.
April 11, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Host Hawai'i for Three-Game Big West Conference Series No. 20 Cal Poly (22-8, 4-2 Big West) opens a seven-game home stand with a three-game Big West series against Hawai'i (7-22, 2-4 Big West) this weekend in Baggett Stadium.
April 11, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Four Mustangs Named to Pac-12 All-Academic Team Four members of the Cal Poly men's swimming and diving team were named to the Pac-12 Conference's All-Academic Team on Thursday.
April 11, 2013 | Football Cal Poly Completes First Practice of 2013 Spring Drills Despite several vacancies in the Cal Poly football coaching staff, about 105 Mustang players executed over two hours of drills on the first day of spring practice Wednesday morning on the upper fields of the Cal Poly Sports Complex.
April 10, 2013 | Women's Basketball Molly Schlemer Named Mid-Major All-American by FullCourt.com Junior Molly Schlemer was named Mid-Major All-American Honorable Mention by FullCourt.com this week.
April 9, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Host UCSB, Visit Cal State Northridge for Weekend Series The Cal Poly softball program looks to break back into the Big West Conference championship race when hosting Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara for a 3 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday, April 10 at Bob Janssen Field (the split series will conclude with a 3 p.m. single game on Wednesday, April 17 in San Luis Obispo). The Mustangs conclude action this week when visiting Cal State Northridge for a three-game April 13-14 series at Matador Diamond.
April 9, 2013 | Men's Golf Cal Poly Finishes Fourth in COG Missouri Intercollegiate The Cal Poly men’s golf team placed three golfers in the top 15 and finished fourth in the 12-team COG Missouri Intercollegiate on Tuesday at The Club at Old Hawthorne.
April 10, 2013 | Baseball Bloomquist Pitches Cal Poly Past CSU Bakersfield 5-2 Freshman right-hander Casey Bloomquist earned his first collegiate victory while right fielder Nick Torres and shortstop Peter Van Gansen each collected three hits and combined for three RBI as No. 20 Cal Poly defeated CSU Bakersfield 5-2 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night at Hardt Field.
April 10, 2013 | Football Spring Football Practice Begins Wednesday at Cal Poly Sports Complex Cal Poly will conduct spring football practice sessions from Wednesday (April 10) through May 4. The 2013 Spring Game is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. in Alex G. Spanos Stadium
April 9, 2013 | Wrestling Lotito Earns Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year Award Cal Poly 133-pound freshman Devon Lotito is one of two wrestlers named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year for the 2012-13 wrestling season.
April 9, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball to Visit CSU Bakersfield for Single Game Tuesday Night No. 20 Cal Poly (21-8, 4-2 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season, opened Big West Conference play with a three-game series sweep over UC Davis but stumbled at UC Santa Barbara over the weekend, losing two of three, visits CSU Bakersfield (21-11, 6-3 Western Athletic) for a single non-conference game Tuesday night at Hardt Field.
April 8, 2013 | Men's Basketball Callero Thanks Mustang Fans for Support during Historic 2012-13 Season Fourth-year Cal Poly men's basketball head coach Joe Callero took a break while attending the Final Four to thank Mustang fans for their support during the 2012-13 season.
April 7, 2013 | Men's Tennis Men's Tennis Sweeps UC Riverside, 7-0 The Cal Poly men's tennis team got back on track Sunday with a 7-0 sweep over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference tennis match at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. With the win the Mustangs improve to 9-8 overall and 1-1 in conference matches while UCR falls to 3-17 overall and 0-3 in Big West matches.
April 7, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Salvages One Win in UC Santa Barbara Series With 7-6 Victory Senior second baseman Denver Chavez went 5-for-5 at the plate while sophomore right-hander Bryan Granger pitched one-hit ball over six innings as No. 17 Cal Poly salvaged a win in its three-game Big West Conference baseball series at UC Santa Barbara with a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
April 7, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Edged by Pacific in Series Finale, 3-1 Junior shortstop Kim Westlund swatted her first home run of the 2013 season on Sunday afternoon, but the shot counted as the Cal Poly softball program’s lone offense against Pacific as the Mustangs dropped a 3-1 contest against the Tigers at Bob Janssen Field.
April 7, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustangs Edged by Cal State Northridge in Home Finale Senior Alexa Lee prevailed in both singles and doubles action during her final match on Mustang Courts, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis team was topped by Cal State Northridge 5-2 during its spring dual match home finale on Sunday afternoon.
April 6, 2013 | Baseball UCSB Clinches Big West Series Against No. 17 Cal Poly With 13-2 Win UC Santa Barbara shattered a 2-2 tie with 11 runs in the sixth inning and coasted to a 13-2 victory over No. 17 Cal Poly in the second game of a Big West Conference baseball series Saturday afternoon in Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
April 6, 2013 | Track & Field Women's T&F Competes at FSU Challenge, Bennett 5th at Sam Adams The Cal Poly women's track and field team competed at the Fresno State Women's Challenge with solid results with the team coming home with five first place finishes and four season-best marks on Saturday in Clovis. Sophomore Deven Bennett finished fifth at the Sam Adams Combined Events Invitational with a career-best total of 6,596 points.
April 6, 2013 | Women's Tennis Cal Poly Drops Blue-Green Rivalry Matchup at No. 68 UC Santa Barbara Freshman Louise Oxnevad rallied for a singles victory at the No. 1 position, but the win counted as Cal Poly’s only triumph of Saturday afternoon as the Mustang women’s tennis program dropped a 6-1 Blue-Green rivalry decision against No. 68 UC Santa Barbara on Robertson Gym Courts.
April 5, 2013 | Men's Tennis UC Irvine Defeats Shorthanded Mustangs, 4-3 The Cal Poly men’s tennis team, hampered by injuries, lost a Big West Conference match to UC Irvine, 4-3, on the Mustang Courts Friday afternoon. Cal Poly was without the services of senior Jordan Bridge and junior Jurgen De Jager.
April 5, 2013 | Baseball No. 17 Cal Poly Falls to UC Santa Barbara 4-2 in Opener of Big West Series Sophomore right-hander Austin Pettibone allowed six hits in eight-plus innings and UC Santa Barbara scored two runs in an unusual seventh inning en route to a 4-2 victory over No. 17 Cal Poly in the opener of a three-game Big West Conference baseball series Friday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
April 3, 2013 | Women's Volleyball Volleyball Scheduled to Play UCSB in Scrimmage, Saturday Cal Poly head coach Sam Crosson has announced two scrimmages as part of the team’s spring workouts. Cal Poly will host UC Santa Barbara this Saturday, April 6, for a scrimmage starting at 10 am in the Mott Athletics Center and will be open to the public free of charge.
April 6, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Looks to Maintain Big West Momentum versus Pacific Off to the program’s best start to a Big West season in three years, the Cal Poly softball team looks to stay in the conference title chase when hosting Pacific for a three-game April 6-7 series. Action at Bob Janssen Field gets underway with a 12 noon doubleheader on Saturday, April 6 before concluding with a 12 noon single game on Sunday.
April 4, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Continues Big West Action With Rematch at UC Santa Barbara No. 17 Cal Poly (20-6, 3-0 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and opened Big West Conference play with a three-game series sweep over UC Davis at home, continues conference play this weekend with three games at Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara (14-13, 1-2 Big West) in the resumption of the Blue-Green Rivalry at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
April 3, 2013 | Women's Tennis Cornea Picks Up Big West Conference Athlete of the Week Praise After registering victories in both singles and doubles action during the Cal Poly women’s tennis program’s 4-3 home loss against Portland on March 29, Mustang junior Jen Cornea was named Big West Conference Athlete of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
April 2, 2013 | Baseball Four Former Mustangs on Major League Rosters on Opening Day The 2013 Major League Baseball season opens this week with four former Cal Poly players -- pitchers Bud Norris, Kevin Correia and Casey Fien plus outfielder Logan Schafer -- on its rosters.
April 2, 2013 | Women's Basketball Kristina Santiago Named Bulgarian League MVP Former Cal Poly women’s basketball standout, Kristina Santiago, was named the MVP of the Bulgarian Women’s Basketball League it was announced on Monday.
April 1, 2013 | Softball Wurst Earns Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week Praise After recording successive shutout victories to help the Cal Poly softball program post a three-game sweep at Cal State Fullerton (March 29-30), Mustang sophomore lefthander Chloe Wurst was named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon.
April 2, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball Jumps Four Spots in Pair of National Polls The Cal Poly baseball team jumped four positions in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls after sweeping UC Davis in a Big West Conference series over the weekend in Baggett Stadium.
April 1, 2013 | Baseball Mustang Closer Reed Reilly Named Big West Pitcher of the Week Cal Poly closer Reed Reilly (Dana Point, Calif./JSerra Catholic HS) captured the Big West Baseball Pitcher of the Week award as stellar work out of the bullpen led to a win and a save against conference foe UC Davis.
March 30, 2013 | Track & Field John Guerrero Shines at Stanford Invitational Junior John Guerrero won the 800 meter run while Kendal Nielsen and Brian Hutchison placed third in the triple jump and the shot put respectively with Clara Davis earning second place in the pole vault on Saturday at the Stanford Invitational.
March 30, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 63 Cal Poly Falls on the Road to No. 73 UNLV The Cal Poly men’s tennis team fell on the road to 73rd-ranked UNLV at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas on Saturday. With the loss the Mustangs fall to 8-7 on the year while UNLV improves to 13-4.
March 30, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Finalizes Sweep of Cal State Fullerton Junior left fielder Lauren Moreno’s solo home run during the top of the second inning set a triumphant tone for the Cal Poly softball program on Saturday afternoon as the Mustangs completed a three-game sweep of Cal State Fullerton with a 4-0 victory at Anderson Family Field.
March 30, 2013 | Baseball No. 21 Cal Poly Completes Sweep of UC Davis Series With 6-5 Win Junior catcher Chris Hoo’s hard grounder past second base knocked in the winning run in the 13th inning as No. 21 Cal Poly completed its sweep of a three-game Big West Conference baseball series against UC Davis with a 6-5 victory Saturday afternoon in Baggett Stadium.
March 29, 2013 | Baseball Imhof Pitches Seven-Hitter as No. 21 Cal Poly Clinches UC Davis Series Sophomore southpaw Matt Imhof pitched a seven-hitter for his career collegiate complete game and No. 21 Cal Poly put together a 14-hit offensive attack for a 7-1 victory over UC Davis in a Big West Conference baseball game Friday night before 1,120 in Baggett Stadium.
March 29, 2013 | Track & Field Cal Poly Competes in Three Meets on Friday with Big Results The Cal Poly men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in three meets on Friday posting solid results in each meet. Freshman Rachel Bush posted one of the nation’s best times in the 5000m at the San Francisco Distance Carnival with junior Blake Ahrold following suit with a top five time in the 3000m steeple chase at the Stanford Invitational and the team posted three personal best marks at the Cal-Nevada Championships held in San Diego.
March 29, 2013 | Men's Tennis Marco Comuzzo Wins Thriller as Cal Poly Defeats Nevada, 4-3 Junior Marco Comuzzo won a thrilling three set match and was the deciding point in Cal Poly’s, 4-3, win over Nevada in a non-conference tennis match on Friday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.
March 29, 2013 | Men's Golf CSU Bakersfield Defeats Seattle for Cal Poly Match Play Championship CSU Bakersfield earned a 3.5 to 1.5 victory over Seattle in the title match of the Cal Poly Match Play Championship on Friday at Cypress Ridge Golf Course.
March 28, 2013 | Baseball No. 21 Cal Poly Opens Big West Slate With 5-4 Victory Over UC Davis Jordan Ellis and Tommy Pluschkell provided the offensive punch while Joey Wagman and Reed Reilly combined for nine strikeouts as No. 21 Cal Poly opened Big West Conference baseball play with a 5-4 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 28, 2013 | General News Cal Poly Strengthens Lead in 2012-13 Commissioner’s Cup Race A strong winter sports season that included a second-place showing from the Mustang women’s basketball program and a third-place finish from the men’s basketball program has helped the Cal Poly Athletics Department tighten its lead in the 2012-13 Big West Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings.
March 28, 2013 | Men's Golf Seattle to Face CSU Bakersfield for Cal Poly Match Play Championship CSU Bakersfield will play Seattle for the title of the Cal Poly Match Play Championship after both men’s golf teams won a pair of matches Thursday at Cypress Ridge Golf Course.
March 28, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Resumes Big West Conference Action at Cal State Fullerton Following Monday’s doubleheader split against Fresno State, the Cal Poly softball program resumes Big West Conference action when visiting Cal State Fullerton for a three-game March 29-30 series.
March 27, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Open Big West Play by Hosting UC Davis for Three-Game Series No. 21 Cal Poly (17-6, 0-0 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and won a non-conference series against Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara over the weekend before falling to Pepperdine on Tuesday, opens Big West Conference play Thursday night with the opener of a three-game series against UC Davis (10-12, 0-0 Big West) in Baggett Stadium (1,734).
March 28, 2013 | Men's Golf Cal Poly Match Play Championship Set for Cypress Ridge This Week Cal Poly will host the third Cal Poly Match Play Championship for men on Thursday and Friday at the Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande.
March 26, 2013 | Men's Soccer Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Announces 2013 Spring Match Schedule Including exhibition contests against Stanford and Professional Developmental League club Ventura County Fusion, the Cal Poly men’s soccer program recently unveiled its three-day, five-match spring schedule.
March 25, 2013 | Softball Gerhart Homer Helps Cal Poly Split Doubleheader with Fresno State Senior center fielder Whitley Gerhart’s sixth-inning, two-run homer helped power the Cal Poly softball team to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory against Fresno State during the opening game of a Monday afternoon doubleheader at Bob Janssen Field.
March 26, 2013 | Baseball Pepperdine Rallies Late for 8-6 Victory Over No. 21 Cal Poly Pepperdine scored two unearned runs in the ninth inning to break a 6-6 tie and held on to beat No. 21 Cal Poly 8-6 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 26, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Host Pepperdine in Final Big West Tuneup on Tuesday Night No. 21 Cal Poly (17-5, 0-0 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season and won a non-conference series against Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara over the weekend, entertains defending West Coast Conference co-champion Pepperdine (13-9, 0-0 West Coast) for a single game Tuesday night.
March 24, 2013 | Women's Basketball No. 14 Cal Poly Falls to No. 3 Penn State, 85-55, in First Round of NCAA’s Junior Molly Schlemer scored 24 points while fellow junior Jonae Ervin added 10, but it would not be enough as the regular season Big-10 Champions pulled away for an 85-55 win over the Cal Poly women’s basketball team in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Championship in Baton Rouge on Sunday.
March 24, 2013 | Men's Tennis Mustangs Drop Close Match to Tulane, 4-3 A day after sweeping Portland 7-0, the Cal Poly men's tennis team lost to Tulane on Sunday afternoon, 4-3 on the Mustang Courts.
March 24, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Clinches UC Santa Barbara Series With 10-4 Victory Freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell drove in three runs with three hits, including a two-run home run, as No. 20 Cal Poly clinched its three-game non-conference baseball series against UC Santa Barbara with a 10-4 victory Sunday afternoon before 1,350 in Baggett Stadium.
March 24, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Softball Edges Long Beach State for First Big West Win Sophomore righthander Jordan Yates tossed a complete-game shutout and stranded 13 Long Beach State baserunners as the Cal Poly softball program earned its first Big West Conference victory of the 2013 season by edging the 49ers on Sunday afternoon at Bob Janssen Field, 2-0.
March 23, 2013 | Swimming & Diving O'Brien Breaks Own School Record at NCAA Championships Cal Poly senior Rachel O'Brien broke her own school record Saturday morning in the 200-yard butterfly at the NCAA Championships held in IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
March 23, 2013 | Baseball UC Santa Barbara Evens Series Against Cal Poly With 7-3 Victory Home runs by Steven Fisher, Marc Venning and Brandon Trinkwon lifted UC Santa Barbara to a 7-3 victory over No. 20 Cal Poly in the second game of a three-game non-conference baseball series Saturday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
March 23, 2013 | Men's Tennis Mustang Men's Tennis Team Sweeps Portland, 7-0 The Cal Poly men's tennis team swept a non-conference match against Portland at Mustang Courts on Saturday afternoon, 7-0.
March 23, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Falls in Both Ends of Saturday Big West-Opening Doubleheader Successive sixth-inning home runs sank the Cal Poly softball program 5-4 during the opening game of a Saturday doubleheader while the Mustangs were also edged during the second game against Long Beach State at Bob Janssen Field, 1-0.
