The Cal men’s tennis team seems to have Lady Luck on its side this year. Out of all the first- and second-round brackets the Bears could have been placed in for the NCAA team championships, the Cal squad was selected to compete in a bracket where it had already defeated Read More…
Just a season ago, the Cal softball team was at the pinnacle of the Pac-12, boasting a 58-7 record at the end of the season. But ever since All-American Jolene Henderson hurt her leg more than two weeks ago this season, the Bears haven’t won a single game. Cal’s recent Read More…
The Cal baseball team will finish its season with seven straight matches at home — but don’t expect their luck to get much better. A week after being swept by No. 5 Oregon State, Cal now has to face No. 13 Arizona State in a weekend series beginning on Friday Read More…
Just when it looked like the Cal rugby team had a chance to pull off another come-from-behind victory in the team’s biggest game of the year, the Bears came up just short. With only seconds left in the match, Brigham Young University’s freshman halfback Jonathan Linehan received the ball from Read More…
The comeback kids always hit their stride in the second half. Twenty-one wins were forged on halftime adjustments — tweaks that turned those lingering close games into routs. Three weeks ago, Cal trailed St. Mary’s by 15 at halftime only to turn the tables and waltz to an easy win. Read More…
From the moment Oregon State scored its first run against the Cal baseball team, the Bears couldn’t find an answer to get back into the game — let alone the entire series. Junior designated hitter Devon Rodriguez’s lead-off home run during the seventh inning in the first game of the Read More…
When Jolene Henderson went down with a left-knee injury on April 21, Cal softball coach Diane Ninemire was forced to rely on a reserve pitching rotation and an offense that was among the worst in the Pac-12. But nobody could have expected Cal to fall apart like it has in Read More…
Although Cal only sent one player to the Pac-12 Multi-event Championships this weekend at USC, that player managed to put in the best performance by a Bear since 2004. Junior Jaci Powell, the only Cal athlete at the meet, was able to set three personal records on route to a Read More…
The Cal rugby team has not only overcome each challenge it’s faced this year, but it’s bowled through them all with impunitive force. But Cal’s noon matchup against BYU on Saturday won’t be like all the others. Forget the 176-0 walloping of Stanford — Cal’s largest win ever — and Read More…
I promised myself I wouldn’t cry while writing this, but I can feel the saltwater in my eyes, and I haven’t even finished the first sentence. I know it’s time; I’m just not ready. I guess that’s why I’ve been putting off writing this, even though the words have been Read More…
