Chad Mendes may have graduated, but the Cal Poly wrestling team is ready for a new season, one in which team unity will be stressed in the wake of the departure of the All-American 141-pounder who lost just once last year.
“We’ve been becoming more of a team with this group,” Mustangs head coach John Azevedo said.
Former Cal Poly star Kyle Shotwell has found a new NFL home.
The Kansas City Chiefs announced Wednesday they signed the linebacker to their practice squad. Terms of the agreement were not released.
Shotwell, a 6-foot, 232-pound Santa Barbara native, played for the Oakland Raiders in the preseason of 2007 before being among their last cuts.
Cal Poly junior defender Carrie Andrews was named to the All-Big West Conference First Team and was also selected as the conference’s defensive player of the year on Wednesday.
Andrews, who was named to the all-conference team for the third consecutive year, led a tough Mustangs defense, which gave up an average of just 1.
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team was defeated on penalty kicks by No. 20 UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals of the Big West Conference Tournament on Wednesday night. The match was tied 2-2 after two overtime sessions.
It was the third meeting between the two teams in less than a month, with the Gauchos winning the season series 1-0-2.
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team probably shouldn’t have to win the inaugural Big West Conference Tournament to make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
“We should get in either way,” Mustangs head coach Paul Holocher said.
He has a case. If they reach the Big West title game, the Mustangs – who haven’t fallen below seventh in the NSCAA Far West Regional rankings this season – would have played their final five contests against ranked opponents.
At Saturday night’s Cal Poly football homecoming game, North Carolina Central probably wished it could go home – and not just because of Cal Poly’s 49-3 win.
Directly above the Eagles’ sideline, about 25 Cal Poly supporters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the student section, their voices loud, their thunder sticks clapping mightily and their green T-shirts adorned with yellow lettering proclaiming “Throw it to Ramses.
The Cal Poly women’s volleyball team had an opportunity to take back command of the Big West Conference when it entered Mott Gym on Saturday night.
The Mustangs had lost two conference contests in a row, but were just a match behind Big West-leading Long Beach State, the night’s opponent.
The Cal Poly football team’s offense literally couldn’t have been doing much better. After all, through seven games, the No. 3 Mustangs led the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) in both points and yards per game.
But the loss of their starting center and left guard, who both left last week’s win over Idaho State with left knee sprains, placed uncharacteristic questions around the group heading into a Saturday evening contest against North Carolina Central.
The Cal Poly women’s volleyball team’s bid for a third straight Big West Conference title was delivered a serious blow Saturday night.
The Mustangs played their first five-set match at Mott Gym since an October 2006 loss to UC Irvine. History repeated itself against Big West-leading Long Beach State in a 13-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 15-10 defeat.
Although the Cal Poly men’s soccer team lost its regular-season finale 2-1 at No. 19 UCLA Saturday night in a non-conference match, the No. 25 Mustangs learned they’ll be the third seed in the semifinals of the inaugural Big West Conference Tournament. Cal Poly (10-5-5, 5-2-3) will visit No.
For seven games, the Cal Poly football team’s offensive linemen paved the way for the No. 1 offense in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), both in points and yards.
Alex G. Spanos Stadium’s student section has serenaded Southern Utah’s sideline with impromptu chants in honor of All-American receiver Ramses Barden, a budding day-one NFL Draft pick for whom T-shirts were distributed proclaiming simply, “Throw It To Ramses.