Cal Poly Women’s Basketball had two sophomores score double figures against the Hawaii Rainbow, but it wasn’t enough as they fell 62-50 in Mott Athletics Center on Saturday. The Rainbow Wahine (7-6, 1-2 Big West) spoiled the Mustangs’ (6-8, 1-3 Big West) first home game of the new year. Redshirt sophomore forward Sierra Lichtie had […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball announces 2024-25 season schedule
The Cal Poly Women’s Basketball released their official schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Thursday, Sept. 26. The schedule includes a challenging non-conference slate and 14 home games. After exceeding expectations in the 2023-24 season, leading to a third-place Big West finish and a 17-14 record, the Mustangs will look to continue to compete […]
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Six new recruits set to join Cal Poly Women’s Basketball for upcoming season
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball has announced six incoming recruits joining the team for the 2024-25 season. The Mustangs announced the signing of four incoming freshmen in November: Carmela Fontes, Ana Moleon Hidalgo, Nora Perez and Gabby Robinson. Within the past week, the team announced two more additional signings: Ashley Hiraki and Avery Carter. Only one […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball falls in the first round of the WNIT to Pacific
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball fell to the Pacific Tigers 63-43 on Thursday, March 21, in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament at the Alex G. Spanos Center. The Mustangs’ (17-13) appearance against Pacific (18-14) in the WNIT was its fourth time receiving an invite in program history. The Mustangs were without senior […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball earns fourth Women’s National Invitational Tournament bid in program history
After 10 years, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball will make their return to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). This appearance is the Mustangs’ fourth in program history. The WNIT announced the field of 48 Division I women’s basketball programs on Sunday, March 17. Subsequently, the tournament announced the first round of games on Monday, March […]
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Offensive Struggles Lead to Mustangs Elimination from Big West Championship
Throughout the season, two things have consistently hurt Cal Poly Women’s Basketball: slow starts and turning the ball over. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, both of these issues showed up once again, but this time in the biggest game of their season. Cal Poly dropped the quarter-final of the Big West tournament against UC Davis on […]
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‘Resilient spirit’: How Cal Poly Women’s Basketball earned a first round bye in the Big West Championship
Heading into the second year of head coach Shanele Stires’ tenure at Cal Poly, the Women’s Basketball program was surrounded by many questions. Would the team be able to improve from their 10-18 season last year? Will the four returning players and nine newcomers be able to mesh? Will they have the same resilience we […]
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Richards’ career-high 17 points lead Mustangs past UCSB, into fourth in the Big West
Down six points midway through the second quarter, junior guard Sidney Richards got a kick-out pass from junior guard Annika Shah, and knocked down the first Cal Poly three-pointer of the game from the left wing. Just seconds later, Richards found herself with the ball behind the arc again, and proceeded to drain her second […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball loses in overtime in crucial matchup against UC Riverside
Cal Poly’s Women’s Basketball (14-11, 10-6 in Big West) lost a heartbreaking overtime matchup, 62-60, against UC Riverside (16-11, 11-6 in Big West) at the SRC arena on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Mustangs are coming off an 11-point home win against Cal State Fullerton and were looking to extend that winning streak against the Highlanders. […]
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Without Stires once again, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball drops key Big West game to Hawaii
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball (13-10, 9-5 in Big West) traveled to the Stan Sheriff Center in Hawaii this Thursday, Feb. 15 to take on the Rainbow Wahine (14-9, 11-3 in Big West), looking to do something the program hasn’t been able to do since 2018 – beat Hawaii on the road. The Mustangs streak would […]
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Shah’s 25 points, Bourland’s seven steals help Cal Poly Women’s Basketball sneak past Cal State Northridge
Throughout the course of this season, Cal Poly Women’s Basketball head coach Shanele Stires has relied on her returning players in crucial moments of games, and Thursday was no different. Each of the four returners, Annika Shah, Sierra Lichtie, Natalia Ackerman, and Sydney Bourland, played crucial roles in Cal Poly (12-9, 8-4 in Big West) […]