When Jolene Henderson went down with a left-knee injury on April 21, Cal softball coach Diane Ninemire was forced to rely on a reserve pitching rotation and an offense that was among the worst in the Pac-12. But nobody could have expected Cal to fall apart like it has in 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…
Trailing Oregon State 1-0 in the top of the seventh, Cal pitcher Jolene Henderson (29-8) found herself in a jam with runners on second and third and only one man out. The All-American induced a slow comebacker to the mound, fielded it cleanly and fired a throw to first base Read More…
The Cal softball team could use a breather right about now. Having lost three of their past four games, the Bears don’t look anything like a team eager to defend their Pac-12 title. It’s a good thing, then, that the Bears’ next opponent is Saint Mary’s on Wednesday in Berkeley. 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…
Cal softball’s 22-game win streak, its perfect record at home and its 27-3 record in the past few weeks have all been in anticipation of the next few weeks of conference play. Now that the nonconference schedule is over, the Bears are heading into their toughest stretch of the season. 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…
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…
