This season, the Cal field hockey team has amassed a 12-3 record, defeated five ranked teams along the way and earned a No. 11 national ranking – its highest in a decade. For fifth-year senior Erin Magill, the success she’s experienced this season has been a long time coming. You Read More…
Senior Day was not exactly the most joyous occasion for the No. 12 Cal field hockey team. The Bears fell to Stanford, 3-2, on Sunday at Maxwell Family Field in one of the most tightly contested matches of the season. Midway through the second period, the Cal fans had an eerie Read More…
Coach Shellie Onstead currently sits at 198 career wins, all of which have been earned at the helm of the Cal field hockey team. By the end of this weekend, she could post number 200. First, however, the No. 12 Bears will have to fend off UC Davis on Friday Read More…
After playing eight games in the last 16 days, the Cal field hockey team will head into its first off week of the season with their third overtime victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Drexel on Sunday in Philadelphia. With the game tied 2-2 in overtime, Cal forward Read More…
It’s one down and two to go for the No. 11 Cal field hockey. The Bears took the first match of their three game trip to Philadelphia, a 5-2 victory over Saint Joseph’s. Thursday afternoon’s match exemplified the type of offensive success the Bears (9-2) have found in their victories Read More…
Even after suffering its second loss of the season, the Cal field hockey team finds itself right back where it was following its 5-0 start. This past weekend, the Bears split their two conference matchups – losing to No. 6 Stanford, 3-2, on the road before dispatching Pacific, 4-0, at Read More…
Friday night saw a battle between longtime rivals who happen to be the West Coast’s lone premiere field hockey teams. This matchup, between No. 12 Cal and No. 8 Stanford, certainly lived up to the hype. Both squads traded early punches, but the Cardinal gained the upper hand midway through Read More…
For one second, let’s just put aside all the implications that come with any traditional Cal-Stanford matchup and look objectively at the significance of this Friday’s 7 p.m. game at the Cardinal’s Varsity Turf. It could be said that the respective field hockey programs for the No. 8 Cardinal and Read More…
On Saturday, the Cal field hockey team was able to overcome a late-game deficit and score the last two goals to cap off 4-3 comeback victory against No. 18 Virginia. On Monday, the No. 11 Bears didn’t have to come from behind — their offense started right where they had Read More…
The Cal field hockey team upset four ranked teams before earning a ranking of its own heading into this weekend’s matches. But just as the No. 11 Bears were rising to national prominence, the team fell back down to earth a bit with its first defeat of the season, 1-3, Read More…