Bears gorge selves in weekend competition

It was not quite the feast that the Bears expected. In this weekend’s Cathedral City Classic, the Cal softball team saw unranked programs threaten their undefeated streak and No. 1 ranking but clawed their way through these opponents to emerge satisfied. The Bears rose to 12-0 on Sunday after completing Read More…

Undefeated Cal looks to feast on unranked teams

This weekend’s Cathedral City Classic boasts 10 of the nation’s top-15 teams in its highly competitive lineup. The No. 1 Cal softball team, however, will face none of these squads. Fresh off tournament sweeps in Tempe, Ariz., and Las Vegas, Cal is looking to continue its desert hot streak in Read More…

Bears finish off tourney with pounding of LSU

Another weekend, another sweep. The No. 1 Cal softball team continued its pillaging of any and all comers Sunday in Henderson, Nev., with a resounding 14-3 victory over No. 24 LSU. “I thought they were definitely one of the better teams we played this year,” said pitcher Jolene Henderson. “Fortunately, Read More…

Bears hope pair of aces is winning hand in Las Vegas

The Cal softball team is on an undeniable hot streak, and the squad is taking its good fortune to Vegas this weekend. The Bears decisively won all four games of last weekend’s tournament, accentuated by Valerie Arioto’s dominant comeback after a year hiatus due to injury. Arioto’s three-home run, nine-RBI Read More…

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Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Jamia Reid broke Cal's stolen bases record as a freshman. Three years later, the senior is looking toward home.

Jamia Reid is a thrill seeker. She loves standing on the bag, scanning the field, her eyes sharp for an opportunity to bolt. “It’s a combination of strategy and speed,” says the senior outfielder. “I need to be ready at all times, for anything.” It is this edge that has Read More…

The Cal softball team returns nine of last year's starters — including pitcher Jolene Henderson and outfielder Jamia Reid — to its lineup.

Cal locked and loaded for national championship run

Make no mistake about it: this season, the Cal softball team is out for blood. After a crushing defeat to Georgia in last year’s Super Regional, the Bears look to rebound this year with only one goal in mind: the national championship. Cal returns all nine starters from last year’s Read More…

No. 4 Bears open year with sweep as Arioto returns

As the ball flew, and flew, and finally cleared the left field wall, Valerie Arioto made a decisive statement: She is back. Arioto’s home run was the result of her first at-bat since being out for over a year. After breaking her leg on the second day of practice of Read More…

Bears to open much-anticipated campaign in Tempe tournament

As the month of February labors on and the lull between the end of football season and the beginning of baseball season begins, sports fans retreat into a type of sports-fan hibernation. They patiently wait for any type of relevant free-agent news and desperately attempt to find any type of Read More…

Cal ace Jolene Henderson turned in a stellar sophomore campaign in the circle, earning a 40-10 record and tossing 18 shutouts.

Henderson shines in breakthrough season for Bears

Sophomore ace dominates, Cal ends six-year WCWS drought

In the Cal softball team’s second practice, All-American pitcher and first baseman Valerie Arioto broke her leg — leaving a void in the circle, in the infield and at the plate. Coach Diane Ninemire turned to sophomore Jolene Henderson, who had split time with Arioto both on the rubber and Read More…

Sophomore ace Jolene Henderson couldn’t deliver a game three win for the Bears, giving up 10 hits against the Gators in Oklahoma City.

Chomp! Florida eliminates Bears from Women’s College World Series

Cal unable to hang on to first inning advantage

The Gators did it again. For the third time in four years, the Cal softball team’s postseason run has ended at the hands of Florida — the latest instance being a 5-2 loss in Saturday’s second game of the Women’s College World Series. After dropping its opening WCWS contest to Read More…