Category: Sports

Cal Poly women’s volleyball setter Chelsea Hayes pounded her fist to the floor at Walter Pyramid after losing a two-set lead at Long Beach State in 2006. She knew that a decisive fifth-game loss could hand the Mustangs their first Big West Conference defeat of the season.

All across America there are mixed martial arts gyms like The Pit in Arroyo Grande, filled with students who want a future in the rising sport of MMA. There was a time, however, when the sport was seen by society as barbaric and inhumane.

So intense were those sentiments that presidential hopeful Sen.

The division series are over and it didn’t take long to lose the chance of an all-Los Angeles or all-Chicago World Series. None of the series went to five games and all the competitive games were found in one match-up. Hopefully, closer games are on the horizon.

Patrick Sigler is no stranger to college soccer.

Although the freshman for the Cal Poly men’s soccer team redshirted last year after breaking his foot and is just beginning his career as a center back for the Mustangs, he is following in the footsteps of his three siblings who all played college soccer, including C.

While watching “SportsCenter” last week, I was informed that Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens was not happy with his role in the offense after a loss. The analysis of Owens’ greediness was briefly interrupted by an update about Adam Jones’ whereabouts.

The Cal Poly men’s golf team used a home course advantage in cruising to a 45-stroke win at the inaugural Coast BMW-Coast Nissan Collegiate Golf Championship on Tuesday at the 6,724-yard, par-71 Monarch Dunes Golf Club in Nipomo.

The Mustangs were led by sophomore Jarod Knight’s 10-under-par, three-round total of 203, easily capturing the individual championship by eight strokes over Gregor Main of UCLA.

Rich Ellerson’s not a mind reader. Still, the head coach of the Cal Poly football team had a pretty good idea Monday what the focus of the school’s weekly athletics news conference at Mott Gym would be.

“Yes, we have another bye,” he said, beginning a rapid-fire satire while reporters situated their microphones and recorders before asking any questions.

For the third year in a row, the Cal Poly football team ran over a school from the Dakotas at home. This time, though, it kept its collective foot on the gas pedal afterward.

There was no surrendering 22 unanswered points in the final 10 minutes, as in a 31-28 loss to North Dakota State in 2007.

With the Cal Poly football team’s win over Division I newcomer South Dakota in the books, Great West Conference play is officially underway. Let’s take a look at how the teams are stacking up.

1. Cal Poly (3-1, 1-0): With North Dakota State and South Dakota State leaving the Great West after last year, the Mustangs are undoubtedly the favorite to win it this year and entered Saturday ranked No.

Morgan Miller scored twice for the second game in a row to lead the Cal Poly women’s soccer team to a 4-1 win at UC Riverside on Sunday afternoon.

The first goal came from 15 yards out in the seventh minute on a cross from senior Ashley Vallis, and the second, a header giving the Mustangs a 2-0 lead, came in the 24th on a cross by senior midfielder Melissa Woo.

This story was posted at 12:40 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 5. The Cal Poly volleyball team claimed first place in the Big West Conference on Saturday night against Pacific. The Mustangs swept the Tigers 25-23, 25-10, 25-21 at Mott Gym. The match was memorable for Mustangs head coach Jon Stevenson as both his 100th at Cal Poly (9-6, 4-0 Big West Conference), and his 23rd sweep there.