March 21, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara to Play Non-Conference Weekend Series No. 20 Cal Poly (15-4, 0-0 Big West), which sprinted to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season before losing two of three games against then-No. 17 Notre Dame, faces Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara (11-8, 0-0 Big West) for a three-game non-conference series this weekend. Games on Friday and Sunday will be played at Baggett Stadium while the Saturday contest is set for Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
March 22, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Opens Big West Slate versus Long Beach State, Hosts Fresno State The Cal Poly softball program opens a five-game home stand and its 17th season of Big West Conference competition when hosting Long Beach State for a three-game series that begins with a 12 noon doubleheader on Saturday, March 23. The series at Bob Janssen Field versus the 49ers (19-12) concludes with a 12 noon single game on Sunday, March 24.
March 18, 2013 | Baseball Mundell Named Big West Field Player of the Week Cal Poly freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell, who hit a pair of game-winning home runs, has been named Big West Conference Field Player of the Week.
March 16, 2013 | Baseball Notre Dame Clinches Series Against Cal Poly With 6-5 Victory Despite a 14-hit offensive attack and three Notre Dame errors, No. 20 Cal Poly dropped a 6-5 decision to the No. 17 Irish in the finale of a three-game non-conference baseball series Saturday afternoon before 1,602 in Baggett Stadium.
March 17, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Visit Weber State Wednesday in CollegeInsider.com Tournament The Cal Poly men’s basketball team will contest the first postseason game in its 19-year Division I tenure following the Sunday afternoon announcement that the program has accepted an invitation to the 32-team CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Cal Poly will visit Weber State for an opening-round matchup on Wednesday, March 20. Tip time inside the Dee Events Center will be made available shortly.
March 17, 2013 | Women's Basketball Women's Basketball Selection Show Party Set for Monday at Firestone Grill A selection show party for the Cal Poly women's basketball team will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Firestone Grill in San Luis Obispo. All Mustang fans are invited to attend.
March 17, 2013 | Men's Tennis Dome Sweeps Fourth-Ranked Pecotic in Cal Poly Loss to Princeton Cal Poly senior Andre Dome defeated the fourth-ranked singles player in the nation Sunday afternoon, but the 45th-ranked Mustang men's tennis team fell at home to No. 56 Princeton, 4-3.
March 17, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Splits Sunday Doubleheader at CSU Bakersfield The Cal Poly softball program split a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at CSU Bakersfield, falling 4-3 to the Roadrunners in the first game before winning the nightcap 2-0.
March 17, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Team Swept by No. 42 Kansas State No. 42 Kansas State failed to drop a set on Sunday afternoon as the Cal Poly women’s tennis program was swept by the Wildcats in a neutral-site match hosted at Fresno State, 7-0.
March 16, 2013 | Track & Field Mustangs Shine at Cal Poly/ShareSLO.com Invitational Standout performances from John Prader, Blake Ahrold and Nick Ahrold were among several highlights for the Cal Poly track and field team at the Cal Poly/ShareSLO.com Invitational hosted on campus Saturday.
March 16, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Team Edged at No. 61 Fresno State, 4-3 Senior Alexa Lee and junior Jen Cornea finished as dual winners on Saturday afternoon, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis program – after capturing the doubles point versus No. 61 Fresno State – lost an eventual 4-3 decision to the Bulldogs at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
March 16, 2013 | Women's Basketball Mustangs Headed to NCAA Tournament with 63-49 Win Over Pacific The Cal Poly women’s basketball team will make the programs first ever trip to the NCAA’s with a 63-49 win over Pacific in the championship game of the Big West Conference Tournament. Junior Molly Shlemer was named MVP when she collected 16 rebounds and scored seven points. Ariana Elegado led the team with 22 points… More to follow..
March 15, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Eliminated from Big West Tournament, 55-53 Junior forward Chris Eversley scored a team-leading 12 points Thursday evening, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball program was eliminated from the Big West Conference Tournament at the semifinal stage for the second successive season after falling against No. 2 Pacific on a last-second shot inside the Honda Center on Friday evening, 55-53.
March 16, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Caps Big West Preparations Sunday at CSU Bakersfield The Cal Poly softball program completes preparations for its 17th season of Big West Conference action when visiting CSU Bakersfield for a 12 noon doubleheader on Sunday, March 17.
March 15, 2013 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly Advances to Championship Game with, 62-43, Win over UCSB Junior Molly Schlemer lived up to her Big West Conference Player of the Year when she scored 20 second half points to lead the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to a 62-43 win over UC Santa Barbara, Friday afternoon at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
March 15, 2013 | Baseball Notre Dame Evens Series Against Cal Poly With 1-0 Victory Second baseman Frank DeSico’s infield single to the left side with two outs in the ninth inning pushed across the only run of the game as No. 17 Notre Dame edged No. 20 Cal Poly 1-0 in the second game of a three-game non-conference baseball series Friday night before 2,076 in Baggett Stadium.
March 14, 2013 | Track & Field Ashton Eaton Among Competitors at Cal Poly/Shareslo.com Invitational Ashton Eaton, the world record-holder in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon, will be among the track and field athletes competing at the Cal Poly/Shareslo.com Invitational on Saturday.
March 14, 2013 | Baseball Mundell, Wagman Lead No. 20 Cal Poly Past Notre Dame, 6-3 Freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell shattered a 3-3 tie with a three-run home run and senior right-hander Joey Wagman tossed a seven-hitter for his second career complete game as No. 20 Cal Poly defeated No. 17 Notre Dame 6-3 in the opener of a three-game non-conference baseball series Thursday night before 1,351 in Baggett Stadium.
March 14, 2013 | Baseball No. 20 Cal Poly to Host No. 17 Notre Dame for Thursday-Saturday Series No. 20 Cal Poly (14-2, 0-0 Big West), which has jumped to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season, entertains No. 17 Notre Dame (10-4, 0-0 Big East) for a three-game non-conference series Thursday through Saturday in Baggett Stadium (1,734).
March 12, 2013 | Baseball No. 20 Cal Poly Rallies to Beat San Jose State, 6-5, in 10 Innings Freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell homered to left field in the 10th inning, lifting No. 20 Cal Poly, which at one time trailed 5-1, to a 6-5 victory over San Jose State in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 12, 2013 | Track & Field Frias Named Big West Track Athlete of the Week Cal Poly junior Chris Frias was named the Big West Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
| General News Cal Poly Student-Athletes Raise More Than $2,000 For Charity Cal Poly’s Block P organization recently raised $2,238.95 for the CURE International (SLO) charity, part of a Big West Conference-wide Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) fundraising campaign that shattered records.
March 11, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball to Host San Jose State for Single Game Tuesday Night No. 20 Cal Poly (13-2, 0-0 Big West), which has jumped to 7-0 and 13-1 starts in the first four weeks of the 2013 baseball season, entertains San Jose State (4-11, 0-0 WAC) for a single non-conference game Tuesday night in Baggett Stadium (1,734). First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
March 15, 2013 | Men's Tennis Mustangs Move to No. 45 in ITA Rankings The Cal Poly men's tennis team moved up 10 spots Tuesday in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings released Tuesday.
March 11, 2013 | Men's Basketball Eversley, Royer Earn All-Big West Conference Honors After ranking sixth among Big West players in both points and rebounds per game and helping the Cal Poly men’s basketball program to its finest regular season showing in 19 years at the Division I level, Mustang junior forward Chris Eversley earned all-conference first team honors on Monday morning. Joining Eversley was senior guard Dylan Royer, who earned All-Big West honorable mention praise.
March 11, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 35 Middle Tennessee St. Defeats No. 55 Cal Poly, 5-2 The Cal Poly men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to the 35th-ranked Middle Tennessee State team on Monday. With the loss, Cal Poly falls to 6-4 overall while Middle Tennessee State improves to 11-4.
March 10, 2013 | Women's Tennis Cal Poly Women’s Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision versus No. 72 LMU Junior Jen Cornea finished as Cal Poly’s only dual victor on Sunday afternoon as the Mustang women’s tennis team was edged by No. 72 Loyola Marymount at Mustang Courts, 5-2.
March 10, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Wins Twice During Sunday Finales of Mustang Classic The Cal Poly softball team led from the onset during its Sunday doubleheader opener at the Mustang Classic before rallying for victory during the nightcap as Cal Poly closed tournament play with wins against, respectively, Northern Illinois (6-5) and Sacramento State (2-1) at Bob Janssen Field.
March 9, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Seal No. 3 Seed for Big West Tournament with 62-60 Win Senior guard Chris O’Brien and junior forward Chris Eversley both finished with a team-leading 14 points Saturday evening as the Cal Poly men’s basketball team closed the 2012-13 regular season and its greatest year inside the Mott Athletics Center with a 62-60 triumph against Cal State Fullerton.
March 9, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Drops Two on Second Day of Mustang Classic The Cal Poly softball program mustered just seven total hits on Saturday afternoon at its own Mustang Classic tournament in dropping both ends of a doubleheader against Nevada (5-2) and Sacramento State (2-0) at Bob Janssen Field.
March 9, 2013 | Baseball No. 21 Cal Poly Falls to Kansas State in Series Finale, 10-4 Sophomore right-hander Matt Wivinis pitched a complete-game seven-hitter, throwing just 95 pitches, as Kansas State salvaged one win in its three-game series against No. 21 Cal Poly with a 10-4 decision Saturday night in Tointon Family Stadium.
March 8, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Softball Team Overturns Two Early Deficits at Mustang Classic The Cal Poly softball team twice found itself trailing after the first inning on Friday afternoon at its own Mustang Classic tournament, but Cal Poly successfully overturned both deficits, topping Rutgers 3-2 and Northern Illinois 6-3 at Bob Janssen Field.
March 7, 2013 | Men's Basketball Dramatic Comeback Sends Cal Poly Past UC Riverside, 68-62 Senior forward Chris Eversley scored a game-high 19 points and freshman guard Reese Morgan added 16 off the bench as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program overturned a 17-point deficit against UC Riverside to post a 68-62 triumph inside the Mott Athletics Center on Thursday evening.
March 8, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Sweeps Friday Doubleheader Against Kansas State, 13-10 and 6-2 No. 21 Cal Poly hit five home runs, three by freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell, and rode some long relief pitching from Reed Reilly and Michael Holback to a pair of victories over Kansas State in a Friday baseball doubleheader at Tointon Family Stadium.
March 7, 2013 | Women's Basketball Elegado, Schlemer Lead Mustangs to, 76-36, Win over UC Irvine Sophomore Ariana Elegado and junior Molly Schlemer scored 20 and 18 points respectively while the Cal Poly team used a hot second half to propel the team to a 76-36 Big West Conference women’s basketball win over UC Irvine on Thursday at the Mott Athletics Center on the Cal Poly campus.
March 8, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Opens 2013 Home Schedule with Mustang Classic The Cal Poly softball program opens the home portion of its 2013 schedule at Bob Janssen Field when hosting the seventh-annual Mustang Classic, scheduled for March 8-10. Cal Poly (5-14-1), which opened the season with a 20-game, four-tournament road trip, kicks off its portion of the Mustang Classic on Friday, March 8 against Rutgers (6-4) at 2 p.m. and Northern Illinois (6-7) at 4:30 p.m.
March 8, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Beats Kansas State 13-10 in Opener of Doubleheader Freshman designated hitter Brian Mundell hit two home runs and drove in four runs while freshman left fielder John Schuknecht added a three-run home run as No. 21 Cal Poly defeated Kansas State 13-10 in the opener of a Friday doubleheader.
March 7, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Visit Kansas State for Three-Game Weekend Series Cal Poly (11-1, 0-0 Big West), which won its first seven games for the first time in 32 years, claimed two of three games at Washington over the weekend, swept Holy Cross in a two-game midweek series and is off to its best 12-game start in the school’s 19-year Division I history, visits Kansas State (8-3, 0-0 Big 12) for a three-game non-conference series this weekend in Tointon Family Stadium (2,331).
March 6, 2013 | Men's Basketball Big West Tournament Seeding on Line During Regular Season Finales Chasing the program’s lengthiest winning streak in two years, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team jockeys for Big West Conference Tournament seeding when wrapping up the 2012-13 regular season against UC Riverside on Thursday, March 7 and Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, March 9. Both games tip at 7 p.m. inside the Mott Athletics Center for Cal Poly (15-12, 10-6), which looks to extend a winning streak to four games for the first time since winning six straight from Jan. 26 to Feb. 16, 2011.
March 20, 2013 | Swimming & Diving O'Brien Heads to NCAA Swimming Championships Cal Poly senior Rachel O'Brien will compete in two events at the NCAA Championships this week at IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
March 6, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Completes Sweep of Midweek Series Against Holy Cross A three-run triple by senior second baseman Denver Chavez highlighted a six-run third-inning rally as No. 21 Cal Poly overcame an early 5-2 deficit and beat Holy Cross 11-6 in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 6, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Fierro Leads Cal Poly on Final Day of Pac-12 Championships Sonny Fierro posted a top-10 finish Wednesday night for the Cal Poly men's swimming team on the final day of the Pac-12 Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
March 5, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Defeats Holy Cross 6-1 in Opener of Two-Game Midweek Series Junior center fielder David Armendariz broke out of his two-week slump with a pair of run-scoring doubles while sophomore right fielder Nick Torres continued his hot hitting with two hits and an RBI as No. 21 Cal Poly defeated Holy Cross 6-1 in the opener of a two-game midweek baseball series Tuesday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 6, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Swept by Furman in Shortened Match, 6-0 Senior Alexa Lee and juniors Jen Cornea and Ane McPike each produced set victories on Wednesday afternoon, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis program opened a three-match home stand by dropping a 6-0 decison against Furman in a contest shortened by inclement weather.
March 5, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Three Cal Poly Swimmers Post NCAA Times at Pac-12 Finals Three Cal Poly swimmers met provisional cutoff standards in qualifying for the NCAA Championships on the third day of the men's Pac-12 Championships on Tuesday night at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
March 4, 2013 | Men's Basketball Scoring Prowess Earns Eversley Second Player of the Week Honor After twice leading the Cal Poly men’s basketball program in scoring during road victories at Cal State Northridge (Feb. 28) and Hawai’i (March 2), Mustang junior forward Chris Eversley was named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
March 9, 2013 | Track & Field Cal Poly Opens Outdoor Track and Field Season at Fresno State The Cal Poly track and field team will open its outdoor season Saturday with a nonconference dual at Fresno State before returning home to host its own invitational on March 16.
March 4, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Four Cal Poly Swimmers Reach Finals on Day 2 of Pac-12 Championships The Cal Poly men's swimming team competed in four more events Monday evening at the Pac-12 Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. In the three individual races, four Mustangs advanced past prelims.
March 5, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Returns Home for Pair of Baseball Games vs. Holy Cross Cal Poly (9-1, 0-0 Big West), which won its first seven games for the first time in 32 years and claimed two of three games at Washington over the weekend, hosts Holy Cross (1-6, 0-0 Patroit) for a pair of non-conference games Tuesday and Wednesday night in Baggett Stadium.
March 3, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Edged by Wisconsin in Easton Invitational Finale Junior shortstop Kim Westlund’s first-inning run-scoring single provided the Cal Poly softball team the early lead against Wisconsin on Sunday morning and sophomore lefthander Chloe Wurst tossed five and two-thirds shutout innings of relief, but the Mustangs were edged by the Badgers at the Cal State Fullerton-hosted Easton Invitational, 2-1.
March 3, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Cal Poly Men's Swim Team Opens Pac-12 Finals With Relays The Cal Poly men's swimming team opened competition at the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday night with two relays at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
March 3, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Team Edged by Pacific, 4-3 Freshman Louise Oxnevad prevailed in both singles and doubles action on Sunday against Pacific, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis program – after earning the doubles point – produced victories in just two of four singles matches and fell against the Tigers at Hal Nelson Tennis Courts, 4-3.
March 3, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Clinches Washington Series With 5-1 Win, Improves to 9-1 A three-run double by Jimmy Allen in the fourth inning capped a four-run rally that lifted No. 27 Cal Poly to a 5-1 victory over Washington in the deciding game of a three-game non-conference baseball series Sunday afternoon at Husky Ballpark.
March 2, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Team Outlasts Hawai’i, 64-61 Junior forward Chris Eversley scored a game-leading 25 points as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program utilized a late second-half run to outdistance Hawai’i inside the Stan Sheriff Center on Saturday evening, 64-61.
March 2, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly Freshman Devon Lotito Captures Pac-12 Title at 133 Pounds Freshman Devon Lotito captured the championship at 133 pounds as the Cal Poly wrestling team competed in the Pac-12 Championship on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena on the Arizona State campus.
