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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Cal Poly Women’s Tennis announces 2025 schedule as they aim to defend Big West title
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis announced its full 2025 spring schedule, featuring 13 home matches and a competitive slate of 22 dual matches as they look to defend their Big West Championship. Highlights of the schedule include a seven-match homestand, nine conference matchups, and battles against three teams that participated in the 2024 NCAA Tournament: Arizona, […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
Building Blocks to a Championship Legacy: Cal Poly Women’s Tennis Aims High in 2024
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis continues to be one of the school’s top programs and must-see tennis year in and year out. “The team has a lot of depth,” head coach Ellie Edles Williams said. “We keep a competitive atmosphere at practice and within the team, other teams should fear that. We’re hungry. We’re tired of […]
Women’s Tennis falls to Hawaii in Big West Championship to finish second
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis dropped a championship matchup with the University of Hawaii on Saturday, April 29 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. The Mustangs cruised through a pair of matches in the tournament before falling to the No. 1-seeded Rainbow Wahine. Thursday vs. No. 7 UC Davis Cal Poly started off the […]
‘This is our year’: Women’s Tennis looks forward to Big West play after 2nd-place finish
The historically successful Cal Poly Women’s Tennis squad from 2022 was one to remember, finishing the season ranked No. 70 in the nation with 17 wins, the most since 2003. After an undefeated conference record, the Mustangs suffered a defeat to conference rival and No. 22 UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Championships. However, […]
