Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net It is April, and once again, baseball is the talk of the town. The San Francisco Giants return to AT&T Park to defend the team’s second World Series title in three years. And upstairs in the Giants broadcast booth is the man who tells their story. He knows the team, he […]
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Schlemer scores 24, but Mustangs fall to No. 3 Penn State
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Through 10 minutes, it looked like the magic would continue for Molly Schlemer and the Cal Poly women’s basketball team. But during the next 30 minutes, Big Ten Player of the Year Maggie Lucas and the No. 3-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions turned on the switch to run away with […]
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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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Griffin ends career with knee injury
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Half-crying in pain, half-crying because of elation, senior guard Kayla Griffin was the first one on the ladder to cut down the net. With scissors in hand, Griffin’s teammates lifted her up onto the top rung as she snipped away at the nylon — symbolizing the Cal Poly women’s basketball team’s first […]
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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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Women’s basketball cuts down nets in Anaheim
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net Faith Mimnaugh wasn’t sure if it would ever happen. But on Saturday it did, as the Mustangs clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history with a 63-49 victory over Pacific in the Big West Conference Tournament final. “I’ve been waiting a long time,” the […]
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Beat at the buzzer: Pacific eliminates Cal Poly
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net In a game that featured 18 lead changes and didn’t see either team lead by more than four points, a single put-back layup with 1.3 seconds left decided the Cal Poly men’s basketball team’s fate for a bid at the Big West Conference Tournament finals. Pacific’s senior forward Travis Fulton corralled teammate […]
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‘Stangs wake in second half, defeat Gauchos 62-43
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly women’s basketball team emerged victorious in their semifinal game of the Big West tournament as they brought down rival UC Santa Barbara 62-43 in the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The win was extra sweet for the Mustangs after last year. As the top-seeded team, Cal Poly fell […]
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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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Wagman pitches Poly past Irish
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The sun didn’t set over Baggett Stadium until the fifth inning, but starting pitcher Joey Wagman’s performance between the first three innings and the last six was night and day. The No. 20 Cal Poly baseball team (15-2) defeated No. 17 Notre Dame (10-5) behind a complete game, 12-strikeout night for Wagman, […]