After two consecutive losses to top-10 teams, the best transition the Cal volleyball team can ask for is an away game against Washington State on Friday. Since 2003, the Bears have not lost to the Cougars. This season, the Cougars (10-10, 0-8 in the Pac-12) are on a eight-game losing Read More…
Can No. 3 Oregon avenge its nailbiting loss against No.2 Stanford? Last Saturday, No. 5 Oregon raised eyebrows when it defeated the only undefeated team in the nation — No. 2 Washington — in three sets. Leading by 24-17 in the fourth set with a 2-1 advantage, Ducks’ middle blocker Read More…
During the 30th point of the second set, Cal’s inexperience reared its ugly head in their 3-0 loss to No. 7 UCLA on Sunday in Haas Pavillion. Freshmen Lara Vukasovic and Mary McKennon watched the ball float in their direction, trying to call each other off. Neither girl heard the Read More…
As far as conference competition goes, the Cal volleyball team faces its toughest weekend of the season. If the Bears win both their upcoming battles, the results would do wonders for a team that has fallen out of the rankings. At Haas Pavilion, the Bears take on No. 6 USC Read More…
Is this years’ Washington squad the best one under longtime coach Jim McLaughlin? Without a doubt, this year’s Washington squad is one of the best in recent years coming out of Seattle. Coach Jim McLaughlin has seen plenty of success in his 12-year career at the helm of the Huskies Read More…
For Cal volleyball, less is definitely more. Despite having just nine players suit up against Oregon State at Haas Pavilion on Friday night, the Bears (9-7, 3-3 in the Pac-12) swept a 15-player roster in three sets in Oregon State (12-6, 2-4). After losing starting outside hitter junior Adrienne Gehan Read More…
The Cal volleyball team is five games into Pac-12 conference play, and already the program has found itself in unfamiliar waters. At this point last season, the squad was 13-2 and near the top of the volleyball rankings. This year, the Bears are a mere one game above .500 and Read More…
Two years ago in a gym in Zagreb, Croatia, Lara Vukasovic looked up in the stands and saw the key to her future as well as the source of a long-held secret. There sat Cal head coach Rich Feller. Vukasovic, on the other hand, sat on the bench and tried Read More…
Arizona setters Lauren Fuller and Chanel Brown are any opposing defense’s nightmares. Though they are both undersized by volleyball standards, their combined talents allow the Wildcats to put them on the court at the same time in a 6-2 offense. The Cal volleyball team travels to the Grand Canyon State Read More…
How big is Oregon’s win against USC? To say that No. 8 Oregon’s upset victory over No. 2 USC was impressive is an understatement. The Ducks (11-0, 2-0) made a monumental statement with their three-straight set victory (25-19, 25-15, 25-23) at home against the Trojans. USC (13-1, 1-1) was coming Read More…