Category: Sports

Interceptions by Kyle Shotwell and Jason Relyea plus a fumble recovery by Adam Torosian all set up touchdowns as Cal Poly defeated Northern Colorado 31-14 in a Great West Football Conference game Saturday afternoon before a record crowd of 9,142 at Nottingham Field. Freshman running back James Noble rushed for 95 yards on 13 carries […]

The men’s cross country team won the 8K race at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday. The Mustangs had a point total of 51, placing five runners in the top 15. Concordia took second place behind Cal Poly with 70 points and host UC Riverside was third with 80. The Cal Poly women’s team finished […]

kiel carreau The Cal Poly women’s soccer team started its weekend off on the right foot by defeating St. Mary’s 2-1 Friday at Mustang Stadium. After suffering its first loss of the season to No. 6 Santa Clara last Sunday and dropping in the national rankings to No. 23, Cal Poly (7-1-3) was primed to […]

michael mullady The Cal Poly men’s soccer team fell to No. 10 UC Santa Barbara 3-1 in its Big West opener Wednesday at Mustang Stadium. The Mustangs (4-5-0, 0-1) came out strong and battled against the Gauchos for the majority of the match. However, during a short stint in the second half, UCSB (5-2-1, 2-0) […]

sheila sobchik Recent graduates Ben Bruce and Maggie Vessey, both track stars, have decided to take their running to the next level and make it a career. Bruce and Vessey are now both sponsored by ASICS and have begun running professionally. “It’s like turning pro for any athlete,” said Brian Thurmond, Cal Poly’s media relations […]

Frank Stranzl Jon Stevenson is the men’s volleyball coach. The team is off to an 8-3 start, 1-1 in Big West play. Here is what Stevenson had to say this week: I will never forget this special time in my life… way back in 1985, before many of you were born, when Mott Gym rocked, […]

Q: What’s the quickest way between two points?  A:  A strait line of course- Well yes that is true, but… Q: What about just getting between two points in town?  A:  A car.    At first thought one might think that there are serious advantages in driving to school in San Luis Obispo.  For one, […]

Sheila Sobchik The “new school” of surfing was put on display in Pismo Beach Saturday at the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s Airshow. As opposed to regular surf events, points were given for flying above the wave, not riding on the wave. The aerial competition got underway at 2:30 p.m. in blown-out, two to four foot, […]

Thao Tran The men’s golf team finished 11th at the Northwest Collegiate Classic tournament hosted by Oregon State University at the Trysting Tree Golf Club in what was a weak set of scores from the team. “I think everybody on the team played below average,” senior Travis Bertoni said. “We fell short of what we […]

The Cal Poly men’s soccer team will start its Big West play against longtime rival UC Santa Barbara today at 7p.m. in Mustang Stadium. The Mustangs (4-4) are looking for their third consecutive win after back-to-back victories against Sacramento State and San Jose State. However, the task looks tough for Cal Poly as the Gauchos […]

Sheila Sobchik The Cal Poly men’s cross country team is optimistic that the 2005 season will be a success. Last year’s team won its second consecutive Big West Championship, placed 3rd at the NCAA West Regional and finished 10th at the NCAA Nationals. The 10th-place finish in Terry Haute, Ind. was an improvement of three […]