The only thing the Cal volleyball team has been able to consistently count on this season has been its inconsistent play. In this season alone, the Bears have lost in upsets to the likes of UC Davis and Kansas State. Yet, they’ve swept then-No. 16 UCLA and and then-No. 19 Read More…
No. 5 UCLA wounded Cal volleyball’s chances of receiving a bid in the NCAA tournament. The Bruins (21-5,13-4) swept the Bears at the Wooden Center in Los Angeles Thursday night, giving the latter their 14th sweep of the season. Although the Bears (14-14, 8-10 in Pac-12) notched a solid .299 Read More…
Cal senior Kat Brown could not stand to see her team squander away an opportunity to upset No. 5 Washington on Wednesday night. Following the battle with the Huskies, Brown’s expression said it all. She would not let Cal (14-12, 8-8) lay an egg against last-place Washington State (12-16, 2-14) Read More…
Despite sweeping Arizona 3-0 on Friday, Cal faced one of its most disappointing tilts of the season in a nail-biting 3-2 loss against Arizona State on Sunday. Cal’s loss drops it back to a .500 winning percentage, quickly dwindling the squad’s NCAA tournament hopes. In the first set against Arizona Read More…
During the 30th point of the second set, Cal’s inexperience reared its ugly head in their 3-0 loss to No. 7 UCLA on Sunday in Haas Pavillion. Freshmen Lara Vukasovic and Mary McKennon watched the ball float in their direction, trying to call each other off. Neither girl heard the Read More…
Cal women’s volleyball head coach Rich Feller knew exactly what Stanford was going to bring to the table in the Big Spike in Stanford’s Maples Pavilion on Thursday night. Three straight sets later, the No. 6 Cardinal never strayed from their original strategy and emerged victorious (25-15, 25-17, 28-26). The Read More…
The last time the Cal volleyball team was not in the top 25 rankings, all the current players were still in their preteen years. The Bears hit their lowest point in 10 years, dropping out of the rankings for the first time since the end of the 2002 season. In Read More…
The Cal volleyball team started their season by burning the competition in a sweep against Delaware on Saturday afternoon. Yet the No. 17 Bears’ fire quickly fizzled as they lost to San Diego State, splitting their opening weekend at the Aztec Invitational. Read More…
Murrey dazzles despite loss on Senior Night It’s hard to find a silver lining that shone throughout Cal’s implosion in the final three sets to fall to Oregon on Saturday. But Tarah Murrey was that star.
Going into the No. 2 Cal volleyball team’s match with No. 6 UCLA, senior Tarah Murrey talked about the drive necessary to come away with a victory. “When we’re in those ruts that happen naturally in matches, is there going to be a collective burst of energy where we actually Read More…