Category: Sports

Krysten Cary wasn’t going to leave anything up to chance. When the sophomore first baseman slid head first into third base at Bob Janssen Field on Sunday afternoon, she set the tone of urgency for her Cal Poly softball team on its way to a much-needed, 4-2 win over UC Davis.

The Cal Poly baseball team completed its first sweep of the season and won its fourth game in a row by defeating UNLV 8-6 at Baggett Stadium on Sunday.

Sophomore right-hander Steven Fischback (5-3) picked up the win, recording eight strikeouts and only one walk in his 6 1/3 innings of work.

The Cal Poly track and field team swept visiting UC Santa Barbara in a dual on Saturday afternoon, with the men’s squad winning 121-79 and the women’s 121-78.

For the men, Tre’dale Tolver ran the second leg of a 4-by- 100-meter relay unit’s victorious 41.

Ryan Lee remembers playing catch with his dad, and being a batboy for his sister’s softball games. He was a secret team member, and knew he would play baseball forever. His prowess at the plate hasn’t been so secret this season, as his .361 batting average is second for the Cal Poly baseball team, as are his .

People have been partying at Wildflower for 26 years, but does everybody know what they’re celebrating?

As one of the largest triathlons worldwide, the Wildflower races, or Avia Wildflower Triathlons, held at Lake San Antonio, draw upward of 7,500 athletes and 30,000 spectators and volunteers annually – including 1,200 volunteers from Cal Poly, according to sponsorship coordinator Colleen Bousman.

Fans of the Cal Poly softball team can do more than watch a doubleheader against UC Davis on Saturday. They can join the Mustangs in striking out – striking out cancer, that is.

Cal Poly, along with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), is sponsoring the second annual Cal Poly StrikeOut Cancer Day at Bob Janssen Field to benefit the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.

With the recent spell of wonderful weather and the never-ending parade of exams, it is understandable if you have lost touch with the current state of affairs in the wide world of sports. No worries, SLO Pitch is here to catch you up on your current events, sports style.

Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong, both sophomores from the Cal Poly women’s tennis team, will compete as a doubles tandem at the NCAA Championships in late May, the NCAA announced Wednesday.

Their trip to the championships, which will be held May 21 through May 26 at the Michael D.

The Cal Poly baseball team scored three times and came within a home run of hitting for the cycle in the second inning on its way to an 8-2 victory over No. 16 Cal on Wednesday night at Baggett Stadium.

The final score wasn’t indicative of how tight the game actually was for the Mustangs, who snapped a three-game losing skid and avenged a 10-8 loss after being ahead 7-1 in Berkeley on April 22.

Sometimes it pays to be defiant. Just ask Dominique Olowolafe.

The middle blocker for the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team has a “refuse to lose” attitude that allowed her to shine last season as a freshman.

In late March, Olowolafe landed a spot on this year’s United States Women’s National A2 Team, the elite training squad below the women’s national team itself.

The Cal Poly women’s water polo club team is heading to Portland, Ore. Thursday to compete in the national championship tournament. The Mustangs have won three national titles in the past five years and are looking to claim another one.

They recently defeated UCLA to win the Pacific Coast Championship at UC San Diego and have played teams from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, including USC and Pepperdine.