Sarah Iwata and Robyn Kontra went out in style.
The two seniors led the Cal Poly softball team to a 5-2 victory over UC Riverside during its Senior Day and season finale Saturday afternoon at Bob Janssen Field.
Iwata drove in the pivotal runs to put the Mustangs ahead, and Kontra scattered just five hits in a complete-game effort.
Despite hitting three home runs to rally from a 7-2 deficit and tie the game, the Cal Poly baseball team failed to capitalize Sunday afternoon at No. 12 Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field, dropping the conclusion of a Big West Conference series 12-9.
Although the Mustangs compiled 15 hits, they committed a season-high five errors resulting in six unearned runs.
A seven-year run as U.S. Lacrosse Women’s Division Intercollegiate Associates national champions came to an end Saturday for the Cal Poly women’s lacrosse club team, which lost the WDIA National Championship at Invesco Field in Denver to Colorado State, 8-5 in overtime.
The Cal Poly women’s water polo team won the National Collegiate Club Championship on Sunday in Portland, Ore. by defeating Oregon in a double-overtime final, 7-6.
With 12 seconds left in the first of the three-minute extra periods, freshman 2-meter Sarah Ur scored to break the tie.
The Cal Poly women’s lacrosse club team does not shy away from competition.
The Mustangs, in search of their eighth consecutive Women’s Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship, will take on UC Santa Barbara in the WDIA semifinals today in Denver.
The Central Coast Association of Wakeboarders hosts its second annual GraduWAKEtion tournament this weekend, a refreshing option for sports enthusiasts who don’t want to ditch mom on Mother’s Day.
The event will feature an intercollegiate wakeboarding competition, vendor booths and a tri-tip barbeque, among other festivities.
For Jenna Maiden, change is a good thing.
The 21-year-old junior has shown she can adapt and thrive in many positions for the Cal Poly softball team, playing as a pitcher, rightfielder and utility player before a successful move to center field this season.
About 1,000 Cal Poly volunteers watched nearly 7,500 athletes compete with enthusiasm inspired by their remarkable dedication and vigor – or with languor inspired by 80-degree heat and no shade – at this year’s Avia Wildflower Triathlons over the weekend.
The courses sprawled around Lake San Antonio in Bradley, along various roads lining the lake, and including hills that competitors had a hard time with.
Brent Morel learned the three Rs playing baseball – but not the ones you might think. Thanks to baseball, the Cal Poly junior third baseman has become reliable, rounded and respected, all key to a successful playing career.
For the Mustangs, who have won four straight and completed their first sweep of the season Sunday against UNLV, Morel boasts a .
Krysten Cary wasn’t going to leave anything up to chance. When the sophomore first baseman slid head first into third base at Bob Janssen Field on Sunday afternoon, she set the tone of urgency for her Cal Poly softball team on its way to a much-needed, 4-2 win over UC Davis.
The Cal Poly baseball team completed its first sweep of the season and won its fourth game in a row by defeating UNLV 8-6 at Baggett Stadium on Sunday.
Sophomore right-hander Steven Fischback (5-3) picked up the win, recording eight strikeouts and only one walk in his 6 1/3 innings of work.