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Weekly Mustang Roundup: Oct. 12-18
10/13/2026 6:34:00 PM | General
Cal Poly Athletics
Upcoming Games
Oct 15, 2026
Men's Tennis vs
ITA Regionals
Oct 15, 2026 at All Day
Women's Tennis at
ITA Southwest Regionals
Oct 16, 2026 at M: 6:15 AM PDT / W: 6:50 AM PDT
Cross Country at
Arturo Barrios Invitational
Oct 17, 2026 at M: 8:45 AM / W: 9:30 AM
Cross Country at
Bronco Invitational
THIS WEEK IN MUSTANG ATHLETICS
- Moving into a share of first place atop the Big Sky Conference standings, Cal Poly football heads to Northern Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 17. Kickoff from Nottingham Field is 5 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
- With five sweeps in the last six Big West matches, Cal Poly volleyball is off to its best Big West start since 2019 and is looking to extend the streak twice more as Caroline Walters sits two wins from becoming the all-time winningest Mustang volleyball coach.
- Cal Poly men’s soccer returns home for its next two matches, hosting Utah Valley (Wednesday, Oct. 14) and No. 22 Oregon State (Saturday, Oct. 17). Both matches kick off at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
- At the midway point of conference play, the Cal Poly women’s soccer team travels to CSUN on Wednesday and Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday looking to climb up the Big West table.
- The Cal Poly men’s and women’s tennis programs are both set to compete in the ITA Southwest Regionals this Thursday through next Tuesday.
- The Cal Poly cross country program wraps up regular season action this week, splitting the squad between the Arturo Barrios Invitational and Bronco Invitational.
- Jack Cross' Open Singles Flight B championship at the UCSB Classic highlighted men's tennis' fall season thus far. The entire team, led by Jovan Lubbe receiving automatic draw qualification, is back in action this week at the ITA Regionals.
#RIDEHIGH MOMENTS
WEEKLY SNEAK PEEK
- Sharing first place atop the Big Sky standings with a 3-1 mark alongside No. 7 Montana, No. 8 Northern Arizona and Weber State, Cal Poly (4-3, 3-1) visits Northern Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
- Including Saturday’s 25-24 win at No. 16 Idaho State, all three of Cal Poly’s Big Sky victories have been achieved in the final minute and by a combined nine points. Cal Poly’s seven games this fall have been decided by an average of 5.3 points per game.
- With linebacker Kenny Olson ranked fifth nationally at 69 total tackles, Cal Poly features three of the Big Sky’s top four tacklers. Offensively, quarterback Anthony Grigsby, Jr., is sixth among FCS players with 16 passing touchdowns. He’s also responsible for 116 of Cal Poly’s 207 points this year.
- Cal Poly volleyball kept its Big West record unblemished last weekend, with the Mustangs recording their third and fourth consecutive sweeps. Coach Walters moved to 142 career wins, putting her one away from tying Mike Wilton and two from becoming the all-time winningest Mustang volleyball coach.
- Now atop the Big West table by two matches, the Mustangs will put their perfect 6-0 start to the test by hosting both opponents from Riverside: the new kids on the block, California Baptist, on Friday (6 p.m.) and conference mainstay UC Riverside on Saturday (4 p.m.).
- The Mustangs (10-6, 6-0 Big West) have won six in a row and sit alone atop the conference standings. With five sweeps in their last six Big West matches, the Mustangs are off to their best start to Big West play since 2019. Cal Poly has one perfect conference season (16-0) in program history, under now-associate head coach Sam Crosson in 2017.
- Junior setter Alexis Haury averaged 11 assists and 4.17 digs per set over last weekend's pair of sweeps. For her contributions, she was awarded her second consecutive and third overall Big West Setter of the Week nod.
- In eight of the last ten matches, sophomore middle blocker Kelly has notched errorless hitting efforts, and she has hit above .300 in 11 of 16 total matches thus far. She currently paces the Mustangs and the Big West with a .431 hitting percentage.
