On Thursday, the Cal softball team held the Utes mute. The Bears dominated the series opener against Utah with a 10-0 win in five innings at the Ute Softball Field in Salt Lake City, Utah. Senior outfielder Frani Echavarria notched two doubles and a home run to fuel the Bears Read More…
The Cal softball team is once again officially the best in the land. After weeks of swinging between No. 2 and No. 3 in various national polls, the Bears finally asserted their dominance after this weekend’s sweep of No. 3 Washington, solidifying the No. 1 spot in both prominent national Read More…
In college softball’s most anticipated series of the season, the No. 1 Cal softball team demonstrated why both ESPN.com and USA Today rank the Bears as the best in the sport. Cal completed a three-game series sweep against No. 3 Washington Sunday at Levine-Fricke Field. Friday’s tilt marked the first Read More…
In a trio of top-10 trials to open conference play, the Cal softball team narrowly avoided a sophomore slump. The Bears completed a three-game series against No. 9 Stanford on Friday and Sunday after Saturday’s game was rained out. Though they blanked the Cardinal, 9-0, fairly easily in the first Read More…
The gauntlet has been thrown, the siren has sounded. Pac-12, you’ve been warned. Cal softball displayed just how explosive this year’s squad is with a 9-0 victory over Stanford in their first Pac-12 matchup of the year. The victory featured five home runs from four different Bears, as well as Read More…
Make no mistake about it: the Cal softball season starts now. Sure, the Bears’ five regular season tournaments and various nonconference affairs have been a bit of a challenge. The team has faced four top- 25 teams and once played seven games in five days. But the Pac-12 is a Read More…
In the backyard of a house in Sacramento, Calif., the best pitcher in college softball transformed from a troubled benchwarmer to a full-fledged superstar. Jolene Henderson is 14-1 with a 0.99 ERA this season. Behind her signature changeup and blazing fastball, Henderson has blown by virtually every team she’s faced Read More…
In the Cal softball team’s last game before the commencement of Pac-12 play, it was the Valerie Arioto Show. Arioto hit a two-run homer in the first inning and pitched five scoreless innings, leading the Bears to a 8-0 victory in five innings over Princeton on Tuesday at Levine-Fricke Field. 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…
