Cal Poly Beach Volleyball picked up two wins in the six-match Bigger West Tournament on Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26. The Mustangs (7-17) played host to six fellow Big West squads over the weekend. Saturday vs. Sacramento State Cal Poly opened the tournament with a 5-0 win over Sacramento State. The sweep happened […]
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Beach Volleyball drops four matchups against highly-ranked opponents
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball faced off against four powerhouses and came out winless on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12 in Los Angeles. The Mustangs (2-12) were swept by UCLA (13-1, 3-0 Pac-12), Grand Canyon (8-4) and USC (10-0), and fell to Stanford (10-5, 2-0 Pac-12) 3-2. Saturday vs. No. 3 UCLA Cal Poly’s […]
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Beach Volleyball picks up wins against Santa Clara, Utah in home opener
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball earned its first wins of the season against Santa Clara and Utah on Wednesday, March 8 at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex. The Mustangs (2-8) took down the Broncos (2-4) by a score of 3-2, before putting away the Utes (4-8), 4-1, under the lights. Game One vs. Santa Clara In the […]
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Beach Volleyball loses all four matchups at Best in the West tournament
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball failed to find the win column against No. 9 Hawaii and No. 14 Long Beach State at the Best in the West tournament from Saturday, March 4 to Sunday, March 5 in Laguna Beach. The Mustangs (0-8) faced off against the Rainbow Wahine (7-3) and the Beach (2-4) on both days, […]
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No. 13 Beach Volleyball opens season with winless weekend in Florida
No. 13 Cal Poly Beach Volleyball went winless against three ranked opponents in the opening tournament of the weekend at the Florida State Sand Courts in Tallahassee, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 25 and Sunday, Feb. 26. On Saturday, the Mustangs (0-4) fell to No. 19 South Carolina (1-3) and No. 2 Florida State (5-0). Sunday […]
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Beach Volleyball begins quest for fourth straight Big West Championship
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball is coming off of back-to-back-to-back Big West Championships and NCAA National Championship appearances. This year, nearly half the team is made up of new faces and a handful of the returners are facing injuries. On top of that, the team has a gauntlet of a schedule, as per usual. They will […]
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Beach volleyball has upset bid fall short in 3-2 opening-round loss to Florida State in NCAA Championship
No. 12 seed Cal Poly beach volleyball narrowly lost by a score of 3-2 to No. 5 seed Florida State in round one of the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala on Wednesday, May 4. Cal Poly came into the tournament as the No. 12 seed after winning their third consecutive Big […]
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Three-peat: Beach volleyball secures third straight Big West championship with 3-2 victory over Hawaii
Cal Poly beach volleyball won the Big West championship over Hawaii on Saturday, Apr. 30 at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex, and will now head to Gulf Shores, Ala. for the 2022 NCAA National Championship. The No. 14 Mustangs secured their third straight Big West championship by saying “aloha” to No. 9 Hawaii and sending them […]
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Beach volleyball sweeps Friday matchups, earns spot in the Big West Championship
No. 14 Cal Poly beach volleyball earned three wins on day one of the Big West tournament on Friday, Apr. 29 at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex. The Mustangs came into the tournament as the No. 3 seed, behind the University of Hawaii and Long Beach State. Cal Poly took down CSUN for the first […]
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No. 13 beach volleyball ends regular season with three wins at University of Utah Invitational
No. 13 Cal Poly beach volleyball won three of their four matchups to close out the season at the University of Utah Invitational on Friday, Apr. 22 and Saturday, Apr. 23. The Mustangs (19-16) defeated No. 17 Arizona (18-9), Salt Lake Community College (1-2) and Utah (9-17), but fell to Boise State (20-9). The matchup […]
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How a combination of youth and experience brought together beach volleyball’s top pairings
The top three duos for Cal Poly beach volleyball have a freshman paired with an upperclassman who has at least four years of collegiate experience under their belt. With eight players leaving the team from last year’s team and four new players –– three true freshmen –– entering, head coach Todd Rogers had to make […]
