Earlier this season, the Cal softball team was riding high, putting together 22-game win streak. As the regular season comes to an end, the Bears find themselves sitting fourth in the Pac-12, barely holding on to its .500 conference record. It’s amazing how much of a difference one player makes. Read More…
When the Cal baseball team made an improbable run at the College World Series two years ago, the young talent that unveiled itself seemed to promise success for years to come. Pitcher Justin Jones was just a sophomore, and freshman Kyle Porter posted a 6-0 record, emerging as one of Read More…
Sonny Dykes has two young daughters at home, but when he arrives at work every day, he transforms into a surrogate parent of nearly 100 men. Before and after practice, he mingles with his players, cracking light-hearted jokes and dispensing life advice to his players. From the upper stands of Read More…
After delivering a hit that will go down in Cal baseball lore in 2011, Devon Rodriguez’s bright future has been tempered by injuries. A balky shoulder has kept the junior out of the field this year, but it hasn’t kept him out of the game. The pain of leaving the game completely would be too much to bear. Read More…
Two years ago, the Cal women’s water polo team fell just short of winning the NCAA tournament. This year, the Bears saw six members of that team graduate en route to one of the more disappointing seasons in recent program memory. The Bears started this season with high hopes, ranked Read More…
Seamus Kelly called them “some of the most impressive individuals in the nation.” Danny Barrett called them “big, strong, thick guys who are going out to protect our country.” Even Cal coach Jack Clark called them “the most organized, buttoned-up, disciplined, fit, team-oriented guys you can ever imagine.” The Cal Read More…
Finally, mercifully, a wild pitch helped put an end to one of the wildest games of the season for the Cal baseball team on Sunday afternoon. With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the 14th inning with the game tied 5-5, Cal pinch-hitter John Soteropolus stood Read More…
The Cal women’s tennis team zoomed into the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, Calif., on a seven-game winning streak and with as much momentum as anyone. They leave in a much different situation. Zsofi Susanyi, the No. 5 player in the nation, left her third singles match of the weekend with Read More…
All the practices, all the games, all the trials led to this weekend. Seven teams, five of which make up the top five teams in the nation. Only three will go on. The Cal women’s water polo team needed to win the MPSF tournament to move on to the NCAAs. Read More…
With the scorching sun beaming down on Farrington Stadium, the Bears were seemingly in hibernation mode, and the Sun Devils were in domination mode. The Cal softball team (35-12, 9-9 Pac-12) was swept in humbling fashion by Arizona State (42-7, 13-5 Pac-12) this weekend, losing 10-2, 11-0 and 5-3. Head Read More…
