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The Cal Poly men’s soccer team was defeated in double overtime 1-0 by No. 23 UC Santa Barbara on Friday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in front of the third-largest crowd in regular-season NCAA men’s soccer history.
The game, which was broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel, was played to a scoreless deadlock after regulation and through the first overtime.
This story was posted at 12:37 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. The No. 3/5 Cal Poly football team passed a critical road test Saturday, defeating No. 21/22 South Dakota State 42-28 at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings, S.D. The Mustangs defense hounded the Jackrabbits, recording a school Division-I record 10 sacks, and freshman safety Greg Francis intercepted two passes in the win.
Only a few years ago, Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara may as well have been on opposite ends of the continent when it came to men’s soccer. Now, their proximity on the field reflects the closeness of the hour-and-a-half drive connecting the two.
The Mustangs lost 12 in a row to the Gauchos from 2001 through 2006, and often averaged attendances of fewer than 500 at the school’s generic sports complex.
The National Collegiate Water Ski Championships begin today and the Cal Poly water ski team is set to pull off another upset.
During its last competition at the western regional on Oct. 5, Cal Poly had its best finish ever when it took second in a field of 12 teams from the western United States.
The Cal Poly baseball team released its schedule Tuesday. It’s headlined by a pair of games with defending national champion Fresno State.
The Bulldogs, who pulled off an improbable run through the College World Series last year, lost the 2008 season series to Cal Poly 3-2.
Jon Stevenson saw something Monday he hadn’t seen in more than two years. For the first time since Sept. 4, 2006, his Cal Poly women’s volleyball team wasn’t in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll.
“I looked at it and saw we weren’t in the top 25 and walked off to gather myself because it was a moment that really hurt,” Stevenson said.
For many, life after Cal Poly is work, work, take a break and work some more. For former Cal Poly high jumper Sharon Day, the surreal life that came a few months after graduating from Cal Poly reflected the opening ceremony to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
The Cal Poly football team matched its highest ranking ever Monday.
After their third bye over the past five weeks, the Mustangs rose to No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) coaches poll and No. 5 in the Sports Network media poll.
A last-minute goal gave the Cal Poly women’s soccer team a 3-0 Big West Conference record and head coach Alex Crozier his 200th career win Sunday against Cal State Northridge.
The Mustangs (8-6) came off back-to-back wins over Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside to get a 1-0 victory at Alex G.
If KCPR 91.3 FM listeners tried to find some underground, indie rock to appease an insatiable hunger for music Oct. 4, they would have been disappointed.
In fact, they probably would have taken a second glance at the radio when play-by-play announcers described Cal Poly wide receiver Ramses Barden stretching over a defender, trying to score a touchdown after a 67-yard reception during the Mustangs’ 49-22 win over South Dakota.
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A trio of Cal Poly women’s tennis players swept in singles play Sunday at the 11-team Cal State Fullerton Intercollegiates Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Junior Suzie Matzenauer (in Flight A), senior Maria Malec (Flight B) and freshman Jocelyn Davis (Flight C) all won championships in their respective flights.
