The No. 4 Cal women’s water polo team is in dangerous waters. The Bears are seeded fifth in this weekend’s MPSF tournament, but only the winner earns the conference’s automatic bid. This year’s NCAA tournament field will only have two at-large bids, meaning Cal will have to win the conference tournament Read More…
The No. 4 Cal women’s water polo team came into its match against No. 1 Stanford riding a wave of momentum. The Bears (17-7, 4-3 in the MPSF) had surpassed No. 5 Arizona State in the rankings after earning their biggest win of the year against then No. 1 UCLA. Read More…
After the No. 5 Cal women’s water polo team beat No. 1 UCLA last Saturday, coach Richard Corso finally felt his team was playing up to its potential. Apparently the rest of the water polo world didn’t think so. “I’m sick of people telling us it was an upset,” Corso Read More…
In her fourth year as a keeper for the Cal water polo program, Lindsay Dorst has faced the best collegiate water polo can offer. This year, Lindsay encountered a new challenge. Whenever Cal plays UCLA or Stanford, Lindsay is pitted against familiar faces in an unfamiliar setting. Across the pool Read More…
Cal keeper Lindsay Dorst slammed her fists into the water in triumph. UCLA’s shot had just flown over the Bears’ net, and cheers rang throughout Spieker Aquatics Center on Saturday. The No. 5 Cal women’s water polo had done it — an 8-6 upset over No. 1 UCLA. “We finally Read More…
The Cal and UCLA women’s water polo teams have met once this year in a game that catapulted them on divergent paths. On Feb. 4, the Bears were 10-0 on the season and ranked second in the country, close to making the jump to the top of the collegiate water Read More…
A minute into the second quarter, the score sat tied at 2-2. The No. 5 Cal women’s water polo team had survived the first quarter of Saturday’s match. Up until that point the team kept pace with No. 3 USC, a squad it had already lost to twice this year. Read More…
San Diego has become a hub of competitive water polo and a wellspring of young water polo talent. Cal junior Dana Ochsner grew up in this water polo community, playing top high school and club teams throughout her upbringing. She will return to San Diego with the No. 5 Cal Read More…
Cal had nothing to lose. The team trailed by two points with only a minute remaining in a contest against No. 5 Arizona State. Coach Richard Corso pulled junior keeper Lindsay Dorst to gain an extra attacker. All the Bears could hope for was a comeback miracle. Cal failed to Read More…
The Cal women’s water polo team lives and dies with patience and ball control. Arizona State water polo relies on its ability to score numerous goals. The two conflicting offensive styles will meet this weekend when the Bears travel to Tempe, Ariz. to take on the No. 6 Sun Devils. Read More…