Senior Vince Moraga, redshirt freshman Tanner Trosin, sophomore Dano Graves and senior Kenny Johnson took snaps behind center and mixed the Mustangs’ traditional up-tempo triple-option attack with a few passes downfield during Saturday’s Spring Game. Chris Brown, another option at quarterback, sat out the game with a bruised wrist. The four quarterbacks combined to take 105 snaps, with 83 rushing attempts and 23 passes, and totaled 467 yards of offense.
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Swing and miss: Baseball drops two games against Titans
A 6-4 loss to No. 4 Cal State Fullerton on Sunday severely hampered the Cal Poly baseball team’s Big West Conference championship hopes, but it has given the team laser focus on a glimmer of hope.
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After the dust settles: a firsthand account of Coachella Weekend One
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@gmail.com At the end, the faces of festival-goers were caked with explosions of dirt and green paint as they reveled in the conclusion of their three days in the desert. Those mementos were all that remained from their time at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival when the music ended on Sunday […]
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Murdock takes the reins as SLO social media ambassador
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@gmail.com Bentley Murdock is a new kind of ambassador. He won’t travel to foreign countries or meet with leaders to determine global policy, but he’ll direct social media for San Luis Obispo in an attempt to drive virtual and literal tourists to the Central Coast. Murdock was selected to be the city’s first […]
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Don’t SLO me down
Sports editor gives firsthand account of running the SLO marathon J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net “You need some energy gel?” Until I hit mile 20 of Sunday’s SLO Marathon, I never would have thought those words would save me. After cranking through most of the course at a 7:30-minutes-per-mile pace, an ugly side-cramp forced me to stop […]
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Women’s basketball to travel to Baton Rouge for matchup with Penn State
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net It didn’t take long for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to find out where its first-ever NCAA bid would take them. In the sixth pairing announced on ESPN’s selection show, the Mustangs appeared as a No. 14 seed pitted against No. 3 Penn State in Baton Rouge, La. at 2:15 p.m. […]
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Baseball is back: maybe better than ever
Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Less is more, right? For the Cal Poly baseball team, this is clearly the case. Head coach Larry Lee only lost a few players from last year’s team, but two of them were offensive monsters Mitch Haniger and Mike Miller. Some role players were […]
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Finally, Molly Schlemer can dance in the spotlight
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net For her entire career, Molly Schlemer was overshadowed by the same name. Even as this season progressed and Schlemer emerged as one of the best in the conference, it was there. In post-game press conferences, in comparisons, in questions about whether the team could really make the big dance without that name: Kristina […]
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Win … and the Mustangs are in
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net There are times when Molly Schlemer looks simply pedestrian on the court. There are others when she’s backing down a helpless foe in the paint and the crowd starts cheering in anticipation of another easy bucket for Cal Poly. In the Mustangs’ semifinal game against UC Santa Barbara, Schlemer flipped that switch […]
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‘Stache attack: Royer and U’u lead Mustangs by Aggies
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net Dylan Royer and Drake U’u found chemistry on the court Thursday. Mustaches and all. The senior gaurds have sported matching facial hair during the final stretch of the season and sparked a second-half explosion to lead Cal Poly past UC Davis 64-41 in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference Tournament. “One […]
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Men’s basketball vs Hawaii livestream
The men’s basketball team is taking on Hawaii with fourth place in the Big West on the line. Watch the game live here.