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‘We are a community of one’ The Cal Poly community gathered to remember the life of Osvaldo Ponce Thursday on campus.
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A Cal Poly research team is working on one of the final steps to build the world's first large-scale quantum computer. If the results turn out as expected, physics assistant professor Katharina Gillen’s research could be the missing key. “It would just be awesome if somehow I could provide one piece of the puzzle,” Gillen said. “Many people have more resources than I do, but I could provide just this one piece of the puzzle that helps the community solve these problems, in our case building a quantum computer.” A quantum computer is an instrument that can perform large operational tasks on data much faster than a classical computer. Researchers are still looking for a way to store large amounts of information in quantum bits in order to someday build a quantum computer that can be used for practical purposes. It has been established among other researchers that using neutral atoms in light could work for quantum computing, but finding a way to trap those atoms is the issue. There are general ways to trap atoms, but many of them cannot be used to trap the thousands needed for a quantum computer, Gillen said. That is the focus of Gillen’s project. "I'm hoping to simply show that you can fill these traps with atoms," Gillen said. "Once I've done that, I want to confirm what I have calculated in terms of how well they trap the atoms and confirm that they could be used for quantum computing." Gillen's goal is to prove atoms can be loaded into a tiny circular pinhole trap. Lasers with light and dark spots would shine on the pinhole — these light and dark spots minimize decoherence. If this can be done, someday it might be possible to isolate single atoms into a sequence of traps to create an array of qubits, or units of quantum information. The lasers would then be able to alter the atoms in order to make computations, based on factors such as the amount of time they hit the atoms, she said. “We can measure what the light pattern looks like, and so we did confirm that that looks like what we calculated and so we're pretty certain that the atoms will react to it the way that we think, but it is a big deal to actually prove that,” Gillen said. Although the device can see COMPUTER, pg. 2
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“I hope that people will remember him for that illuminating effect that he had on so many of our lives,” Osvaldo Ponce’s childhood friend, Ruben Baerga (above), said at the service.
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Cal Poly students, faculty and community members gathered outside Yosemite Hall to remember Ponce with a candlelight vigil and moment of silence.
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The mood was somber as students, faculty, family and friends gathered outside Yosemite Hall last Thursday to remember physics freshman Osvaldo Ponce, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Ponce was remembered as a “warm and easygoing person,” who was up front and supportive of others, said Ponce’s childhood friend Ruben Baerga, who spoke at the service. “I hope that people will remember him for the illuminating effect that he had on so many of our lives on a constant basis,” Baerga said. Ponce was always there to help a friend in need, but wasn’t able to ask for help when he needed it most, Baerga said. “He was the kind of person that you could always rely on to be up front with you about any issues or problems you have,” Baerga said. Baerga, dean of students Jean DeCosta, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics Phil Bailey and head of Counseling Services Bruce Meyer all spoke at the memorial service, led by campus pastor and director of The Front Porch, Beau Smith. DeCosta said students need to pull together and support each other in the face of tragedy and also reminded students if they ever feel alone, there are resources and people at Cal Poly to help them. “We are a community of one: We help each other, we support each other, we care for each other,” DeCosta said at the service. Afterward, as the sun was fading on the chilly Thursday evening, attendees lit candles and held a moment of silence to honor Ponce. The memorial service was held almost exactly two weeks after Ponce was found in his car with a container of hydrogen sulfide, a gas that can be toxic in confined spaces. Ponce was part of an invisible minority on campus of students who wrestle with suicidal thoughts. A study conducted by Cal Poly’s counseling services of more than 1,000 students in 2010 indicated that 7 percent of male students and 5 percent of female students report seriously considering
