Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net Four out of 10. When Cal Poly swimmer Trevor Cardinal asked his friend Carly O’Halloran if he had a shot with her twin sister, Kristen, she gave him a likelihood of four on a scale of 10. The year was 2000, and Trevor, Carly and Kristen were at a Halloween party. […]
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Volleyball looks to next season as year ends
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net “The law of the harvest.” That’s the saying head coach Sam Crosson has preached to his team since the very beginning of the season. And at the start of the year, Crosson knew he and the women’s volleyball squad had their work cut out for them. Losing Jennifer Keddy — […]
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Volleyball looks to continue winning streak
After losing 15 straight matches, the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team has reeled off two consecutive victories as the players look to keep the momentum going this Saturday against UC Santa Barbara. The Mustangs snapped their losing streak with a five-set victory over UC Riverside at Mott Gym on Friday and recorded another five-set win […]
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Women’s volleyball looks to end losing streak
Jefferson P. Nolan sports@mustangdaily.net The optimism of the Cal Poly’s volleyball team is certainly being put to the test. After a preseason ridden with injuries and a lengthy losing streak, the Cal Poly volleyball team has its back up against the wall. But it’s clear nobody is giving up any time soon. “We’re a little […]
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Keddy undergoes surgery, set to redshirt season
A torn abdominal muscle during her sophomore year didn’t keep Cal Poly volleyball senior middle blocker Jennifer Keddy off the court, but a shoulder injury will bench her for the upcoming season. Keddy will sit out this year after she underwent outpatient surgery earlier this week that sought to fix a tear in her bicep tendon and a […]
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Volleyball coach chosen
Athletics director Don Oberhelman announced that Sam Crosson will be the new head coach of the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team, concluding a difficult four-and-a-half months for the program. Crosson has 12 years of experience as an assistant coach at multiple California universities — most recently University of California, Berkeley. He replaces former head coach […]
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Volleyball dominates final home match
The 3-0 sweep of UC Riverside on Friday night by the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team was unlike any other win senior Catie Smith has ever been a part of. For Smith and her fellow seniors Lauren Law and Sarah Cawrse, Friday night was the last time they will experience victory at Mott Gym. “It […]
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I hate losing
Winning and losing. It is the great dichotomy of sports. One without the other makes a game essentially worthless. Last week I blogged about winning, my elation evident in the aftermath of the Cardinals World Series victory. But the theme of Week 7, at least in my book, was the exact opposite, losing. For Cal […]
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Former coach Stevenson settles with Cal Poly
An official agreement has been reached between Cal Poly and former head women’s volleyball coach Jon Stevenson detailing the terms of his separation from the university. The agreement was signed more than a month after a 2010 report was made public, detailing the investigation of unprofessional conduct and sexual harassment charges brought against Stevenson. The […]
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Keddy anchors Mustangs front line
It is not often that an athlete chooses to compete at Cal Poly instead of the University of Miami, but Jennifer Keddy is not your average athlete. Keddy, an All-American volleyball player, chose Cal Poly over scholarship offers from Miami and the University of Montana. The junior middleblocker said she was unsure of where she […]
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Women's volleyball sweeps Titans in Mott
Final scores can be deceiving and Cal Poly’s 3-0 win versus Cal State Fullerton was just that. The Mustangs and Titans played three extremely tight games on Saturday night, and thanks to a strong defensive effort, Cal Poly prevailed 25-20, 25-22 and 26-24. The victory improved Cal Poly’s record to 9-12 and allowed the team […]