Students and community members crowded the stands of the Sinsheimer Park swimming pool Saturday to cheer on the Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming teams as they overwhelmingly defeated the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 183-104 and 170-118.
Cal Poly freshmen Amy Morales, Lacey Buck and Kylie France won two races each on the women’s side contributing to the Mustangs lead.
Women’s basketball Cal Poly (12-7, 4-3) vs. CSUN (5-15, 2-5) The Mustangs are riding their first three-game winning streak this season as they take on the Matadors at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Matadome. Cal Poly faced one of their toughest non-conference games earlier this week when they beat Cal State Bakersfield (13-8) on Tuesday.
Cal Poly men’s basketball head coach Kevin Bromley acknowledged it was nothing short of incredible.
After being left for dead just over a week ago, sitting at 0-5 in the Big West Conference and hitting the road for two more conference games, things were looking grim for the Mustangs.
She has played for the Republic of Ireland National basketball team since age 13, captained the national team at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 levels and received Basketball Ireland’s National Under-20 Player of the Year award two seasons in a row (2004-2005 and 2005-2006).
Led by a career-high 29 points from sophomore forward Kristina Santiago, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team defeated Cal State Bakersfield 76-67 at the Icardo Center.
The Mustangs (12-7) were without the services of junior guard Tamara Wells who was out with a groin injury.
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team hadn’t won two consecutive Big West Conference games this season until last weekend’s defeats of Pacific and UC Davis.
The Mustangs (11-7) may have finally found their stride in conference. Now they step away from the Big West for the final time this season as they take on Cal State Bakersfield at 7 p.
Cal Poly junior guard Lorenzo Keeler was named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 22 points, four rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in the Mustangs’ two road victories over UC Davis and Pacific last week.
Keeler helped propel Cal Poly (5-12, 2-5 Big West Conference) to its first conference victory of the year over Pacific scoring a career-high 25 points in the Mustangs’ 76-60 win last Thursday.
So-called NFL “experts” and “insiders” have made Ramses Barden into something of a love-it-or-hate-it indie film.
Hardly anyone knew about Barden, the just-graduated Cal Poly receiver – now a sudden cult hit – when he was in the making.
It’s understandable.
Women’s basketball Cal Poly 64, UC Davis 60 Spurred on by senior guard Lisa McBride’s season-high 20 points and a defense that held the Aggies to just two field goals in the final 11 minutes, Cal Poly (11-7, 4-3 Big West Conference) defeated UC Davis on Saturday night in Mott Gym.
Cal Poly senior wide receiver Ramses Barden will make one final collegiate appearance on Saturday as he prepares to take his game to Sundays in the fall.
Barden will play in the Under Armour Senior Bowl at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Mobile, Ala. in a game that will be televised nationally on the NFL Network.
If there was such a thing as a Shelton tree, it would definitely grow in the agricultural lush lands of the San Joaquin Valley. Because from the flat land nestled between the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Mountain Range originates a family proven to produce ripe and seasoned athletes like Cal Poly men’s basketball senior forward Titus Shelton.