attempting suicide according to Meyer, who directs Cal Poly’s on-campus counseling services. Four percent of respondents screened positive for depression, while 8 percent screened positive for anxiety. Approximately half of respondents reported having their studies adversely affected by mental issues for at least one to five days, Meyer said. When overwhelmed, students shouldn’t feel that they have to handle everything themselves, Meyer said. The best way to get better is reaching out for help, Meyer said. “Don’t try to handle everything alone,” Meyer said. “There are a lot of people on campus who are ready and willing to help you.” Students can also help their friends if they say they’re struggling with depression by being supportive listeners. People should focus on listening first and knowing available resources as well, Meyer said. “The first thing to do is simply listen and be with them rather than trying to solve everything,” Meyer said. Students can also help their friends by directing them to the right resources, or walking them over to counseling, Meyer said. Counseling services welcomes walk-ins from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or students can visit Peers Understanding Listening Speaking and Educating (PULSE), a peer counseling service for support from fellow students. PULSE is a good resource for students looking for someone to talk to about stress, drugs or depression and similar problems, said psychology sophomore Ariana Salsido, who volunteers with PULSE’s Thoughtful Lifestyle Choices group. “(Students) can come to PULSE if they just want someone to talk to,” Salsido said. In supporting friends dealing with depression or suicidal thoughts, students should work to be good listeners and not question their friend’s motives. Salsido said it’s important to “normalize the issue ... (and) don’t make it seem like it’s foreign.” This allows people to be more comfortable in opening up and asking for help, Salsido said. Students who don’t feel comfortable visiting PULSE or other counseling services can also call SLO Hotline at 800-5494499 or National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 for someone to talk to.
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Students take second in horticulture career competition DYLAN HONEA-BAUMANN dylanhoneabaumann.md@gmail.com
Cal Poly students took second place out of 64 competing schools at the 36th Annual Student Career Days competition, an event held for horticulture students across the nation. The three-day competition took place at Kansas State University March 22 to 25, with 14 students and four professors from Cal Poly attending. Throughout the three days, events were done both in groups and individually. Events included: business management, compact excavator operation, computeraided landscape design and construction cost estimating. The Cal Poly students involved spent all year growing and selling succulent plants at the horticulture department on campus to save money and help pay for the trip to Kansas, according to agricultural education senior Michelle Jimenez. In addition to plant sales, Jimenez said she also did some fundraising by contacting independent representatives she thought would be interested in supporting the team.
Environmental horticulture science sophomore Kimberly Arias, who took part in the competition, said the advisers gave the team a drive to succeed that stuck with them. “If there wasn’t anyone to encourage us, we wouldn’t have done it,” Arias said. “Some people studied more for the competition than for finals.” The first day of the event had an opening ceremony in the morning, followed by a career fair afterward and that evening students took written tests to qualify for the physical competition on the second day. Cal Poly students qualified for all the events. Cal Poly’s assistant professor of sustainable landscape horticulture, Rob Shortell, said the competition was like a landscape Olympics for students. “We don’t do anything, it’s all the students,” Shortell said. “They’re amazing; they studied all night long; they kicked the other team’s ass.” In addition to coming away with national recognition for winning, students had the opportunity to connect with business owners in the industry at the career fair. This year, two
Cal Poly students were offered internships, and last year two students were offered permanent positions, Shortell said. Horticulture professor Tiffany Faulstich said she was proud of all the students for doing so well when they got to the event, especially due to the fact that two-thirds of the students, including Arias, became ill on the plane ride to the event. “I was just thinking I would not be able to think straight,” Arias said, “I stayed up and studied. I competed. It got worse through the whole day, I got through it though.” Landscape architecture senior Sara Berryhill was the only team member who was unable to compete due to illness, but two other students were able to cover her events. “(Faulstich) was our cheerleader,” Berryhill said. The last day of the event held a closing ceremony and awards. According to Arias and Faulstich, the announcer for the competition initially said Cal Poly got third place in the competition. Shortly after, the president of the competition clarified it was a mistake and that Cal Poly actually got second place. Although a lot of work went into the win, some students such as agriculture and environmental plant sciences senior Mike Magnani said attending the event in previous years also helped the teams secure a place. “I feel that I was able to prepare better because I had already been before,” Magnani said. “The experience helped.”
