Category: Sports

Tom Sanders Sibling rivalry seems to consume every aspect of life when we are younger. Whether it is fighting about getting a smaller serving of potatoes or not wanting to clean the windows, it is a part of everyday life. But in sports, it seems rivalry becomes automatic. Luckily, with age, rivalry blossoms into support. […]

Frank Stranzl Last year at this time I was still getting acquainted with the simple things San Luis Obispo had to offer. I didn’t know where Bishop’s Peak was, I had no idea what street Woodstock’s was on and I couldn’t tell you about Cal Poly athletics. How many teams compete for Cal Poly? What […]

If there will ever be a must-win situation for the Cal Poly men’s soccer team this season, it’s tonight’s match against UC Irvine at Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. The Mustangs (4-6-0) are coming off two consecutive losses to Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara, making them 0-2 in Big West Conference play. The […]

The Cal Poly men’s golf team slipped into last place following the final round of play Tuesday in the Club Glove Intercollegiate hosted by Pepperdine University at the Saticoy Country Club. Coach Scott Cartwright’s Mustangs carded a four-person final-round 326 total on the par-72, 6,985-yard course, finishing with a 963 total, six strokes behind 11th-place […]

kiel carreau Cal Poly lost a Big West Conference match against the UC Irvine Anteaters 2-1 at Mustang Stadium Wednesday. Cal Poly falls to 4-7 overall and 0-3 in conference play. Cal Poly now has consecutive Big West losses to UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Northridge and UC Irvine. UC Irvine improved to 5-3-2 overall […]

sheila sobchik Cal Poly dropped a tightly contested match against No. 25 Long Beach State on Saturday 3-2. Though the 49ers finished the Mustangs off in four games, the final score didn’t tell the complete story. The Mustangs lost the first game 30-27 followed by a 30-28 defeat in game two. The Mustangs had the […]

It will be No. 9 Cal Poly against No. 12 North Dakota State in a Great West Football Conference at Mustang Stadium on Saturday. Cal Poly climbed one more position to No. 9 in the two NCAA Division I-AA polls following its 31-14 victory at Northern Colorado on Saturday. North Dakota State fell one spot […]

The Cal Poly men’s soccer team lost 3-1 to host Cal State Northridge on Sunday. The Mustangs extended their stay down south because Saturday’s match against the Matadors was postponed, a result of the wildfires burning in the Topanga and Chatsworth areas, according to the Big West Conference Web site. Cal Poly falls to 4-6-0 […]

Senior outside hitter Vanessa Gilliam has been killing it, literally. Gilliam leads the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team in kills with 242, which is second in the Big West Conference. Her kill count of nearly five per game coupled with her hitting percentage of .274 has been leaving opponents diving to stop her offensive onslaught. […]

sheila sobchik The Cal Poly men’s tennis team started off the year with high expectations and a strenuous training routine. “This year is probably the best team we’ve had here,” sophomore Aaron Elbert said. “We even talk about it off the court – how good we are as a team.” Part of the improvement is […]

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 […]