Category: Sports

The Cal Poly women’s basketball team finished Big West regular season play with a convincing 83-45 win over the University of the Pacific in Mott Gym on Saturday. The Mustangs led from start to finish, dominating every facet of the game. “I really felt like our defense was the difference in the game,” Cal Poly […]

Jennifer Hall With all the growing trends of dieting and exercising over the last few years, the sport of kickboxing has become a popular means of a cardio workout. This increase in interest is music to the ears of people like Eric Sandahl, owner and instructor of the Budo-Ryu School of Martial Arts in San […]

sheila sobchik Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team ended a six-game losing streak with a 80-67 win over Cal State Northridge Thursday at Mott Gym. Sparkle Anderson was the difference-maker for the Mustangs, runing through the Matadors’ defense for numerous layups en route to a 17 point and three steal performance. Anderson was six-for-10 form the […]

sheila sobchik Cal Poly wrestling finished second at the Pac-10 championships for the second time in three years as defending champion Arizona State successfully defended the title, despite the Mustangs’ Chad Mendes winning the Pac-10 championship at 125 pounds. The Mustangs led the tournament into the final session, but the Sun Devils overtook Cal Poly […]

michael mullady The swim season may be over and the results were not lackluster, but with a boost in funding, the team could be on its way to better seasons. Scholarships were granted this season to a pair of Cal Poly swimmers for the first time ever. Thanks to money earned through the Dick Anderson […]

Junior forward Derek Stockalper scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, two days after posting his fourth double-double of the season, to lead Cal Poly to a 76-72 victory over Cal State Fullerton in a Big West men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon in Mott Gym. Sophomore guard Dawin Whiten added 14 points, junior forward Tyler […]

Cal Poly will undoubtedly drop out of the top 25 when the latest rankings come available after losing two of three to unranked Santa Clara over the weekend. Cal Poly lost its first two games by scores of 15-9 and 7-5, but did manage to win the final game of the series 3-2. In Sunday’s […]

Andrea Adams and Charlee Underwood combined for 39 points as Cal State Fullerton handed Cal Poly its sixth consecutive loss, defeating the Mustangs 76-67 in a Big West Conference women’s basketball game Saturday afternoon in Titan Gym. With the loss, Cal Poly falls to 10-13 overall and 5-7 in the Big West. Cal State Fullerton, […]

Justin Fivella To see the beautiful PDF version of today’s Tour of California coverage, click on the image. In a scene reminiscent of the legendary Tour de France, a sea of colorfully clad professional cyclists raced around the corner of Chorro Street and 300 meters up Monterey Street to the finish in front of City […]

One student sporting a Cal Poly lacrosse jacket perched in a tree outside Hudson’s Grill and Bar to get a better view. Another group hung a canvas-sized sign from a building across the way that read, “Go #133 Lucas Euser.” As the lead group of riders made the final turn onto Monterey Street, fans lining […]

Bradford Applin Who knew that Presidents’ Day weekend was such a mecca of sporting events? All weekend I was treated to the Winter Olympics, where I got to see speedskaters Chad Hedrick and Shani Davis bicker like school boys over Davis’ decision not to compete in a team pursuit race that supposedly cost Hedrick (I […]