March 2, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Evens Washington Series With 5-3 Victory; Torres Homers Twice Sophomore right fielder Nick Torres hit two home runs and drove in five runs while three Cal Poly pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and no walks as the Mustangs defeated Washington 5-3 Saturday afternoon at Husky Ballpark.
March 2, 2013 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly Wins Fifth-Straight, Defeats CS Fullerton, 72-47 The Cal Poly women’s basketball team pulled away in the second half, after a tight first half, for a 72-47 win over Cal State Fullerton in a Big West Conference game on Saturday in Fullerton.
March 2, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Softball Drops Two Games at Easton Invitational The Cal Poly softball team dropped a pair of games Saturday at the Cal State Fullerton-hosted Easton Invitational, falling 11-2 in five innings to No. 24 Oregon State in the morning before losing 10-0 in six innings to Northwestern in the nightcap.
March 1, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Hit Hawai’i for Final Regular Season Road Matchup The Cal Poly men's basketball program contests its final regular season road game of the year when squaring off against Hawai'i on Saturday, March 2. Tip time inside the Stan Sheriff Center is set for 9:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. HST).
March 2, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Topped at UC Davis, 5-2 Senior Alexa Lee enjoyed an exceptional afternoon winning both of her singles and doubles matches at UC Davis, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss against the Aggies at the Marya Welch Tennis Center.
March 1, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Suffers First Loss of 2013 Season, Falling to Washington 2-1 Cal Poly's seven-game winning streak to open the 2013 baseball season has come to an end. Despite outhitting Washington 6-4, the Mustangs dropped a 2-1 decision to Washington in the opening game of a three-game non-conference series Friday night at Husky Ballpark.
March 1, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Compete in Pac-12 Wrestling Finals on Saturday Cal Poly will send nine wrestlers to the 2013 Pac-12 Championship, slated for Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona.
February 28, 2013 | Baseball After Sweeping Seattle, No. 27 Cal Poly to Visit Washington for Series Cal Poly (7-0, 0-0 Big West), off to its best start in 32 years and winners of 14 straight games -- seven to end the 2012 season and seven more to open the 2013 campaign -- visits Washington (2-6, 0-0 Pac-12) for a three-game non-conference baseball series this weekend at Husky Ballpark (1,500).
February 27, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Visits Cal State Northridge, Hawai’i on Final Road Trip The Cal Poly men’s basketball program embarks on its final road trip of the regular season when visiting Cal State Northridge on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. and Hawai’i on Saturday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. PT. After topping Loyola Marymount 63-60 in a Feb. 20 BracketBuster matchup, Cal Poly (13-12, 8-6) returns to Big West action sitting fifth in the conference standings – a half-game behind both Hawai’i (16-11, 9-6) and UC Irvine (16-13, 9-6).
February 28, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Squares Off against Two Pac-12 Powers at Easton Invitational The Cal Poly softball program faces a pair of ranked opponents for the fourth successive week when visiting the Cal State Fullerton-hosted Easton Invitational March 1-3.
February 28, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Hopen Leads Cal Poly Men Into Pac-12 Swimming Finals For the third time since joining the conference before the start of the 2010-11 season, the Cal Poly men's swimming and diving team will compete at the Pac-12 Championships.
February 25, 2013 | Women's Basketball Molly Schlemer Earns Conference Honors Cal Poly junior Molly Schlemer (Santa Maria, Calif./Righetti HS) secured Big West Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors with dominant all-around performances in conference victories over Cal State Northridge and Hawai’i.
February 25, 2013 | Cross Country Hollander, Mustangs Earn All-Academic Honors The Cal Poly women's cross country team and Mustang freshman Laura Hollander earned All-Academic Status from the U.S. Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday.
February 24, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Hammers Long Island, Finishes Tied with Utah The Cal Poly softball program wrapped action at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Sunday afternoon by throttling Long Island 14-2 before the Mustangs saw the finale against Utah end in a 1-1 tie after travel considerations forced the stoppage of play.
February 24, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women's Tennis Swept at Santa Clara in Shortened Match Senior Alexa Lee was leading her singles match and junior Ane McPike was rallying during her bout, but both saw potential victories halted after Santa Clara had produced the minimum number of wins in a shortened 4-0 triumph against the Cal Poly women’s tennis team at the Degheri Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.
February 23, 2013 | Men's Basketball Royer’s Game-Winning Three-Pointer Delivers Cal Poly 63-60 Triumph Senior guard Dylan Royer nailed a game-winning three-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining to help lift the Cal Poly men’s basketball program to a 63-60 victory against Loyola Marymount in a Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster matchup inside the Mott Athletics Center on Saturday evening.
February 23, 2013 | Women's Basketball Schlemer, Elegado Lead Cal Poly Over Hawai'i, 47-43 Molly Schlemer had game highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds Saturday afternoon at the Mott Athletics Center, and Ariana Elegado hit a go-ahead 3-pointer late in the second half to lead the Cal Poly women's basketball team to a 47-43 Big West Conference win over Hawai'i.
February 23, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Comes Up Short against No. 9 Oregon Facing her third ranked opponent in six days, Cal Poly sophomore lefthander Chloe Wurst matched a career high with seven strikeouts, but the Mustang softball program was edged by No. 9 Oregon on Saturday afternoon at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, 2-1. Cal Poly also dropped its doubleheader opener against Ohio State, 12-1, in six innings.
February 23, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Wins 1-0, Off to First 6-0 Start in 19-Year Division I History Junior third baseman Jimmy Allen singled up the middle with two outs in the seventh inning to drive in the only run of the game as Cal Poly edged Seattle 1-0 in the second game of a three-game non-conference baseball series Saturday night before 1,032 in Baggett Stadium.
February 22, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Edges Seattle 2-1, Moves to 5-0 for First Time Since 2001 Senior second baseman Denver Chavez doubled to drive in two runs and senior right-hander Joey Wagman and sophomore right-hander Reed Reilly combined on a five-hitter as Cal Poly moved to 5-0 for the first time in 12 years with a 2-1 victory over Seattle on Friday.
February 23, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Host Loyola Marymount Saturday in 2013 BracketBuster Matchup The Cal Poly men's basketball program looks to sustain its winning pedigree inside the Mott Athletics Center when hosting Loyola Marymount in a 7 p.m. Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster matchup on Saturday, Feb. 23.
February 21, 2013 | Women's Basketball Schlemer, Ervin Lead Mustangs to 66-49 Win Over CS Northridge Juniors Molly Schlemer and Jonae Ervin led the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to a 66-49 Big West Conference win over Cal State Northridge on Thursday at the Mott Athletics Center.
February 21, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Open 2013 Home Schedule This Weekend by Hosting Seattle Cal Poly (4-0, 0-0 Big West), which opened the 2013 season much the same way it ended the 2012 campaign, adding to its season-ending seven-game winning streak with four more victories over the weekend in the Bay Area, opens the home portion of its 2013 baseball schedule this weekend, hosting Seattle (1-3, 0-0 Western Athletic) for a three-game non-conference series.
February 21, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Cal Poly Women’s Swimmers and Divers Move to Fifth at MPSF Finals The Cal Poly women’s swimming and diving team moved up to fifth place Thursday evening after the second day of competition at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship.
February 21, 2013 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Chris O'Brien Cal Poly men’s basketball players write an original piece for each game-day program on which they're featured on the cover. Senior guard Chris O’Brien, who most recently scored a team-leading 13 points at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 20) and has appeared in 23 of 24 games this year, is the featured Mustang for Cal Poly’s Saturday, Feb. 23 Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster matchup versus Loyola Marymount.
February 21, 2013 | Softball Mustangs Face Pair of Ranked Opponents at Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic The Cal Poly softball program continues preparations for Big West Conference play and faces a pair of ranked opponents for the third successive week when visiting Cathedral City, Calif., for the Feb. 21-24 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic inside the Big League Dreams Sports Park.
February 19, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs visit Cal State Fullerton, Host Saturday BracketBuster Game The Cal Poly men’s basketball program faces Cal State Fullerton for the first time this season when visiting Titan Gym for a 7 p.m. matchup on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The Mustangs conclude the week when hosting Loyola Marymount on Saturday, Feb. 23 inside the Mott Athletics Center in a 7 p.m. Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster matchup.
February 19, 2013 | Women's Golf Yoshitake Leads Mustang Golfers to Eighth Place in Folino Invitational Junior Taylor Yoshitake became the seventh Cal Poly woman golfer to card a 71, one shot off the school record, in the final round of the Folino Invitational on Tuesday on the Babe Didrikson Course of the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms.
February 20, 2013 | Swimming & Diving O’Brien, McIntyre Lead Mustangs Into MPSF Finals SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Two members of the Cal Poly women's swimming and diving team, Rachel O'Brien and Sami McIntyre, come into this week's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship meet as top seeds in their respective events.
February 18, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Completes Four-Game Bay Area Sweep, Defeating Santa Clara 5-4 Cal Poly erased a 3-1 deficit with two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings and Reed Reilly pitched two scoreless innings in relief for his second save as Cal Poly completed a four-game Bay Area sweep with a 5-4 victory over Santa Clara on Monday afternoon in Stephen Schott Stadium.
February 16, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Softball Team Upends No. 18 Washington, 2-0 A two-run homer by Notre Dame junior left fielder Lauren Stuhr helped account for the winning margin as the Cal Poly softball team fell during the opening game of its Saturday doubleheader at the San Diego State-hosted Campbell/Cartier Classic, 4-3.
February 16, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Routs UC Santa Barbara in Blue-Green Rivalry Triumph The Cal Poly men’s basketball program never trailed and won its program-record 12th consecutive home game against Big West Conference opposition on Saturday night inside the Mott Athletics Center, defeating UC Santa Barbara 67-49 in a Blue-Green Rivalry matchup before a capacity crowd of 2,800.
February 16, 2013 | Women's Basketball Molly Schlemer Records Double-Double in Mustangs, 65-56, Win over UCSB Junior Molly Schlemer led the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to a 65-56 win over UC Santa Barbara when she scored 18 points and in the Big West Conference game on Saturday in Santa Barbara.
February 16, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Team Dominates Cal State Stanislaus, 7-0 The Cal Poly women’s tennis program didn’t lose a set on Saturday afternoon while defeating Cal State Stanislaus 7-0 on Mustang Courts.
February 15, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Renews Blue-Green Rivalry with UC Santa Barbara on Saturday Winners of a program-record 11 successive home games against Big West Conference opposition, Cal Poly completes a three-game home stand when renewing the Blue-Green rivalry against UC Santa Barbara inside the Mott Athletics Center on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
February 15, 2013 | Softball Cal Poly Falls Twice during Friday Action at Campbell/Cartier Classic The Cal Poly softball team was held to just five hits by Notre Dame as the Mustangs dropped a 6-0 decision against the Fighting Irish during Friday afternoon action at the San Diego State-hosted Campbell/Cartier Classic. Cal Poly also fell during the second game of Friday’s doubleheader against San Diego State, 5-2.
February 15, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Pitchers Combine for 14 Strikeouts in Season-Opening Win Over USF Pitchers Joey Wagman and Reed Reilly combined for 14 strikeouts and catcher Chris Hoo smashed a three-run double to deep center field as Cal Poly opened its 2013 baseball season with a 5-3 victory over the University of San Francisco on Friday at Benedetti Diamond.
February 14, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly to Open 2013 Baseball Season With Four Games in Bay Area Cal Poly, which finished 36-20 a year ago, winning its final seven games, nine of 10 and 14 of 17, hopes to continue the momentum nearly nine months later as the Mustangs open the 2013 baseball campaign this weekend with a three-game non-conference series at San Francisco.
February 14, 2013 | Men's Soccer Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Solidifies Managerial Staff for 2013 Season Cal Poly men’s soccer head coach Paul Holocher strengthened the program’s managerial lineup for the 2013 season with the recent announcement that Brian Reed has been promoted to associate head coach while Phil Ruskin has joined the team as a first-year assistant coach.
February 12, 2013 | Men's Golf Price Leads Cal Poly to Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational Championship Led by freshman Camden Price, the Cal Poly men's golf team captured the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational on Tuesday at the Sunbrook Golf Club.
February 11, 2013 | Men's Golf Price Leads Cal Poly to Third Place After First Round of Pat Hicks Invite Cal Poly is third among 14 teams after the first of two days of competition in the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational men's golf tournament hosted by Southern Utah on Monday at the Sunbrook Golf Club.
February 10, 2013 | Men's Tennis Men’s Tennis Improves to 5-2 with Win over Loyola Marymount Univ. The No.58 Cal Poly men’s tennis team improved to 5-2 on the season with a 5-2 win over Loyola Marymount on the Mustang Courts on Sunday. The win was the third-straight for the team.
February 9, 2013 | Men's Basketball Royer’s Career-High 20 Points Leads Cal Poly Past UC Davis Senior guard Dylan Royer scored a career-high 20 points, matching another career high with six three-pointers, as Cal Poly extended its conference home winning streak to 11 games with a 68-53 Big West men’s basketball victory over UC Davis on Saturday night before a season-high crowd of 2,600 inside the Mott Athletics Center.
February 10, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Team Falls to San Jose State, 3-2 Junior shortstop Kim Westlund and senior left fielder Whitley Gerhart each produced run-scoring singles to provide the Cal Poly softball program an early lead against San Jose State on Sunday morning, but the Spartans found the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge the Mustangs on the final day of Arizona State-hosted Kajikawa Classic, 3-2.
February 10, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Drops Shortened Decision at No. 40 Saint Mary's The Cal Poly women’s tennis program failed to produce a set victory on Sunday afternoon versus No. 40 Saint Mary’s and dropped a shortened 4-0 decision to the Gaels at the Korth Tennis Complex.
February 9, 2013 | Women's Basketball Nikol Allison Scores Career-High in 79-69 Loss to UC Davis Cal Poly’s Nikol Allison came off the bench to score a career-high 22 points to lead the Mustangs, but it would not be enough as the UC Davis Aggies defeated Cal Poly, 79-69, in a Big West Conference game on Saturday in Davis.
February 9, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Defeats Alumni 15-3 in Annual Baseball Exhibition Game Tim Wise tripled home two runs and Michael Hoo added a two-run double as the 2013 Cal Poly baseball team defeated the Alumni 15-3 in the annual Cal Poly Baseball Alumni Game on Saturday at Baggett Stadium.
February 9, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Upset Bid Falls Short versus No. 21 Stanford Freshman first baseman Breana West’s one-out run-scoring single during the top of the ninth inning provided the Cal Poly softball program the go-ahead run against No. 21 Stanford on Saturday at the Arizona State-hosted Kajikawa Classic, but the Cardinal scored twice during the bottom half of the ninth to upend the Mustangs at the Tempe Sports Complex, 7-6. Cal Poly also dropped a 10-3 decision against No. 13 Arizona to open Saturday’s doubleheader.
February 7, 2013 | Women's Basketball Schlemer’s Second Half Surge Pushes Mustangs Past Pacific, 62-59 Junior Molly Schlemer scored 12 second half points and junior Jonae Ervin made two free throws down the stretch to lead the Mustangs to a 62-59 win over the Pacific Tigers in a Big West Conference game in Stockton on Thursday night.
February 8, 2013 | Women's Soccer Women’s Soccer Signs Five to National Letters of Intent A total of five high school players have signed national letters of intent to enroll and continue their women’s soccer careers at Cal Poly. The announcement was made Thursday by 22nd-year Mustang head coach Alex Crozier and Cal Poly director of athletics Don Oberhelman.
February 6, 2013 | Football Cal Poly Football Signs a Dozen Players to National Letter of Intent Cal Poly has signed a total of 11 high school football players and one community college transfer to the National Letter of Intent. The announcement was made Wednesday by fifth-year Mustang football coach Tim Walsh and Cal Poly director of athletics Don Oberhelman at MoTav in downtown San Luis Obispo.
February 6, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Open Three-Game Home Stand versus Pacific, UC Davis The Cal Poly men’s basketball program opens a three-game home stand and looks to avenge earlier road losses against Pacific and UC Davis when hosting the Tigers on Thursday, Feb. 7 and Aggies on Saturday, Feb. 9. Both games tip at 7 p.m. inside the Mott Athletics Center for Cal Poly (9-11, 5-5), which has won nine successive home games versus Big West Conference opposition.
