Softball
Game 1: No. 21 Cal Poly 9, Pacific 1 (5)
Game 2: Pacific 2, No. 21 Cal Poly 1
Game 3: No. 21 Cal Poly 6, Pacific 3
The Mustangs’ hopes for a perfect home season were dashed in the late game on Saturday as Pacific became the only team to beat Cal Poly at Bob Janssen Field this season.
Sophomore lefthander Anna Cahn added two more victories to her record-setting number as she improved to 25-5 this year, the most wins by a Cal Poly pitcher in a single season.
The series started well for the Mustangs (36-10, 15-3 Big West Conference) as they dominated Pacific, closing out the game in five innings.
Senior second baseman Stephanie Tam had two hits and drove in two runs in the series’ first game. Tam was one of five players playing their final home games for Cal Poly. Also playing their final home contests were shortstop Melissa Pura, pitcher and utility player Jenna Maiden, outfielder Jessica Rogers and third baseman Cristen Lee.
The outgoing seniors helped to build Cal Poly towards its first national ranking and is looking to go to the postseason for the second time in three years.
Lee became just the fourth Mustang in program history to take 600 at-bats on Sunday.
Pura, one of the most decorated players in Cal Poly history, finished her home career on a high note, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored.
With three games to play in the conference schedule, the Mustangs have their destiny solely in their hands. A sweep of UC Riverside (18-28, 7-10) next weekend would give Cal Poly the Big West Conference championship and a berth into the NCAA Regionals beginning May 15.
Track and Field
Women: Cal Poly 105.5, UCSB 94.5
Men: UCSB 109, Cal Poly 92
Jasmine Pickett, Lauren Mulkey, Julie Dufresne, Ogonna Agu and Nicki Lopes each scored eight or more points for the Mustangs as they prepare for the conference championships in two weeks.
Pickett won three individual events and competed on a victorious 4×100 relay team. She was victorious in the long and triple jump as well as the 400 meters.
Agu, also a member of the winning relay, won the 200 meter in a personal-best 24.22 seconds and took second in the 100 meter in 12.11.
Whitney Sisler cleared a new seasonal-best 5-8 3/4 to win the high jump for Cal Poly.
Connor Landry was the lone double-winner for Cal Poly’s men. Landry took the pole vault with a 16-0 3/4 clearance and also took the long jump with a winning mark of 20-8.
Most of Cal Poly’s squad will prepare for the Big West Championships on May 15 and 16. James Nunno, Corbin Duer, Sara Klein and Katie Robbins will comprise Cal Poly’s contingent at the Big West Multi-Event Championships at UC Irvine on May 8 and 9. Nunno and Duer enter the weekend as the No. 1 and 2 ranked decathletes in the conference and are in the top-25 nationally.
Football
As originally reported by the Tribune, former Cal Poly linebacker Mark Restelli signed a two-year contract with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
Restelli may not be the only former Mustang playing north of the border next year.
Former Cal Poly quarterback Jonathan Dally is expected to compete at the British Columbia Lions’ tryout camp May 9 in Las Vegas.
Other former Mustangs looking for a team include center Stephen Field and running backs James Noble and Ryan Mole.
Former Cal Poly receiver Ramses Barden was drafted by the New York Giants a week ago in the NFL draft while teammate Tre’dale Tolver, also a receiver, was invited to the Cleveland Browns’ rookie mini-camp.