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Club members sold succulent plants which were grown on campus to raise money to attend the 36th annual Student Career Days competition at Kansas State University.
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be called a cold atom trap, it actually has little to do with temperature, Gillen said. Trapping the atoms instead slows them down, so they can be used in certain experiments. The technical term for the device is a magneto-optical trap, in which a magnetic field and lasers work together in a process that collects and slows the atoms. Magneto-optical traps have been built by other research groups before, but each has been used in different experiments for trapping atoms, Gillen explained. “A lot of work goes into just the lasers and keeping them at that specific frequency,” Gillen said. Depending on factors such as time constraints and unpredictable complications, it will take approximately another year to see results, Gillen said. A total of 16 students have worked on the project over five years, with majors ranging from physics, mathematics and chemistry to mechanical and electrical engineering. Involvement of engineering students is an important component because they help build and maintain the entire trap structure, Gil-
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len said. Mechanical engineers help build specialized parts, while electrical engineers help custom design, build and fix electronics. Mechanical engineering graduate student Bert Copsey started working on the project after he took a physics class taught by Gillen. Gillen told the class about her research and invited students to get involved. Copsey has worked with Gillen for four years, mostly writing codes, building parts for the trap and tuning lasers. He said he also went to the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics conference in Pennsylvania at the end of his second year to present research on the magneto-optical trap. “That was a really cool experience,” Copsey said. “I was presenting the research we've been doing to a whole bunch of really big important physicists.” Copsey said working on the project has helped determine his future career path. “I’m in engineering because I thought I wanted to be an engineer as a kid, but it turns out, I kind of want to be a physicist,” Copsey said. Sara Monahan, a physics senior, also got involved with the project through a class taught by Gillen. She learned
theoretical knowledge in the class, and began to work on the experiment this past summer. “It’s been one of the best experiences of my life,” Monahan said. “Being able to feel like I have an actual purpose as a physics major, like I’m actually doing productive things, has really made a difference. I’ve gained a lot of knowledge and I’ve gained a lot of confidence because I got to learn how to apply the knowledge.” In addition to conducting meaningful research in her field, Gillen said interacting with students is an important and enjoyable element of her work. “Of my entire job, that’s just the (most fun) thing, is working so closely with individual students on this project, and watching them learn,” Gillen said. “They’re basically learning skills that I learned in grad school. I’m glad I get to be a part of that.” If Gillen does achieve the results she is expecting to find, it will warrant a publication in a research journal, which would bring positive attention to Cal Poly and help attract follow-up funding to help with further research, she said. “It will kind of make us famous,” Gillen said. “It would put Cal Poly on the map, professionally speaking.”
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SLO 5-0 Sunday, March 25 4:40 a.m. — A commercial burglary occurred on the 11000 block of Los Osos Valley Road. 7:37 p.m. — Someone threw a guitar at a woman’s arm on the 400 block of Lawrence Drive. 9:42 p.m. — A suicide attempt was reported to the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD). Monday, March 26 2:02 p.m. — Eight hundred dollars were stolen from a bedroom closet on the 1300 block of Madonna Road. 3:13 p.m. — A petty theft occurred between March 12 at noon and March 16 at noon at the University Union. 9:17 p.m. — Driving under the influence occurred on the 1000 block of Nipomo and Higuera Streets. Tuesday, March 27 10:52 a.m. — A trespass report was made at the crops science unit on campus. 7:24 p.m. — A narcotics code violation occurred at the Canyon Circle parking structure. 8:01 p.m. — A sex offense occurred on the 3800 block of Broad Street.
