Our sports reporting staff has put together a small compilation of our favorite moments throughout the year.
Tag: Cal Poly sports
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Weekend Roundup: Cal Poly baseball, softball, wrestling and tennis
It was a busy weekend for Cal Poly.
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Cal Poly sports: Weekend preview
Cal Poly sports kick off this weekend with men’s soccer hosting Grand Canyon on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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So long to Cal Poly senior athletes
(Photo courtesy of Melissa Lundie) Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com Joey Wagman Business administration senior and right handed pitcher for the Cal Poly baseball team. After graduating this spring, Cal Poly’s talented pitcher hopes to go on to play professional baseball. The Major League Baseball draft will be held June 6 to June 8. Wagman does not […]
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Men’s, women’s cross country teams sweep conference championships
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams continued their dominant seasons with each finishing first place in the Big West Cross Country Championships at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops course on Saturday morning. True freshman Laura Hollander paced the field once again on the women’s side, covering the 6-kilometer course in a record-breaking 19 minutes, […]
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Cal Poly football team falls to Sacramento State
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net For 19 years in the Division I era, every Cal Poly football team that began its season 7-0 has lost in the eighth week of conference play. Unfortunately for head coach Tim Walsh and his football team, this year was no exception. The Mustangs dropped their first game of the […]
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Alcohol and athletes don’t mix well
Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com Fatigue, confusion, headache, thirst and weakness — also known as weekend hangovers — do not mix well with the physical demands of being an accomplished Cal Poly athlete. Peers Understanding Listening Speaking Educating (PULSE) peer health educator Cassie Loller explained that hangovers inhibit an athlete’s ability to function, slow an athlete down […]
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Club water polo heads to nationals
The Cal Poly women’s water polo club team anticipates winning a fifth consecutive national championship in May, attributing its accomplishments to a close-knit and easygoing team environment. The Mustangs won their eighth consecutive division championship April 15, earning the first seed in the 2012 National Collegiate Club Championship. A key factor to the team’s success is […]
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Mustangs take series over Tigers
A pair of solo home runs by Chris Hoo and Mike Miller in the second inning of Saturday night’s blowout win for the Cal Poly baseball team over Pacific (11-30, 1-10 Big West) moved the Mustangs into a tie for third place in the Big West Conference. The Mustangs (24-17, 8-6 Big West) scored in […]
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The great Asa Jackson
Sports Blog Asa Jackson was a four-time all-conference selection at Cal Poly. He was one of two players to start as a freshman. He was named the best defensive player in his conference, twice, and was named a third-team All-American. All of that should lead Jackson to be drafted in this weekend’s NFL Draft. But […]
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Surviving the break
One year ago, he was traveling between classes in a wheelchair. Just prior to a fateful day in April 2011, he was running personal best times good enough for conference-qualifying standards and dreaming of someday going pro. But for junior 100- and 200-meter sprinter Antwaine Miller, his season, his career and his life all changed […]