Cal Poly Women’s Tennis headed south to San Diego on January 24th and 25th looking to open the 2026 season on a high note, only to return to San Luis Obispo after dropping both games to BYU and USD.
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Defending their Crown: Cal Poly Women’s Tennis looks to repeat as Big West Champions in 2025
Cal Poly Womens Tennis will be looking to build off their storied 2023-24 season, capturing their first Big West Championship since 2003. The Mustangs charged through the Big West Tournament on a six-match win streak to earn an NCAA Tournament berth, matching up with the USC Trojans. Cal Poly ended the year the season ranked […]
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A Champions Legacy: Melissa LaMette and Delanie Dunkle’s Last Dance
For the second time in program history, the Cal Poly Women’s Tennis team took home the Big West Championship and advanced to the NCAA postseason tournament. Fifth-year Delanie Dunkle and graduate student Melissa LaMette have been integral parts of the Mustangs’ championship run. However, the Mustangs could not pick up the win against USC in […]
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‘We are a team that other teams fear’: How Cal Poly Women’s Tennis reached the NCAA Tournament
Last April, Delanie Dunkle and Melissa LaMette sat beside each other after losing their third-straight Big West championship match. LaMette turned to Dunkle and said, “We’re winning this thing next year.” One year later, the Mustangs did just that. Cal Poly Women’s Tennis secured the 2024 Big West Championship. By winning their conference championship, the […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis wins its first Big West Championship in over 20 years
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis secured their second Big West Championship in program history after defeating Cal State Fullerton 4-3. In their first championship win since 2003, the No. 5 seeded Mustangs, beat Long Beach State, the No. 1 seeded UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Fullerton. In addition to their title, Cal Poly also secured […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis gears up for Big West Championships
The Cal Poly Women’s Tennis regular season has ended, and the team’s focus now shifts to the Big West Conference Championship. Cal Poly will enter the postseason as the No. 5 seed in the tournament after posting a 10-8-1 regular-season record and a 5-3-1 record in Big West play. In Cal Poly’s last match of […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis splits final two matchups to end regular season
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis wrapped their regular season with a sweep over UC Riverside and a narrow loss to Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara. The Mustangs (10-9, 5-4 Big West) were close to upsetting the No. 53 ranked Gauchos (14-7, 9-0 Big West) after cruising to a sweep over the Highlanders (4-19, 0-9 Big West) […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis drops thriller to Cal State Fullerton, sweeps UC Irvine
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis split their two duals this week against Big West opponents Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine. The Mustangs (9-8, 4-3 Big West) opened up the week with a close loss to the Titans (12-8, 4-4 Big West) before bouncing back against the Anteaters (5-13, 1-6 Big West) with a sweep. Mustangs […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis splits Big West duals against Long Beach State and Hawai’i
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis split their Big West Conference duals after dropping a close match against Long Beach State, 4-3, before bouncing back with a 5-2 win over the defending Big West Conference Champions University of Hawai’i. The Mustangs (8-7, 3-2 Big West) currently sit in fifth place in the Big West Conference standings behind […]
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Dunkle sisters continue hot streak as Cal Poly Women’s Tennis cruises past UC San Diego
Cal Poly cruised to a 6-1 victory against its Big West rival on the road against the UC San Diego Tritons. The Mustangs (7-6, 2-1 Big West) have not lost to the Tritons (5-11, 1-4 Big West) since 2019. Dunkle sisters continue their successful season Cal Poly’s doubles got off to a strong start, giving […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis splits weekend against LMU and CSUN
Cal Poly women’s tennis suffered a narrow defeat on Saturday by a score of 4-3 to Cal State University, Northridge before taking down Loyola Marymount University 4-3 the day after at the Matador Tennis Complex. It was the Mustangs (6-6, 1-1 Big West) first conference match since playing UC Davis on Feb. 3. Narrow defeat […]