Although the Cal Poly men’s soccer team lost its regular-season finale 2-1 at No. 19 UCLA Saturday night in a non-conference match, the No. 25 Mustangs learned they’ll be the third seed in the semifinals of the inaugural Big West Conference Tournament.
Cal Poly (10-5-5, 5-2-3) will visit No. 17 UC Santa Barbara, the second seed, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Harder Stadium.
The top seed, No. 11 UC Irvine, will host No. 15 UC Davis in the other match-up Wednesday night.
The Mustangs lost 1-0 in double overtime to the Gauchos at Alex G. Spanos Stadium on Oct. 17 in front of 11,075 – the third-largest regular-season crowd in college men’s soccer history.
They battled UCSB to a scoreless tie Nov. 5 before 9,749 in Santa Barbara.
If the Mustangs win and UC Davis defeats UC Irvine, Cal Poly would host the Big West title game in Spanos Stadium at noon – four hours before the Mustangs football team would take on UC Davis on the same field.
Cal Poly at the Anteater Shootout
Cal Poly freshman swimmer Lacey Buck won the women’s 500 and 1,000 free and Mustangs sophomores Peter Kline and Matthew Waggoner both won a race of their own Saturday in Irvine.
Buck took the 500 free in 5 minutes, 6.3 seconds, and the 1,000 free in 10:30.9.
Mustangs sophomore Carly Rowan won the 200 breast in 2:26.2, and sophomore teammate Melody White won the 200 back in 2:07.7.
Kline won the 200 back in 5:06.3 and Waggoner took the 1,000 free in 9:27.7.
The men finished 2-1 and the women 2-2.
The Mustangs will swim in a dual at UC Santa Barbara at 11 a.m. Nov. 22.
Cal Poly 84, CS Monterey Bay 48
Four Mustangs scored in double figures as they routed the Division II Otters in an exhibition at Mott Gym on Saturday.
Sophomore forward Kristina Santiago scored a team-high 16 points on 8-of-13 shooting.
Senior forward Megan Harrison (13 points), junior forward Becky Tratter (12) and freshman post Abby Bloetscher (10) also had strong offensive outings.
The Mustangs visit Pepperdine at 7:30 p.m. Friday.