February 4, 2013 | Football Cal Poly Football to Announce 2013 NLI Signees Wednesday at MoTav Cal Poly football will announce its Class of 2013 National Letter of Intent signees on Wednesday at Mother's Tavern (MoTav), located at 725 Higuera Street in downtown San Luis Obispo.
February 4, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Draws Loyola Marymount for Feb. 23 BracketBuster Matchup The Cal Poly men’s basketball program will welcome a familiar foe to the Mott Athletics Center for its Saturday, Feb. 23 Ramada Worldwide BracketBuster matchup following the Monday afternoon announcement that the Mustangs drew West Coast Conference opponent Loyola Marymount in the annual series. Tip time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
February 3, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Drops 2013 Home Opener to San Jose State Junior Jen Cornea was a dual winner on Sunday afternoon, but after sweeping the doubles point from San Jose State, the Cal Poly women’s tennis program captured just one singles match and dropped a 5-2 decision against the Spartans during the 2013 home opener on Mustang Courts.
February 3, 2013 | Men's Tennis Men’s Tennis Sweeps UC Santa Cruz,7-0, to Improve to 4-2 The Cal Poly men’s tennis team hosted the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs in a non-conference tennis match Sunday at the Avila Bay Tennis Club and swept the match 7-0 to improve to 4-2 on the season.
February 2, 2013 | Women's Basketball Near Perfect First Half Leads Cal Poly Past UC Riverside, 79-56 The Cal Poly women’s basketball team played a near perfect first half that carried the team to a 79-56 win over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference game at the Mott Athletics Center on Saturday afternoon.
February 2, 2013 | Wrestling Trio of Cal Poly Wrestlers Claim Titles in California Collegiate Open Cal Poly wrestlers Devon Lotito, Kyle Chené and Sean Dougherty captured individual titles at the California Collegiate Open hosted by San Francisco State on Saturday.
February 2, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Bested at Long Beach State, 50-48 Junior guard Kyle Odister recorded a team-leading 11 points on Saturday afternoon, but during a matchup in which neither side led by more than five points for the final 23 minutes, the Cal Poly men’s basketball program found itself on the downside of a 50-48 decision versus Long Beach State inside Walter Pyramid.
February 1, 2013 | Football Cal Poly Football Game at Portland State Moved to Sept. 27 Last season, Cal Poly played its first Friday night football contest in 50 years. This year, the Mustangs will make it two in a row as the Mustangs' 2013 Big Sky Conference opener at Portland State has been moved from Saturday, Sept. 28, to Friday, Sept. 27, at the request of the Portland Timbers.
February 1, 2013 | Baseball Triple Crown Winner Adam Buschini Signs With San Diego Padres Former Cal Poly baseball standout Adam Buschini has been rewarded for earning the Australian Baseball League's Triple Crown, signing a contract with the San Diego Padres on Friday.
February 1, 2013 | Football Three Mustangs Land on Big Sky All-Academic Team Three Cal Poly football players have been named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team for the 2012 season. Junior defensive end Grant Goebel was honored as were a pair of redshirt freshmen offensive linemen -- Stephen Sippel and Kyle Zottneck.
January 31, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Picked to Finish Fourth in Big West Preseason Baseball Poll Cal Poly, second-place finisher in the Big West Conference a year ago, one game behind champion Cal State Fullerton, has been selected by the 10 conference head coaches to finish fourth in 2013.
January 30, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Team Held at UC Irvine, 52-45 Junior forward Chris Eversley recorded a team-leading 15 points Wednesday evening inside the Bren Center, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball team registered its lowest scoring output during a 49-game span inside and dropped a 52-45 decision versus UC Irvine.
January 30, 2013 | Softball Mustang Softball Selected Seventh in Big West Preseason Coaches Poll Despite returning 12 letterwinners and eight position starters from last year’s squad, the Cal Poly softball program was selected for a seventh-place finish in the Big West Conference standings when results of the league’s preseason coaches poll were released Wednesday morning.
January 31, 2013 | Women's Basketball Mustangs to Host CS Fullerton, UC Riverside on Thursday and Saturday The Mustangs will host Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside in Big West Conference games this week. Cal Poly will play the Titans on Thursday, Jan. 31 with a 7 pm tip while the Highlanders will come to town for a game on Saturday, Feb. 2 with tip set for 4 pm.
January 29, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 2 USC Defeats No. 57 Cal Poly, 7-0 The No. 57 Cal Poly Mustang men’s tennis team ran up against a team that put six ranked players on the court and it proved too much for the Mustangs as the team fell, 7-0, to the No. 2 USC Trojans.
January 28, 2013 | Men's Basketball Eversley Scores Big West Conference Player of the Week Praise After averaging a double-double during the course of two games to help fuel the Cal Poly men’s basketball team’s home victories against Hawai’i (Jan. 24) and Cal State Northridge (Jan. 26), Mustang junior forward Chris Eversley was named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday morning.
January 27, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly Falls to Stanford, 27-9, in Pac-12 Dual Meet Cal Poly let a 9-7 lead midway through its Pac-12 dual wrestling meet slip away as Stanford won the final five matches en route to a 27-9 victory Sunday afternoon.
January 26, 2013 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly Falls in Double Overtime to Matadors, 80-70 For the second time in four games the Cal Poly women’s basketball game was decided in overtime, this time in double overtime and with a different outcome. Cal Poly lost 80-70 on the road to Cal State Northridge in a Big West Conference game despite a double-double by junior Molly Schlemer.
January 26, 2013 | Swimming & Diving Cal Poly Splits Dual Swim Meet Against UC San Diego The Cal Poly swimming and diving teams split a non-conference dual meet against UC San Diego on Saturday at the Anderson Aquatic Center. After a full day of 32 events, the Mustang women’s team won 185-115 while the Cal Poly men’s squad fell short to the visiting Tritons 179-115.
January 26, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 57 Cal Poly Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 3 UCLA, 4-0 The 57th-ranked Cal Poly men’s tennis team lost its opening match of the 2013 ITA Kick-Off Weekend to third-ranked UCLA, 4-0, at the Los Angeles Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.
January 25, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Look to Resume Home Dominance versus Cal State Northridge The Cal Poly men’s basketball program concludes a two-game home stand when hosting Cal State Northridge on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. inside the Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (8-9, 4-3), who snapped a three-game slide by routing Hawai’i on Thursday evening, 88-59, enter Saturday’s contest versus the Matadors (10-10, 1-7) having won eight successive decisions against Big West Conference opposition inside the Mott Athletics Center.
January 24, 2013 | Women's Basketball Hawai’i Defeats Cal Poly Women’s Basketball, 61-43 The Hawai’i women’s basketball team defeated Cal Poly, 61-43, using a hot first half and never looking back. With the win Hawai’i improves to 9-9 overall and 5-2 in conference games while the Mustangs fall to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in Big West games.
January 24, 2013 | Men's Tennis Match with No. 3 UCLA, Postponed to Saturday at 10:30 am The Cal Poly men’s tennis team will play No. 3 UCLA in the first round of the ITA Indoor Championships Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at 1 pm. Live stats of the match can be found by clicking here.
January 25, 2013 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Mustang Founding Fathers In continued celebration of a program that spans 10 decades, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team is again honoring players from previous years during its annual alumni relations weekend. Coinciding with Cal Poly’s Saturday, Jan. 26 home matchup versus Cal State Northridge, this season’s alumni relations weekend – titled Mustang Founding Fathers – will recognize players from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
January 22, 2013 | Baseball Cal Poly Opens Practice Friday in Preparation for 2013 Season The Cal Poly baseball team officially begins preparations for the 2013 season Friday afternoon at Baggett Stadium. The Mustangs will spend the next three weeks getting ready for the opener Feb. 15 at the University of San Francisco.
January 23, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Back Home to Host Hawai’i, Cal State Northridge The Cal Poly men’s basketball program contests a two-game home stand – the team’s only contests inside the Mott Athletics Center during a month-long span – when welcoming Hawai’i on Thursday, Jan. 24 and Cal State Northridge on Saturday, Jan. 26. Both matchups tip at 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (7-9, 3-3), which looks to stem a three-game slide after opening its Big West Conference campaign with three successive victories.
January 22, 2013 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Jamal Johnson Cal Poly men’s basketball players write an original piece for each game-day program on which they're featured on the cover. Junior guard Jamal Johnson, currently ranked 25th among Division I players with a 2.68-to-1 assist to turnover ratio, is the featured Mustang for Cal Poly’s Jan. 24 home clash against Hawai’i.
January 21, 2013 | Football Senior Slotback Deonte Williams Honored on CSN Fabulous Fifty Cal Poly senior slotback Deonte Williams has been named to the College Sporting News 2012 Fabulous Fifty FCS All-American Team.
January 21, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Comes Up Short at No. 54 Hawai’i Junior Kathryn Webb and freshman Sophia Bott both prevailed in singles action and two other Mustangs pushed their singles opponents to three sets, but the Cal Poly women’s tennis team was ultimately trumped by No. 54 Hawai’i on Monday afternoon at the UH Tennis Complex, 5-2.
January 20, 2013 | Men's Tennis No. 62 Cal Poly Men’s Tennis Upsets No. 50 Fresno State, 4-1 The Cal Poly men’s tennis team upset No. 50 Fresno State in a nonconference men’s tennis match on Sunday at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center on Sunday. Cal Poly entered the match ranked 62nd and improved to 2-0 on the 2013 season while Fresno State fell to 0-2.
January 19, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Falls in Double Overtime at UC Santa Barbara Freshman guard Reese Morgan scored a career-high 26 points – including hitting seven three-pointers – and junior forward Chris Eversley added 16 and a career-best 15 rebounds, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball team suffered an 83-81 double-overtime defeat against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara on Saturday evening at The Thunderdome.
January 19, 2013 | Women's Basketball Schlemer, Griffin lead Cal Poly past UCSB, 66-47 Junior Molly Schlemer and senior Kayla Griffin combined to score 43 points in leading the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to a 66-47 Big West Conference win over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday.
January 20, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Falls to No. 47 Washington Juniors Jen Cornea and Ane McPike produced the Cal Poly women’s tennis team’s lone victory on Sunday afternoon as the Mustangs, facing the first of seven ranked opponents on their 2013 spring schedule, dropped a 7-0 decision against No. 47 Washington in a match hosted by Hawai’i at the UH Tennis Complex.
January 20, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly Matmen Fall to Air Force 39-3 Junior 184-pounder Sean Dougherty was Cal Poly’s lone winner in a 39-3 loss to Air Force in a non-conference dual meet Sunday afternoon in the Mott Athletics Center.
January 19, 2013 | Men's Tennis Cal Poly Opens 2013 Season with 5-2 Win over Saint Mary’s The Cal Poly men’s tennis team opened the 2013 season with a convincing 5-2 win over the Gaels from Saint Mary’s College on Saturday in Fresno. The match was played at the Spalding G Wathan Tennis Center on the Fresno State campus.
January 18, 2013 | Baseball Van Ostrand on Team Canada Roster for World Baseball Classic Former Cal Poly outfielder Jimmy Van Ostrand has been placed on the provisional roster of Team Canada for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
January 18, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara Ready to Clash on Fox PRIME TICKET The Cal Poly men’s basketball program renews its Blue-Green rivalry series with UC Santa Barbara when the Mustangs and Gauchos clash inside The Thunderdome on Saturday, Jan. 19 in a 4 p.m. matchup to be televised live on Fox PRIME TICKET.
January 19, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Host Air Force for Non-Conference Dual Meet on Sunday Air Force, ranked No. 25 in the nation by InterMat this week and armed with a 5-1 record in dual meets so far this season, visits the Mott Athletics Center on Sunday for a non-conference dual meet against Cal Poly.
January 17, 2013 | Women's Basketball Mustangs Team with Rotary to Fight Polio for UCSB Game on Saturday The Mustangs will host the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in a Big West Conference in a Blue-Green rivalry game on Saturday and have teamed with Rotary District 5240 to raise awareness and funds for Rotary's International Polio Plus program. Tip is set for 4 pm on Saturday.
January 17, 2013 | Men's Tennis Mustangs Open 2013 Campaign against Saint Mary’s, Fresno State The Big West Conference defending champions will open the 2013 season with a pair of matches this weekend in Fresno. On Saturday the Mustangs will take on Saint Mary’s and Fresno State on Sunday.
January 15, 2013 | Men's Basketball PRIME Matchup: Mustangs add Feb. 2 Game to Television Schedule Cal Poly men’s basketball fans will be able to catch the Mustangs on Fox PRIME TICKET twice during a two-week span following a Tuesday afternoon announcement by the Big West Conference that the program’s Saturday, Feb. 2 matchup at Long Beach State will be carried live by the network at 4 p.m.
January 14, 2013 | Men's Soccer Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Offseason Journal Series: Part III, the Netherlands During the 2012-13 offseason, Cal Poly men's soccer players and coaches will provide insight into the program both on and off the field. In the third installment of the series, seventh-year Mustang head coach Paul Holocher continues detailing his December trip to Europe, ending with his time learning about player development in the Netherlands.
January 14, 2013 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly's Molly Schlemer Named Big West Player of the Week Cal Poly junior Molly Schlemer, who led the Cal Poly women's basketball team to a pair of victories last week at home, has earned Big West Player of the Week honors.
January 13, 2013 | Women's Tennis Mustang Women’s Tennis Team Dominant in Sunday Season Opener The Cal Poly women’s tennis team opened its spring dual match schedule in paramount fashion on Sunday afternoon as the Mustangs failed to drop a set in sweeping UC Santa Cruz at the San Luis Obispo Country Club.
January 13, 2013 | Football Williams, Broadous and Jackson Earn Top Football Team Awards Slotback Deonte Williams, quarterback Andre Broadous and middle linebacker Kennith Jackson, all seniors, were the top award winners at the team banquet honoring the 2012 Cal Poly football team Sunday at The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach.
January 12, 2013 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Falls at Pacific, 77-55 Senior guard Drake U’u matched a career high with 13 points, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball program – bidding to post the best start to a Big West Conference season in program history – instead trailed wire-to-wire at Pacific on Saturday evening and dropped a 77-55 decision inside the Spanos Center.
January 12, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly Falls to CSU Bakersfield, 22-10, in Pac-12 Dual Meet Victories by Mustangs Devon Lotito, Sean Dougherty and J.T. Goodwin were not enough as CSU Bakersfield defeated Cal Poly 22-10 in a Pac-12 dual wrestling meet Saturday night in Mott Gym.
January 12, 2013 | Women's Basketball Schlemer Scores 28 in 3 ot win over Pacific, 96-95 Junior Molly Schlemer scored a career-high 28 points while the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, playing in its first triple overtime game in school history, defeated Pacific, 96-95, in a Big West Conference game on Saturday in Mott Gym.
January 12, 2013 | Football Williams Helps West to Victory in Casino Del Sol All-Star Game Cal Poly senior slotback Deonte Williams rushed for 24 yards in the second annual Casino del Sol College Football All-Star Game on Friday night at Kino Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.
January 11, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Host CSU Bakersfield For Pac-12 Dual Saturday Night CSU Bakersfield, which split a pair of matches in the Mustang Duals on Sunday, returns to Mott Gym on Saturday night for a Pac-12 dual meet. First bout begins at 7:30 p.m.
January 11, 2013 | Women's Volleyball Chris Tamas Joins Volleyball Coaching Staff Head volleyball coach Sam Crosson has announced the hiring of Chris Tamas as an assistant coach at Cal Poly. Tamas, an assistant with the University of Minnesota the last two years, will join the Mustang staff as the recruiting coordinator and will be involved in all aspects of the program.
January 8, 2013 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly to Host UC Davis, Pacific in Big West Contests The Mustangs will open a three game home stand on Thursday when the team will host UC Davis in a Big West Conference game at 7 pm. The Mustangs enter the game with a 7-6 overall and 1-1 in conference games while UCD enters the game 5-7 overall and 0-1 in BWC games.
January 8, 2013 | Men's Basketball Annual Mustang Men’s Basketball Alumni Weekend Set for Jan. 25-26 In continued celebration of a program that spans 10 decades, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team will again honor players from previous years during the 2012-13 season. Scheduled for Jan. 25-26, 2013 and coinciding with Cal Poly’s home matchup against Cal State Northridge, this season’s alumni relations weekend – titled Mustang Founding Fathers – will recognize players from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
January 7, 2013 | Football Mustangs Finish 11th, 12th in Final FCS Polls of 2012 Season Cal Poly’s football team has finished No. 11 in the final Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll and No. 12 in The Sports Network media poll for the 2012 season.
