The Bears were looking a little vulnerable. Not anymore. After an unexpected upset by lower-tier SEC competitor Arkansas on Saturday, the Cal softball team found itself in a bit of a hole. Banished to the losers bracket after the loss to the Razorbacks, the Bears were in need of three Read More…
The Cal softball team picked up a win on Saturday. It just wasn’t the win that would have made things a lot easier. Cal (52-5) couldn’t come back against a feisty Arkansas squad, squandering multiple opportunities in their 3-2 afternoon loss at Levine-Fricke Field. The Bears made it through the Read More…
The Cal softball team might as well book its tickets for Oklahoma City right now. If the Bears take down every other opponent like they did Iona Friday night, there’s no way they won’t advance to the Women’s College World Series for the second straight year. Jolene Henderson tossed five Read More…
Despite having no stakes on the line, Saturday’s regular season finale between the No. 1 Cal softball team and No. 2 Arizona State featured two of the best pitchers in the Pac-12. After clinching the conference title against the Sun Devils with a 5-0 victory on Friday, the Bears (50-4, Read More…
Valerie Arioto hit a walk-off home run as the Cal softball team completed a come-from-behind 4-2 win over No. 2 Arizona State Thursday afternoon at Levine-Fricke Field, putting Cal one win away from clinching its first outright Pac-12 title since 1987. Down 2-0 in the middle of the sixth inning, Read More…
It all comes down to this, folks. The final regular season battle for college softball supremacy will take place at Levine-Fricke Field this Thursday, as the No. 1 Cal softball team (48-3, 19-2 in the Pac-12) hosts No. 2 Arizona State in a matchup between the two best teams in Read More…
The Cal softball team will head into its most intense series of the regular season with a sweep of Oregon State as fuel. The No. 1 Bears will face No. 2 ASU at home for a three-game series starting Friday. But for now, the Bears continue to revel in their Read More…
The Cal softball team heads into the final two series of the season having maintained the nation’s top ranking through all of conference play. To complete the streak, however, the Bears must overcome two more ranked opponents. As the Bears race toward the College World Series, the first hurdle is Read More…
Cal softball put away the Bruins with an offense driven mainly by walks. The Bears capitalized on lackluster pitching by UCLA’s Jessica Hall to finish off a series sweep of the No. 14 Bruins on Sunday. After snagging the first two wins in the home series on Friday and Saturday Read More…
So far, so good. As the No. 1 Bears continue their treacherous road through the nation’s best conference with a matchup with No. 15 UCLA Friday at Levine-Fricke Field in Berkeley, the squad can reflect on their relative dominance through this point in the season. Cal has swept Stanford, Washington, Read More…