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Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008

Cal Poly men's soccer team has six players named to Big West All-Conference team

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Just about half of the starters on the Cal Poly men’s soccer team were recognized when the Big West All-Conference teams were announced Tuesday.

Six of the Mustangs’ starting 11 players garnered All-Big West honors. Among them were three first-teamers and two individual award winners.

Senior Eric Branagan-Franco won Co-Big West Goalkeeper of the Year after posting eight shutouts. He is the owner of eight Cal Poly goalkeeping records including saves (98), matches started in goal (21) and save percentage (.831).

Cal Poly redshirt freshman Patrick Sigler took home Co-Big West Freshman of the Year honors. This marked the second consecutive year the Mustangs have had a player receive the award after David Zamora was honored in 2007.

The final first-team award given to the Mustangs went to defensive midfielder Anton Peterlin.

Kyle Montgomery, David Zamora, and Julian Alvarez garnered second-team honors. Zamora leads the Mustangs with eight goals, a season after earning a spot on the Soccer America Freshman All-American team in 2007.

Cal Poly travels to play at UCLA on Friday, taking on the Bruins in the first round of the 48-team NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. The Mustangs lost 2-1 at UCLA during their season finale on Nov. 8.

The Mustangs (10-5-6, 5-2-3 Big West) and Bruins (10-4-6, 7-1-2 Pac-10) have a history in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA defeated Cal Poly in 1995, 2-1, in the opening round, which was the first and only Division I tournament appearance by the Mustangs.

VOLLEYBALL Santa Barbara 3, Cuesta 0

In its final game of the season, Cuesta (12-11, 5-5 Western State Conference) was dealt a tough 28-26, 25-21, 25-14 loss to Santa Barbara.

In game one, Cuesta served with match point three separate times but lost 28-26.

Sara Kidd and Cory Hunter led Cuesta with 10 kills each. On the defensive end, Joanna Hogue had a team-leading 20 digs, and teammates Heather Shuag and Nicole Crump each recorded three blocks.

With the loss, Cuesta finished the season in third place in the WSC standings.