It wasn’t until the third set in Andre Dome’s second match in the NCAA tournament that it began to rain.
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Andre Dome leaves Cal Poly with a legacy
As long as he can remember, Andre Dome has had a routine.
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Men’s tennis drops season-ending semifinal match to Pacific
With his two-handed forehand, senior Andre Dome hits the ball a little bit differently then most tennis players.
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Marco Comuzzo steps to the court
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net There are two things men’s tennis player Marco Comuzzo wants to make clear. Yes, his accent is real. And no, he’s no Aussie. South African by birth, the lefty tennis player spent his days competing in the scenic country of New Zealand before coming to San Luis Obispo. But sometimes when […]
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Injuries plague tennis team as they split weekend matches
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net As far as injuries go, the Cal Poly men’s tennis team has yet to catch a break. But despite the loss of two starters, the Mustangs split two weekend matches in San Luis Obispo, falling to UC Irvine 4-3 and sweeping UC Riverside 7-0. In their Big West Conference home opener […]
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Men’s tennis notches pair of weekend victories
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net During each men’s home tennis match, team co-captain Andre Dome’s mother brings food for the players to snack on after the match. For Dina Dome, it’s all about supporting the players and watching her son compete in his last season for Cal Poly. Dome, ranked 89th in the nation and Cal […]
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Men’s, women’s tennis preparing during fall season
James Corbett jamecorbett.md@gmail.com Rolling off a Big West tournament championship, the Cal Poly men’s tennis team is looking for more. The Mustangs, along with the Cal Poly women’s tennis team, are using a series of tournaments this fall to prepare for their regular season beginning in late January. The men’s team, specifically, is looking to […]
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Tennis heads to Berkeley for NCAAs
The Cal Poly men’s tennis team nabbed a No. 1 seed in the Big West Tournament last month after an undefeated regular season in conference play. With the help of senior Sebastian Bell’s third-set tiebreaker, the Mustangs took down rival UC Santa Barbara in Indian Wells to capture the Big West Tournament championship a week […]
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Tennis clinches Big West Championship, advances to NCAAs
The men’s tennis team completed its undefeated conference season with a narrow 4-3 victory over UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Championship on Sunday in Indian Wells, Calif. The team will advance to the NCAA Championships on May 11. Sebastian Bell came from behind to clinch the title fro the Mustangs and defeat the […]
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Men's tennis shutout by Fresno State
The Cal Poly men’s tennis team (11-7) had a chance to knock off a No. 34-ranked Fresno State team (16-3) at the Mustang Courts on Sunday afternoon. Instead, the Mustangs were blanked, losing 7-0 in an effort to make a move in the national rankings and vie for an at-large bid to the national championships […]
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Matt Fawcett plays from Cape Town to Cal Poly
South African-native Matt Fawcett checked his email inbox one fateful night, but decided to go through his spam folder as well. Alongside questionable messages for services and peculiar job opportunities, sat one particularly interesting email — one from then– Mustang tennis head coach Justin McGrath. The email offered Fawcett — a 21-year old junior transfer […]