Baseball
Houston 3, No. 17 Cal Poly 2
The Mustangs got a solid outing from starter DJ Mauldin who pitched a complete game, racking up a career-high 13 strikeouts on Sunday afternoon.
The loss, which ended Cal Poly’s eight-game winning streak, lowered its record to 8-2 on the season. The Cougars improved to 3-10. The streak had been the Mustangs longest in 12 years.
After scoring 26 runs in the first two games of the weekend series with Houston, the Mustangs could muster just four hits against freshman Michael Goodnight, who allowed two runs in seven innings while striking out six and walking none.
Despite the loss, Cal Poly won the series 2-1, winning Friday’s game 13-5 and on Saturday 13-9.
The Mustangs will continue their eight game road trip at 3 p.m. Tuesday when they visit Pepperdine.
Softball
Game 1: Cal Poly 2,Utah State 1 (13)
Game 2: Cal Poly 8, Temple 1
Cal Poly (14-6) romped through the competition at the Mustang Classic over the weekend, completing play with an undefeated 6-0 mark.
Senior third baseman Cristen Lee scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 13th inning on a single by sophomore catcher Stephanie Correia.
Left-handed sophomore pitcher Anna Cahn held the Aggies without a hit over the final five innings just a day after pitching a perfect game against them. The no-hitter on Saturday was the first by a Cal Poly pitcher in four years.
Cahn (9-3) was dominant during the Cal Poly-hosted event, finishing the weekend with a 0.21 ERA. She had 35 strikeouts and allowed just a .106 opposing batting average in 34 innings of work.
Cal Poly senior shortstop Melissa Pura added to her already illustrious career with a career-high four hits against Temple in the late game.
The Mustangs will finish their first homestand of the season at 2 p.m. Tuesday when they host Providence in a doubleheader.
Track and field
At the Mustangs All-Comers meet. Freshman Whitney Sisler won the high jump with a 5-7 leap topping UC Santa Barbara’s Jane Doolittle, who placed at the Big West Conference championships last year.
Freshman Tenise Brewer won the 100 Hurdles with a time of 14.69 seconds while senior Jhana Samuels won the long hurdles in 1:01.90.
Jarred Houston, also a member of the Cal Poly football team won two events, running a 10.87 in the 100 and 21.89 in the 200. Tynan Murray, a teammate of Houston’s on the football team, won the high jump with a mark of 6-8 1/2.
Cal Poly will host Fresno State in a dual on Saturday.
Women’s baseball, UC Riverside 74,
Cal Poly 61
Cal Poly (19-10, 11-5 Big West Conference) jumped out to an early 5-0 advantage over the Highlanders (19-10, 14-2), who finished with the conference’s second seed.
UC Riverside would respond with a 12-0 run to take the lead for good. The Highlanders led by seven points at halftime but would eventually run out to a 21 point advantage to put the game away midway through the second half.
UC Riverside senior center and potential Big West Player of the Year Kemie Nkele had a double-double collecting a game-high 26 points as well as adding a game-best 13 rebounds.
Sophomore forward Kristina Santiago led Cal Poly with 13 points. Four Mustangs had five rebounds apiece.
Despite the loss, Cal Poly earned the third seed in the Big West Conference Tournament and will have a first-round bye. The team’s 19 wins this year are the second-most in program history.
The Mustangs will play the tournament’s lowest remaining seed at noon on Thursday.