No. 13 Cal Poly beach volleyball (17-15) went 0-4 against four of the top six teams in the country on Friday, Apr. 15 and Saturday, Apr. 16 at the Swanson Beach Complex. The Mustangs fell to USC 5-0, battled and lost to Florida State 3-2, got swept by UCLA 5-0 and ended their weekend with […]
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Posted inBaseball
Baseball takes two of three against UC Irvine to maintain second place in the Big West standings
Cal Poly baseball traveled to Irvine to take on the UC Irvine Anteaters from Thursday, Apr. 14 through Saturday, Apr. 16 inside Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark. The Mustangs (22-13, 9-3 Big West) dropped game one to the ‘Eaters (21-13, 9-6 Big West) before coming back to win games two and three to take the […]
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Softball rolls past CSU Bakersfield for second straight Big West series sweep
Cal Poly softball stayed hot with a series sweep of CSU Bakersfield on Friday, Apr. 15 and Saturday, Apr. 16 at Roadrunner Softball Complex. The Mustangs (14-21, 9-6 Big West) have now won eight games in a row, including back-to-back Big West series sweeps. Meanwhile, the Roadrunners (8-25, 3-12 Big West) continued their rocky 2022 […]
Posted inMen's Tennis
No. 70 women’s tennis dominates UC Irvine 7-0
No. 70 Cal Poly women’s tennis blanked Big West rival UC Irvine 7-0 on Friday, April 15 at the Anteater Tennis Stadium. The Mustangs (14-5, 7-0 Big West) have won nine of ten games, with the latest being against the Anteaters (8-12, 1-5 Big West), to sit atop the conference rankings. Their only loss in […]
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Standout sophomore class looks to lead women’s track and field to second straight Big West championship
The future is now for the Women’s Track and Field at Cal Poly, as the defending Big West Conference champions’ impressive sophomore class has the team expecting themselves to repeat as champions. “This year I want to do the same,” sophomore runner Cassidy Hubert said. “We have a lot of great people coming back from […]
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Listen: Santa Barbara’s Deltopia Leads To Multiple Hospitalizations
For the first time in two years, Isla Vista hosted its annual ‘Deltopia’ event on April 2, which is an annual block party put on by University of California Santa Barbara fraternities and residents that live on Del Playa Drive. The day-long celebration starts in the early morning, where students party in the streets of […]
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Applications are still being accepted for in-person Spring Training for Cal Poly orientation
For the first time since 2019, Orientation Leaders are being trained in-person as a part of Spring Training for Cal Poly’s orientation program and the application period to apply has been extended for interested students. Spring Training is a quarter-long process that prepares Leaders in Training (LITs) for both SLO Days and Week of Welcome […]
Posted inWomen's Basketball
Shanele Stires named Cal Poly women’s basketball head coach
Shanele Stires was announced as the new head coach of the Cal Poly Women’s Basketball program on Thursday, Apr. 14 inside the Performing Arts Center on Cal Poly’s campus. Coach Stires steps into her new role replacing longtime Mustang coach Faith Mimnaugh. Coach Mimnaugh had an unquantifiable impact on the program over her two and […]
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A San Luis Obispo art gallery says “Bienvenidos” to a new mural
“It has always been my dream to create a mural,” communications sophomore Gabby Perez said. After working for six hours a day for three days straight, Perez made her dream come true. Perez was asked to create a mural at the front of Buen Dia, an art gallery in downtown San Luis Obispo, by the gallery’s […]
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Nassim: the interactive show with “audience members turned performers”
Imagine watching a performance for the first time and knowing nothing about the play. This is not an uncommon scenario, but there’s a catch –– the performer doesn’t know the plot either. The latest play making its way to Cal Poly, “Nassim,” is just that: a show that binds the audience and actor by bringing […]
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California Has to Learn to Coexist with Nuclear Power
Owen Lavine is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Nestled only a few dozen miles from Avila Beach is California’s only surviving nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon. Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is under threat of closure in 2025, as the wishes […]