It was just a little over a year ago when the Cal softball team finished first in the Pac-12, one of the toughest conferences in the nation, with a dominating 21-3 record. Fast forward almost one year, and the No. 10 Bears (33-8, 7-5 Pac-12) are sitting in fourth place. Read More…
The margin of error for the Cal softball team’s Pac-12 title aspirations just got that much smaller. After dropping two of three to first-place Oregon last weekend, Cal’s chances of repeating as Pac-12 champions shrank considerably against rival UCLA (28-14, 5-10 Pac-12). The Bears won one game of three in Read More…
As a 13 year old, a coach told Cheyenne Cordes that she would never be a shortstop at the Division I level. Those words forever seared into her memory, Cordes has proved him wrong through her success at Cal. Read More…
There are instances where one is so sure something is going to happen, one would be willing to bet anything on it. Entering Wednesday’s game against Saint Mary’s, the Cal softball team’s series record against the Gaels was 49-0. Not very surprisingly, the Bears clobbered Saint Mary’s in a 10-2 Read More…
The Cal softball team could use a breather right about now. Having lost three of their past four games, the Bears don’t look anything like a team eager to defend their Pac-12 title. It’s a good thing, then, that the Bears’ next opponent is Saint Mary’s on Wednesday in Berkeley. Read More…
It’s been two whole months since Cal softball’s last losing weekend. That’s when the Bears were at .500 and the season was just beginning. Since then, the Bears have gone on a 22-game win streak, traveled to eight different places and played a total of 29 games. After two losses Read More…
In the midst of playing seven games in eight days, the Cal softball team finally looked human on Wednesday afternoon. After winning the first two games of a three-game series against the No. 19 Arizona Wildcats, the No. 5 Bears were dominated throughout all seven innings in the final game Read More…
Cal softball’s 22-game win streak, its perfect record at home and its 27-3 record in the past few weeks have all been in anticipation of the next few weeks of conference play. Now that the nonconference schedule is over, the Bears are heading into their toughest stretch of the season. Read More…
Jolene Henderson is not only Cal softball’s leader and a star player when she steps on the mound; she is also Cal history in the making. With the Bears’ 4-1 win over Utah on Sunday at Levine-Fricke Field, Henderson pitched her way to the record books, passing Michele Granger’s all-time Read More…
Khala Taylor doesn’t have any Pac-12 at-bats under her belt, but that doesn’t faze the freshman outfielder. Not much does. Taylor will get her first taste of Pac-12 play this Friday as the Cal softball team (23-3) hosts Utah (13-10-1) to kick off its conference season. She might be a Read More…