For the No. 16 Cal’s field hockey team’s match against St. Louis University was more than just an easy 6-0 win — it was a test of the squad’s perseverance. From the onset of their 1 p.m. home game on Monday, the Bears (1-1) experienced deja vu in a flashback Read More…
Former Cal runner Alysia Montano ended her Olympic journey with an upsetting fifth place finish in the women’s 800 final on Saturday. After winning the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials in the event earlier this year, Montano was the American most favored to win a medal, but she came up short. Read More…
Three days after his strong opening in the 400 free relay was spoiled by a spectacular French finish, Nathan Adrian clinched his first individual gold medal in the 100 free, taking down Australia’s James Magnussen by a mere hundredth of a second in arguably the greatest finish of the Olympics so far. Read More…
Rankings don’t always give you a complete picture. The No. 16 Cal women’s field hockey team proved this last Friday, when they played against No. 1 ranked Maryland to a 2-1 loss on Maxwell Family Field. The last time the two teams faced each other was in 2009, where the Bears were crushed in a 8-0 loss. Read More…
Unlike most teams, Cal field hockey faces their toughest competitor in the first game of the season. Cal starts off their 2012 season with a massively high hurdle against No. 1 Maryland this Friday at 5 p.m. on Maxwell Family Field. Read More…
Peter Li took a year off before coming to Cal to train for the Olympics. But the heavily-favored table tennis star came up shockingly short in his bid for London. Read More…
Mike Teti never could have imagined the impact his decision to join the rowing team in high school would have on the rest of his life. The story of Teti, now the head coach of the Cal men’s crew team, starts in West Philadelphia, as a kid who never thought Read More…
The top-ranked Cal women’s rowing team concluded the NCAA Championships on Sunday with a third place finish at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J. The Bears earned a total of 78 points at NCAAs, with title-winner Virginia earning itself 87 points. This was the second year in a row that Read More…
