For the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, it was a season of ups and downs culminating in a heartbreaking upset by Long Beach State in the Big West Conference Tournament semifinals to end their 2011-12 campaign. The No. 1-ranked team heading into the tournament, the Mustangs found their groove midway through their conference schedule, capturing […]
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The show Santiago-es on to Anaheim
In her final night playing in Mott Gym, Kristina Santiago scored 31 points and led the top-seeded Mustangs to a 71-53 victory over Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament. For the third consecutive year, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team will head to the semifinals of the tournament […]
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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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Injury shortens game, women's basketball prevails
Cal Poly (14-12) defeated Long Beach State University (11-15) 68-41 in a game that was stopped with 5:11 to play, after 49er guard Bianka Balthazar collapsed at half court and was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center by ambulance. According to an official on the court, Balthazar told teammates she felt like she was […]
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Lucky straight seventh win for Mustangs
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team — the same one that lost seven straight games in December — won its seventh straight game against UC Riverside on Saturday. Cal Poly (13-12, 9-3) looks poised to defend its 2011 Big West league championship, playing its best basketball at the most critical point in the season. “We’re […]
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Women's basketball streaks to seventh straight win
In 19 minutes of play, senior forward Kristina Santiago scored 19 points to lead the women’s basketball team to a 69-47 victory over UC Riverside. It was Cal Poly’s seventh consecutive victory as the Mustangs improved to 9-3 in Big West action and sit in second place in the conference, a half game behind Cal […]
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Brittany Woodard: Moving forward
Junior forward Brittany Woodard was recruited by Cal Poly as a senior at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento in 2008, but instead, she chose to play basketball at Nevada. Two years later, a frustrated Woodard contacted Cal Poly about a possible transfer. After one official visit, she signed with the Mustangs and began her […]
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Women dominate Titans, Santiago scores 17
After suffering several losing streaks early in the season, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team (11-12, 7-3) caught fire, winning five straight games including their most recent 66-48 triumph over Cal State Fullerton inside Mott Gym on Saturday afternoon. Defense has been key for the team’s success — the Mustangs haven’t lost since implementing a stingier […]
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Women beat Gauchos, sweep series
After a week without a game, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team came out firing on its way to a 67-52 win and season sweep of rival UC Santa Barbara. This marks the first time since the 1996-97 season that the Mustang women beat the Gauchos twice in regular season conference play. Cal Poly will […]
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Jonae Ervin assists Mustang to victories
Last season, sophomore guard Jonae Ervin led the Big West Conference with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.8. This season, she is one of the safest ball handlers in the nation, and a crucial component to Cal Poly’s success entering the final month of conference play. Ervin has played in all 20 games so far this […]