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…
It all comes down to this, folks. The final regular season battle for college softball supremacy will take place at Levine-Fricke Field this Thursday, as the No. 1 Cal softball team (48-3, 19-2 in the Pac-12) hosts No. 2 Arizona State in a matchup between the two best teams in Read More…
The Cal softball team will head into its most intense series of the regular season with a sweep of Oregon State as fuel. The No. 1 Bears will face No. 2 ASU at home for a three-game series starting Friday. But for now, the Bears continue to revel in their Read More…
Cal softball put away the Bruins with an offense driven mainly by walks. The Bears capitalized on lackluster pitching by UCLA’s Jessica Hall to finish off a series sweep of the No. 14 Bruins on Sunday. After snagging the first two wins in the home series on Friday and Saturday Read More…
After the second game of the Bears’ three-game series against Utah was snowed out, the Bear’s took advantage of the snowcapped scenery. “We had a snowball fight,” said senior Jace Williams. “Some of the girls had never felt snow before!” The next day, however, meant twice the business as Saturday Read More…
In a trio of top-10 trials to open conference play, the Cal softball team narrowly avoided a sophomore slump. The Bears completed a three-game series against No. 9 Stanford on Friday and Sunday after Saturday’s game was rained out. Though they blanked the Cardinal, 9-0, fairly easily in the first Read More…
Make no mistake about it: the Cal softball season starts now. Sure, the Bears’ five regular season tournaments and various nonconference affairs have been a bit of a challenge. The team has faced four top- 25 teams and once played seven games in five days. But the Pac-12 is a Read More…
A call to arms has been issued, and Cal’s pitchers will have to heed it. Cal aces Valerie Arioto and Jolene Henderson will be put to the test as they face other star hurlers at the Bayer CropScience Classic in Fresno, Calif. this Saturday and Sunday. Three of their four Read More…
This time last year, Valerie Arioto, the Cal softball team’s All-American ace and slugger, had been injured for months, and sophomore Jolene Henderson was left shouldering the pitching burden. This time last year, the Bears’ three star freshmen were still crushing high school competition. This time last year, Cal was outside Read More…
Another weekend, another sweep. The No. 1 Cal softball team continued its pillaging of any and all comers Sunday in Henderson, Nev., with a resounding 14-3 victory over No. 24 LSU. “I thought they were definitely one of the better teams we played this year,” said pitcher Jolene Henderson. “Fortunately, Read More…
