Cal Poly Beach Volleyball is coming off of back-to-back-to-back Big West Championships and NCAA National Championship appearances. This year, nearly half the team is made up of new faces and a handful of the returners are facing injuries. On top of that, the team has a gauntlet of a schedule, as per usual. They will […]
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Beach volleyball has upset bid fall short in 3-2 opening-round loss to Florida State in NCAA Championship
No. 12 seed Cal Poly beach volleyball narrowly lost by a score of 3-2 to No. 5 seed Florida State in round one of the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala on Wednesday, May 4. Cal Poly came into the tournament as the No. 12 seed after winning their third consecutive Big […]
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Three-peat: Beach volleyball secures third straight Big West championship with 3-2 victory over Hawaii
Cal Poly beach volleyball won the Big West championship over Hawaii on Saturday, Apr. 30 at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex, and will now head to Gulf Shores, Ala. for the 2022 NCAA National Championship. The No. 14 Mustangs secured their third straight Big West championship by saying “aloha” to No. 9 Hawaii and sending them […]
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Beach volleyball sweeps Friday matchups, earns spot in the Big West Championship
No. 14 Cal Poly beach volleyball earned three wins on day one of the Big West tournament on Friday, Apr. 29 at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex. The Mustangs came into the tournament as the No. 3 seed, behind the University of Hawaii and Long Beach State. Cal Poly took down CSUN for the first […]
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No. 13 beach volleyball ends regular season with three wins at University of Utah Invitational
No. 13 Cal Poly beach volleyball won three of their four matchups to close out the season at the University of Utah Invitational on Friday, Apr. 22 and Saturday, Apr. 23. The Mustangs (19-16) defeated No. 17 Arizona (18-9), Salt Lake Community College (1-2) and Utah (9-17), but fell to Boise State (20-9). The matchup […]
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No. 13 beach volleyball goes 0-4 in Center of Effort Challenge against top teams in the nation
No. 13 Cal Poly beach volleyball (17-15) went 0-4 against four of the top six teams in the country on Friday, Apr. 15 and Saturday, Apr. 16 at the Swanson Beach Complex. The Mustangs fell to USC 5-0, battled and lost to Florida State 3-2, got swept by UCLA 5-0 and ended their weekend with […]
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Beach Volleyball falls to No. 1 UCLA in NCAA Tournament to end their historic season
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball faced No. 1 seed UCLA in an elimination match at the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 8 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Bruins defeated the Mustangs (0-3) to end Cal Poly’s season. The No. 4 pairing of freshman Sam Strah and redshirt sophomore Eleonore Johansen fell in straight sets, 16-21 and […]
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Beach Volleyball moves onto Day 2 of NCAA Tournament with win vs. Stanford, loss to USC
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball (24-10) opened the NCAA tournament Friday, May 7 in Gulf Shores, Alabama against No. 2 USC (27-4). This is the second appearance for Cal Poly in the NCAA tournament after they qualified in 2019. The Mustangs drew the No. 7 seed in the tournament, setting up an opening round matchup with […]
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Beach Volleyball falls to Hawaii, beats Long Beach to advance to Big West Championship
Top-seeded Cal Poly (20-9) faced three-seed Hawaii (17-8) in the winner’s bracket semifinal on Saturday, May 1 at the Big West Tournament in Long Beach. The Beach Bows downed the Mustangs (2-3) to advance to the Championship match. The No. 4 pairing of freshman Sam Strah and redshirt sophomore Eleonore Johansen fell in straight sets, […]
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No. 6 Beach Volleyball opens Big West Tournament with win against CSU Bakersfield
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball (20-8) traveled to Long Beach, April 30 for the Big West Tournament. The Mustangs entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and were granted a first-round bye. The Mustangs looking to repeat as Big West champions after they won their first conference championship in 2019. Cal Poly opened against the […]
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No. 6 Beach Volleyball wins two of three at No. 14 Hawai’i
No. 6 Cal Poly (16-5) traveled to Hawai’i April 9-10 for a three-match series against No. 14 Hawai’i (8-7). The Mustangs won the first two matches before falling in the series finale. Friday The Mustangs opened up the series on Friday, April 9 with a 3-2 victory over the Beach Bows. Redshirt sophomore Vanessa Roscoe […]