The Cal men’s tennis team has one last chance this week to jump back into the nation’s top 16. But its chance may be riding on a hypothetical matchup in the semifinals against No. 4 USC. This week, from April 25 to 28, the No. 18 Bears will compete at Read More…
As the sun rose over Machu Picchu Monday morning, the new day began a new era for Scott Fujita. As the light shined upon the ancient Incan ruins, Fujita, a Cal alumnus and an NFL linebacker, perched on one of its giant stone slabs and signed a one-day contract with Read More…
With a win last weekend over Stanford and a second-place finish in the Pac-12, the No. 9 Cal women’s tennis team is itching to begin the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments and prove itself against the nation’s best. But before the players can do that, they have one last match to Read More…
Victory at last. After four years of consecutive losses, No. 9 Cal was finally able to topple its rival, No. 12 Stanford, 4-3, on Friday at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley. After USC won its match against UCLA, the Cal-Stanford match was no longer for the conference title but Read More…
Winning the doubles point gives the victors a crucial advantage going into singles play. But pointwise, it’s still just one of seven. To win the match, the doubles victor still needs to win three singles points. On Saturday afternoon at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif., the Cal men’s Read More…
On a day when the cloudless sky and the simmering heat embodied the perfect ballgame scene, Cal’s hitting with runners in scoring position was anything but. Until the bottom of the ninth inning, that is, when an explosion of clutch-hitting, capped by a line-drive RBI single from shortstop Mike Reuvekamp, Read More…
Trailing Oregon State 1-0 in the top of the seventh, Cal pitcher Jolene Henderson (29-8) found herself in a jam with runners on second and third and only one man out. The All-American induced a slow comebacker to the mound, fielded it cleanly and fired a throw to first base Read More…
Fans piled into Spieker Aquatics Complex on Friday as a magnificent clash of red and blue took both sides of the pool, waiting for the Big Splash to commence. And for most of the day, the fans got what they wanted: not just a game between the No. 1- and Read More…
Even under a different name and after a one-year hiatus, nothing has changed. The Cal rugby team still dominates the postseason. Facing off against the No. 7 seed Notre Dame, the No. 2 seed Bears got 13 tries from 10 different players en route to a 77-0 victory at the Read More…
At the second qualifying session of the NCAA finals late Friday night, the scoreboard was littered with names and numbers, but two figures stood out above the rest. Cal and Iowa were locked up at 426.450 with no events remaining. The two teams were tied for third. With only three Read More…