Firewood outlawed in Uganda HENRY WASSWA AND SHABTAI GOLD
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In Uganda, where more than 90 percent of the population uses charcoal and firewood daily, the government has ordered people to find alternative methods of cooking and heating. The bold order ref lects concern that the East African nation may lose nearly all its forest cover in the coming decades. On March 6, the government announced an immediate three-month ban on the harvesting of timber, but it is taking a long time for the information to trickle down through society. “First of all, I am just hearing it” for the first time, said Cissy Namagembe, sitting by her roadside shed while measuring out charcoal into cans for waiting buyers. “But if it is true, I will halt the sales and adjust the prices of charcoal because my suppliers may come with higher prices in the coming weeks,” said Namagembe, 40. She said the three-month ban “is unrealistic because everyone uses charcoal to cook.” Uganda’s government is worried about the ongoing destruction of forests and frustrated with earlier failed measures to stop illegal logging. Water and Environment Minister Maria Mutagamba said the ban would be strictly enforced.
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Three months after the primaries started, Republicans in Wisconsin are glad to see the presidential campaign last long enough to reach them. And then they want it to be done, the quicker the better. Around the state, many Republicans approach Tuesday's Wisconsin primary with a sense of inevitability that Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination. They think the often nasty primary campaign is hurting the party. And they feel it's time for rivals Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul to fold up and rally for a fall campaign against President Barack Obama. The sentiment among rank and file voters suggests a turning point in the campaign where Romney could start to take the nomination more for granted — though he cannot clinch the delegates needed for many more weeks — and turn more and more to challenging Obama. “It’s really exciting. We have a chance to be a player in the nomination,” said David Richards, a plumber from Oshkosh who plans to vote for Romney. Yet Richards is one of many who fears the campaign has gone on long enough, maybe too long already. “It’s detrimental to the party. It’s bitter and divisive, tearing down one another. The candidates without a chance should pull away and support the candidate who’s going to win.” It’s not just Romney supporters. Mike Donnelly, a retiree from Neenah, plans to vote Tuesday for Santorum. Then, he said, it's time to rally around Romney. “I’m for Santorum. But I don’t think he’s going to win. Romney’s going to win,” he said. “I don’t like it,” he said of the long campaign, stretched out by new party rules designed to give voters in more states a say in the nomination. “It’s dragging on too long. I don't like the mudslinging. Enough's enough. Let's pick a candidate and go after Obama.” Wisconsin is the biggest
10:19 p.m. — A sex offense was reported to SLOPD Thursday, March 29 2:17 a.m. — A man approached a woman with a gun and took $40 from her on the 500 block of Couper Drive. 1:20 p.m. — An assault occurred on the 200 block of High Street. Friday, March 30 12:19 a.m. — A sex offense occurred on the 100 block of Casa Street. 12:57 a.m. — An assault occurred on the 500 block of Ramona Drive. 1:46 a.m. — An arrest for public intoxication was made at the information booth on Grand Avenue on campus. Saturday, March 31 6:45 p.m. — A narcotics code violation occurred at Muir Hall.
squatting on public land and urban development but also because of mismanagement, according to the state-run National Environment Management Authority. NEMA’s figures show that in 1990, the country’s forest cover was at 12 million acres, but fell to about 8 million acres by by 2010. Within 30 years it will all be gone, unless urgent measures are taken. The environment ministry estimates that 14 million cubic meters of timber are destroyed annually for charcoal production, causing drastic climatic changes. “My ministry cannot continue to watch the depletion of this forest resource at the expense of the future generation,” Mutagamba said. The three-month ban is meant to give the government time to draft new regulations for the industry. Charcoal and firewood consumption needs are being studied, with a view to move toward more environmentally sustainable means. Political analyst John Bukenya in Kampala said the government might have bitten off more than it can chew. “Where will government get the manpower to enforce the order? How will a policeman who cooks with charcoal and firewood arrest another person trading in the same items? The Ugandan government is in the habit of doing so many unworkable things at the same time,” Bukenya said.