January 6, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly Wrestling Wins One of Three Matches in Mustang Duals Freshman 133-pounder Devon Lotito swept his three matches as the Cal Poly wrestling team won one of three matches in the Mustang Duals on Sunday in Mott Gym.
January 5, 2013 | Women's Basketball Mustangs Rout UC Irvine, 64-46, for First Conference Win Cal Poly led wire to wire with three players scoring in double figures led by sophomore Ariana Elegado in the 64-46 win over UC Irvine in a Big West Conference game on Saturday.
January 4, 2013 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Reese Morgan Cal Poly men’s basketball players write an original piece for each game-day program on which they're featured on the cover. Freshman guard Reese Morgan, who scored a career-high 16 points to help spur a 79-73 victory against Long Beach State on Thursday, is the featured Mustang for Cal Poly’s Jan. 5 home contest against UC Irvine.
January 5, 2013 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Host Mustang Duals on Sunday in Mott Gym Four teams will join Cal Poly for the Mustang Duals, competing in seven dual meets Sunday inside Mott Gym.
January 4, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Looks to Maintain Big West Perfection Saturday versus UC Irvine The Cal Poly men’s basketball program looks for its first 3-0 start in Big West Conference play for the first time in 16 years when hosting UC Irvine on Saturday, Jan. 5. Tip time inside Mott Gym is 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (6-6, 2-0), which moved a step closer to matching the program’s best start to any Big West campaign after toppling defending conference champion Long Beach State 79-73 on Thursday evening.
January 2, 2013 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Joel Awich Cal Poly men's basketball players write an original piece for each game-day program on which they're featured on the cover. Freshman forward Joel Awich, who has made six appearances during his first season, is the featured Mustang for Cal Poly’s Jan. 3 Big West Conference home opener against Long Beach State.
January 2, 2013 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Hosts Long Beach State, UC Irvine to Open New Year The Cal Poly men’s basketball program opens the home portion of its Big West Conference slate when hosting defending champion Long Beach State on Thursday, Jan. 3 and UC Irvine on Saturday, Jan. 5 inside Mott Gym. Both matchups tip at 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (5-6, 1-0), which finished 6-2 against Big West opposition inside Mott Gym last season.
January 10, 2013 | Football Deonte Williams Selected to Play in Casino Del Sol All-Star Game Cal Poly senior slotback Deonte Williams has accepted an invitation to play in the 2013 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Football Game, scheduled for Friday, Jan. 11, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona.
December 27, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Cal Poly Ranks in Top Ten The second CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Division I Ranking has been released. The Mustangs made the list with high rankings. The Cal Poly women are ranked in tenth place and the men are ranked 12th.
December 20, 2012 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly Concludes Non-Conference Season with 84-71 Win over LMU Jonae Ervin and Molly Schlemer each recorded a double-double in leading the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to an 84-71 non-conference win over Loyola Marymount on Thursday in Mott Gym.
December 20, 2012 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Drops 75-62 Decision at Washington Junior forward Chris Eversley scored a game-high 23 points on Thursday night at Washington, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball program yielded a 51.1 percent field goal mark to the Huskies and, trailing from the opening tip, the Mustangs fell 75-62 inside Alaska Airlines Arena.
December 18, 2012 | Women's Soccer Kobinski named First Team Scholar Athlete Cal Poly senior Cici Kobinski has been named to the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-West Region team. She received first team honors, one of only 13 athletes chosen for the first team honor.
December 17, 2012 | Football Walsh Finishes Fourth in Eddie Robinson Award Balloting Cal Poly head football coach Tim Walsh finished fourth in balloting for the 2012 Eddie Robinson Award, presented annually by The Sports Network to the Football Championship Subdivision's Coach of the Year.
December 16, 2012 | Women's Basketball Nikol Allison Scores Career-High in 73-56 loss to San Diego St. Cal Poly’s Nikol Allison came off the bench to lead the team with a career-high, but it would not be enough as the women’s basketball team lost, 73-56, to San Diego State in a non-conference basketball game Sunday afternoon in Mott Gym.
| General News Cal Poly and Cypress Ridge Extend Partnership Cal Poly Athletics is pleased to announce the extension and growth of the current partnership with Cypress Ridge as the preferred golf destination for Mustang Athletics.
December 16, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Cap Big West Preparations at Santa Clara, Washington The Cal Poly men’s basketball program completes preparations for its 17th season of Big West Conference action when visiting Santa Clara on Monday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. and Washington for a nationally-televised Pac-12 Network matchup on Thursday, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m.
December 16, 2012 | Wrestling Chené Lone Mustang Placewinner in Reno Tournament of Champions Cal Poly 157-pound junior Kyle Chené placed fourth and was the lone Mustang placewinner in the 2012 Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday at the Reno Events Center.
December 12, 2012 | Football Williams Earns Associated Press Second-Team All-American Honors For the third time in two weeks, Cal Poly senior slotback Deonte Williams has been named to an All-American football team. On Wednesday, The Associated Press tabbed Williams as a second-team running back.
December 13, 2012 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Send 16 Wrestlers to Reno Tournament of Champions Cal Poly will send 16 wrestlers to the 2012 Reno Tournament of Champions, a three-day event to be held at the Reno Events Center. High school teams compete Friday and Saturday, with 24 college teams battling for team and individual titles Sunday.
December 14, 2012 | Men's Basketball Double-Double by Eversley Lifts Cal Poly Over Eastern New Mexico, 60-57 Junior forward Chris Eversley’s third double-double of the season and fifth of his career -- 14 points and 12 rebounds -- lifted the Cal Poly men’s basketball team to a 60-57 victory over NCAA Division II Eastern New Mexico in a non-conference game Friday night in Mott Gym.
December 12, 2012 | Men's Basketball Program Profile: Brian Bennett Cal Poly men’s basketball players write an original essay for each game-day program on which they’re featured on the cover. Freshman forward Brian Bennett, ranked 37th among approximately 4,485 Division I players with a Big West Conference-leading 57.6 percent field goal mark, is the featured Mustang for Cal Poly’s Dec. 14 matchup versus Eastern New Mexico.
December 13, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Host Eastern New Mexico to Close 2012 Home Schedule The Cal Poly men’s basketball team completes the home portion of its pre-Big West Conference slate when hosting Division II Eastern New Mexico inside Mott Gym on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Winners of seven of its previous eight home contests, Cal Poly (3-4) enters Friday’s matchup leading all 345 NCAA Division I programs in fewest turnovers committed per game (8.6) while ranking fourth nationally in assist-to-turnover (1.70-to-1) ratio.
December 10, 2012 | Baseball Cal Poly Baseball Team Has a New Hitting Facility Cal Poly has a new 6,000-square-foot all-weather baseball hitting facility.
December 10, 2012 | Softball Four Mustangs Earn NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Praise The Cal Poly softball program put a bow on the calendar year Monday afternoon with the recent announcement that juniors Jillian Andersen, Mariah Cochiolo and Ashley Romano and sophomore Chloe Wurst each earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete praise for the 2012 season.
December 10, 2012 | Football Slotback Deonte Williams Earns Second-Team All-American Honors Cal Poly senior slotback Deonte Williams has been named to The Sports Network’s Football Championship Subdivision All-American second team.
December 10, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustangs Take Multiple National Rankings into Tuesday Game at Nevada The Cal Poly men’s basketball program visits Nevada for the first time in 14 seasons as the Mustangs (3-3) square off against the Wolf Pack (5-4) inside the Lawlor Events Center at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11.
December 7, 2012 | General News Cal Poly Student-Athletes Reach Out to Community for Holiday Season Mustang athletes capped finals week on Friday afternoon by making a special delivery to the San Luis Obispo chapter of the Salvation Army as Block P, the athletics department’s student-athlete advisory committee, collaborated with Cal Poly’s club rugby program in sponsoring holiday gift donations for 47 local children.
December 7, 2012 | Wrestling Fall by Goodwin Lifts Cal Poly Over Cal Baptist, 27-19 Trailing 5-1 after two periods, freshman J.T. Goodwin turned his 197-pound match around in the final period, pinning Paul Head in 6 minutes, 9 seconds, to lead Cal Poly to a 27-19 victory over Cal Baptist in a non-conference dual wrestling meet, the Mustangs’ home opener, Friday night inside Mott Gym.
December 6, 2012 | Football Twelve-Game Cal Poly Football Schedule for 2013 Announced Cal Poly will play a 12-game regular-season schedule for the first time in 2013. The Mustangs’ second season in the Big Sky Conference features six home games for the first time since 2008 along with six road contests, including two matchups against Football Bowl Subdivision teams, and, for the second straight year, no Division II foes.
December 7, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Hoops Home to Host Menlo College before Heading to Nevada The Cal Poly men’s basketball program returns to Mott Gym to host Menlo College on Saturday, Dec. 8 before visiting Nevada on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Both matchups tip at 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (2-3), which enters play this week ranked first among 345 NCAA Division I programs in fewest turnovers committed per game (8.6) and fifth nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.58-to-1).
December 6, 2012 | Wrestling Cal Poly to Host Cal Baptist for Home Dual Meet Opener Friday Night Cal Poly seeks its first dual meet victory of the 2012-13 wrestling season Friday night, hosting Cal Baptist in the Mustangs’ home opener at 7 p.m. in Mott Gym.
December 5, 2012 | Football Williams, Jackson and Molino Earn FCS All-American Honors Beyond Sports Network has bestowed Football Championship Subdivision All-American honors on Cal Poly slotback Deonte Williams and linebacker Kennith Jackson. In addition, College Sports Madness placed Mustang senior cornerback Nico Molino on its second team.
December 3, 2012 | Football With 18 Starters Back, Cal Poly Already Looking Ahead to 2013 Season Cal Poly captured a share of the Big Sky Conference championship in its first year in the league, won nine games for the first time since 2005 and earned a berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the third time in eight seasons, posting its ninth winning record in the last 10 years. Fourth-year head coach Tim Walsh is already looking ahead to next year.
December 2, 2012 | Women's Basketball Mustangs Improve to 5-3 with 72-63 win Over Nevada The Cal Poly women’s basketball team used a balanced attack when three players scored in double figures with senior Kayla Griffin earning a double-double to pick up a 72-63 win on the road over Nevada on Sunday in Reno. With the win the Mustangs improve to 5-3 on the season while Nevada falls to 3-3.
December 3, 2012 | Wrestling Cal Poly Signs Trio of Wrestlers to National Letter of Intent Cal Poly has announced the signings of three wrestlers to the National Letter of Intent. The trio, all high school seniors, consists of 174-pounder Travis Berridge of Florida, 285-pounder Spencer Empey of Nevada and 125-pounder Colton Schilling of Oregon.
December 1, 2012 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Falls at Saint Mary’s, 86-68 Junior forward Chris Eversley scored a career-high 25 points and freshman forward Brian Bennett added 10, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball program allowed its highest opponent field goal percentage in 97 games on Saturday evening and dropped a 86-68 decision against Saint Mary’s inside McKeon Pavilion.
December 1, 2012 | Football No. 12 Cal Poly Falls to No. 5 Sam Houston State in FCS Playoffs, 18-16 Sam Houston State, among the top 10 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing offense, total offense and scoring offense, was held to just 18 points by the Cal Poly defense Saturday afternoon. The Bearkats, however, took advantage of three Cal Poly turnovers, a blocked punt and a trio of personal foul penalties to earn an 18-16 victory over the Mustangs in a second-round NCAA Division I FCS playoff game at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
December 1, 2012 | Wrestling Cal Poly Freshman Devon Lotito Places Third in Las Vegas Invitational Cal Poly freshman Devon Lotito placed third at 133 pounds in the 2012 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational on Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
December 1, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Great Finish at the Winter Nationals Cal Poly freshman Ian Sinclair finished in the top ten in the last day of competition at the 2012 AT & T Winter National Championships.
November 30, 2012 | Wrestling Three Mustangs Still Alive After First Day of Las Vegas Invitational Cal Poly 133-pounder Devon Lotito has advanced to the semifinal round of matches at the 2012 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational following the first day of competition Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
| General News Cal Poly Grabs Early Lead in Race for 2012-13 Commissioner’s Cup Following a fall of success across its five fall sports, Cal Poly has raced into the lead for the 2012-13 Commissioner’s Cup, posting a 144.0 average heading into the winter season.
November 30, 2012 | Football No. 12 Cal Poly Earns Third FCS Playoff Berth, Visits No. 5 Sam Houston St. No. 12 Cal Poly (9-2, 7-1 Big Sky), which opened the 2012 campaign with seven straight wins and won its final two games of the regular season to clinch an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth, opens its third bid for the FCS title Saturday afternoon, visiting No. 5 Sam Houston State (8-3, 6-1 Southland) for a second-round contest inside Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (14,000) in Huntsville, Texas.
November 29, 2012 | Women's Basketball Elegado Scores Career-High 31 in 70-67 Loss to Saint Mary’s Sophomore Ariana Elegado scored a career-high 31 points, but it would not be enough to hold off Saint Mary’s as the Gaels came back from a 15 point deficit to defeat the Mustangs, 70-67 in a non-conference basketball game on Thursday in Mott Gym.
November 26, 2012 | Men's Basketball Royer Shoots Way to Big West Player of the Week Acclaim After hitting a collegiate-best six three-pointers and matching a career high with 18 points during the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s 70-68 upset of then-No. 11 UCLA on Nov. 25, Mustang senior guard Dylan Royer was named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday morning.
November 25, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men's Basketball Stuns No. 11 UCLA, 70-68 Senior guard Dylan Royer (right) sank a career-high six three-pointers to finish with 18 points and freshman forward Brian Bennett added a career-high 16 points as the Cal Poly men's basketball team overcame an 18-point second-half deficit to upset 11th-ranked UCLA on Sunday evening inside New Pauley Pavilion, 70-68.
November 25, 2012 | Women's Basketball Cal Poly Outlasts CSU Bakersfield, 75-71 The Cal Poly women’s basketball team used a hot first half and held on for a 75-71 win over CSU Bakersfield in a non-conference game in Mott Gym on Sunday. With the win the Mustangs improve to 4-2 on the season while CSUB falls to 1-5.
November 24, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Mustangs Conclude Season with Loss to LBSU, 3-0 Junior Holly Franks recorded a match-high 14 kills, but it would not be enough as the Long Beach State 49ers defeated the Cal Poly volleyball team in three sets to conclude the season. LBSU won by set scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-21.
November 23, 2012 | Women's Tennis Cal Poly Women’s Tennis Team Solidifies Future with Two Additions The Mustang women’s tennis team fortified its future roster with the recent announcement from second-year head coach Damon Coupe that Zoe Oedekerk (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; St. Margaret’s HS) has signed a National Letter of Intent while Mika Padmanabhan (Saratoga, Calif.) has transferred to Cal Poly from Atlanta’s Emory University.
November 20, 2012 | Football Deonte Williams, Kennith Jackson Earn First-Team All-Big Sky Honors Senior slotback Deonte Williams and senior middle linebacker Kennith Jackson are Cal Poly’s first-ever All-Big Sky Conference first-team selections.
November 19, 2012 | Cross Country Cal Poly’s Laura Hollander Earns All-American Status Following an impressive ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Cal Poly's Laura Hollander was named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America team. The top 40 individuals from both men’s and women’s races earn All-America plaudits from the USTFCCCA.
November 19, 2012 | Football Linebacker Nick Dzubnar Captures Cal Poly, Big Sky and National Honors Cal Poly sophomore linebacker Nick Dzubnar has earned numerous awards -- at the school, conference and national levels -- for his performance in the Mustangs' 42-34 victory over Northern Arizona on Saturday in Flagstaff, Ariz.
November 19, 2012 | Football Mustang Head Coach Tim Walsh a Finalist for Eddie Robinson Award Fourth-year Cal Poly head football coach Tim Walsh, who has guided the Mustangs to their third NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth, is a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award.
November 18, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Hosts Fresno State in Big Monday Matchup The Cal Poly men’s basketball program seeks its first home victory against central California rival Fresno State in 42 seasons when the Mustangs conclude a two-game home stand with a 7 p.m. showdown versus the Bulldogs on Monday, Nov. 19 inside Mott Gym. Billed as Big Monday, the first 100 students through the Mott Gym turnstiles will receive limited edition Cal Poly men’s basketball t-shirts.
November 18, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Earns First-Round Playoff Bye, Visits Sam Houston State on Dec. 1 Cal Poly has earned its third NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth and drew a first-round bye. Coach Tim Walsh’s Mustangs, who defeated Northern Arizona 42-34 Saturday to finish in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Sky Conference and posted a 9-2 overall mark, will play in the second round against Sam Houston State (8-3) on Saturday, Dec. 1.
