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The Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball team represents California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference, which they have played in since 1996, two years after joining Division I. The team plays its home games in Mott Athletics Center.
History
Cal Poly began playing women's basketball at the intercollegiate level in 1974 in the AIAW, with NCAA-sponsored play beginning in 1981.
The Mustangs have had three teams tie for the school record for wins (21) in a season: the 1981–82 squad coached by Marilyn McNeil and the 2008–09 and 2012–13 squads coached by Faith Mimnaugh.
Following Sharon Chatman (1974–75) and Mary Stallard (1975–79), McNeil coached Cal Poly from 1979 to 1986 before becoming an athletics administrator on campus. In 1994, McNeil departed Cal Poly to become the athletic director at Monmouth University, from which she retired in 2021. Taking over after Jill Orrock (1986–95) and Karen Booker (1995–97), Mimnaugh served as head coach from 1997 to 2022. Shanele Stires, former WNBA player and head coach at Cal State East Bay, was hired as the team's seventh head coach on April 14, 2022.
The furthest the team has advanced came in March 2013, when Cal Poly defeated Pacific 63–49 to win the Big West Conference women's basketball tournament, their first conference tournament championship after two previous years of regular-season titles. Seeded 14th in their ensuing NCAA Tournament appearance, they lost 85-55 to Penn State in the first round. Cal Poly qualified for the semifinal round of the Big West Tournament in March 2020, but the postseason was abruptly canceled due to COVID-19 after the Mustangs had won comfortably twice in the tournament's earlier rounds.
The team has made four WNIT appearances, losing to California (Berkeley) in 2011, Washington in 2012, San Diego in 2014, and Pacific in 2024.
2021.–22. hooajal lõpetas Cal Poly Women 19–13 üldise rekordiga ja 12–4 konverentsirekordiga. Nad jõudsid Big West turniiri poolfinaali, kus kaotasid lõpuks meistriks tulnud UC Santa Barbarale.
Cal Poly Women on oma ajaloos jõudnud NCAA turniirile üheksa korda. Nende parim tulemus turniiril on Sweet 16, mille nad saavutasid 1998. ja 2010. aastal.
Mõned tuntumad Cal Poly Womeni mängijad on:
* Molly Schlemer
* Mary Fauci
* Vanessa Austin
* Desiree Norwood
* Amanda Johnson
Cal Poly Women on tugev ja konkurentsivõimeline korvpallimeeskond, kellel on rikas ajalugu. Meeskond kuulub Big West konverentsi tippmeeskondade hulka ja on suuteline jõudma NCAA turniirile igal aastal.