Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com Pitching and defense. Those were head coach Larry Lee’s two keys to success for the Cal Poly baseball team coming into 2013. And for the second night in a row, pitching kept the Mustangs alive before the…
Teacher of the year comes back to Cal Poly
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com It’s like the San Francisco 49ers asking the Oakland Raiders how to play football. But teachers in countries that outscore the United States in standardized tests are looking to American educators for inspiration, 2012 National Teacher of…
Wrestling falls to Central Michigan in final dual
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly Wrestling team’s regular season ended on a familiar note this weekend. The Mustangs (2-10, 0-6 Pac-12) suffered their sixth and seventh consecutive dual meet losses, falling to Arizona State, 38-3, on the road Friday,…
Baseball starts 2013 season on the road
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly baseball team had a season to remember last year. The Mustangs led the Big West Conference in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage, and…
Devon Lotito trades suits for singlets
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing@mustangdaily.net On a college freshman, a three-piece suit and fedora stand out. It’s a unique fashion, a throwback to the 1920s Frank Sinatra era and a look that’s not exactly common amongst 19-year-olds. But for Devon Lotito, a…
Wrestling comes up short in dual with CSU Bakersfield
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net At the end of the night, the emotion on the Cal Poly bench said it all. The majority of the Mustangs wrestling team slouched in silence, watching freshman heavyweight J.T. Goodman finish off a night…
Kastl brothers duel it out, wrestling style
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com They are only a year apart. They both wrestle for Cal Poly. They’re both kinesiology majors. They both placed in the top five in the state during high school. They both want to win a national championship…
Ariana Elegado: bringing energy to the court
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com There’s a common word people use when describing sophomore point guard Ariana Elegado: energy. As a redshirt sophomore on the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, Elegado is full of it. From her flashy, crowd-pleasing moves to her…
Cal Poly swimming makes a splash in new season
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly swimming and diving team is off to a promising start, and the story so far is the underclassmen. “We have a very big freshman class,” senior Angie Haven said. “They are all very talented…
Trading a jersey for a cap and gown: life beyond college sports
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com It’s time to hang up the jersey, throw on a cap and gown and grab a diploma. Dec. 8 marks Cal Poly’s mid-year commencement for fall graduates, and the time for 19 Cal Poly athletes to transition…