Cal Poly beach volleyball went 3-1 in their four matches over the weekend at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday, Apr. 2 and Sunday, Apr. 3 in Palo Alto, Ca. The Mustangs (17-11) had dual matches on both days over the weekend with their only defeat coming to No. 8-ranked Stanford (13-6) on Saturday. The No. […]
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No. 12 beach volleyball ends weekend with two wins in final three Big West matchups
No. 12 Cal Poly beach volleyball won two out of three conference matches on Saturday, Mar. 26 in Long Beach, Ca. The Mustangs (14-10) shut out Cal State Bakersfield (7-9) and UC Davis (7-9) 5-0 but lost to No. 9 Hawai’i (15-6) 3-2. Cal State Bakersfield Cal Poly pulled out two comfortable victories from their […]
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No. 12 beach volleyball wins two of three on day one of the Big West Challenge
12th-ranked Cal Poly beach volleyball won two of its first three matches at the Big West Challenge on Friday, Mar. 25 in Long Beach. The Mustangs (12-9) swept CSUN and Sacramento State before falling 5-0 to No. 15 Long Beach State. CSUN Cal Poly opened the day with a 5-0 sweep over CSUN, as all […]
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No. 12 beach volleyball takes two of three Monday to cap off strong weekend performance
No. 12 Cal Poly beach volleyball won two of three matches on Monday, Mar. 21 at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex. Cal Poly (10-8) defeated Boise State (11-8) by a score of 5-0 and No. 16 Arizona (7-4) 4-1 but fell 4-1 to No. 10 Cal (14-4). The Mustangs took five of six games of […]
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No. 12 beach volleyball wins all three matches Sunday
No. 12 Cal Poly beach volleyball won all three of its matches to extend its win streak to five on Sunday, Mar. 20 at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex. The Mustangs (8-7) defeated Southern Miss 5-0, Houston Baptist 4-1 and No. 18 Pepperdine 3-2. Southern Miss Cal Poly started the day by defeating Southern Miss. […]
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No. 11 beach volleyball wins three out of four in weekend tournament
No. 11 Cal Poly Beach Volleyball won three out of four of their matchups during their first home tournament of the season on Friday, Mar. 11 and Saturday, Mar. 12. The Mustangs (5-7) took down San Jose State (2-9), Washington (3-3) and Arizona State (7-5, 2-0 Pac-12), but they fell to No. 6 LMU (12-1). […]
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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 are back-to-back Big West Champions after two wins against Hawai’i
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball (23-9) faced Hawai’i (17-10) in the Big West Championship match on Saturday, May 1 in Long Beach. Both squads are the only teams to have won a Big West title, with Hawai’i winning three straight from 2016-2018 and the Mustangs winning the most recent title in 2019. The Mustangs needed to […]
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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 […]