Seven consecutive wins were not enough to propel the Mustang baseball team into the postseason for the first time since 2009. The team reeled off its most dominating streak of the year, winning 13 of its last 16 games, but…
Big (West) enough for Boise State?
Conference realignment has been a bit frustrating for men’s basketball head coach Joe Callero. Like many members in the collegiate sporting world, he doesn’t even try to keep up anymore. He’s tried his best to ignore the puzzle after…
Crosson leads new era of Poly volleyball
A disappointing seventh-place finish in the Big West and a season filled with much adversity leaves the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team with only room for improvement as it returns the Big West’s Play of the Year along with…
Snag Mustang swag at rummage sale
The Cal Poly Athletics Department will hold its fourth annual athletics rummage sale from 10 a.m. to noon today. Various athletic clothing and equipment will be sold at Mott Gym lawn for $2 to $3 each. Athletic equipment manager Steve Kracher founded the rummage sale…
Callero brings in the bigs
Even in the offseason, basketballs can be heard bouncing in Mott Gym. While the Cal Poly men’s basketball team can’t officially practice as a unit until next school year, the players take it upon themselves to hit the gym. “Even…
BYOH: Bring your own horse (to school)
Entering her second year at Cal Poly, Kalysa Hamilton knew a big part of her college experience was missing — her best friend. So she had this friend shipped across the ocean to live at school with her. Hamilton, from…
SLO-Op climbing gym takes city by storm
Conor Mulvaney contributed to this article. It’s 11 a.m. at SLO-Op Climbing Gym, a warehouse comfortably tucked near the end of Prado Road that houses a perennial playground for climbers and athletes alike. Music bounces off the hardened concrete walls…
Mustangs shock Gauchos, keep playoff hopes alive
The Cal Poly dugout erupted onto the field and mobbed sophomore Jimmy Allen at third base as he tagged UC Santa Barbara’s Bryce Tafelski for the final out of Sunday’s come-from-behind win at Baggett Stadium. A one-out pop up into…
Larry Lee: A decade in the dugout
The head coach steps out onto the baseball diamond and into the afternoon sunlight. As his team stretches on the outfield grass, Larry Lee can be seen cracking a smile near the dugout. It’s a smile that will likely be…
Lacrosse into national semifinal
Seniors Scott Heberer and Matt Graupmann started playing lacrosse together when they were in the seventh grade. Ten years later, they are leading the Cal Poly men’s lacrosse team into nationals ranked as the No. 1 seed in the country.…
Mustangs race to season's finish line in Irvine
In a season filled with many ups and downs, improvement has been a satisfying constant for the Cal Poly men’s and women’s track teams. “It’s always hard to have a perfect meet,” head coach Mark Conover said. “There are so…