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“Anybody found cutting timber in this period will not only forfeit it but will lose the cutting equipment and will also be prosecuted in the courts of law,” Mutagamba said. Trucks ferrying timber, firewood and charcoal to urban centers would be impounded. Carpenter John Kulanga laughed off the government's proclamation. If people were truly worried, prices of timber would have gone up — but this has not happened. “The announcement is a joke because we have heard similar ones before. The timber dealers will bribe any law enforcers who try to arrest them,” Kulanga said. Another carpenter, James Kawere, agreed. The government “issues laws that they know will not be followed,” he said. At her home in the town of Mukono, approximately 12 miles east of the capital Kampala, Mary Nsereko feeds a family of 16 people, including her children and grandchildren, using firewood harvested from her backyard. “I cannot use electricity or paraffin to cook because they are expensive,” she said. “To stop people from cutting wood is unrealistic. Are we going to starve? We will continue to cut down our trees to prepare food because there is no alternative.” Uganda’s forests are undoubtedly being depleted, owing to population increases,
and most contested prize of the voting Tuesday, with 42 delegates at stake. Maryland has 37 delegates; Washington, D.C., has 16. Romney leads among delegates needed to win the Republican nomination, and is expected to add to that lead on Tuesday. Wisconsin looks a lot like other big Midwest industrial states where Romney has won, such as Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. And it doesn’t have the large numbers of evangelical Christians that have helped Santorum win in such states as Alabama and Mississippi. “The pattern of support is similar in Wisconsin as elsewhere,” said Lee Miringoff, director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. “The advantage for Romney is the Wisconsin GOP primary electorate more closely resembles states he has carried.” Even at a gathering of religious conservatives from the western suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin voters were a little wary of Santorum’s more open embrace of issues such as abortion and marriage, not to mention his criticism of John F. Kennedy for promoting the separation of church and state when he ran in 1960. “I go to church every week. I do want God back in the Constitution,” said Dave Barkei, a retired engineer from East Troy. “But he may be too religious. He makes me nervous. There still needs to be some separation between church and state.” Like others, Barkei was ready for the primary campaign to wrap up. “At some point, and Wisconsin will be that point, maybe it’s time for the candidates to decide it's time to get together and get on with the mission.” Santorum brushes aside such talk. Addressing a Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering Saturday, he insisted he can overcome the overwhelming odds against him and still win the nomination. “One of the campaigns for president a week or so ago suggested that it would take an act of God for Rick San-
torum to win the Republican nomination,” he said. “I don’t know about you, but I believe in acts of God.” But analysts and other politicians are starting to echo the voices of Wisconsin Republicans who say the nomination fight might be over. “Santorum certainly has victories ahead, but that won’t change the dynamic of the race,” said independent political analyst Stuart Rothenberg. “Romney has won his party’s nomination and the right to take on President Barack Obama in the fall.” Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told the Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering that the primaries are starting to hurt the party by delaying the point at which Romney can devote all of his time and money to Obama. “This primary’s been helpful. I think it's been constructive,” said Ryan, who last week endorsed Romney. “But I think there comes a point where this primary can become counterproductive. ... I think we need to coalesce around the person who we think is going to be the best president.”
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Five months ago, when the Brown administration raised the proposed cost of California’s high-speed rail project to nearly $100 billion, it cast the estimate, however startling, as a sign of newfound credibility. Tom Umberg, thenchairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority board, called it a “new day” for high-speed rail, and Dan Richard, who would later become board chairman, said, “It’s pretty hard to say that we’re hiding the ball when we’re out there talking about $98 billion.” Critics responded strongly, and Gov. Jerry Brown said the cost would come down.
As the Trayvon Martin controversy splinters into a debate about self-defense, a central question remains: Who was heard crying for help on a 911 call in the moments before the teenager was shot? An expert in the field of forensic voice identification sought to answer that question by analyzing the recordings for the Orlando Sentinel. His result: It was not George Zimmerman who called for help. Tom Owen, forensic consultant for Owen Forensic Services LLC and chairman emeritus of the American Board of Recorded Evidence, used voice-identification software to rule out Zimmerman.
