The Cal Poly women’s basketball team capitalized on a 14-4 late run to beat Long Beach State at the Walter Pyramid on Thursday night. The Mustangs were led by sophomore forward Kristina Santiago who scored 17 points. Cal Poly (19-9,…
Mustangs begin tournament push
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team already knows where it will stand when the Big West tournament begins next week. The Mustangs (18-9, 10-4) will be the third seed regardless of how they play this week. But with last Saturday’s…
Chaz Thomas: Born for basketball
Three days out of the womb, Chaz Thomas found himself in a gymnasium doing what babies do best – sleeping. He napped in his mother’s arms while his father coached a basketball game until a buzzer woke him, and like…
Pami wins Pac-10 championship
Cal Poly junior Chase Pami earned his second-straight Pac-10 championship defeating Boise State’s Adam Hall in the final match at 157-pounds. With the win, Pami erased the specter of a loss to Hall earlier this season and qualified for the…
Into the scrum: The life of the Cal Poly Rugby Club
Cal Poly Rugby players are a tough, resilient bunch. They train hard year round for a sport that is a mystery to most Americans. They take to the field on cold winter days and get beaten, bloodied and banged up…
Society wants testosterone in its sports
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team is 18-8 (10-4 Big West Conference) and the men’s basketball team is 7-18 (3-10 Big West), yet the men’s team is averaging over 2,000 fans per game while the women’s team has just over…
Poly baseball achieves its highest ranking ever
The Cal Poly baseball team is no stranger to being in a conference with multiple teams ranked in the top 25. What the Mustangs aren’t accustomed to is being among those teams themselves. But that is exactly where Cal Poly…
Music serves as inspiration for many Poly athletes
Who says hip-hop is dead? Nas might think so, but it’s alive and well in Cal Poly athletics. From the baseball fields to the wrestling room, the upbeat sound of hip-hop dominates athletes’ playlists. Cal Poly’s No. 1 singles tennis…
Harrison and McBride fall in final home contest
Despite a career performance by senior forward Megan Harrison, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome their first half woes in a 76-66 non-conference loss to Cal State Bakersfield Saturday afternoon in Mott Gym. In her last game in…
Men’s tennis: Cal Poly 6, UC Riverside 1
Cal Poly defeated UC Riverside Saturday at home 6-1 in a Big West Conference dual. The Mustangs won five of six singles matches, and dominated the doubles matches improving to 4-4, while UC Riverside dropped 3-6. Cal Poly freshman Andre…
Mustang baseball sweeps Hornets
Cal Poly grabbed the broom and dustpan from the storage shed at Baggett Stadium Sunday afternoon, sweeping Sacramento State in a three-game weekend series. Following a 9-2 win on Friday and an 11-5 obliteration on Saturday night, the Mustangs took…