The big left palm of guard Shawn Lewis followed through as the ball traveled toward the hoop with eight seconds left in the game. The 3-pointer swished through the net, completing a Cal Poly rally to tie the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 56-56. The lone senior, on a night dedicated to his career, looked like he […]
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Wrestling defeats SFSU in regular season finale
The Cal Poly wrestling team put a bad loss to Stanford behind them on Sunday afternoon and won the last nine matches against Division II San Francisco State in its final tuneup before the Pac-10 Championships. The Mustangs recorded four pins and a technical fall, routing the Gators 43-3 and ending the season with a […]
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Women’s basketball fends off UC Irvine
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team watched a nine-point lead dwindle to nothing when UC Irvine’s Tayler Champion nailed a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired. The shot put the Anteaters up 17-16 with seven minutes remaining in the first half. Yet, the Mustangs went on to outscore UC Irvine 20-10 the rest of the […]
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Azevedo leaves his mark on wrestling program
After a decade with the Mustangs, co-head coach John Azevedo is hanging up his wrestling shoes at the end of the 2011 season. Yet, with the Pac-10 and NCAA Championships looming, Azevedo remains focused on his wrestlers and what they can accomplish in the next six weeks.
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Aggie turned Mustang: A twist of fate sends Abel from UC Davis to Cal Poly
Just 11 months ago, UC Davis’ Barrett Abel wrestled his way past Cal Poly to be crowned champion of the Pac-10 conference at 149 pounds.
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Popping the question — finding roommates for next year
J.J. Jenkins is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist.
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Men’s basketball chalks up third straight win
The Cal Poly men’s basketball team resisted a flurry of early Pacific runs, as the Mustangs overcame an early 7-0 deficit Saturday night to win 58-39. After a slow first half, forward David Hanson and guard Shawn Lewis went off in the final 20 minutes for a combined 25 points, moving the team to 6-4 […]
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Plane crashes near Poly campus
A single-engine Aeronca vintage plane crashed on private property neighboring the Cal Poly campus Thursday morning around 10 a.m. One person died.
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Smith downs his ‘kryptonite’ to propel win over Bakersfield
In the Mustangs’ 23-12 win over Cal State Bakersfield Friday night, 197-pounder Ryan Smith faced his nemesis, No. 17 Riley Orozco, who stymied the Mustang in four previous matches.
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Wrestling gears up for two Pac-10 duals
Over a stretch of 10 days in three states against three ranked opponents, the Cal Poly wrestling team battled through a roller-coaster of emotions to a 2-1 record, and the Mustangs’ schedule is not letting up.
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Freshman questions Roth’s portrayal of college
J.J. Jenkins is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist.