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…
Up by one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Cal softball team was just one out away from snapping its nine-game losing streak. All-American pitcher Jolene Henderson, finally healthy after suffering a left knee injury on April 21, was tasked with slamming the door on the No. Read More…
Just a season ago, the Cal softball team was at the pinnacle of the Pac-12, boasting a 58-7 record at the end of the season. But ever since All-American Jolene Henderson hurt her leg more than two weeks ago this season, the Bears haven’t won a single game. Cal’s recent Read More…
It was just a little over a year ago when the Cal softball team finished first in the Pac-12, one of the toughest conferences in the nation, with a dominating 21-3 record. Fast forward almost one year, and the No. 10 Bears (33-8, 7-5 Pac-12) are sitting in fourth place. Read More…
It’s been two whole months since Cal softball’s last losing weekend. That’s when the Bears were at .500 and the season was just beginning. Since then, the Bears have gone on a 22-game win streak, traveled to eight different places and played a total of 29 games. After two losses Read More…
Jolene Henderson is not only Cal softball’s leader and a star player when she steps on the mound; she is also Cal history in the making. With the Bears’ 4-1 win over Utah on Sunday at Levine-Fricke Field, Henderson pitched her way to the record books, passing Michele Granger’s all-time Read More…
Following its 2-2 stint last weekend at Tucson, Ariz., the Cal softball team turned its luck around in Las Vegas this weekend at the Easton Desert Classic, led by two superstar performances from seniors Lindsey Ziegenhirt and Jolene Henderson. The Bears went 4-0, beating Nevada, Utah Valley, San Jose State and Portland State. Read More…
“Come on Dad, I don’t need to worry about travel insurance. There’s no way they’ll lose.” The Cal softball team was supposed to win the national championship, and I was supposed to cover them all the way to the finish. After a canceled flight and more than a thousand dollars Read More…
One Goliath slew another in yesterday’s semifinal of the Women’s College World Series. No. 2 Alabama (58-7) toppled the No. 1 Cal softball team 5-2 Sunday afternoon at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City in a game to decide who would proceed to the final against Oklahoma in the Read More…
Number one team in the country. A .926 winning percentage. A conference title in the most competitive Pac-12 conference in years. Now we’ll need to add a couple more lines to that resume. The Cal softball team has been the runaway best team in the country as they entered Friday’s Read More…