A two-run ninth inning couldn’t save Cal Poly (20-11) baseball Tuesday afternoon as the Mustangs fell 6-5 to UC Santa Barbara. Although the game will not factor into the teams’ conference records, it halts Cal Poly’s three-game winning streak after sweeping UC Irvine over the weekend. The Mustangs scored in both the eighth and ninth […]
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Baseball opens Big West play with series loss
A triple by David Armendariz saved the Cal Poly baseball team from being no-hit on Sunday as Long Beach State topped the Mustangs 4-0 to win the series two games to one. Long Beach State’s starting pitcher Shawn Stuart allowed Armendariz’s triple off the left center field wall in the fifth inning and walked Tim […]
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Women win outright Big West title
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team is back in the Big West Tournament with a No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year after defeating Pacific 88-66 in the regular season finale. Kristina Santiago, who earned her second Big West Player of the Year award on Monday, scored 33 points in the victory and became […]
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The weekend roundup
Men’s basketball The Mustangs will compete in their final two regular season games this weekend in Mott Gym as UC Davis and Pacific visit the Central Coast. After suffering an eight-point loss to UC Santa Barbara last Saturday, Cal Poly fell into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big West. The final standings […]
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Men's tennis racquets up 2012 victories
After three consecutive losses to start off the 2012 campaign, the Cal Poly men’s tennis team found its groove — winning six straight matches since its early season slide powered by No.22-ranked singles player Andre Dome. Dome, a native of Indonesia, was sidelined for a portion of his sophomore year due to hip surgery, but […]
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Slumping Mustangs look for weekend turnaround
After a pair of losses last weekend to Cal State Fullerton and CSU Bakersfield, the men’s basketball team is preparing for a set of home games against UC Riverside tonight and UC Irvine on Saturday. The team claims a 13-11 record, and this weekend’s games are critical if the Mustangs hope to move up in […]
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Aztecs, Warriors invade new-look Big West
The Big West will get even bigger when San Diego State University (SDSU) joins the conference in 14 sports, including basketball, in 2013. The announcement came last month after SDSU announced its football team will join the Big East Conference. The Aztec’s athletics director Jim Sterk said in a December press conference he is excited […]
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Mustangs looks to halt 49ers Big West dominance
The Cal Poly men’s basketball team hasn’t defeated Long Beach State at home since January 2008, and the task won’t be any easier tonight when the Mustangs host the 49er’s. Long Beach is undefeated in conference play this season and is currently the top ranked team in the Big West with a 5-0 mark. The […]
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Women split weekend
The women’s basketball team was denied a perfect 4-0 start to Big West play on Sunday afternoon as UC Irvine outlasted the Mustangs in a 62-60 win. The loss drops the Mustangs, a pre-season favorite to win the conference, to 6-10 on the year and 3-1 in the Big West. The Mustangs trailed by two […]
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Callero wants to dance
“You’ve got to be willing to outwork people.” — Joe Callero, men’s basketball head coach. Last season, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big West preseason media poll, but it defied expectations and finished second. The team tied for the highest ever finish by the Mustangs in the […]
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Men's basketball off to quick start
The Cal Poly men’s basketball team is off to a hot 4-2 start after sweeping a weekend set of games in Las Vegas, thanks in part to two consecutive missed free-throws on Friday night. The Mustangs faced off against UNLV, a team that went on to defeat then-No. 1 North Carolina the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, […]