November 17, 2012 | Cross Country Laura Hollander 9th at NCAA Cross Country Championship Becoming only the third Cal Poly female to advance to the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship since Cal Poly made the move to Division I in 1994, Laura Hollander, finished 9th with a time of 19:45. Betsy Saina covered the 6k E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park course in Louisville with a winning time of 19:27.
November 17, 2012 | Football No. 17 Cal Poly Beats No. 15 Northern Arizona for Share of Big Sky Title In its first year in the Big Sky Conference, the No. 17-ranked Cal Poly football team gained a share of the title. Sophomore slotback Kristaan Ivory scored two touchdowns and senior quarterback Andre Broadous threw a pair of scoring passes as the Mustangs overcame an early 7-0 deficit and beat No. 15 Northern Arizona 42-34 on Saturday in the Walkup Skydome.
November 17, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Another School Record Broken as Competition Wraps Up The 2012 Arena Invitational wrapped up in Long Beach, Calif. with another school record set and another NCAA B cut qualifier on the last day of competition.
November 16, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Cal Poly Swimmers Set School Records Day Two of the 2012 Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. continued Saturday with two Mustangs setting records, one advanced to the championship finals and seven Mustangs advanced to the consolation finals against some of the top swimmers in the country.
November 15, 2012 | Men's Basketball Cal Poly Evens Record With 64-53 Victory Over Northern Colorado Junior forward Chris Eversley produced his first double-double of the season -- 21 points and 13 rebounds -- to lead Cal Poly to a 64-53 victory over Northern Colorado in a non-conference men’s basketball game Thursday night in Mott Gym.
November 14, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men's Basketball Home to Host Northern Colorado, Fresno State The Cal Poly men’s basketball program opens its 2012-13 home slate inside Mott Gym when welcoming Northern Colorado on Thursday, Nov. 15 and Fresno State on Monday, Nov. 19. Both matchups tip at 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (0-1), which opened its regular season schedule with a 53-46 loss at TCU (Nov. 9).
November 14, 2012 | Football Williams, Jackson Honored by College Football Performance Awards Senior slotback Deonte Williams and senior linebacker Kennith Jackson have been honored by College Football Performance Awards as Cal Poly's top performers in its Big Sky Conference game against Idaho State on Saturday.
November 11, 2012 | Men's Tennis Andre Dome Wins So. California Intercollegiate Championships Cal Poly senior Andre Dome defeated Clarke Spinosa the University of San Diego to win 56th Annual Southern California Intercollegiate Championship.
November 9, 2012 | Men's Basketball TCU Rallies to Top Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Team in 2012-13 Opener Freshman forward Brian Bennett produced a 10-point, 11-rebound double-double during his first outing as a Cal Poly men’s basketball player, but the Mustangs were held to just a pair of three-pointers during the final five minutes of play and dropped a 53-46 decision on Friday evening against TCU inside Daniel-Meyer Coliseum during the 2012-13 season opener for both programs.
November 9, 2012 | Women's Basketball Schlemer Records Double-Double in Loss to No. 24 Oklahoma State Junior Molly Schlemer recorded a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Cal Poly women’s basketball team lost its season-opener, 90-59, to No. 24 Oklahoma State on Friday.
November 10, 2012 | Football No. 19 Cal Poly Beats Idaho State 70-14 to Snap Two-Game Losing Streak Senior slotback Deonte Williams cracked the 100-yard mark for a school-record ninth time and scored three touchdowns as No. 19 Cal Poly defeated Idaho State 70-14 in a Big Sky Conference football game Saturday night in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
November 10, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Mustang Swimmers and Divers Claim Team Titles in Cal Poly Shootout Katrina Anderson and Grace Greenwood were double-event winners and led the Cal Poly women's swimming and diving team to victory on the second and final day of competition Saturday in the Cal Poly Shootout at the Anderson Aquatic Center.
November 9, 2012 | Cross Country Hollander Second at NCAA West Regional, Men Finish Eighth Cal Poly freshman Laura Hollander was edged out of first place at the NCAA West Regional Championship at the Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle to finish second with a time of 19:22. The women’s team placed 11th. The Cal Poly men’s team placed eighth, paced by senior David Cardona in 17th.
November 9, 2012 | Football No. 19 Cal Poly to Host Idaho State for Final Regular-Season Home Game No. 19 Cal Poly (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky), which opened the 2012 season with seven straight wins, seeks to snap a two-game losing streak Saturday night as the Mustangs play their final regular-season home game, hosting Idaho State (1-8, 0-6 Big Sky) for a Big Sky Conference matchup on Heroes Day and Senior Day in Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075).
November 9, 2012 | Swimming & Diving Mustang Men and Women Lead After First Day of Mustang Shootout Cal Poly won 15 of the 16 women's swimming and diving events en route to a commanding lead after the first of two days of competition in the Cal Poly Shootout on Friday at the Anderson Aquatic Center.
November 7, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men’s Soccer Falls in Big West Tournament Semifinals Freshman goalkeeper Wade Hamilton chalked up nine saves, but Cal State Northridge scored twice during the final half hour to eliminate the Cal Poly men’s soccer team from the Big West Conference Tournament in Wednesday evening’s semifinal matchup at Matador Soccer Field, 2-0.
November 5, 2012 | Men's Soccer Pridham’s Historic Honor Leads Cal Poly’s All-Big West Selections Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham became the first Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year selection in Cal Poly men’s soccer program history on Monday afternoon, headlining a list of six Mustangs who earned all-conference praise.
November 3, 2012 | Women's Volleyball No. 9 Hawai’i Tops Cal Poly in Three Sets The 9th –ranked Hawai’i proved to be too much for the Mustangs as Cal Poly fell in a Big West Conference volleyball match in three sets on Saturday in Honolulu. Hawai’i won by set scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 25-19.
November 4, 2012 | Men's Tennis Beasley-De Jager Win Consolation Doubles Final at Pacific Invite Naveen Beasley and Jurgen De Jager teamed up to win the doubles Orange Final of the consolation bracket while Jordan Bridge lost in the semifinals of the consolation in bracket of the singles Orange bracket on Sunday of the Pacific Tiger Invitational.
November 3, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustangs Edge UC Santa Barbara, 1-0; advance to Big West Tournament Junior midfielder George Malki’s 77th-minute strike was all the Cal Poly soccer program needed to reach the Big West Conference Tournament, as the junior’s fourth goal of 2012 helped the Mustangs to a 1-0 victory on Saturday evening against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
November 3, 2012 | Football No. 16 Cal Poly Falls to No. 7 Eastern Washington 34-17 Redshirt freshman quarterback Vernon Adams passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 7 Eastern Washington to a 34-17 victory over No. 16 Cal Poly in a non-conference football game between two Big Sky Conference teams Saturday afternoon at Roos Field.
November 3, 2012 | Women's Tennis Mustangs Win Twice at Bulldog Classic on Saturday Freshman Haley Kepler prevailed in Flight B singles action to claim one of only two victories by a Cal Poly women’s tennis player on Saturday at the Fresno State-hosted Bulldog Classic.
November 1, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Mustangs Fall to Cal State Northridge in Three Sets The Cal Poly volleyball team lost to Cal State Northridge in a Big West Conference volleyball match on Thursday, pushing the Matadors in two of the three sets, by set scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 25-22. With the loss the Mustangs fall to 3-20 overall and 2-9 in conference matches while CSUN improves to 17-8 overall and 8-5 in BWC contests.
October 31, 2012 | Women's Soccer Four Mustangs Named to All-Conference Team The 2012 Big West Women’s Soccer All-Conference team has two Cal Poly players named to the first team, (Cici Kobinski and Elise Krieghoff) and two named to the second team (Sara Epps and Shandon Rovetta.).
October 31, 2012 | Cross Country Cross Country Claims Five of Six Big West Conference Awards Cal Poly’s domination at the 2012 Big West Conference Cross Country Championship last week, taking both the men’s and women’s title, carried through to the cross country annual awards with the Mustangs claiming five of the six awards handed out by the Big West Conference
October 30, 2012 | Men's Soccer All to Play For: Mustang Men’s Soccer Hunts Big West Tournament Spot The Cal Poly men’s soccer program remains one of three teams scrapping for two Big West Conference Tournament spots as the Mustangs complete their 2012 regular season schedule when visiting UC Davis on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. and hosting Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium (doors will open at 5:30 p.m.).
November 1, 2012 | Women's Soccer Third Seed Cal Poly Heads to Big West Tournament The Cal Poly women's soccer team heads to UC Irvine for the Big West Tournament. Third seed Cal Poly will play second seed Cal State Northridge. The two teams come into the match with the the same number of points and the record against each other was a tie, so the Big West looked at the goal differential. Cal State Northridge with 11 and Cal Poly with six.
October 30, 2012 | Women's Golf Mustangs Finish Tied for 12th in Cal Poly Invitational Junior Taylor Yoshitake carded another 78 and was Cal Poly’s top finisher, tied for 22nd place, as the Cal Poly Invitational women’s golf tournament drew to a close Tuesday afternoon at Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande.
October 28, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Advances to Big West Tournament The Cal Poly women's soccer team beat UC Santa Barbara 1-0 at home today. With the win, the Mustangs advance to the Big West Conference Tournament.
October 27, 2012 | Cross Country Cal Poly Sweeps Big West Cross Country Championships Freshman Laura Hollander continued her storied season in winning the Big West Conference Cross Country Championship wire to wire in record time while the men’s team finished first, second and third led by junior Chris Frias to the team’s second consecutive and 12th championship overall.
October 27, 2012 | Men's Soccer Late Goal Sends Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Team to 3-2 Defeat Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham became the first Cal Poly men’s soccer player in nine years to reach the 10-goal plateau in a single season on Saturday evening, but Sacramento State junior midfielder Gabe Silveira struck three minutes from time at Alex G. Spanos Stadium to hand the Hornets a 3-2 victory.
October 27, 2012 | Football No. 11 Cal Poly Suffers First Loss of Season, Hornets Win 35-29 Sophomore quarterback Garrett Safron passed for 303 yards and four touchdowns to lead Sacramento State to a 35-29 upset of No. 11 and previously unbeaten Cal Poly in a Big Sky Conference football game Saturday night at Hornet Stadium.
October 26, 2012 | Football Unbeaten and No. 11 Cal Poly Plays Three of Final Four Games on the Road Unbeaten and No. 11 Cal Poly (7-0, 5-0 Big Sky), off to a 7-0 start for the third time in 19 Division I seasons and one of just two unbeaten teams in the Football Championship Subdivision, continues its inaugural campaign in the Big Sky Conference with three of its final four regular-season contests on the road, visiting in-state rival Sacramento State (5-3, 3-2 Big Sky) on Saturday night at Hornet Stadium (21,195) in the state capital.
October 23, 2012 | Cross Country Cal Poly Prepares for Big West Cross Country Championships For the fifth consecutive year, the Big West Cross Country Championship takes place at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops Course on the campus of UC Riverside. This year’s event is slated for Saturday, Oct. 27 with the women’s 6,000 meters taking place at 8:45 a.m. and the men’s 8K at 9:30 a.m.
October 22, 2012 | Men's Golf Cal Poly Tied for 14th Midway Through Second Round of Bill Cullum Invite Cal Poly is tied with Long Beach State for 14th place midway through the second round of play Monday in the Bill Cullum Invitational men's golf tournament hosted by Cal State Northridge.
October 22, 2012 | Men's Basketball Jan. 19 Matchup at UC Santa Barbara Added to Fox PRIME TICKET Lineup The Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s matchup at Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara will be televised for the third successive season following Monday’s announcement from the Big West Conference office that the Jan. 19 showdown inside The Thunderdome will be carried by Fox Sports PRIME TICKET.
October 22, 2012 | Men's Soccer Record Performance Earns Hamilton Multiple Honors After chalking up a career-high 11 saves during the Cal Poly men’s soccer team’s historic 2-1 overtime victory at No. 16 UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 19 and recording an aggregate .938 save percentage and 0.48 goals against average during a two-game span, Mustang freshman goalkeeper Wade Hamilton earned Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week praise on Monday, in addition to receiving a spot on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week.
October 21, 2012 | Men's Tennis Marco Comuzzo wins Consolation Finals of USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Junior Marco Comuzzo won the consolation final of the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional on Sunday in Irvine over Joe Flores in set scores of 6-4 and 6-1
October 21, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Suffers First Conference Loss of the Season The Cal Poly women’s soccer team suffered its first conference loss of the season 4-0 against Cal State Fullerton. Cal Poly still sits atop the Big West Conference with its 17 points on the season and 5-1-2 record. The top four teams advance to the Big West Championships.
October 21, 2012 | Women's Tennis Bott-Oxnevad Run Comes to End at ITA Northwest Regional After posting successive victories on Friday and Saturday to reach the round of 16 in the Main Draw doubles bracket at the Stanford-hosted ITA Northwest Regional Championships, the Cal Poly women’s tennis program’s freshman tandem of Sophia Bott and Louise Oxnevad were eliminated from title contention on Sunday morning.
October 20, 2012 | Football No. 12/14 Cal Poly Moves to 7-0 With 37-25 Victory Over Portland State Senior slotback Deonte Williams rushed for 169 yards while senior quarterback Andre Broadous passed for 117 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores as No. 12/14 Cal Poly maintained its perfect football record with a 37-25 Big Sky Conference victory over Portland State on Saturday night.
October 20, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Cal Poly Volleyball Wins Again, Defeats CS Fullerton in Five Sets The Cal Poly Mustang volleyball team made it two in a row when they defeated Cal State Fullerton in a dramatic five set Big West Conference win on Saturday night in Mott Gym. Set scores in the win went 25-23, 18-25, 27-25, 13-25 and 15-13.
October 20, 2012 | Women's Tennis Doubles Victory Highlights Cal Poly’s Saturday at ITA Northwest Regional The freshman doubles tandem of Louise Oxnevad and Sophia Bott advanced to the round of 16 in the Main Draw bracket, leading the Cal Poly women’s tennis team’s Saturday efforts at the Stanford-hosted ITA Northwest Regional Championships.
October 19, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men’s Soccer Makes History in 2-1 Victory at UC Santa Barbara Junior midfielder George Malki scored with 66 seconds remaining in regulation and junior forward Mackenzie Pridham found the game-winning goal six minutes into overtime as the Cal Poly men’s soccer team produced its first victory at UC Santa Barbara in 14 years and 15 attempts by coming from behind to top the Gauchos at Harder Stadium on Friday, 2-1.
October 19, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Settles For a Draw at UC Riverside The Cal Poly women’s soccer team came into the match undefeated in conference play against UC Riverside that has yet to win a conference game. While the Mustangs didn’t get the win in Friday night’s play, they tied the Highlanders 1-1 in double overtime.
October 19, 2012 | Football Unbeaten and No. 12/14 Cal Poly to Host Portland State for Homecoming Unbeaten and No. 12/14 Cal Poly (6-0, 4-0 Big Sky), off to a 6-0 start for the first time in eight years and one of just four unbeaten teams in the Football Championship Subdivision, continues its inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference with its second straight home game, hosting Portland State (2-4, 1-2 Big Sky) for its Homecoming Game on Saturday night inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
October 16, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustangs Surge in Big West Standings with 1-0 Victory against UC Davis Junior midfielder Nolan Moore’s first goal of the season in the 26th minute stood as the match-winning strike and freshman goalkeeper Wade Hamilton kept the Cal Poly men’s soccer program in contention with four saves on Tuesday evening as the Mustangs edged UC Davis at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 1-0.
October 16, 2012 | Cross Country Hollander, Cardona Sweep Cross Country Weekly Honors for Cal Poly Senior David Cardona and freshman Laura Hollander registered impressive performances for Cal Poly at the adidas Wisconsin Invitational, and claimed Big West Men's and Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week accolades for their efforts.
October 16, 2012 | Women's Basketball Women’s Basketball Announces Challenging Schedule Cal Poly women's basketball head coach Faith Mimnaugh and the Mustang Athletics Department announced the 2012-13 women’s basketball schedule on Tuesday. The 29-game schedule will include Cal Poly hosting a tournament, games against Oklahoma State, Oregon State, San Diego, Cal and San Diego State and an 18-game Big West Conference schedule.
October 15, 2012 | Men's Soccer As Big West Race Tightens, Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Hosts UC Davis Tuesday On the heels of Friday’s 1-1 draw at Sacramento State, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team returns to Alex G. Spanos Stadium to welcome UC Davis on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in a pivotal matchup for both programs.