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The beginning of an end Freshmen have 10 weeks left to make the most of their first year of college. Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. Returning to our empty dorm rooms after enjoying an either crazy or relaxing spring break in Havasu, at home and everywhere in between is different compared to our usual return to campus after breaks. Similar to former returns though, I reluctantly readjusted back into school mode. I bought textbooks for my new classes, realized my home-cooked meals will now be replaced with campus dining, received a handful of emails regarding syllabi from professors and began with a clean slate (for the quarter, anyway). But this time, as we settle ourselves down into a new quarter, it is the beginning of the ending of our beginning. Or put more simply: these are the first weeks of the last quarter of our freshman year of college. It sounds ridiculous, especially because I vividly remember move-in day — very likely the most hectic day I have ever experienced as I wandered around like a lost puppy among an absurd amount of people — but it’s true. Already more than half of
our freshman year has flown by before our eyes and within a matter of weeks, it will be nothing more than a memory. What kind of memory, adjective-wise, is up to how you end this quarter and therefore this year. As surreal as this thought is, it is a bit worrisome because I feel like I haven’t made the most out of my freshman year. I’ve eaten everywhere on campus (I think that
should be something to note, although most of us probably have anyway), I hiked the “P” and I’ve been to the beaches. But, I haven’t done all that I wanted — or planned — to do during my freshman year. This doesn’t just apply to me, but I know this goes for most, if not all, of you freshmen reading this. In the back of our minds, see END, pg. 5
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there is always that one thing — or many things — that we have wanted to do, but just haven’t gotten around to doing because of the endless excuses we come up with. Whether it’s because we’re too busy or don’t know where to start, it’s time to start doing instead of excusing. So with spring quarter upon us, it’s time to start crossing off a few things from your mental first year of college todo list. Take initiative and make whatever you want to happen, happen. It can be as simple as going line dancing at The Graduate if you haven’t done so yet. Or
if you’re like me, maybe you want to finally cross “hiking Madonna Mountain and Bishop Peak” off your list. Maybe academics are on your mind, and you want to get onto the Dean’s List this quarter. Do it, because nothing is stopping you. I’ve decided I will get straight A’s this quarter. That might seem far-fetched, especially with the classes I’m taking and just being in college in general, but hey, who said it isn’t possible? Well, maybe someone did say that, but that’s not going to bring me down. Take a break once in a while and enjoy the trails at Montaña de Oro and possibly even camp out there. Travel to Avila Beach and enjoy a bonfire with your friends — it will
be beautiful spring weather soon enough, after all. Whatever it is you wish to accomplish, go for it. There are 10 weeks left in this quarter and this year; don’t let them go to waste. Freshman year is about trying new things and discovering what you love. Take advantage of this quarter and do what you have always envisioned your freshman year to consist of when you thought about it in the months before moving to Cal Poly. End your first year in the best way possible so you can tell your friends from home your amazing stories. Because, let’s be real, when we have all of San Luis Obispo and the beautiful nearby towns surrounding us, who wouldn’t be jealous of our adventures?
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The Cal Poly softball team (822, 1-2 Big West) fell to Cal State Fullerton 7-0 in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader after ending their 10-game losing streak earlier in the day. True freshman Jordan Yates went one inning and gave up four runs in the first to Fullerton’s powerful offense. Freshmen Chloe Wurst relieved Yates, pitching the remaining six innings, giving up three earned runs, six hits and striking out two.
