At the beginning of the season, midfielder Betsy Hassett declared two goals for the season: to win the Pac-12 and to advance past the second round in the NCAA tournament. The Cal women’s soccer team couldn’t achieve either of Hassett’s goals. The Bears’ 16-6 season landed them directly behind the Read More…
A split second is all it took to decide the season. For the Cal women’s soccer team, that split second came in the 87th minute of its first round match of the NCAA tournament against Pepperdine at the Tari Frahm Rokus Field in Malibu, Calif. The No. 23 Bears and Read More…
There may be no place like home, but the Bears will not let that bother them. Though the No. 23 Cal women’s soccer team was expected to host its first round game of the NCAA tournament, the team instead travels to Malibu, Calif. to face No. 22 Pepperdine on Saturday Read More…
On Monday afternoon, the Cal women’s soccer team gathered in the Simpson High Performance Center to view the NCAA women’s soccer tournament selection show. The players anxiously waited to hear Cal called. When that happened, there was a short burst of applause. But then came a few gasps of disbelief Read More…
As the clock wound down in the second half, ticking away crucial seconds that Cal needed to score an equalizer, midfielder Ariana Martinez knew that her team needed a goal. Martinez slotted a ball through the Stanford defensive line for forward Ifeoma Onumonu to run. Onumonu cut around the Cardinal Read More…
No one can say the Bears are not resilient. On Friday afternoon in Boulder, Colo., Cal fought for 90 minutes, clawing its way back from a two-goal deficit to end regulation tied with an inferior Colorado squad. Then the two teams — one that put in two rapid-fire goals and Read More…
Friday’s match ended in a golden moment for the Cal women’s soccer team. After 102 minutes of play in the road match between the Bears and UC Davis, Cal forward Lauren Battung brought an end to the hard-fought battle with a long rocket into the net. The double-overtime goal gave Read More…
The last time the Cal women’s soccer team advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament was in 2005, a time when former coach Kevin Boyd still managed the team and forward Liz Eisenberg led the team with 11 goals. Six years have passed since, and a new leaf Read More…
During Sunday’s contest against Utah, former star striker Alex Morgan returned to Berkeley for the first time since her successful World Cup campaign. Against Colorado and the Utes, the Cal women’s soccer team direly needed a goalscorer like Morgan as the Bears (11-4-2, 4-2-2) produced a plethora of offensive chances Read More…
When star striker Katie Benz had her career season cut short by a leg injury, the Cal women’s soccer team turned to sophomore forward Rachel Mercik to take the reins of the offense. Mercik knows all too well what Benz is currently going through – Mercik broke a bone in Read More…
