Cal Poly Baseball pitcher Griffin Naess was named to Baseball America’s Week 2 National Team of the Week after his stellar one-hit performance in Friday’s home opener against Washington State University. He set a career-high of 14 strikeouts and earned Big West Pitcher of the Week for the second time in his career.
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LISTEN: Mike DeGeorge’s system attracts attention, but can Cal Poly retain top players?
Cal Poly’s Mike DeGeorge system has shown great potential with a roster filled with majority underclassmen, but the transfer portal looms large as players may be tempted by Power Four conferences with more money and attention.
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How Shannon Porubski went from third string to All-Big West in one year for Cal Poly Women’s Soccer
Shannon Porubski, a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, earned her chance to prove herself on the field and has since become a staple of the Cal Poly Women’s Soccer defense, leading the team to seven shutouts and eight wins after earning the role of the starting goalkeeper midway through the season.
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Women’s soccer coach Bernardo Silva fuels Cal Poly’s success with ‘GRIT’ philosophy
Cal Poly Women’s Soccer opened the 2025 season with nine non-conference matches and escaped the slate unbeaten, becoming the first team in program history to do so. The Mustangs went 2-0-7 in that span, breaking the program’s record of most ties achieved in a single season. The unbeaten stretch was also the team’s longest overall […]
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Cal Poly Baseball takes home eight All-Big West awards
Cal Poly Baseball racked up the awards as eight Mustangs were awarded All-Big West honors, announced Tuesday by the Big West Conference. Four Mustangs were named to the All-Big West first team, with three being named to the second team and one as an honorable mention. Cal Poly’s 23-7 record in the Big West is […]
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Cal Poly Baseball sweeps UC Riverside to wrap up regular season
With the first Big West Baseball Championships in 27 years looming, Cal Poly Baseball took on last-place UC Riverside in a three-game set this past weekend. The Mustangs did not try to look ahead to the highly anticipated tournament. Instead, they swept the Highlanders in dominant fashion, looking to take their built-up momentum into this […]
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Cal Poly Athletic Director breaks silence on swim and dive team discontinuation
Over a month after announcing the discontinuation of the Cal Poly swim and dive program, athletic director Don Oberhelman made his first public comments on the move. He cited multiple issues, including budget reduction, the House v. NCAA settlement and Cal Poly’s large number of sports offerings. “It’s painful,” said Oberhelman in a video on […]
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Cal Poly Softball takes down Bakersfield for first series win of the year
After weeks of searching for a conference win and seated at the bottom of the Big West standings, Cal Poly softball found a breakthrough against Cal State Bakersfield. The Mustangs clinched both opening games on Saturday for their first two conference victories of the season. Cal Poly (7-28, 2-13 Big West) fell short on Sunday […]
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Preview: Cal Poly Baseball returns to Big West play against UC Davis
Coming off a dominant midweek performance against Pepperdine, Cal Poly doubles back and heads up north to take on UC Davis from Friday, March 28, through Sunday, March 30. The Mustangs (15-8, 6-0 Big West) currently sit in first place in the Big West Conference despite playing three fewer games than anyone else. The Aggies […]
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Cal Poly Athletics named Dennis Farrell Big West Commissioner’s Cup Champions
Cal Poly Athletics officially became the Dennis Ferrell Big West Commissioner’s Cup Champions for the 2023-24 seasons in the Performing Arts Center on Monday. The Mustangs earned their first Commissioner’s Cup in school history while accumulating the most points in the award’s history. Cal Poly finished with an all-time high of 149.4 total points, 19.4 […]
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Grasping all of his potential: The Rise of Kobe Sanders
As he grew physically and mentally and took on the leadership role for the Mustangs, Kobe Sanders rose into one of the best players in the Big West conference.