Cal Poly Women’s Tennis secured two 6-1 road victories over Montana and Gonzaga this weekend at the Stevens Center in Spokane, WA. Saturday’s neutral site game against Montana marked the first time ever the two teams have played against each other. It was also the Mustangs’ first dual of the season. The women set the […]
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Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Offensive Troubles Adds To Losing Streak
The Mustangs’ lack of offensive efficiency continues to be a growing issue as the team suffered a 65-53 loss to CSU Bakersfield (7-11, 2-5 Big West), on Jan. 21 at Icardo Center in Bakersfield, California. The Mustangs are now on a seven-game losing streak, dropping their conference record to 0-7 and overall record to 4-15. […]
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Westrate picks up two wins but Cal Poly Men’s Tennis drops matchup against East Tennessee State
Cal Poly Men’s Tennis traveled to Albuquerque to take on East Tennessee State for their second dual matchup of the season on Saturday, Jan. 20 but fell 5-2. The Mustangs were set for a tough matchup against a Buccaneer team that made the NCAA tournament last season. In doubles play, the no. 1 duo of […]
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Ackerman’s 29 points boost Cal Poly to 80-67 win over CSU Bakersfield
After back-to-back turnovers in the second quarter, coach Shanele Stires called a timeout. Turnovers have plagued the team, as the Mustangs sport a 0.64 assist-to-turnover ratio. “We’ve got to make better decisions with the basketball,” Stires said to her team. The Mustangs’ solution was to feed senior forward Natalia Ackerman. Immediately following that timeout, Stires […]
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Cal Poly adds two Pac-12 distance runner transfers to Cross Country/Track and Field program
After securing back-to-back Big West Championship sweeps for both men’s and women’s cross country, the Mustangs further bolster their group of distance runners. Ryan Vanhoy and the coaching staff secured two transfers from the Pac-12: Jon Lester and Sophia Nordenholz, according to GoPoly.com. Lester comes from Stanford while Nordenholz previously attended the University of Washington. […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball bounces back against UC San Diego in low-scoring 49-39 win
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball returned to the win column on Saturday afternoon, taking the road victory against the UC San Diego Tritons by a final of 49-39 inside LionTree Arena on Saturday, Jan. 13. The win was the Mustangs’ (8-8, 4-2 Big West) first against the Tritons since New Year’s Day 2021 and helped them […]
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Cal Poly loses sixth straight versus UC San Diego with no Sanders, Hyder
Across 40 minutes of action, the Mustangs never led at any point. Without Cal Poly’s leading scorer, Kobe Sanders, and graduate transfer Jarred Hyder, who were out due to injury, the Mustangs (4-14, 0-6 Big West) lost to UC San Diego (11-6, 6-0 Big West) by a score of 86-61 on Jan. 13 at Mott […]
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Turnovers hurt Mustangs in 64-53 loss to UC Riverside
As the Mustangs continued to turn the ball over and over again against UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 11, at Mott Athletic Center, head coach Shanele Stires stood on the sideline, arms crossed, without saying much. “Next play!” Stires said as the Highlanders scored 14 fastbreak points. After the handshake line, Stires beelined for the […]
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Shorthanded Mustangs fall to UC Riverside, still looking for first conference win
Head Coach John Smith has roots all over Riverside, CA. After starting his coaching career at John W. North High School just a mile away, Smith coached at Riverside Community College, ten minutes from the UC Riverside campus, for a decade. But the homecomings haven’t been friendly. As head coach of the Mustangs, Smith came […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball drops first Big West game to UC Santa Barbara
When junior guard Annika Shah sank a midrange jumper to keep Cal Poly ahead 64-60 with a little over two and a half minutes left in overtime, it looked like she had given the Mustangs a chance to close out a crucial road victory over UC Santa Barbara in the latest installment of the Blue-Green […]
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Sanders’ 22 points not enough as Mustangs drops fourth in a row against UC Santa Barbara
In year five of his tenure at Cal Poly, Head Coach John Smith didn’t expect to have nine newcomers on his team that have never played in the Big West. He also didn’t expect to not have some of the long standing members of his program. “I expected to have Brantly Stevenson, Ali Koroma, and […]