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…

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…

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…

Women split weekend

The women’s basketball team was denied a perfect 4-0 start to Big West play on Sunday afternoon as UC Irvine outlasted the Mustangs in a 62-60 win. The loss drops the Mustangs, a pre-season favorite to win the conference, to…

Turning up the heat after heartbreaks

With one shot, Cal Poly women’s basketball snapped its losing streak, defeated its arch-rival and began Big West Conference with a much-needed victory. Prior to senior guard Ashlee Burns’ last-second layup to defeat UC Santa Barbara 61-58, the Mustangs lost…

Extra photos from the Santiago shoot

I had the chance to do a shoot with starting center for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team Kristina Santiago for a profile story. We shot in Mott Gym and I was able to try some location lighting.  It was…

Women fall to Fresno State in tight game

Senior forward Kristina Santiago’s 27 points and career-high 23 rebounds weren’t enough to save the Mustangs Sunday, as Fresno State outlasted the Cal Poly women’s basketball team 79-76 in Mott Gym. After 18 lead changes, Fresno State guard Madison Parrish…

Basketball seeks second Big West championship

Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team members have been doing more than studying during their off-season: they have been practicing, playing international games and growing together as a team. The team is positive this extra work will help them return this…

Athletics find their 'Mustang Way'

Nearly two weeks ago, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team saw UC Santa Barbara score the first goal of the game, and then watched as the scoring player taunted their fans. But when Patrick Sigler’s penalty shot gave the Mustangs…