October 14, 2012 | Men's Tennis Mustangs Take Two Titles at UCSB Classic Cal Poly men’s tennis, playing in a split squad weekend had solid results in the tournaments with wins in the flight A doubles and a win in flight C finals in singles at the UCSB Classic ant at back draw consolation finish at the Battle of the Bay.
October 14, 2012 | Women's Soccer Burright, Krieghoff Score Two Goals Each in 5-2 Win over Hawai’i The Cal Poly Mustangs scored four second half goals in defeating Hawai’i, 5-2 in a Big West Conference match on Sunday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Bianca Burright two goals, her first of the season in just her second game while Elise Krieghoff added two of her own and team leading ninth and 10th goals of the season.
October 13, 2012 | Women's Volleyball UC Davis Handles Cal Poly in Three Sets The Cal Poly volleyball team lost a Big West Conference match in Davis, falling in three sets to the Aggies on Saturday. Set scores in the win for UC Davis went 25-21, 25-11 and 25-20.
October 13, 2012 | Football No. 14/15 Cal Poly Scores 14 in Each Quarter for 56-28 Victory Senior slotback Deonte Williams rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns while senior quarterback Andre Broadous passed for two scores as unbeaten and No. 14/15 Cal Poly scored 14 points in each quarter en route to a 56-28 Big Sky Conference victory over visiting Northern Colorado on Saturday before 9,382 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
October 12, 2012 | Men's Soccer Pridham Helps Cal Poly Men’s Soccer Team Draw Sacramento State, 1-1 Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham scored his team-leading eighth goal of the 2012 season in the 67th minute, but the Cal Poly men’s soccer program – despite outshooting Sacramento State, 19-6, and holding the Hornets to just four attempts on goal in 110 minutes – settled for a 1-1 draw at Hornet Field on Friday afternoon.
October 12, 2012 | Cross Country Laura Hollander Wins Loaded Wisconsin Adidas Invitational True Freshman Laura Hollander won the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Friday, covering the 6 kilometer course in a record setting 19:33. The freshman led the Mustangs to a 32nd place finish while the men’s team placed 30th led by senior David Cardona’s 68th place finish.
October 7, 2012 | Men's Soccer Pridham, Duran Push Mustang Men’s Soccer Team to 3-2 Overtime Triumph Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham found the back of the UC Irvine net twice – including notching the game-winning strike in the 92nd minute – and freshman midfielder Ruben Duran (right) scored his first collegiate goal as the Cal Poly men’s soccer team edged the Anteaters in overtime on Sunday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 3-2.
October 8, 2012 | Women's Golf Cal Poly Women Lead Firestone Grill Invitational After First Round Cal State Northridge leads Seattle by one stroke on the men's side while Cal Poly has a six-stroke advantage over Sacramento State in the women's standings after the first round of play in the Firestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational on Monday at the Monarch Dunes Golf Course.
October 12, 2012 | Football Unbeaten and No. 14/15 Cal Poly Returns Home for Next Two Games No. 14/15 Cal Poly (5-0, 3-0 Big Sky), off to a 5-0 start for the first time in eight years and one of just 10 unbeaten teams in the Football Championship Subdivision, continues its inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference with its next two games at home, beginning Saturday night with Northern Colorado (1-4, 0-2 Big Sky) inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
October 6, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Cal Poly Drops Three Set Match to Cal State Northridge The Cal Poly volleyball team lost in three sets to Cal State Northridge in a Big West Conference match on Saturday in Mott Gym. CSUN won by set scores of 32-30, 25-23 and 25-22. With the loss the Mustangs overall record falls to 1-16 and 0-5 in conference matches while CSUN improves to 13-6 overall and 4-3 in BWC matches.
October 5, 2012 | Football No. 19/20 Cal Poly Rallies for 45-23 Big Sky Victory Over Weber State Senior quarterback Andre Broadous threw a career-high three touchdown passes, sophomore slotback Kristaan Ivory scored twice and junior defensive tackle Barrett Wangara returned an interception 58 yards for a touchdown as No. 19/20 Cal Poly rallied to defeat Weber State 45-23 in a Big Sky Conference football game Friday night in Stewart Stadium.
October 5, 2012 | Men's Soccer Early Goal Sends Mustang Men’s Soccer Team to 1-0 Defeat Cal State Northridge sophomore forward Sagi Lev-Ari scored 21 seconds after the opening whistle on Friday evening and the Cal Poly men’s soccer program failed to find an equalizing goal against the Matadors, dropping a 1-0 decision at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
October 5, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Tops UC Irvine in OT SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- Cal Poly and UC Irvine came into the Friday night match tied atop the Big West Conference with matching 2-0 records. In overtime, the Mustangs would prevail and win the game, 2-1.
October 5, 2012 | Men's Tennis Dome Upsets No. 4 Player, Advances to Quarter Final Round Senior Andre Dome upset the No. 4 player in the country in straight sets and defeated the 87th-ranked player to advance to the quarter final round of the back draw of the ITA All-American Championships on Friday in Tulsa. Dome will continue play on Saturday.
October 5, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men's Soccer Back Home to Host Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine The Cal Poly men's soccer program returns to Alex G. Spanos Stadium and completes regular season action against Big West Conference South Division opposition when hosting Cal State Northridge on Friday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and UC Irvine on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m.
October 4, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Takes Perfect 4-0 Mark, No. 19/20 Ranking to Weber State Friday Cal Poly (4-0, 2-0 Big Sky), off to a 4-0 start for the first time in eight years, continues its inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference with its first Friday game in 50 years, visiting Weber State (0-5, 0-2 Big Sky) at Stewart Stadium (17,500) in Ogden, Utah. The game was moved up a day due to the LDS General Conference this weekend.
October 5, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Faces Tough Road Trip SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- The Mustangs are hitting the road for two conference games as they take on UC Irvine and Long Beach State this weekend.
October 1, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Journal Series: Joshua Hall Freshman forward Joshua Hall, a four-time All-Greater St. Helen’s League first team selection at Hockinson (Wash.) HS, checks in Oct. 1 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series.
September 30, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men's Soccer Falls in Overtime at No. 24 UC Riverside Cal Poly men's soccer midfielders George Malki and Matt LaGrassa each found the back of the UC Riverside net on Sunday afternoon, but the 24th-ranked Highlanders twice erased one-goal deficits and, keyed by a 91st-minute strike from sophomore forward Otis Earle, defeated the Mustangs at UCR Soccer Stadium, 3-2.
September 30, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Undefeated in Conference Play SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- Cal Poly Women's Soccer recorded its second shutout of the season against UC Davis Sunday afternoon. The fast paced, physical match ended with Cal Poly on top 1-0.
September 29, 2012 | Football No. 23 Cal Poly Scores Early and Late for Big Sky Win Over North Dakota Senior slotback Deonte Williams cracked the 100-yard mark for the fourth straight game and senior cornerback Nico Molino intercepted two passes as No. 23 Cal Poly, which let a 14-0 lead slip away, scored three touchdowns in the final 12 minutes for a 35-17 Big Sky Conference victory over North Dakota on Saturday night at the Alerus Center.
September 29, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Cal Poly Falls to Central Coast Rival, UCSB , in Three Sets The Cal Poly volleyball team lost to Central Coast rival, UC Santa Barbara, in three sets on Saturday to fall to 0-3 in Big West Conference matches and 1-14 overall. UCSB improved to1-3 in conference matches and 8-9 overall.
September 29, 2012 | Cross Country Mustangs Compete at Stanford Invitational Cal Poly cross country teams competed at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday running split squads. The men’s team, led by David Cardona, finished 18th while the women’s team, led by Alex Ciaraglia, finished 15th. Each Cal Poly team competed with just five runners.
September 28, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Dominates in 4-1 Win Over Pacific SAN LUIS OBSIPO, Calif.- The Cal Poly Women's Soccer team kicked off conference play at home against Pacific and won in dominating style 4-1. The Mustangs improve to 1-0 in the Big West Conference and 4-5-1 on the season.
September 28, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Takes 3-0 Mark, No. 23 Ranking to North Dakota on Saturday Cal Poly (3-0, 1-0 Big Sky), off to a 3-0 start for the first time in six years and ranked for the first time since the 2010 season at No. 23, continues its inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference on Saturday with its second trip to Grand Forks, N.D., in as many years, facing North Dakota (3-1, 1-0) in the Alerus Center (12,283).
September 28, 2012 | Men's Soccer Pridham Brace Lifts Cal Poly Men’s Soccer to Victory in Big West Opener Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham notched goals during the 26th and 76th minutes on Friday evening as the Cal Poly men’s soccer program opened Big West Conference action with a victory for the sixth straight season by topping Cal State Fullerton inside Titan Stadium, 2-0.
September 26, 2012 | Men's Golf Cartwright Nominated for Labron Harris Sr. Award Cal Poly men’s and women’s golf coach Scott Cartwright has been nominated for the Labron Harris Sr. Award presented by E-Z-GO.
September 25, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Chelsea Hardin Records 16 Kills in Five Set Loss The Cal Poly volleyball team dropped a heartbreaking five set loss on the road to CSU Bakersfield on Tuesday. The Mustangs had four match points in the fourth set, but could not close out the match and suffered their 13th loss in 14 matches. CSUB improved to 7-7. Set scores went 25-23, 16-25, 22-25, 26-24 and 15-10.
September 24, 2012 | Men's Golf Cal Poly Tied for 13th Place in Season-Opening Saint Mary's Invitational Cal Poly senior Grant Martens will start the final round of the Saint Mary’s Invitational men’s golf tournament in the top 30 Tuesday morning.
September 24, 2012 | Women's Tennis Coupe Finalizes Women's Tennis Coaching Staff for 2012-13 Season Second-year Cal Poly women’s tennis head coach Damon Coupe recently completed his staff for the 2012-13 season, naming Emily DeCamilla as an assistant coach and adding former Mustang standout Jocelyn Davis as a student assistant.
September 23, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men’s Soccer Drops 1-0 Decision versus No. 12 UCLA The Cal Poly men’s soccer program forced UCLA sophomore goalkeeper Earl Edwards into four saves Sunday afternoon, but a 46th-minute strike from Bruins senior midfielder Fernando Monge sent the Mustangs to a 1-0 defeat at Alex G. Spanos Stadium and snapped the host’s five-match winning streak.
September 23, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Drops Game to Fresno State, 2-1 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- Cal Poly suffered a 2-1 loss to Fresno State Sunday afternoon giving the Bulldogs their first win of the season.
September 22, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Earns Win Over UC Davis, 28-20, in Inaugural Big Sky Game Senior slotback Deonte Williams rushed for 188 yards on 20 carries and scored three touchdowns as Cal Poly, playing its first Big Sky Conference football game, defeated UC Davis 28-20 before a sellout crowd of 11,075 in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe on Saturday night in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
September 22, 2012 | Women's Volleyball UC Irvine Defeats Cal Poly in Three Sets Holly Franks recorded 11 kills for Cal Poly in a three set loss to UC Irvine in a Big West Conference volleyball match on Saturday at the Bren Events Center. Set scores went 25-12, 25-17 and 25-22.
September 21, 2012 | Men's Soccer Second-Half Surge Sends Streaking Mustangs to Historic Victory Junior forwards Ian Clark and Chris Bernardi delivered second-half strikes for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program on Friday evening as the Mustangs matched a program record with their fifth successive victory by rallying past Harvard at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 2-1.
September 21, 2012 | Cross Country Laura Hollander Wins Pac 12 Preview; Men’s Team Finishes Fourth True freshman Laura Hollander backed up her record setting pace at the Lagoon Open in Santa Barbara when she finished first at the Pac 12 Preview in a time of 17:02 in Santa Clarita on Friday. The men’s team was fourth led by Chris Frias in eighth place.
September 21, 2012 | Football Cal Poly to Play First Big Sky Game on Saturday Against Rival UC Davis Cal Poly (2-0, 0-0 Big Sky), which became the ninth Football Championship Subdivision school to beat a Football Bowl Subdivision team this season with a victory at Wyoming last weekend, plays its first-ever Big Sky Conference game against rival UC Davis (1-2, 0-0 Big Sky) on Saturday night in the renewal of The Battle for the Golden Horseshoe.
September 21, 2012 | General News PG&E Supports Cal Poly Athletics With $20,000 Donation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is supporting the Cal Poly student-athlete scholarship fund with a $20,000 donation.
September 20, 2012 | Football Telecast of Cal Poly vs. UC Davis Game Switched from KSBY to CW5 The telecast of Saturday's Battle for the Golden Horseshoe football game between Cal Poly and UC Davis has been switched from KSBY to CW5.
September 23, 2012 | Women's Soccer Women's Soccer Travels to Fresno State SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- The Cal Poly Women’s soccer team will travel to Fresno to take on Fresno State Sunday at 1 pm.
September 17, 2012 | Football Williams, Zalud and Molino Honored for Performances Against Wyoming Senior slotback Deonte Williams and junior placekicker Bobby Zalud have been honored by the Big Sky Conference for their performances in Cal Poly’s 24-22 victory over Football Bowl Subdivision member Wyoming last Saturday in Laramie, Wyoming.
September 15, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Cal Poly Falls in Four Sets to Nevada The Cal Poly volleyball team lost in four sets in a hard fought battle to Nevada in the final day of competition at the Utah Classic on Saturday. Set scores went 15-25, 26-24, 26-24 and 26-24. With the loss the Mustangs fall to 1-10 on the season while Nevada improves to 2-10.
September 13, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women’s Soccer Loses to No. 17 BYU, 5-1. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- Cal Poly Women’s Soccer traveled to Provo, Utah where they lost to No. 17 BYU, 5-1.
September 15, 2012 | Football Williams, Zalud and Molino Lead Cal Poly to 24-22 Upset of Wyoming Senior slotback Deonte Williams rushed for 187 yards and one touchdown, junior place kicker Bobby Zalud kicked what proved to be the game-winning field goal from 51 yards and senior cornerback Nico Molino clinched the win with a late interception as Cal Poly upset Wyoming of the Football Bowl Subdivision 24-22 Saturday afternoon before 21,728 in War Memorial Stadium.
September 14, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Plays at Wyoming in Lone 2012 Matchup Against an FBS Team Cal Poly (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), which opened its 60th football season as a four-year school, its 19th in the Football Championship Subdivision and its first as a member of the Big Sky Conference with a 41-14 victory over the University of San Diego on Sept. 1, travels to Wyoming (0-2, 0-0 Mountain West Conference) on Saturday for its only game of the 2012 campaign against an FBS school.
September 10, 2012 | Men's Soccer Hauser Gloves Big West Defensive Player of the Week Praise After chalking up three saves – including two during a three-minute span late in the Cal Poly men’s soccer team’s 1-0, home-opening victory against Valparaiso on Sept. 9 – sophomore goalkeeper Chase Hauser earned Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week praise on Monday morning.
September 9, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Cal Poly Falls Short Against No. 17 San Diego The Cal Poly volleyball team lost a tough three-set match to 17th-ranked University of San Diego Saturday afternoon in the Mustangs final match of the USC Classic. The Mustangs lost by scores of 25-20, 25-13 and 26-24.
September 6, 2012 | Men's Basketball Take a Closer Look at Cal Poly Men’s Basketball in 2012-13 Fans following the Cal Poly men’s basketball team to Mott Gym this fall will be able to watch the Mustangs as never before as the program will introduce 38 additional priority courtside seats and standing basket supports for the 2012-13 season.
September 8, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustangs Open Five-Match Home Stand Sunday versus Valparaiso The Cal Poly men’s soccer program returns to the central coast to open a five-match home stand, kicking off its 2012 schedule at Alex G. Spanos Stadium with a 2 p.m. matchup versus Valparaiso on Sunday, Sept. 9.
September 7, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Suffers Loss in Overtime, 1-0. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- The Cal Poly women’s soccer team lost its second game of the season in a close game with St. Mary’s College, 1-0 in overtime.
September 3, 2012 | Football Quarterback Andre Broadous Named Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week Cal Poly senior quarterback Andre Broadous, who ran for two touchdowns, passed for two more and surpassed the 100-yard mark both rushing and passing, is the initial Root Sports Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the 2012 season.
September 7, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Women's Soccer Ready for Home Matches Cal Poly Women’s Soccer has two home games this weekend. The Mustangs take on Saint Mary’s Friday night at Alex G. Spanos Stadium for a 7 pm game.
September 5, 2012 | Cross Country Cal Poly Sweeps Cross Country Weekly Awards Cal Poly student-athletes made it a clean sweep for the Mustangs, winning both the men’s and women’s Big West Cross Country Athlete of the Week with junior Chris Frias on the men’s side and freshman Laura Hollander, the women's.
