Ever since losing star striker Katie Benz, the Cal women’s soccer team has been searching for the offensive replacements to fill her painstakingly noticeable absence in the front lines. It seemed the Bears (11-4-2, 4-2-2 in the Pac-12) found their goalscorer in forwards Rachel Mercik or Mekenna DeBack at times Read More…
During Sunday’s contest against Utah, former star striker Alex Morgan returned to Berkeley for the first time since her successful World Cup campaign. Against Colorado and the Utes, the Cal women’s soccer team direly needed a goalscorer like Morgan as the Bears (11-4-2, 4-2-2) produced a plethora of offensive chances Read More…
For Cal women’s soccer team, Friday’s match against last-placed Colorado at Edwards Stadium was the easiest match of conference play. As the newest addition to the Pac-12, the Buffaloes had no conference wins coming in and won only three games this season. But the Bears (10-4-2, 3-2-2) played relatively subpar Read More…
With its extra time victory against Arizona last weekend, the Cal women’s soccer team won its 10th match this season, eclipsing last year’s total of nine with five games remaining on the schedule. As the Bears (10-3-2, 3-1-2) are on track to post their best record since 2007, a large Read More…
There is an aphorism in soccer that the most dangerous times during a match is in the first five minutes of each half. As the first five minutes of each half are spent usually warming up for the next 40 minutes, it leaves the defense vulnerable for any team that Read More…
When star striker Katie Benz had her career season cut short by a leg injury, the Cal women’s soccer team turned to sophomore forward Rachel Mercik to take the reins of the offense. Mercik knows all too well what Benz is currently going through – Mercik broke a bone in Read More…
Throughout its four-game slump in the last two weeks, the Cal women’s soccer team refused to acknowledge that it was in a mid-season crisis. But after Sunday’s 2-0 win against USC, the Bears (9-3-2) were able to freely speak their minds with a sigh of relief. “We were in a Read More…
Despite a 0-0 draw against No. 3 UCLA on Friday afternoon at Edwards Stadium, Cal women’s soccer team might have played their best game of the season. Although the Bears failed to snap their goal drought against the Bruins, a tie against one of a top-5 team can be momentous Read More…
Since the beginning of the season, midfielder Betsy Hassett has been waiting for Friday’s 4 p.m. tilt against No. 3 UCLA. It’s not because of the close 1-0 losses Cal women’s soccer team (8-3-1) has suffered the past two years, or the bad blood that might have spilled within these Read More…
Although the No. 17 Cal women’s soccer team prides itself on its depth at the forward position, its weekend trip north to the Evergreen State showed that quantity cannot replace injured forward Katie Benz’s quality up front. The five forwards in the squad combined for one goal this weekend against Read More…