The Cal softball team’s season ended the same way it began — with a fine-tuned pitching performance from Jolene Henderson, a dreadful offensive game and a heartbreaking loss. On Feb. 8, when Cal was regarded as one of the best teams in the nation, it fell to upstart Kentucky, 3-1, Read More…
Despite a nine-game losing streak and a fifth-place finish in the Pac-12, the Cal softball team might just be the team that nobody wants to face in the postseason. Due in large part to Jolene Henderson’s healthy return to the circle, the Bears (36-17) finally resemble the team they were Read More…
With the scorching sun beaming down on Farrington Stadium, the Bears were seemingly in hibernation mode, and the Sun Devils were in domination mode. The Cal softball team (35-12, 9-9 Pac-12) was swept in humbling fashion by Arizona State (42-7, 13-5 Pac-12) this weekend, losing 10-2, 11-0 and 5-3. Head Read More…
As a 13 year old, a coach told Cheyenne Cordes that she would never be a shortstop at the Division I level. Those words forever seared into her memory, Cordes has proved him wrong through her success at Cal. Read More…
In the midst of playing seven games in eight days, the Cal softball team finally looked human on Wednesday afternoon. After winning the first two games of a three-game series against the No. 19 Arizona Wildcats, the No. 5 Bears were dominated throughout all seven innings in the final game Read More…
The Cal softball team’s 15-game win streak going into this weekend was an inning away from ending not once, but twice. The Bears found themselves tied in the top of the last inning against both San Diego State and Fresno State at the Bayer Cropscience Classic in Fresno, Calif., but Read More…
They’re winners of 15 straight, but the members of the Cal softball team aren’t quite satisfied yet. After all, most of these players were in this same situation last season and came up short when it mattered the most. About a year ago, the Bears were enjoying a stellar season Read More…
All it took was one pitch for the Cal softball team to showcase its power. In the first home game of the season against the Pacific Tigers, Cheyenne Cordes sent the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning sailing over the left-field fence. The Bears (16-2) would go Read More…
It’s hard to believe that the Cal softball team was playing .500 ball just two weekends ago. Last weekend, the No. 8 Bears extended their win streak to 10 games by going 4-0 in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. Cal (11-2) managed to shut out three Read More…
Since the first neon-yellow ball left pitcher Jolene Henderson’s palm at the Kajikawa Classic in February, the No. 1 Cal softball team has maintained a singular objective: reach the Women’s College World Series and win the national championship. On Sunday afternoon at Levine-Fricke Field, the Bears completed part one of Read More…