The show Santiago-es on to Anaheim

  In her final night playing in Mott Gym, Kristina Santiago scored 31 points and led the top-seeded Mustangs to a 71-53 victory over Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament. For the third…

Women win outright Big West title

The Cal Poly women’s basketball team is back in the Big West Tournament with a No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year after defeating Pacific 88-66 in the regular season finale. Kristina Santiago, who earned her second Big West…

The Mustang Round-Up

The highlights of the past week in Mustang sports.

Injury shortens game, women's basketball prevails

Cal Poly (14-12) defeated Long Beach State University (11-15) 68-41 in a game that was stopped with 5:11 to play, after 49er guard Bianka Balthazar collapsed at half court and was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center by ambulance.…

Lucky straight seventh win for Mustangs

  The Cal Poly women’s basketball team — the same one that lost seven straight games in December — won its seventh straight game against UC Riverside on Saturday. Cal Poly (13-12, 9-3) looks poised to defend its 2011 Big…

Women's basketball streaks to seventh straight win

In 19 minutes of play, senior forward Kristina Santiago scored 19 points to lead the women’s basketball team to a 69-47 victory over UC Riverside. It was Cal Poly’s seventh consecutive victory as the Mustangs improved to 9-3 in Big…

Brittany Woodard: Moving forward

Junior forward Brittany Woodard was recruited by Cal Poly as a senior at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento in 2008, but instead, she chose to play basketball at Nevada. Two years later, a frustrated Woodard contacted Cal Poly about…

Women dominate Titans, Santiago scores 17

After suffering several losing streaks early in the season, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team (11-12, 7-3) caught fire, winning five straight games including their most recent 66-48 triumph over Cal State Fullerton inside Mott Gym on Saturday afternoon. Defense has…

Women beat Gauchos, sweep series

After a week without a game, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team came out firing on its way to a 67-52 win and season sweep of rival UC Santa Barbara. This marks the first time since the 1996-97 season that…

Jonae Ervin assists Mustang to victories

Last season, sophomore guard Jonae Ervin led the Big West Conference with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.8. This season, she is one of the safest ball handlers in the nation, and a crucial component to Cal Poly’s success entering the…

Women avenge tourney loss against Aggies

A mid-season conference victory against UC Davis might not be sweet revenge, but for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team, it was sweet enough. The Mustangs downed the Aggies 87-65 in Mott Gym on Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-3…