The Cal men’s water polo team could have been playing next weekend in the NCAA Championships. As it is, the Bears’ season ended Sunday after a 9-5 loss to No. 1 USC in the finals of the MPSF tournament. With the conference crown, the Trojans nabbed an automatic bid to Read More…
The Cal men’s water polo team did not play like the 2012 Bears this weekend. The No. 6 Bears did not play like a team that has struggled more in the past two months than they had in past five years. Instead, the Bears took down No. 9 UC Irvine, Read More…
With six seconds left in their MPSF conference match against No. 9 Long Beach State, the No. 5 Cal men’s water polo team was met with cruel irony. In 2009, then-redshirt freshman Spencer White scored 23 goals in 28 matches with the Bears. He was named The Daily Californian’s Fall Read More…
Even with the toughest part of their schedule completed, the Bears still aren’t out of the woods. The second half of the season begins with the No. 5 Bears hosting No. 9 Long Beach State at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley this Saturday at noon. Cal (10-6, 1-2) is coming Read More…
With its pride on the line, Cal men’s water polo team made sure the Steve Heaston Trophy stayed at home. The No. 7 Bears crushed the No. 4 Cardinal, 14-8, at the Spieker Aquatics Complex. The win was Cal’s first conference victory of the season and gave the squad the Read More…
With the way the Bears’ season has been going, the Big Splash might just be the Big Flop. At 9:30 a.m., right before the Big Game, the No. 7 Bears (9-6, 0-2) will host Stanford at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Big Splash will be the second matchup of the year Read More…
The enormous pregame cheer that emanated from the Cal men’s water polo team and echoed through Spieker Aquatics Complex Saturday afternoon was deafening. But after four quarters of regulation, two overtime periods and a sudden death overtime that ended with a penalty shot, it was No. 3 UCLA that celebrated Read More…
Even if the Cal men’s water polo team loses to No. 3 UCLA on Saturday, its NCAA title hopes won’t be entirely lost. But if the Bears can’t perform better than they did last weekend, it will be hard to hang on to those hopes for much longer. The No. Read More…
On the largest stage in the world, Aleksa Saponjic hears a lot of distractions. It’s Sunday, Aug. 12. Aleksa is a starting player for the Serbian national water polo squad, and his team is in the bronze-medal match against Montenegro in the 2012 London Olympics. The summer Games drew millions Read More…
If there were ever a time for a feel-good sports story, this would be it. After seeing five players removed from the team for code of conduct violations two weeks ago, the Cal men’s water polo team has suffered three consecutive losses and dropped from No. 3 to No. 4 Read More…