- Back home at Mustang Memorial Field, Cal Poly hosts Utah Valley for a Wednesday, Oct. 14 non-conference matchup before welcoming No. 22 Oregon State for a Saturday, Oct. 17 Pac-12 showdown. Both games kick off at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
- Halfway through the six-game Pac-12 schedule, Cal Poly sits in fifth place on two points – three behind joint fourth-place programs UC San Diego and San Diego State. Oregon State leads on 10 points. The top four programs qualify for the Nov. 7 and 13 Pac-12 Tournament.
- Cal Poly travels to CSUN on Wednesday and Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday looking to climb up the Big West standings.
- Both matches start at 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. You can watch Wednesday’s match HERE and Saturday’s match HERE. Links to live scoring can be found on the Cal Poly women’s soccer schedule page.
- The Mustangs currently sit in a tie for sixth place in the Big West standings with UC Irvine at 7 points, 4 points behind co-leaders Cal State Fullerton and Utah Valley. Last year, Cal Poly was also 2-2-1 in Big West play through five matches before going unbeaten (4-0-1) across its final five regular season matches to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.
- Cal Poly secured a 1-1 draw against CSUN last year at Spanos and is unbeaten across its last five matches (4-0-1) with the Matadors. Cal Poly leads the all-time series 12-9-4.
- The Mustangs are 11-3-1 all-time against the Roadrunners with the two sides playing to a 2-2 draw in San Luis Obispo last season. The last time Cal Poly traveled to Bakersfield on Oct. 20, 2024, the Mustangs fell to the Roadrunners 2-0 while Bernardo Silva was still the head coach at CSUB.
- For juniors Miah Thomas, Isis Salazar-Ortega and Mya Clarke, and sophomore Maddy Cole, this will be the quartet’s first game playing at CSUB since transferring to Cal Poly from Cal State Bakersfield over the offseason.
- Thomas is responsible for six of Cal Poly’s 14 goals this season. Thomas is a perfect 4-4 on penalty kicks this season and her six goals are tied for third most in the Big West.
- 29 players have seen the field for the Mustangs this season with six starting in all 13 matches — senior Siena Urzua, juniors Miah Thomas, Mya Clarke and Shannon Porubski, sophomore Sam Walker and freshman Kate Nunes.
- Following this week’s action, Cal Poly returns home to host Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Oct. 21, and UC Irvine on Sunday, Oct. 25.
- The Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross country teams will send its top seven runners on both sides to the Arturo Barrios Invitational hosted by Texas A&M on Friday, while the rest of the team competes in the Bronco Invitational hosted by Santa Clara on Saturday.
- Racing starts at 6:15 a.m. PDT Friday in College Station, Texas, with the men’s 8K followed by the women’s 6K at 6:50 a.m. PDT. Live results are available HERE.
- Action from the Bronco Invitational hosted by Santa Clara starts at 8:45 a.m. Saturday with the men’s 8K followed by the women’s 6K at 9:30 a.m. Live results are available HERE.
- Following this week’s action, Cal Poly prepares to compete in the Big West Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31, at UC Riverside’s Ag/Ops Cross Country Course.
- Cal Poly men’s tennis heads to Malibu while the women’s tennis team travels to San Diego as both squads are set to compete in the ITA Southwest Regionals this Thursday through next Tuesday.
- The ITA Southwest Regionals send the finalists in singles play as well as the doubles champion to the NCAA Individual Championships in Georgia in November.
- This past week, Jack Cross won the UCSB Classic singles title, defeating competition from UCLA, UCSB, UCSD and Santa Clara to take the top spot.
- In the last action for the women’s tennis team, Natalie Lynch and Jessica MacCallum won the doubles title at the Big West Fall Selection event to punch their ticket to the ITA Conference Masters on Nov. 5-8 in Rome, Georgia.
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