The No. 1 Cal softball team has finally lost. After facing five quality opponents in the span of three days, the fatigue and competition finally got to the resilient Bears, forcing them to drop a game to Hawaii on Thursday, 3-1, in 10 innings. After defeating No. 21 Texas A&M Read More…
One down, four to go. In the first game of the treacherous Hawaii Spring Fling tournament in Honolulu, the No. 1 Cal softball team took down the No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies, 3-0, on Wednesday behind a one-hitter from starting pitcher Jolene Henderson and an offensively strong fifth inning. “We Read More…
The No. 1 Cal softball team is getting a little repetitive. After a fifth consecutive weekend in which the Bears not only swept their four opponents but mercilessly shellacked them, Cal begins the ascent towards the tallest mountain of all: Pac-12 play. But before the inaugural conference opener against Stanford Read More…
The Bears have opponents begging for mercy. In the No. 1 Cal softball team’s run at the Bayer CropScience Classic, the team forced three mercy rulings. Every game must reach five innings, but if one team gains an eight-run lead at any point thereafter, the game is called. Of their Read More…
A call to arms has been issued, and Cal’s pitchers will have to heed it. Cal aces Valerie Arioto and Jolene Henderson will be put to the test as they face other star hurlers at the Bayer CropScience Classic in Fresno, Calif. this Saturday and Sunday. Three of their four Read More…
As the No. 1 Cal Bears softball team took on 6-14 UC Davis at Levine-Fricke Field in Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon, it was less a matter of if the game would get out of hand and more of a question of exactly when. It didn’t take long. Breana Kostreba hit Read More…
The Bears just keep on rolling. This past weekend, the No. 1 Cal softball team competed in its fourth tournament in as many weekends, at the DeMarini Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. The result of the weekend’s slate of games was, predictably, another sweep. The Cal Bears thoroughly demolished their competition, outscoring Read More…
This time last year, Valerie Arioto, the Cal softball team’s All-American ace and slugger, had been injured for months, and sophomore Jolene Henderson was left shouldering the pitching burden. This time last year, the Bears’ three star freshmen were still crushing high school competition. This time last year, Cal was outside Read More…
The Bears strike fast, and they strike early. In the Cal softball team’s first matchup on Saturday, the Bears bombarded East Carolina with seven runs in the third inning on their way to an 11-3 win. The second game displayed even brighter fireworks, as they scored four in the bottom Read More…
Nestled right in between two early-season tournaments is a rematch that seems to be more disruptive than constructive. The Cal softball team is fresh off a sweep of the Cathedral City Classic last weekend and will begin the DeMarini Invitational on Friday. Between the two tournaments, the Bears will face Read More…
