The 80th annual Poly Royale Rodeo took place last weekend at the Cotton Rosser Rodeo Complex and featured events including saddle bronc riding, calf roping and break away roping –– and a surprise. The Make-A-Wish foundation and the Cal Poly Rodeo team partnered up to grant 11-year-old Maddie Owens’ wish during the event. Maddie was […]
How an 11 year old had her wish granted at Cal Poly Royal Rodeo
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Listen: Poly Royal Rodeo Returns
On Saturday, April 9, eight decades of history returned when Cal Poly students, community members and others attended the 80th annual Poly Royal Rodeo. After two years without the rodeo due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many competing were excited for the return of this event. Bio-resource and agricultural engineering junior Maggie Usher is a member […]
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No. 70 women’s tennis pulls off 4-2 upset win over No. 64 Cal State Fullerton
No. 70 Cal Poly women’s tennis had their dominance continue with a 4-2 upset win over No. 64 Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Apr. 16 at Titan Courts. The Mustangs (15-5, 8-0 Big West) pushed their conference winning streak to eight as they now control their own destiny for a regular-season conference title. With the […]
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No. 13 beach volleyball goes 0-4 in Center of Effort Challenge against top teams in the nation
No. 13 Cal Poly beach volleyball (17-15) went 0-4 against four of the top six teams in the country on Friday, Apr. 15 and Saturday, Apr. 16 at the Swanson Beach Complex. The Mustangs fell to USC 5-0, battled and lost to Florida State 3-2, got swept by UCLA 5-0 and ended their weekend with […]
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Baseball takes two of three against UC Irvine to maintain second place in the Big West standings
Cal Poly baseball traveled to Irvine to take on the UC Irvine Anteaters from Thursday, Apr. 14 through Saturday, Apr. 16 inside Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark. The Mustangs (22-13, 9-3 Big West) dropped game one to the ‘Eaters (21-13, 9-6 Big West) before coming back to win games two and three to take the […]
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Softball rolls past CSU Bakersfield for second straight Big West series sweep
Cal Poly softball stayed hot with a series sweep of CSU Bakersfield on Friday, Apr. 15 and Saturday, Apr. 16 at Roadrunner Softball Complex. The Mustangs (14-21, 9-6 Big West) have now won eight games in a row, including back-to-back Big West series sweeps. Meanwhile, the Roadrunners (8-25, 3-12 Big West) continued their rocky 2022 […]
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No. 70 women’s tennis dominates UC Irvine 7-0
No. 70 Cal Poly women’s tennis blanked Big West rival UC Irvine 7-0 on Friday, April 15 at the Anteater Tennis Stadium. The Mustangs (14-5, 7-0 Big West) have won nine of ten games, with the latest being against the Anteaters (8-12, 1-5 Big West), to sit atop the conference rankings. Their only loss in […]
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Standout sophomore class looks to lead women’s track and field to second straight Big West championship
The future is now for the Women’s Track and Field at Cal Poly, as the defending Big West Conference champions’ impressive sophomore class has the team expecting themselves to repeat as champions. “This year I want to do the same,” sophomore runner Cassidy Hubert said. “We have a lot of great people coming back from […]
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Listen: Santa Barbara’s Deltopia Leads To Multiple Hospitalizations
For the first time in two years, Isla Vista hosted its annual ‘Deltopia’ event on April 2, which is an annual block party put on by University of California Santa Barbara fraternities and residents that live on Del Playa Drive. The day-long celebration starts in the early morning, where students party in the streets of […]
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Applications are still being accepted for in-person Spring Training for Cal Poly orientation
For the first time since 2019, Orientation Leaders are being trained in-person as a part of Spring Training for Cal Poly’s orientation program and the application period to apply has been extended for interested students. Spring Training is a quarter-long process that prepares Leaders in Training (LITs) for both SLO Days and Week of Welcome […]
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Shanele Stires named Cal Poly women’s basketball head coach
Shanele Stires was announced as the new head coach of the Cal Poly Women’s Basketball program on Thursday, Apr. 14 inside the Performing Arts Center on Cal Poly’s campus. Coach Stires steps into her new role replacing longtime Mustang coach Faith Mimnaugh. Coach Mimnaugh had an unquantifiable impact on the program over her two and […]