1. UCLA: Despite being the favorite to finish second behind Stanford in the 2012 Pac-12 Coaches Poll, UCLA will not hand over the Pac-12 title on a silver platter. With 10 of its 11 starters back from a team that only lost one game in 2011, the squad may be Read More…
Missouri’s forwards have speed — and they know how to use it. In the 51st minute of Sunday’s game against the Cal women’s soccer team, Tigers’ forward Taiwo Adeshigbin received a ball with Bears’ defender Nina Pederson draped over her. A quick move and an explosive first step, and she was gone. Read More…
Statistics do not always mean another mark in the win column. The Cal women’s soccer team learned this lesson the hard way on Thursday in a 1-0 loss against No. 17 Santa Clara. Cal (2-1) had 16 shots on goal, Santa Clara, three. Read More…
A year ago in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Santa Clara junior Ellie Rice was on her knees in tears after missing the penalty kick that swiftly killed the Broncos’ season. The entire Cal women’s soccer team celebrated the 4-3 victory in penalties around her, hugging and cheering. Read More…
As the PA announcer began counting down the end of the first half, Cal forward Grace Leer, who already scored two goals, was powering down the left wing with the ball. At the count of 10, she bullied past the last San Jose State defender. By six, she coolly placed Read More…
The Cal women’s soccer team calls Edwards Stadium its home, but this year, its emotional and spiritual home lied 40 miles southeast of Berkeley. The Bears (12-6-4, 5-4-2 in the Pac-12) played at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., twice – the first in a September regular season match Read More…
For the past month and a half, the Cal women’s soccer team suffered from its inability to score goals, producing a measly 11 goals in the last 12 contests. And on a rainy Friday night in Stanford’s Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, it delivered the final blow on the Bears’ season Read More…
The last time the Cal women’s soccer team advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament was in 2005, a time when former coach Kevin Boyd still managed the team and forward Liz Eisenberg led the team with 11 goals. Six years have passed since, and a new leaf Read More…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Cal goalkeeper Kat Messinger has played a total of 80 minutes this entire season, yet on Saturday she may have made the biggest save for the Cal women’s soccer team this year. Up 4-3 in a penalty shootout against No. 11 Santa Clara, Messinger – who Read More…
When midfielder Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick heard that the Cal women’s soccer team was scheduled to play No. 11 Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA tournament, her thoughts were focused on one thing: revenge. The Bears (12-6-2, 5-4-2 in the Pac-12) suffered a crushing 3-0 loss to the Broncos Read More…
