By the numbers, the Cal men’s water polo team performed as expected this weekend. At the SoCal Invitational held in Irvine, Calif., the Bears (11-4) stayed true to their national ranking as the No. 5 squad in the nation — topping all the teams with lower national rankings, but losing Read More…
This past weekend validated the Pacific men’s water polo team as a legitimate contender for the NCAA national championship. On Saturday, the No. 4 Cal men’s water polo team (8-3, 0-1 MPSF) went head to head against the No. 3 Tigers in a 10:30 a.m. tilt at Spieker Aquatic Complex. Read More…
The Cal men’s water polo team once again experienced a taste of deja vu at the NorCal Invitational this weekend. For the third year in a row, the UCLA Bruins thwarted the Cal squad from having a chance to play for the NorCal tournament title, defeating the Bears in a Read More…
In collegiate men’s water polo, it does not get much better than this. Sixteen of the nation’s top teams are converging on the UC Berkeley campus this weekend for the sport’s annual NorCal Invitational. And the No. 4 ranked Bears will see their toughest matches so far in the nascent Read More…
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…