Looking back at winter quarter sports: men’s basketball

When the Cal Poly men’s basketball team started the season without Kyle Odister and Amaurys Fermin, it was almost certain the Mustangs would feel the loss on the court. But through the regular season, they haven’t. The team has wrapped up…

Mustangs drop heartbreaker in Big West quarterfinals

The No.2 seeded Cal Poly men’s basketball team dropped a 70-66 overtime decision to the No. 7 seed Highlanders of UC Riverside in the Big West tournament quarterfinals at the Honda Center in Anaheim Thursday night. With the loss, the Mustangs concluded their season with a 15-15 record.

Cal Poly sends four wrestlers to Philly

For co-head coach Mark Perry, describinf the Cal Poly wrestling team’s No. 6 finish in the Pac-10 Championships as anything other than disappointing would be an understatement. Coming off one of the best seasons in a decade, going 9-2 in…

Women’s basketball fends off Cal State Fullerton, advances to semis

As the buzzer sounded, the Mustangs’ bench poured onto the court. Cal Poly cheered and celebrated a win in the first round of the 2011 Big West Tournament, but it was hardly the way the Mustangs imagined. What looked to…

Men’s basketball gears up for Big West Tournament

A season’s worth of work and progression will be tested this weekend as the Cal Poly men’s basketball team (15-14, 10-6 Big West) travels to Anaheim to chase their NCAA Tournament aspirations.

AD search: Oberhelman visits Cal Poly

Cal Poly athletics director candidate Don Oberhelman held a 30-minute open form in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center lobby yesterday.

Women’s basketball falls to UCSB

The Cal Poly women’s basketball team (16-11, 12-4 Big West) was 16 minutes away from making history. After clinching the  program’s first ever co-share of the Big West title last weekend with their 61-48 win over Long Beach State, a…

Baseball wraps up home-opening series with sweep

Fisch is back. The fifth-year senior started his first game in Baggett Stadium since May 18, 2008 and tied the knot on the first sweep for the Mustangs since 2009, defeating Valparaiso 7-1 Sunday afternoon. “I’ve gotten two starts on…

Softball hopes for tough early competition to pay off down the stretch

The Cal Poly softball team has a tough nonconference schedule. Of the 14 games the team has played, 10 have been versus ranked opponents. So far, the result has not been good for the unranked Cal Poly team.

AD search: Chisholm sees potential at Cal Poly

In his 30-minute open forum yesterday afternoon, current Portland State athletics director Torre Chisholm addressed a wide variety of topics. Chisholm answered question after question, anything from facility upgrades, to the reason he is interested in the Cal Poly job.…

Fischback’s back

When Randy Fischback told his sister he was traveling to watch his son Steven Fischback pitch against Missouri, she broke down in tears. After an injury halted Fischback’s MLB-geared career close to three years ago, she never thought this day…