“I have to make every pitch have a purpose,” Wurst said. “It’s about commitment, it’s not whether you trust a pitch, it’s whether you can go all out, full speed and trust yourself. You have to battle. It’s a grind out there.” Yates proved to be much more successful in the first game of the doubleheader as Cal Poly defeated the Titans 4-1. Head coach Jenny Condon was pleased to end the losing streak. “It was a good momentum builder for us,” Condon said. “This game is all about mo-
mentum, both good and bad. Unfortunately, we came out flat in the second game. In the Big West, every team comes out wanting to win. You can’t come out flat and expect the other team to just lay down.” In the first inning, Titan shortstop Adrianna Martinez drew a six-pitch walk that Nichole Johnson and Eliza Crawford followed with back-to-back singles to drive in Martinez. First basemen Anissa Young then hit a towering three-run home run over the left field wall. In the second inning, Emily Ceccacci lead off with a solid
single to the left that was followed with a Mariah Cochiolo walk. The Mustangs were unable to convert with runners in scoring position as they left nine runners on base during the game. Despite a rough first inning, the Mustangs bounced back, holding the Titan offense to four innings of scoreless softball. Wurst, mixing fastballs, change-ups and curveballs, retired nine consecutive Titans in that stretch. The streak of scoreless innings ended in the top of the sixth when Fullerton scored
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The Cal Poly softball team travels to Long Beach State next weekend in search of its first Big West series win.
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“I was making pitches, they were just doing a really good job putting balls in play,” Brueggemann said. “Can’t do much when the guy is pitching really well against us. Got to tip your hat to that kid, he threw a really good game.” Brueggemann was pulled in favor of Reed Reilly in the fifth inning after he conceded two more Dirtbag runs. Reilly al-
lowed three hits in three-and-athird innings without giving up a run. Chase Johnson pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out one, but the Mustangs couldn’t use it to their advantage going quietly in the other half of the final frame. “We weren’t competitive today,” head coach Larry Lee said. “We hit two balls hard all day. Our outs weren’t competitive, we got beat on the same pitch over and over. There just wasn’t a lot of fight from our hitters.” Senior shortstop Mike Mill-
er had his 14-game hitting streak and 25-game on base streak snapped as he went 0 for 4 (leave as numerals). He still leads the team in batting average, hitting .371. The Mustangs lone series win came on Saturday night as Kyle Anderson pitched six and a third innings and gave up four runs. A Jimmy Allen single in the eighth inning broke a 4-4 tie to propel Cal Poly to victory. Nick Grim, pitching in relief, picked up the win while Johnson earned
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Third baseman Jimmy Allen drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning on Saturday night, but the Mustangs dropped two out of three games to Long Beach State.
his fifth save of the year. Cal Poly faces UC Irvine in a three-game series starting on Thursday night at Baggett Stadium. Baseball drops Big West opener to Long Beach State Despite a late three-run push in the seventh inning, the Mustangs fell 4-3 to the Long Beach State Dirtbags on Friday night in Baggett Stadium. Cal Poly (16-9, 0-1) cut the Long Beach State (9-15, 1-0) lead to one using groundout RBIs from Miller and pinch hitter Matt Russell and a solo home run by center fielder Mitch Haniger but fell short in the first game of the weekend series. Joey Wagman took the loss after going seven innings, giving up seven hits and four runs, just one earned, with seven strikeouts. In the first, true freshman Alex Michaels followed with another single moving Miller to third base but was tagged out at second in an attempt to stretch the single to a double. Dirtbags starter Matt Anderson, walked Haniger to put runners on first and third. Third baseman Jimmy Allen struck out on a failed hit and run, stranding Haniger and eventually led to Miller being thrown out at home. “(Miller) got caught off too far on the hit and run,” Lee said. “He didn’t get a good jump and was caught out in no man’s land.” In the top of the second, Long Beach State’s Jeff Yamaguchi and Johnny Bekakis hit backto-back doubles to give the Dirtbags a 1-0 lead. Cal Poly found itself with bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the second. Miller lined a ball down the third base line, but a smooth play by Dirtbags third baseman Juan Avila ended the inning, leaving three runners stranded. “That’s just one of two great plays” Lee said. “One was a great play, and the other, we didn’t get a great read on.”
