UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Noah Karliner smashed a 3-run home run in the bottom the first inning as UCSB rolled to a 12th straight win, 13-3 over Saint Mary's in a game shortened to 6 1/2 innings due to the run-rule.

Karliner had 3 RBI and 3 runs scores while William Vasseur also knocked in 3 runs as the 22nd ranked Gauchos improved to 13-2 on the year.

Eleven of the wins in this streak have come at home.

Jonathan Mendez and Rowan Kelly each added 2 RBI as the Gauchos followed up their 3-run first inning with 4 more runs in the third before a 5-run outburst in the sixth inning.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Ryan Tayman smashed a grand slam in the fourth inning, Braxton Thomas produced his first four-hit game as a Mustang, driving in three runs, and Josh Morano pitched 3 1/3 scoreless and hitless innings for the victory as Cal Poly defeated Fresno State 13-3 on Tuesday night inside Baggett Stadium.

In the first of three midweek meetings between the Central California baseball rivals this season, Cal Poly bounced back from an early 3-1 deficit with two runs in the third inning and, sending nine batters to the plate in both the fourth and fifth frames, compiled back-to-back five-run rallies to win going away.

Cal Poly's fifth straight victory lifted the Mustangs' overall record to 9-7. Fresno State suffered its fourth consecutive loss, falling to 7-8.

In the third inning, Cam Hoiland singled and Tayman drew a walk before Thomas singled through the right side of the Bulldog infield, scoring both runners and tying the game at 3-3.

Jake Downing was hit by a pitch in the fourth and Alejandro Garza snapped the tie with a run-scoring double down the right-field line. Hoiland and Casey Murray Jr. both walked to load the bases for Tayman, who sent an 0-1 pitch over the left-field fence for his third home run of the season, four RBIs and an 8-3 Cal Poly advantage.

The Mustang fifth inning featured RBI doubles by Nate Castellon and Thomas, run-scoring singles off the bats of Garza and Tayman, and a Bulldog wild pitch resulting in a 10-run Cal Poly lead.

Neither team scored the rest of the way.

Thomas was 4-for-4 with three singles and a double while Tayman knocked in five runs with his grand slam, double and single. Garza finished with a single and double for two RBIs.

In relief of starter Sean McGrath, Morano (3-0) struck out four and walked one for his third victory of the year. Luke Kalfsbeek and Troy Cooper combined for three scoreless innings to close it out in the opener of a seven-game home stand.

The loss was charged to Moose Cuellar (1-1) as he allowed three runs over two-thirds of an inning. Fresno State used seven pitchers in the non-conference game.

Cal Poly has won eight of its last nine games against Fresno State and 30 of the last 42 matchups. The Bulldogs still lead the all-time series, however, with 121 wins against 74 losses since the first meeting in 1945. The two rematches will be played March 31 and May 12 in Fresno.

Cal Poly, which swept Hawai'i in Honolulu for a 3-0 start in the Big West, continues conference play with a three-game series at home the next two weekends against Cal State Bakersfield (March 13-15) and UC Davis (March 20-22).

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Highlighted by Hamad Mousa’s All-Big West first team inclusion and the addition of Cayden Ward and Peter Bandelj as honorable mention selections, the Cal Poly men’s basketball program enjoyed its best all-conference showing 19 years on Tuesday.

Mousa, the Big West’s leading scorer at 20.4 points per game and just the second Mustang in program history to reach 600 points in one season, became Cal Poly’s first All-Big West first team selection since Chris Eversley during the 2012-13 season.

Ward and Bandelj, meanwhile, provided Cal Poly its highest total of All-Big West selections since four Mustangs earned honors for the program’s 2006-07 Big West Championship runner-up season.

Mousa, a double-digit scorer in all but one of his 31 appearances, ranks 26th among NCAA Division I players with 20.4 points per game. He’s also 20th nationally with 175 total free throws and 67th with 84 three-pointers.

Enjoying four 30-plus point games and 13 of 20-plus points, Mousa – with 15 points at UC Irvine (March 5) – became just the second Mustang and first since Stuart Thomas during the 1990-91 season to surpass 600 points in one year. He next requires just 28 points to overtake Thomas’s single season record of 658 points. Mousa also ranks second in single season history with 175 free throws – three behind the program record of 178 by Thomas (1990-91) – fourth with 84 three-pointers, fifth with 220 three-point attempts, eighth with an 87.6 percent free throw mark and 11th with 186 field goals.

Ward has scored in double digits 25 times this year and ranks 10th among Big West players with 14.6 per game. He scored a career best 28 points in Cal Poly’s Nov. 20 win at Utah, matched the total versus Long Beach State (Feb. 26) and produced a pair of double-doubles during the regular season. Cal Poly’s co-leading rebounder with 6.3 boards per game, Ward ranks seventh among Big West players alongside Mousa.

Bandelj, Cal Poly’s third leading scorer at 13.2 points per game, also ranks fifth among Big West performers with an 86.5 (109-for-126) percent free throw mark. A 21-time double-digit scorer, Bandelj’s career high 37-point performance at Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 4) included a program record nine three-pointers. He’s also Cal Poly’s top distributor, ranking seventh in the Big West at 3.4 assists per game.

As a program, eighth-seeded Cal Poly – winners of five of its last seven to close the regular season – faces No. 5 UC San Diego in the Big West Championship opening round on Wednesday, March 11 at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -On the eve of the Big West Championships the league handed out it's regular season awards.

Aidan Mahaney was named All-Big West First Team and freshman CJ Shaw received an All-Big West Second Team nod for the Gauchos men's team.

Zoe Borter earned All-Big West Second Team honors for the Gauchos women's team and her teammates Olivia Bradley and Skylar Burke were honorable mention.

(Borter is averaging over 15 points per game. Entenza Design).

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