Best Male Athlete: Keenan Allen While Cal football continued to be Cal football in 2012, Keenan Allen continued to be Keenan Allen. Not even shoddy quarterback plays and a porous offensive line could hold back the junior wide receiver. Despite drawing double coverage on almost every play that he was 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…
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…
For nearly a decade, a California triumvirate has dominated collegiate men’s water polo. USC, UCLA, and Cal have each claimed the last nine NCAA Championships and are perennially ranked No. 1, 2 and 3 in the nation. They’ve traded wins back and forth, often by the slightest of margins. And Read More…
The Cal men’s water polo team was without head coach Kirk Everist this weekend, but that did not slow the Bears in their East Coast domination at the Princeton Invitational in Princeton, N.J. Everist stayed home from the invite for personal reasons, so assistant coach Boyd Lachance led the Bears Read More…
Quick Overview: The No. 3 Cal men’s water polo team completely annihilated a lagging No. 4 Stanford, 11-4, at the Avery Aquatics Center in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday. A product of a lethal defense and seamless transitions, the Bears launched a seven-goal attack in the first half that left the Read More…
For Collin Smith, the goal was easy. Down 2-3 to No. 6 Pepperdine in the first quarter, the No. 4 Cal men’s water polo team was setting up a play to tie the match. The team was pressing the opposing goal and working the ball on the right side of Read More…
