Category: Sports

Ryan Chartrand The Cal Poly women’s volleyball team, which finished third in the Big West Conference with a 10-4 conference record and 19-6 overall, was excluded from the 2005 NCAA Volleyball Tournament Sunday. This year, only Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara will represent the Big West Conference, a shock coming in the wake […]

Bradford Applin This past Tuesday I watched as a world champion was crowned on ESPN.  For months ESPN had its hype machine (TV, magazine, and online) in overdrive shoving this event down our collective throats.  The message was clear: this is an epic competition filled with drama and excitement.  Apparently I was supposed to feel […]

mustang daily staff report The women’s volleyball team closed its season with a convincing sweep of UC Davis. The Mustangs won 30-24, 30-15 and 30-13 to improve to 19-6 overall. The Mustangs concluded Big West Conference play last weekend, losing in four games to the University of the Pacific and in third place. The team’s […]

brennan angel With more than 75 percent of the Cal Poly women’s basketball players being upperclassmen, this is the year the team hopes to make a move in the Big West. The Mustangs are coming off a losing season in which the team finished with an overall record of 11-16 and 5-13 Big West; a […]

Garrett Leight The Cal Poly men’s basketball team will have to fight an uphill battle to regain the respect of fans after finishing last year with a record of 5-22 overall and 3-15 in the Big West – a record poor enough for a last-place finish in the Big West. However, coach Kevin Bromley isn’t […]

Dan Watson For the first time since moving to the Div. I-AA level 12 years ago, the Cal Poly football team received a berth into the championship playoffs. The Mustangs will travel to Missoula, Mont. for a second time this season in the team’s opening round game. The Mustangs lost 36-27 to the Grizzlies on […]

sheila sobchik The football team’s regular season comes to a close tomorrow with senior night taking place before the Mustangs match-up against Idaho State in Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. This week, Cal Poly (7-3, 4-1 Great West) moved up two spots in the national rankings to No. 13 after defeating Southern Utah 20-10 last […]

Frank Stranzl Quick Recap: By land, air and defense, the Mustangs were able to overcome an early 10-0 deficit and score 20 unanswered points. The land attack was anchored by another 100-plus yard performance by James Noble and saw the Mustangs gain 257 in total. Meanwhile, Matt Brennan threw for a season-high 213 yards, connecting […]

Frank Stranzl Cal Poly’s men’s soccer coach Wolfgang Gartner has coached his final game for the Mustangs, ending a 26-year career as head soccer coach at the school. Cal Poly director of athletics Alison Cone announced Thursday that Gartner’s contract would not be renewed for the 2006 season. “I felt it was time to move […]

Christopher Gunn With a plant of his pole in the deep powder, George Hjelte leapt down the spine of a ridge and in doing so triggered the beginnings of an avalanche. Behind him a thick wall of snow began to fall from the almost sheer face of the mountain, trailing him and almost engulfing him […]

Sports Information Report The Mustangs tip off the regular season at Mott Gym Friday against UC San Diego at 7 p.m. Cal Poly has already defeated two opponents in exhibition games. In its last game, Cal Poly went on a 19-2 run midway through its exhibition game against Cal Baptist last Tuesday, turning a 27-19 […]