No. 1: UCLA (11-2, 4-1 in the Pac-12) It’s hard to imagine a more perfect start to the 2011 season than what the Bruins have orchestrated. Two weeks after dismantling rival USC on its home court, then-No. 7 UCLA played host to No. 1 Cal and No. 2 Stanford and Read More…
Trailing USC two sets to none, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team found itself down 14-13, looking for any opportunity to claw its way back into the match. When the Trojans sent over a ball that should have been an easy dig for libero Robin Rostratter, the Bear’s defensive leader Read More…
For the second consecutive year, USC handed the Cal volleyball team its first loss of the season. On Friday night, the No. 7 Trojans swept the No. 1 Bears, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. Cal (13-1, 3-1 in the Pac-12) struggled to gain any momentum Read More…
Memories of the Galen Center on the USC campus are particularly vivid for some members of the Cal volleyball team. “We had match point,” junior Correy Johnson said. “And we lost it ourselves. We had a hitting error into the net on match point.” The Trojans handed the Bears their Read More…
Despite two wins this weekend, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team suffered its first major loss of the year. As the Bears (13-0, 3-0 in the Pac-12) and Colorado (5-6, 0-3) neared the end of Friday’s second set, Cal’s outside hitter Adrienne Gehan dislocated her ankle coming down from a Read More…
As senior outside hitter Tarah Murrey rocketed a spike off Colorado’s Megan Beckwith to seal the final set, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team defeated the Buffaloes 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-15) at Haas Pavilion on Friday evening. Murrey led Cal’s offense as the only Bear with double digit kills, notching Read More…
After a momentous 3-1 victory against No. 2 Stanford on Tuesday night, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team wasted no time preparing for its next match. “It’s an awesome feeling,” senior outside hitter Tarah Murrey said. “But I said, ‘We’re going to celebrate for no more than an hour, and Read More…
I admit it — I was wrong. I was convinced that the Cal volleyball team was going to lose to Stanford on Tuesday night. The coaches’ poll may have indicated otherwise, with Cal sitting atop the country and Stanford just a notch below at No. 2. That fact alone was enough Read More…
When Tarah Murrey’s errant dig gave Stanford a 25-23 win in the opening frame of Tuesday’s Big Spike match, it was the first time the No. 1 Cal volleyball team had dropped a set in 2011. The squad then made sure it would also be the last thus far. The Read More…
Live Blog: No. 1 Cal Volleyball vs. No. 2 Stanford