Cal Poly Women’s Basketball opened the season in a dominant fashion, routing Division II UC Merced 72-40 on Wednesday night at Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (1-0) paint dominance on both sides of the ball had been the name of the game against the Bobcats (0-1). Cal Poly recorded an impressive 26-point performance within the […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball has high aspirations in third year under Shanele Stires
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball is gearing up for a new season with several additions under third-year head coach Shanele Stires. The Mustangs offered fans a season preview in their exhibition game against Division II Sonoma State, but they only won by 11 points after trailing at halftime. The game highlighted some areas for improvement, with […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball overcomes halftime deficit in exhibition win over Sonoma State
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball overcame Division II Sonoma State University, 57-46, for its exhibition game on Wednesday morning, offering spectators at Mott Athletics Center a preview of what the 2024-2025 team is made of. Over a thousand local elementary school students filled the stands in Mott Athletics Center for the annual ‘Field Trip’ game to […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball announces 2024-25 season schedule
The Cal Poly Women’s Basketball released their official schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Thursday, Sept. 26. The schedule includes a challenging non-conference slate and 14 home games. After exceeding expectations in the 2023-24 season, leading to a third-place Big West finish and a 17-14 record, the Mustangs will look to continue to compete […]
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Cal Poly forward Natalia Ackerman announces transfer to UC Berkeley
The 2024 All-Big West First Team and All-Defensive Team member is the first Cal Poly Women’s Basketball player to transfer to a Power Four conference since 2021.
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Samba Johnson named to Silver Waves Media’s Most Impactful Assistants list
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball Associate Head Coach Samba Johnson was named one of the 50 Most Impact Assistants in women’s college basketball by Silver Waves Media on June 25. Johnson completed his second season with the women’s basketball program, where he reached the Postseason WNIT for the first time in a decade. Johnson was hired […]
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Ranking the top 10 Cal Poly sports moments of 2023-2024
With the 2023-2024 academic year coming to a close, it’s time to revisit the year for Cal Poly sports as a whole. It’s been one of the most successful recent years in Cal Poly athletics history. According to Cal Poly Athletics, the Mustangs had 129 student-athletes receive All-Conference honors, 14 individuals receive major conference awards […]
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Cal Poly Athletics named Dennis Farrell Big West Commissioner’s Cup Champions
Cal Poly Athletics officially became the Dennis Ferrell Big West Commissioner’s Cup Champions for the 2023-24 seasons in the Performing Arts Center on Monday. The Mustangs earned their first Commissioner’s Cup in school history while accumulating the most points in the award’s history. Cal Poly finished with an all-time high of 149.4 total points, 19.4 […]
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Six new recruits set to join Cal Poly Women’s Basketball for upcoming season
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball has announced six incoming recruits joining the team for the 2024-25 season. The Mustangs announced the signing of four incoming freshmen in November: Carmela Fontes, Ana Moleon Hidalgo, Nora Perez and Gabby Robinson. Within the past week, the team announced two more additional signings: Ashley Hiraki and Avery Carter. Only one […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball falls in the first round of the WNIT to Pacific
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball fell to the Pacific Tigers 63-43 on Thursday, March 21, in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament at the Alex G. Spanos Center. The Mustangs’ (17-13) appearance against Pacific (18-14) in the WNIT was its fourth time receiving an invite in program history. The Mustangs were without senior […]
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Offensive Struggles Lead to Mustangs Elimination from Big West Championship
Throughout the season, two things have consistently hurt Cal Poly Women’s Basketball: slow starts and turning the ball over. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, both of these issues showed up once again, but this time in the biggest game of their season. Cal Poly dropped the quarter-final of the Big West tournament against UC Davis on […]