The Cal Poly women’s soccer team remains unbeaten in Big West Conference play after it defeated visiting Cal State Northridge 3-1 Sunday at the Sports Complex.
The Mustangs improved to 9-5-3 overall and 3-0-3 in the Big West. The Matadors dropped to 10-8-0 overall and 3-4 in the Big West.
Several fans headed for the exits early during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Homecoming game.
Who could blame them?
After all, the Cal Poly football team had a 22-point lead on South Dakota State and was coasting to its 11th straight home win with only 8 minutes remaining.
Cal Poly athletics director Alison Cone said Friday the university expects renovations at Alex G. Spanos Stadium to be completed in time for the football team’s Nov. 18 regular-season finale against Savannah State.
Also during the media tour of the stadium Friday, Cone said roughly 11,775 seats will be available for the Savannah State game.
With seven weeks of the season in the rear view mirror, the Cal Poly football team is undefeated against Division I-AA competition and coming off its biggest win of the season.
But in each of their last two Great West Football Conference games, the Mustangs (5-1, 2-0) have had to rally in the second half to win.
Karl Ivory is a former Cal Poly cornerback who finished up his eligibility in 2004. He has shed his helmet and pads for a pen and notebook as a special football analyst for the Mustang Daily. Here is what “Coach K” has to say about this week’s matchup: Two weeks ago, Cal Poly was finally able to take down rival UC Davis with a come-from-behind victory, defeating the Aggies for the first time at home since 1996.
Two tickets to an NBA game – $100. Team shirt and a hat – $45. Two hot dogs at halftime – $14.
Watching the guy in the seat next to you get beat up by an NBA superstar – one hell of a story to tell your grandkids.
No, Ron Artest does not play football for the University of Miami, but it does bring up the point of violence and its correlation with sports.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has ranked the Cal Poly baseball team’s recruiting class the 20th best in the nation.
It marks the first time Cal Poly’s recruiting class has been ranked by the newspaper in 24 consecutive years of rankings.
“It just says that we had a good group of athletes coming in to work for us,” Cal Poly head coach Larry Lee said.
I know, I know, I know. Raiders fan?
Yes, I unashamedly admit that I am, and as heartbreaking as it is to watch this season going down in flames faster than the Hindenburg, I have at least one ingredient of the Raiders experience to enjoy every time I head to Oakland no matter how pitiful the Raiders play.
Funny how winning changes things.
Terrell Owens was a “confident” wide receiver when he came back early from a broken leg to star for the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX in February 2005.
A year later, he’s what we always thought he was – a selfish, egotistical crybaby who is the equivalent of the Ebola virus for team chemistry.
Women’s sports in San Luis Obispo go way back. It’s hard to believe, but the city had an organized casaba team as early as the ’40s.
What is a casaba squad?
Casaba was at one time the name for basketball, which was the earliest sport women competed in.
I was a real good student during my four-plus years at Cal Poly. The only thing that kept me from making the Dean’s List each quarter was my work on El Mustang and Mustang Daily.
Honest.
In my first quarter here in the fall of 1965, I was full of energy and enthusiasm.