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Mustangs with Five Matchups at Feb. 14-16 Silicon Valley Classic
2/13/2025 1:14:00 PM | Softball
Cal Poly Softball
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SAN LUIS OBISPO – After closing the program’s Mustang Classic with a 7-6, come-from-behind home victory against Oregon State (Feb. 9), the Cal Poly softball team hits the road for the first time in 2025 with five games at the Feb. 14-16 Silicon Valley Classic I, co-hosted at Santa Clara and San Jose State. Action for Cal Poly (1-4) gets underway Friday, Feb. 14 at Santa Clara against Colorado State (2-3) at 12 noon and the host Broncos (3-2) at 5:30 p.m. Action shifts to San Jose State on Saturday, Feb. 15 with Cal Poly facing the host Spartans (0-5) for a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader. The Mustangs close Silicon Valley Classic play Sunday, Feb. 16 with a 9 a.m. matchup versus UIC (2-3). Cal Poly has chalked up a 6-3 record in two previous entries at the Silicon Valley Classic (2020, 2024).
FOLLOW CAL POLY AT THE SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC: Live stats for all five of Cal Poly’s games will be available via GoPoly.com HERE … video from Friday’s matchup at Santa Clara (ESPN+) and Saturday’s doubleheader at San Jose State (Mountain West Network) will be available HERE.
CAL POLY VERSUS SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC I OPPONENTS: Cal Poly has prevailed in the last two matchups with Colorado State – most recently handing the Rams a 2-1 setback at the Silicon Valley Classic (Feb. 21, 2020) to extend the all-time series lead to 11-5 … Cal Poly leads the series against Santa Clara, 45-16, with the Broncos taking the last meeting at the 2024 Silicon Valley Classic, 6-4 … Cal Poly and San Jose State split a pair of matchups last season with the Mustangs prevailing in the Feb. 9 season opener (15-0) before the Spartans answered (3-1) at the Silicon Valley Classic. San Jose State leads the all-time series, 16-14 … Cal Poly and UIC have met just twice prior with the Mustangs producing a 4-1 win on Feb. 25, 2007 before the Flames enjoyed a 1-0 triumph on Feb. 11, 2022.
BARNETT ADDS OFFENSE TO THE RESUME: The reigning Big West Defensive Player of the Year honoree, senior catch Julia Barnett emerged as Cal Poly’s top hitter after the opening week, leading the Mustangs with a .533 (8-for-15) batting average, eight hits, 13 total bases, four RBI and an .867 slugging percentage after swatting her second career home run during a Feb. 8 matchup with Oregon State. A starter in all 92 games since the start of the 2023 season, Barnett is a .988 career fielder with just seven errors in 608 total chances.
Mustangs hit the road this week for the Silicon Valley Classic I, co-hosted at Santa Clara and San Jose State. Action begins Friday, Feb. 14 versus Colorado State (12 noon) and Santa Clara (5:30 p.m.).#RideHigh pic.twitter.com/mGmdIQUvSi
— Cal Poly Softball (@CalPolySoftball) February 10, 2025
CAMARENA’S CAREER DAY: Making just her third collegiate appearance during Cal Poly’s 7-6 home win against Oregon State (Feb. 9), freshman righthander Natalie Camarena tossed five and one-third innings of relief to earn her first career win while hitting a third-inning solo home run and producing a fourth-inning run-scoring hit.
CONDON ON THE VERGE OF MORE HISTORY: The winningest female head coach in university history, Jenny Condon requires just 22 more Mustang victories to become only the fifth head coach in Big West history to reach 500 career wins. Cal Poly’s April 12 doubleheader opening matchup at UC Riverside will also mark Condon’s 1,000th career game – a figure reached by just two previous Big West head coaches. A four-time Big West Coach of the Year honoree, Condon ranks sixth in conference history with both 478 total victories and 206 Big West wins.
CAL POLY SELECTED FIFTH IN BIG WEST PRESEASON POLL: A year after finishing third in the Big West standings with an 18-8 mark, Cal Poly was selected for a fifth-place finish during the 2025 season following the Jan. 30 release of the conference preseason coaches’ poll. The Mustangs earned 45 points to finish seven votes shy of Hawai’i. Long Beach State, last season’s Big West runner-up, took top spot in the poll with 81 total points and nine of 10 first-place votes. Defending champion Cal State Fullerton earned 63 points and the remaining first-place vote. UC Santa Barbara was third on 59 points.
LOOKING AHEAD (FEB. 22-23): Cal Poly returns home to Bob Janssen Field to host Sacramento State for a Saturday, Feb. 22 doubleheader (1 p.m.) and Sunday, Feb. 23 single matchup (11 a.m.). Cal Poly has won six of the last nine matchups with Sacramento State since 2013 – including edging the Hornets, 1-0, as part of a Feb. 9, 2024 opening day doubleheader. Cal Poly leads the all-time series, 44-39, dating to the first matchup on April 30, 1976.
