The Cal volleyball team can carve a sixth notch into its collective belt. On Thursday night, the Bears — playing against Cal Poly (4-3) as part of the Hilton Inn Invitational Tournament in Berkeley — recorded their sixth win of the season en route to upping their record to an Read More…
After rolling through Nevada and New Mexico State last weekend, the Cal volleyball team will face its first real test of the season this weekend. The Bears (2-0) travel to Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., to take part in Friday’s Bluejay Invitational. They will battle two opponents that made the Read More…
After the first two matches of the season, the Cal volleyball team is humming like a well-oiled machine — efficient and effective. The Bears (2-0) cruised through the Cal Molten Classic over the weekend by defeating both Nevada (0-3) and New Mexico State (1-2) each in three sets. Cal first Read More…
The Cal volleyball team enters the 2013 season without something it has had for more than a decade: expectations. Three years ago, the Bears were in the NCAA Championships. Last year, they went 15-16, their first losing season since 2001. In the midst of that disappointing campaign, the team dropped Read More…
The second scrimmage of fall camp concluded on Saturday, and the improvement from last week’s game was astounding. For months, Cal fans have heard about coach Sonny Dykes and offensive coordinator Tony Franklin’s fast-paced offenses. On Saturday, it finally showed. The offense moved at a pace that wasn’t quite blistering Read More…
“It was a hard, difficult, gut-wrenching decision,” said Cal coach Sonny Dykes after practice on Friday. With just 15 days until the season kicks off, Dykes named true freshman Jared Goff the starting quarterback earlier in the day. With the decision, Goff earned the first-team reps in camp, while Kline Read More…
The race finally has a winner. Cal coach Sonny Dykes named Jared Goff the starting quarterback for Cal football on Friday. “We have had a fiercely contested competition for our starting quarterback position,” Dykes said. “It’s important to name a starter and give them the reps they need to be Read More…
“Blowing stuff up is fun, but this is really fun,” said MythBuster Tory Belleci, laughing as he volleyed a tennis ball with Cal men’s tennis coach Peter Wright. The MythBusters’ Build Team was on campus Tuesday to film part of an episode involving a tennis myth. The crew, which also Read More…
Avery Sebastian suffered a serious injury on Monday night in what looked to be a helmet-to-helmet collision. Sebastian was admitted to the hospital but was released this morning with movement in all extremities. On one of the final plays of the first fall scrimmage, Sebastian and Jeffrey Coprich collided in Read More…
The quarterback race, of course, has been at the top of everyone’s list of things to watch at fall camp. And it’s been a roller coaster. On the first day, Austin Hinder showed up in force. He looked like he might be the top quarterback of the three. Nearly a Read More…