September 5, 2012 | Baseball Former Mustang Outfielder Logan Schafer Called Up by Brewers Former Cal Poly outfielder Logan Schafer is one of four players involved in a September callup by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday morning.
September 3, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Zach Allmon Freshman forward Zach Allmon, who averaged 15.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game during his 2011-12 senior season at Mission Prep (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), checks in Sept. 3 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series.
September 2, 2012 | Men's Soccer Furious Start Sends Mustang Men’s Soccer Past San Jose State Junior forward Mackenzie Pridham and senior midfielder Chris Gaschen each scored inside the opening three minutes of the Cal Poly men’s soccer program’s Sunday afternoon matchup at San Jose State and junior forward Ian Clark found the back of the Spartan net early in the second half as the Mustangs earned their first victory of the 2012 season with a 3-1 triumph inside Spartan Stadium.
September 2, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Northeastern Defeats Volleyball in Three Sets The Cal Poly volleyball team lost in three sets Sunday afternoon in a neutral site match against Northeastern in Santa Barbara. Set scores went 25-19, 25-13 and 25-19. With the loss Cal Poly falls to 1-4 on the season while Northeastern improves to 6-2.
September 1, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Opens Fourth Season Under Walsh With 41-14 Win Over San Diego Senior quarterback Andre Broadous and senior slotback Deonte Williams both surpassed the 100-yard mark in rushing for the second time in their Cal Poly careers as the Mustangs opened their 2012 football season with a 41-14 victory over San Diego in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
September 1, 2012 | Cross Country Cal Poly Sweeps UC Santa Barbara Lagoon Open The Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross country teams swept the UC Santa Barbara Lagoon Open on Saturday with the men’s team winning in dominate fashion, 23-45, and the women’s team winning a close battle, 29-33. The meet was the season opener for both teams.
August 31, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Drops Game to Cal, 4-1 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif- Cal Poly Women’s Soccer Team suffered the team’s first lost of the season against California with a 4-1 loss. The Mustangs came into the match with a record of 3-0-1 while the Golden Bears were at 2-2-0. Cal Poly would score a goal before the match ended.
August 31, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Opens Fourth Season Under Walsh on Saturday, Hosting San Diego Cal Poly embarks upon its 60th football season as a four-year school, its 19th in the Football Championship Subdivision and its first as a member of the Big Sky Conference on Saturday afternoon, hosting the University of San Diego inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
August 29, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men's Soccer Wraps Road Trip Sunday at San Jose State The Cal Poly men’s soccer program hunts its first victory of the 2012 season and wraps a three-match road trip when visiting San Jose State on Sunday, Sept. 2. Kickoff at Spartan Stadium is slated for 1 p.m.
August 26, 2012 | Men's Soccer Washington Slides Past Mustang Men’s Soccer Team, 2-0 A 33rd-minute strike from Washington junior defender Taylor Peay coupled with a 64th-minute penalty from senior midfielder Dylan Tucker-Gangnes sent the Cal Poly men’s soccer program to a 2-0 defeat on Sunday evening at Husky Soccer Field.
August 26, 2012 | Women's Soccer Cal Poly Dominates in 4-1 Win Over Sac State SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- Cal Poly women's soccer team faced Sacramento State Sunday afternoon in their second game of the road trip. The Mustangs' powerful second half led them to a 4-1 win.
August 25, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Mustangs Drop 3-0 Decision to LSU at Texas Tournament The Cal Poly volleyball team lost its third match at the 26 West Longhorn Classic on Saturday when LSU defeated the Mustangs 3-0. Set scores went 25-19, 25-21 and 25-15. With the loss the Mustangs fall to 0-3 for the season. The tournament hosted by the University of Texas.
August 24, 2012 | General News Boise State to Join Big West Conference for 2013-14 Season The Big West Conference Board of Directors announced on Friday that Boise State, a member of the conference from 1996-01, will rejoin the Big West beginning during the 2013-14 academic term.
August 24, 2012 | Football Seven Cal Poly Football Games to be Televised This Fall Seven of Cal Poly's 11 football games this fall will be televised.
August 24, 2012 | Women's Soccer Undefeated Women's Soccer Team Faces Two Road Games SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- The Cal Poly women’s soccer team hits the road for two games facing first the University of Nevada Wolfpack, followed by the Sacramento State Hornets.
August 22, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Receives Votes in FCS Coaches Preseason Poll Cal Poly earned eight points in the preseason Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll. Defending national champion North Dakota State is ranked No. 1 with Sam Houston State No. 2.
August 24, 2012 | Men's Soccer Battles in Seattle Headline Mustang Men's Soccer Opening Week Backed by five returning starters and 13 returning letterwinners from the greatest defensive season in program history and solidified by the nation’s 12th-ranked incoming freshmen class (CollegeSoccerNews.com), the Cal Poly men’s soccer program opens its 19th season of Division I action and a three-match road trip when visiting Seattle on Friday, Aug. 24 and Washington on Sunday, Aug. 26.
August 17, 2012 | Women's Basketball Women’s Basketball Adds Taryn Garza to Roster Head coach Faith Mimnaugh announced the signing of Taryn Garza to a National Letter of Intent to enroll at Cal Poly and compete in the sport of women’s basketball this fall.
August 18, 2012 | Football Taylor, Trosin Score Touchdowns in Cal Poly Football Scrimmage Senior wide receiver Ryan Taylor and freshman quarterback Tanner Trosin scored touchdowns in a 70-play Cal Poly football scrimmage held Saturday morning at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
August 17, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustangs Continue to Prep for 2012 Season Saturday at Santa Clara With the 2012 regular season opening match a week away, the Cal Poly men’s soccer program continues preparations for the upcoming campaign when visiting Santa Clara for a 7 p.m. exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 18 inside Buck Shaw Stadium.
August 15, 2012 | Football Football Scrimmage Scheduled for Saturday in Alex G. Spanos Stadium Cal Poly's football team will wrap up the second week of preseason camp Saturday with a scrimmage inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Practice begins at 9:30 a.m., with the scrimmage to start at approximately 11 a.m.
August 17, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Kyle Odister Junior guard Kyle Odister, who finished second among Mustangs last season with a 40.0 percent three-point mark, checks in Aug. 17 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series.
August 15, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Volleyball to Host Green-Gold Match, Saturday at 3 pm First year head volleyball coach Sam Crosson will host a green-gold intra-squad volleyball match on Saturday in Mott Gym with first serve set for 3 pm. Admission to the public is free. The teams will play a best of five match.
August 19, 2012 | Women's Soccer No Admission Charge to Sunday’s Women’s Soccer Game against CSUB Due to construction work in front of the ticket office at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, Sunday's women's soccer home opener against CSU Bakersfield will be open to the public free of charge. The game will start at 12 noon with the stadium open to the public at 11:00 am.
August 13, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Reese Morgan Freshman guard Reese Morgan, who redshirted his first season on campus after suffering a year-ending injury last November, checks in Aug. 13 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series. The all-time California high school leader with 740 free throws, Morgan (San Pedro, Calif.) earned Parade Magazine All-America fourth team honors following his senior season at Peninsula HS.
August 11, 2012 | Men's Soccer Gaschen Lifts Cal Poly to 1-1 Exhibition Draw versus San Francisco Forward Chris Gaschen opened his senior season by burying a 30-yard free kick into the top left corner of the San Francisco goal on Saturday evening as the Cal Poly men’s soccer program rallied to produce a 1-1 double-overtime exhibition draw at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
August 11, 2012 | Football Touchdown Run by Brown Highlights First Scrimmage of Preseason Camp Redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Brown ran seven yards for a touchdown Saturday in a brief scrimmage signalling the end of the first week of preseason football camp at Cal Poly.
August 10, 2012 | Track & Field Stephanie Brown Trafton Blog from London 8/9 I'm reporting to you after a brief delay, while I processed the experience of competing in the final rounds.
August 7, 2012 | Track & Field Cross Country/Track and Field add to Roster A total of 34 student-athletes will enroll and compete at Cal Poly in cross country and or track and field as it was announced by head coach Mark Conover. All will compete for the men's and women's track and field squads, with several standouts ready to help advance the tradition of Mustang Cross-Country this fall.
August 7, 2012 | Football Jackson, Grosz Earn Preseason College Sports Madness Big Sky Honors Two Cal Poly football players -- senior linebacker Kennith Jackson and junior defensive tackle Sullivan Grosz -- have been honored by College Sports Madness. Jackson has been placed on the Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team while Grosz earned a spot on the second team.
August 5, 2012 | Baseball Torres Puts Together Eight-Game Hitting Streak for Corvallis Knights Cal Poly sophomore-to-be outfielder Nick Torres produced an eight-game hitting streak over the last two weeks playing for the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.
August 6, 2012 | Football Plenty of New Faces as Cal Poly Kicked Off Football Practice Monday Five transfers and 19 freshmen were welcomed to the Cal Poly football practice field by 18 redshirts, seven walk-ons and 46 returning lettermen as the Mustangs held their first practice session of preseason camp Monday afternoon.
August 4, 2012 | Track & Field Brown Trafton Misses out on Medal, Finishes 8th at London Olympics Former Cal Poly standout, Stephanie Brown Trafton, missed out on earning her second Olympic medal when she finished eighth in the discus at the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday. Brown Trafton qualified for the finals on Friday in the discus with a mark of 212-feet, 10.50-inches.
August 2, 2012 | Football Cal Poly Opens Big Sky Era With First Fall Practice Monday Afternoon Cal Poly, which captured four of the eight Great West Conference championships from 2004-11, begins preparation Monday for the 2012 football season, a campaign which will be highlighted by the Mustangs’ first venture in the 13-team Big Sky Conference.
August 2, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Sam Crosson Adds Six Newcomers to Volleyball Roster First year head volleyball coach Sam Crosson will welcome six new players to the roster, joining 10 players from last season’s 12-17 squad. The newcomers include two transfers and four high school recruits.
August 3, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Maliik Love Junior guard Maliik Love, the 2010-11 Big West Conference Co-Freshman Player of the Year selection, checks in Aug. 3 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series.
August 1, 2012 | Wrestling Ryan DesRoches Hired as Assistant Wrestling Coach at Cal Poly Ryan DesRoches, who won 110 matches in his wrestling career at Cal Poly and earned his first All-American honor last March, will be an assistant coach with the Mustang wrestling team.
July 27, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Jamal Johnson Junior guard Jamal Johnson, owner of a 1.69-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio last season, checks in July 27 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series.
July 24, 2012 | Football Former Mustang Asa Jackson Starts NFL Career With Baltimore Practice Former Cal Poly cornerback Asa Jackson began his National Football League career with the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and Tuesday, participating in partial-squad practices.
July 24, 2012 | Men's Soccer Men's Soccer Match at UC Santa Barbara Set for Fox Soccer Channel The Mustang men’s soccer program’s Blue-Green Rivalry series against UC Santa Barbara will play out in front of a national television audience for the fourth time during the previous five seasons following a recent announcement that Fox Soccer Channel will carry Cal Poly’s Oct. 19 showdown versus the Gauchos at Harder Stadium.
July 20, 2012 | General News Gervais, Special Assistant to Director of Athletics, Passes Away Bob Gervais, a special assistant to Cal Poly's director of athletics since 2005, passed away Wednesday night in Santa Maria. He was 78.
July 20, 2012 | Women's Volleyball Volleyball Schedule Includes Eight Matches from Last Season’s NCAA Field First year head coach Sam Crosson has put together a schedule that will include eight NCAA Tournament teams from last season including teams that advanced to the final four and elite eight. The Mustangs will play a total of 30 regular season contest with 10 of the matches at home.
July 20, 2012 | Men's Basketball Mustang Men’s Basketball Summer Journal Series: Chris Eversley Junior forward Chris Eversley, Cal Poly’s leading returning scorer at 8.2 points per game, checks in July 20 with the latest entry from the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s summer journal series. Eversley exploded for the Mustangs this past year with 13 double-digit scoring games during Cal Poly’s final 18 contests.
July 18, 2012 | Women's Tennis Webb Doubles Up at 34th Annual Tracy Austin Tournament Cal Poly women’s tennis player Kathryn Webb’s preparations for the upcoming season reached a summer apex on July 15 with the Mustang junior capturing both the women’s open doubles and mixed open doubles titles at the 34th annual Tracy Austin Tournament inside the Jack Kramer Club.
July 17, 2012 | Football Montana State Selected to Win Big Sky Title; Cal Poly to Finish Fifth Montana State, which shared the Big Sky Conference football championship with Montana a year ago, has been selected by both the head coaches and media to capture the 2012 Big Sky Conference title. Cal Poly was picked to finish fifth in is first year in the 13-team conference.
July 16, 2012 | Softball Mustang Softball Program Adds Gina Vecchione to Coaching Staff Eighth-year head coach Jenny Condon and the Cal Poly Athletics Department solidified the Mustang softball coaching staff on Monday afternoon with the announcement that Gina Vecchione has joined the program as an associate head coach ahead of the 2013 season.
July 16, 2012 | Men's Tennis Dome Qualifies for Farmers Classic with Tournament Win Cal Poly tennis player, Andre Dome, won the 126th annual Southern California Open Section Championships and Farmers Classic Wild Card Tournament on Sunday in Lakewood, CA at the Lakewood Tennis Center.
July 15, 2012 | Football Linebacker Kennith Jackson Lands on All-Big Sky Preseason Team Linebacker Kennith Jackson, who will be a senior on the Cal Poly football team this fall, has been named to the 2012 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team.
July 16, 2012 | Football Big Sky Conference Unveils New Logo, Branding Campaign The Big Sky Conference unveiled its new logo and branding campaign Monday as part of the league’s Summer Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah.
July 3, 2012 | Track & Field Stephanie Brown Trafton and Sharon Day Make Return Trip to Olympics Stephanie Brown Trafton and Sharon Day will return to the Olympic games for a chance to win Olympic medal’s. Cal Poly graduates, Brown Trafton and Day, qualified for their second and third Olympics respectively at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials held at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus this past week in Eugene, OR.
July 10, 2012 | Baseball Mustangs Making Their Mark in Summer Baseball League Play Cal Poly infielder Ryan Drobny is hitting well over the .300 mark while catcher Chris Hoo has elevated his batting average 40 points over the last two weeks of summer baseball league play.
July 9, 2012 | Women's Soccer Women’s Soccer to Host Nine Game Home Slate Head coach Alex Crozier enters his 21st season at the helm of the Cal Poly women’s soccer program and has put together a schedule to challenge the team and for an NCAA berth.
July 8, 2012 | Men's Basketball Former Mustang Fermin Launches Pro Career in Dominican Republic Point guard Amaurys Fermin recently became the fifth former Cal Poly men's basketball player under fourth-year head coach Joe Callero to sign a professional contract after inking a deal with San Pedro de Macoris in his native Dominican Republic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
June 30, 2012 | Track & Field Sharon Day Earns Trip to London with Second Place Olympic Trials Finish Mustang standout Sharon Day placed second in the heptathlon earning her a second trip to the Olympics in her second event. Day finished the seven event, two day, competition with 6,343 points, 76 points behind winner Hyleas Fountain (6,419 points) and 155 points ahead of third place finisher Chantae McMillan.
July 6, 2012 | Men's Soccer Mustang Men’s Soccer Program Adds Kris Hall to Staff Sixth-year head coach Paul Holocher and the Cal Poly Athletics Department recently announced that Kris Hall has joined the Mustang men’s soccer program as a volunteer assistant and goalkeepers trainer.
June 29, 2012 | General News Mustang Athletes Earn 23 Selections to Big West All-Academic List Headlined by nine total selections from the Cal Poly men’s and women’s track and field programs, 23 Mustang student-athletes from nine sports earned Big West Conference Winter and Spring All-Academic praise on Friday morning.
S M T W T F S
Baseball
Final Saturday, May 18
2 Cal State Northridge
6 Cal Poly
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Baseball
Final Friday, May 17
1 Cal State Northridge
5 Cal Poly
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Baseball
Final Tuesday, May 14
4 CSU Bakersfield
10 Cal Poly
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Baseball
Final Sunday, May 12
1 Cal Poly
11 UC Irvine
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Baseball
Final Saturday, May 11
4 Cal Poly
3 UC Irvine
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Softball
Final Saturday, May 11
0 Cal Poly
4 UC Davis
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Baseball
Final Friday, May 10
1 Cal Poly
7 UC Irvine
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Softball
Final Friday, May 10
4 Cal Poly
6 UC Davis
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