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Baseball Game Preview: Nipomo on Home-Turf
The Nipomo Titans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Santa Maria Saints at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses apiece. Nipomo will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't...
Bloodworth signs with Morehouse College after SJ caps another unbeaten league run
It was an eventful evening for the St. Joseph boys varsity volleyball program Thursday night. The Knights (27-7, 8-0) swept Arroyo Grande 3-0 at St. Joseph's Hofschulte Gym by set scores of 25-19, 25-17, 25-23 to put the finishing touch on the Mountain League title and wrap on their third straight unbeaten league run. Moments later, St. Joseph middle blocker Michael Bloodworth, who helped key the win, signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball for Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Arroyo Grande upsets St. Joseph in D2 tennis quarterfinals
The St. Joseph boys beat Arroyo Grande 5-4 both times the Mountain League teams played each other during the regular season. In a CIF Central Section Division 2 quarterfinal match Thursday, the Eagles made sure there would be no three-peat of that final score. In typical late April chilly, blustery...
Cal Poly sweeps UC Davis as Mustangs remain in hot pursuit of Big West leaders
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Freshman Braxton Thomas and senior Jake Steels each homered, two of 19 Cal Poly hits as the Mustangs (25-16, 15-6) completed the series sweep of UC Davis after a 13-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Baggett Stadium. Eight Mustangs recorded at least one RBI and six...
Cal Poly wins sixth Big West series of the year to stay in league title race
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Cal Poly used a 5-run third inning to cruise by UC Davis 8-3 to secure the Mustangs sixth Big West series win of the season. Cal Poly is 14-6 in league as they try to chase down leaders UCSB, UC Irvine and CSUN who are all 13-4 in the Big West.
Former Bearcat stifles Aggies
– Former Bearcat Jakob Wright held UC Davis to only two hits over 5.2 innings, but the Cal Poly Mustangs did not get the win until the 11th inning. Starting again on Friday night, Wright held Davis to only one run, but with winds gusting to 31 miles per hour, the Mustangs could not score. After allowing one run in the first inning, Wright did not allow another Aggie hit for the next four innings. He struck out five over six innings. Wright’s record stands at 6-2, but his ERA drops to 2.71 for the season.
Cal Poly baseball walks-off again with 11th inning victory against UC Davis
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Searching for a way back into title contention, and with UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine both holding series in hand, the Cal Poly Mustangs did themselves a huge favor by pulling off their fifth walk-off of the season in a 3-2 extra innings win over UC Davis.
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