The enormous pregame cheer that emanated from the Cal men’s water polo team and echoed through Spieker Aquatics Complex Saturday afternoon was deafening. But after four quarters of regulation, two overtime periods and a sudden death overtime that ended with a penalty shot, it was No. 3 UCLA that celebrated Read More…
Cal women’s soccer landed a perfect 10 with Monday’s 3-0 win over San Francisco. With the win, the No. 11 Bears extended their undefeated streak into double digits. Cal (7-0-3) may have had a sluggish start after the 7:00 p.m. game at the University of San Francisco’s Negoesco Stadium but Read More…
Before the regular tennis season officially commences in the spring, the Cal men’s tennis team participates in a new preseason tournament practically every weekend. Yet this weekend is actually different from the others, as the tournament is the Bears’ very own. Eleven years ago, Peter Wright, head coach of the Read More…
This weekend’s game between Cal (3-0-1) and Colgate (1-5-0) doesn’t have much for storylines, and the college soccer world expects the Bears to roll through the Raiders. This can be described only as a trap game, and head coach Kevin Grimes knows it. Read More…
During the Cal volleyball team’s road trip to Southern California over the weekend, the Bears proved they have the talent to compete with any of the top foes in college volleyball’s toughest conference. The weekend began when Cal (9-4, 2-2 Pac-12) swept No. 16 UCLA (9-5, 0-4) on Friday for Read More…
Coming off a disappointing loss to Stanford and with top player Zsofi Susanyi still out due to injury, no one knew what to expect from the Cal women’s tennis team last weekend. Nobody could have expected the dominating performance that the team turned in. Cal dropped only three sets in 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…
The No. 17 Cal women’s soccer team suffered its biggest loss of the year — and it wasn’t the squad’s 3-0 defeat at Santa Clara on Sunday. Senior forward Katie Benz, in the midst of a breakout year with 10 goals this season, suffered a season-ending leg injury in the Read More…
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…
After losing two close matches last Sunday in the final day of the NorCal Invitational, the Bears (8-2) outscored their nonconference opponents by a combined 22 goals in the wins. Senior Collin Smith led Cal with nine goals on the day. Read More…