Despite a nine-game losing streak and a fifth-place finish in the Pac-12, the Cal softball team might just be the team that nobody wants to face in the postseason. Due in large part to Jolene Henderson’s healthy return to the circle, the Bears (36-17) finally resemble the team they were Read More…
Up by one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Cal softball team was just one out away from snapping its nine-game losing streak. All-American pitcher Jolene Henderson, finally healthy after suffering a left knee injury on April 21, was tasked with slamming the door on the No. Read More…
When Jolene Henderson went down with a left-knee injury on April 21, Cal softball coach Diane Ninemire was forced to rely on a reserve pitching rotation and an offense that was among the worst in the Pac-12. But nobody could have expected Cal to fall apart like it has in Read More…
With the scorching sun beaming down on Farrington Stadium, the Bears were seemingly in hibernation mode, and the Sun Devils were in domination mode. The Cal softball team (35-12, 9-9 Pac-12) was swept in humbling fashion by Arizona State (42-7, 13-5 Pac-12) this weekend, losing 10-2, 11-0 and 5-3. Head Read More…
Trailing Oregon State 1-0 in the top of the seventh, Cal pitcher Jolene Henderson (29-8) found herself in a jam with runners on second and third and only one man out. The All-American induced a slow comebacker to the mound, fielded it cleanly and fired a throw to first base Read More…
It was just a little over a year ago when the Cal softball team finished first in the Pac-12, one of the toughest conferences in the nation, with a dominating 21-3 record. Fast forward almost one year, and the No. 10 Bears (33-8, 7-5 Pac-12) are sitting in fourth place. Read More…
Jolene Henderson is no stranger to success. As the winningest softball pitcher in Cal history, Henderson, a senior, knew all along she would have a future in softball once her time as a Golden Bear comes to a close after the 2013 season. Now she knows just where she’ll have Read More…
The margin of error for the Cal softball team’s Pac-12 title aspirations just got that much smaller. After dropping two of three to first-place Oregon last weekend, Cal’s chances of repeating as Pac-12 champions shrank considerably against rival UCLA (28-14, 5-10 Pac-12). The Bears won one game of three in Read More…
As a 13 year old, a coach told Cheyenne Cordes that she would never be a shortstop at the Division I level. Those words forever seared into her memory, Cordes has proved him wrong through her success at Cal. Read More…
The Cal softball team could use a breather right about now. Having lost three of their past four games, the Bears don’t look anything like a team eager to defend their Pac-12 title. It’s a good thing, then, that the Bears’ next opponent is Saint Mary’s on Wednesday in Berkeley. Read More…
