Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net With 24 seconds on the clock, head coach Faith Mimnaugh called a timeout and looked to her bench. “Brittany, Kayla, you’re going in,” she yelled. Neither Brittany Woodard nor Kayla Griffin had any idea what was going on. The two had fallen victim to season-ending knee injuries and both had […]
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Schlemer scores 24, but Mustangs fall to No. 3 Penn State
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Through 10 minutes, it looked like the magic would continue for Molly Schlemer and the Cal Poly women’s basketball team. But during the next 30 minutes, Big Ten Player of the Year Maggie Lucas and the No. 3-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions turned on the switch to run away with […]
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Women’s basketball to travel to Baton Rouge for matchup with Penn State
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net It didn’t take long for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to find out where its first-ever NCAA bid would take them. In the sixth pairing announced on ESPN’s selection show, the Mustangs appeared as a No. 14 seed pitted against No. 3 Penn State in Baton Rouge, La. at 2:15 p.m. […]
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Griffin ends career with knee injury
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Half-crying in pain, half-crying because of elation, senior guard Kayla Griffin was the first one on the ladder to cut down the net. With scissors in hand, Griffin’s teammates lifted her up onto the top rung as she snipped away at the nylon — symbolizing the Cal Poly women’s basketball team’s first […]
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Finally, Molly Schlemer can dance in the spotlight
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net For her entire career, Molly Schlemer was overshadowed by the same name. Even as this season progressed and Schlemer emerged as one of the best in the conference, it was there. In post-game press conferences, in comparisons, in questions about whether the team could really make the big dance without that name: Kristina […]
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Women’s basketball cuts down nets in Anaheim
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net Faith Mimnaugh wasn’t sure if it would ever happen. But on Saturday it did, as the Mustangs clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history with a 63-49 victory over Pacific in the Big West Conference Tournament final. “I’ve been waiting a long time,” the […]
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‘Stangs wake in second half, defeat Gauchos 62-43
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly women’s basketball team emerged victorious in their semifinal game of the Big West tournament as they brought down rival UC Santa Barbara 62-43 in the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The win was extra sweet for the Mustangs after last year. As the top-seeded team, Cal Poly fell […]
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49ers end women’s basketball winning streak, defeat Mustangs 71-58
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net The Mustangs will have to settle for the No. 2 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament after Long Beach State brought down the Cal Poly women’s basketball team 71-58 in the last regular season matchup of the season. Despite falling short of its third consecutive Big West regular season title, […]
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Mustangs run away from UC Irvine, vie for conference championship
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly women’s basketball team made good on the old basketball adage that says the sport is a game of runs. Leading by just five points after the first half against UC Irvine on Thursday, the Mustangs used a 49-point second period, including a 35-6 run in the game’s final 14 […]
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Assisting the ‘Stangs to victory: Jonae Ervin makes her mark at point guard
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net Five foot, three inches. Jonae Ervin may not be the tallest or the most vocal player on the court, but for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, she has become a giant, and she lets her statistics do the talking for her. Hailing from Brea High School, the junior point guard […]
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Schlemer asserts herself in conference
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Growing up in the shadow of Cal Poly-great Kristina Santiago, Molly Schlemer has always played with a chip on her shoulder. Santiago, the Mustangs’ all-time leader in points and rebounds, was the poster child for success in her four years with the Cal Poly women’s basketball team. But having graduated last year […]