two. Gabby Aragon drove a single over third baseman Kim Westlund. The Titan’s Kirsten Lambertson executed a bunt to move Aragon into scoring position. This was followed with another bunt by left fielder Leesa Harris. The Mustangs’ first basemen Madi Vogelsang slipped as she charged on the play, allowing Harris to advance to second. Leadoff hitter Ashley Carter singled to left driving in Aragon, but Carter was caught in a run-down at second allowing the speedy Harris to score adding another two runs to the Titan lead. Fullerton scored its final run in the seventh on an RBI groundout by pinch hitter Courtney Snyder, driving in second baseman Jena Rubio. The Titan’s starting pitcher Desiree Ybarra effectively silenced the Mustangs offense allowing no earned runs, five hits and four strikeouts in her seven innings pitched. Ybarra consistently hit spots and mixed pitches as she held the Mustangs scoreless in game two. “They did a good job this weekend,” Condon said. “They’re not flashy, they don’t throw high 60s, but they did a good job. They managed the game well enough to get the outs they needed when they needed them.” Cal Poly softball begins a four-game road trip next week as they face off against fellow Big West member Long Beach State. “Road trips are a little bit easier for us,” Condon said. “We usually fare pretty well on the road, we are comfortable in that environment; there’s no distractions. All we have to do is go and play ball.” Lee was not phased by the runners left on base. He acknowledged that not everything went Cal Poly’s way but remained optimistic about the next two games in the series. “We are creating opportunities offensively to hit with runners in scoring position,” Lee said. “It’s up to your hitters then to put a good swing on it and drive in the runs.” In the seventh, Long Beach State’s second baseman Jeff McNeil led off with a single to left. A throwing error followed by a home run by center fielder Brian Metzger gave the Dirtbags a 4-0 lead. The home run clipped the top of the fence and cleared it as Metzger rounded first base. Cal Poly answered with a three-run seventh inning. Redshirt freshman first baseman Tommy Pluschkell continued his hot streak as he drove a single to left to start the rally. Evan Busby was walked and a passed ball moved Pluschkell and Busby to second and third. Miller and pinch hitter Matt Russell hit back-to-back groundouts to shortstop Matt Duffy to drive in Pluschkell and Busby. With no runners on, Mitch Haniger drove a ball to left for a solo home run that almost identical to Metzger’s, clipping the fence and going out. Haniger has six long balls on the season, which equals his team-leading total from 2011. Redshirt freshman Reed Reilly closed out the eighth and ninth innings giving up no earned runs, striking out three. “I was just trying to make my pitches,” he said. “I wanted to keep the defense ready and keep us in the game too. Wagman did a great job through his seven innings keeping us in the game.” In the ninth pinch hitter Tim Wise drove a single up the middle. Miller followed with a single to left. Matt Russell laid a bunt down to third that was fielded cleanly by Avila who threw the Wise out at third. With two on Haniger and Allen both f lew out to end the game.
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A triple by David Armendariz saved the Cal Poly baseball team from being no-hit on Sunday as Long Beach State topped the Mustangs 4-0 to win the series two games to one. Long Beach State’s starting pitcher Shawn Stuart allowed Armendariz’s triple off the left center field wall in the
fifth inning and walked Tim Wise in the first, but didn’t have much trouble dispensing the Mustangs in a complete game shutout. “(Stuart) started mixing (pitches) really well in the middle half of the game,” Armendariz said. “In the beginning, it was mostly firstpitch fastballs then going to the off-speed pitch. He kept us off balance.” Stuart struck out nine batters and moved Long Beach
State to 10-16 overall and 2-1 in conference while Cal Poly fell 17-10 and 1-2. Kyle Brueggemann allowed two hits in eight innings in his start against San Diego State last Saturday, and he matched that total in the first inning on Sunday. Johnny Bekakis hit the first Brueggemann pitch up the middle and eventually came around to score the first of two runs in the inning. see BASEBALL pg. 6
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Junior pitcher Kyle Brueggemann took the loss on Sunday afternoon as he allowed seven hits and four runs (three earned) over four and two-thirds innings.