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THIS WEEK IN MUSTANG ATHLETICS
- Looking to defend their Big West Championship, Mustang women’s soccer heads to No. 4 seed Cal Baptist on Wednesday to battle the Lancers in the Big West Championship First Round.
- Volleyball remains home for the next two weekends, beginning with a Friday matchup against Long Beach State before Saturday's clash with Cal State Fullerton. One win in either match this weekend officially clinches Cal Poly's spot in the Big West Championship field.
- Cal Poly football celebrates Senior Day and closes its six-game home schedule at Mustang Memorial Field on Saturday, Nov. 7 when hosting No. 6 Northern Arizona at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
- Mustang women's basketball, fresh off a Monday season-opening victory over UC Merced, returns to action Thursday, hosting Whittier College for their final non-Division-I matchup of the season.
- After opening the 2026-27 season with a 78-62 victory against Division-II Cal State San Marcos, Cal Poly begins a four-game road trip at No. 4/5 Arizona on Thursday. The game will be broadcasted on both truTV and HBO Max.
- Lubbe and Matthysen were selected to represent the Big West and Cal Poly men's tennis at the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Ga. from Nov. 3-5. The duo that recently advanced to the ITA Southwest Region semifinals will participate as a pair, but Lubbe will also play singles.
#RIDEHIGH MOMENTS
WEEKLY SNEAK PEEK
- Riding high following a 3-1 regular season finale victory to punch its ticket to the postseason, No. 5 seed Cal Poly looks to keep the momentum rolling when they battle No. 4 seed California Baptist in the First Round of the Big West Championship on Wednesday.
- Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at CBU Soccer Stadium. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.
- A hat trick from junior Isis Salazar-Ortega and three assists from freshman Kate Nunes powered Cal Poly to a win over Sacramento State on Saturday at Spanos Stadium. The victory allowed the Mustangs to secure a spot in the postseason.
- The defending Big West Champions, Cal Poly is set to square off with CBU, who won the WAC tournament title a year ago to earn a ticket to the NCAA Tournament and is in its first season as a member of the Big West.
- The Mustangs won the regular season meeting between the two sides on Sept. 23 in San Luis Obispo, using a goal from junior Sam Liaty in the 69th minute to secure a 2-1 victory over CBU and hand the Lancers their first loss of the season.
- All-Big West awards were released by the conference office on Tuesday with junior Miah Thomas earning a spot on the All-Big West Second Team and freshman Kate Nunes being named to the All-Rookie Team.
- The winner of Wednesday’s First Round match will advance to the Big West semifinals to face No. 1 seed and Big West regular season champion Utah Valley at 5 p.m. PT Saturday in Orem, Utah.
- Follow Cal Poly women’s soccer on Instagram (@calpolysoccer) and Twitter (@CPWomensSoccer) for live updates throughout Wednesday’s First Round match.
- A perfect 12-0 for the second time since 2017, volleyball hosts second place Long Beach State on Friday, Nov. 6 followed by Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Nov. 7.
- If the Mustangs pick up a win in either game they will officially punch their ticket to the Big West Championship, set to be held in Mott Athletic Center during Thanksgiving weekend.
- Two Mustangs earned Big West weekly awards for last week’s slate. Alexis Haury continued her dominance of the setter position with her fourth Big West Setter of the Week award. Haury is the only setter in the Big West with 10+ assists-per-set. Chloe Leluge won her first career Defensive Player of the Week, notching nine blocks in a win over UC San Diego.
- The most wins in a Big West season was 2022 Hawai’i going 19-1. The highest unbeaten mark was 18-0, which has been accomplished six times. Cal Poly’s best finish in the Big West was a perfect 16-0 set in 2017 under now associate head coach Sam Crosson.
- Cal Poly closes its six-game home schedule at Mustang Memorial Field on Saturday, Nov. 7 when hosting No. 6 Northern Arizona at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
- Cal Poly enters Saturday’s matchup with two of the Big Sky’s top four tacklers in fifth-year linebacker Kenny Olson (87 total tackles) and senior defensive back RL Miller (76). Olson also ranks 12th among FCS players.
- Prior to Saturday’s home finale, Cal Poly will honor its 15 graduating senior and fifth-year players for their contributions to the program.
- After one last home tune up game against NCAA Division-III foe Whittier Poets on Thursday Nov. 5, Cal Poly women’s basketball heads to Big Sky country to take on Idaho State on Monday, Nov.11. Both games will be available on ESPN+.
- Against UC Merced, Dessi Ulmer had a 17-point, 14-rebound double-double, while Sumer Lee and Gabby Robinson also chipped in double digits.
- Cal Poly held the Bobcats to four points in the first quarter (0% FG, all points FT) and just two points in the third quarter.
- Idaho State was picked to finish sixth in the Big Sky media poll, and seventh in the coaches poll. They finished last year 19-11 overall.
- Cal Poly and Idaho State matched up last season in Mott, with the Bengals prevailing 62-49.
- Former Mustang guard Sydney Bourland is an assistant coach in Pocatello after spending last year as a graduate assistant.
- After opening the 2026-27 season with a 78-62 Monday home victory against Division II Cal State San Marcos, Cal Poly begins a four-game road trip at No. 4/5 Arizona on Thursday, Nov. 5. Tip time on truTV and HBO Max is 7:37 p.m. PT.
- Junior Hamad Mousa led the Mustangs with 18 points against Cal State San Marcos – his 32nd career double-digit scoring game in 33 appearances for Cal Poly.
- Announced by the ITA last Tuesday, Jovan Lubbe and Leo Matthysen were selected to represent the Big West at the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Ga. from Nov. 3-5. With a last-minute callout on the conference's singles selection, Lubbe was selected as the replacement and will also participate in singles as well as doubles in Rome.
- Lubbe opens the tournament for the Mustangs on Thursday at 6 a.m. (PT) versus Pepperdine's No. 5 seed Aleksa Pisaric. Matthysen will join his countryman for doubles at Noon (PT) against Presbyterian College's Rafael Asadullin and Dario Navarro.
- Live stats and court streams provided by the ITA. Links to those can be found on the Men's Tennis schedule.
- To get here, Lubbe and Matthysen dispatched Pepperdine's No. 5 seed and breezed through the No. 4 Arizona duo to become just the second ITA Southwest Region semifinalists in program history. Lubbe was selected as Cal Poly's automatic singles main draw qualifier, and advanced through to the Round of 32 before falling to USC's No. 9 seed.
- The South African natives fell to the No. 14-seeded San Diego State pair Kobierski/Siekanowicz in the semifinals, which went on to defeat host Pepperdine's No. 1 seed Pisaric/Poertner; coincidentally, Pisaric being Lubbe's future opponent.
- Four other Mustangs will accompany associate head coach Jurgen De Jager to GCU for a regular season-ending hidden dual.
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