The Cal Poly women’s basketball team — the same one that lost seven straight games in December — won its seventh straight game against UC Riverside on Saturday. Cal Poly (13-12, 9-3) looks poised to defend its 2011 Big West league championship, playing its best basketball at the most critical point in the season. “We’re […]
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Women's basketball streaks to seventh straight win
In 19 minutes of play, senior forward Kristina Santiago scored 19 points to lead the women’s basketball team to a 69-47 victory over UC Riverside. It was Cal Poly’s seventh consecutive victory as the Mustangs improved to 9-3 in Big West action and sit in second place in the conference, a half game behind Cal […]
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Women dominate Titans, Santiago scores 17
After suffering several losing streaks early in the season, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team (11-12, 7-3) caught fire, winning five straight games including their most recent 66-48 triumph over Cal State Fullerton inside Mott Gym on Saturday afternoon. Defense has been key for the team’s success — the Mustangs haven’t lost since implementing a stingier […]
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Jonae Ervin assists Mustang to victories
Last season, sophomore guard Jonae Ervin led the Big West Conference with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.8. This season, she is one of the safest ball handlers in the nation, and a crucial component to Cal Poly’s success entering the final month of conference play. Ervin has played in all 20 games so far this […]
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Women avenge tourney loss against Aggies
A mid-season conference victory against UC Davis might not be sweet revenge, but for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, it was sweet enough. The Mustangs downed the Aggies 87-65 in Mott Gym on Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-3 in Big West Conference play and 8-12 overall. UC Davis (13-7, 5-3 Big West) defeated […]
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Women split weekend
The women’s basketball team was denied a perfect 4-0 start to Big West play on Sunday afternoon as UC Irvine outlasted the Mustangs in a 62-60 win. The loss drops the Mustangs, a pre-season favorite to win the conference, to 6-10 on the year and 3-1 in the Big West. The Mustangs trailed by two […]
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Turning up the heat after heartbreaks
With one shot, Cal Poly women’s basketball snapped its losing streak, defeated its arch-rival and began Big West Conference with a much-needed victory. Prior to senior guard Ashlee Burns’ last-second layup to defeat UC Santa Barbara 61-58, the Mustangs lost nine of 12 games, including all six games on a two-week, cross-country road trip in […]
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Extra photos from the Santiago shoot
I had the chance to do a shoot with starting center for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team Kristina Santiago for a profile story. We shot in Mott Gym and I was able to try some location lighting. It was good to use the gym and basketball hoop as the background to set up a […]
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Women fall to Fresno State in tight game
Senior forward Kristina Santiago’s 27 points and career-high 23 rebounds weren’t enough to save the Mustangs Sunday, as Fresno State outlasted the Cal Poly women’s basketball team 79-76 in Mott Gym. After 18 lead changes, Fresno State guard Madison Parrish sunk two free throws with 11.9 seconds left to put the Bulldogs (2-2) up by […]
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Basketball seeks second Big West championship
Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team members have been doing more than studying during their off-season: they have been practicing, playing international games and growing together as a team. The team is positive this extra work will help them return this season ready to repeat success as Big West regular season champion. In the 2010-11 season, Cal […]
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Athletics find their 'Mustang Way'
Nearly two weeks ago, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team saw UC Santa Barbara score the first goal of the game, and then watched as the scoring player taunted their fans. But when Patrick Sigler’s penalty shot gave the Mustangs the lead with 40 seconds left, sophomore midfielder George Malki said the team just focused […]