Women's Water Polo

Bears, postseason hopes fall in 3rd-place game

Cal's season came to an abrupt end Sunday, as the Bears fell to USC in the MPSF third-place game. Cal fell to Stanford in the conference semifinal a day before.
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Cal's season came to an abrupt end Sunday, as the Bears fell to USC in the MPSF third-place game. Cal fell to Stanford in the conference semifinal a day before.

Forty-three seconds were left in the Cal women’s water polo consolation game against USC on Sunday, and the Bears were in the midst of their final timeout, the team’s postseason fate on the line. Cal needed to beat the third-seeded Trojans to earn a third-place finish in the MPSF tournament Read More…

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Video: Lindsay Dorst, Water Polo Keeper

Lindsay Dorst, goal keeper for Cal water polo team, shares with us her experiences as a water polo player. Starting at a young age, and influenced by her father’s interest in playing the sport, she and her two other sisters have played their whole lives. However, she faces an interesting Read More…

Women's Water Polo

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Be true to your school

For goalie Lindsay Dorst, a collegiate aquatics career was all in the family. Yet her decision to attend Cal radically split the family tree.

In her fourth year as a keeper for the Cal water polo program, Lindsay Dorst has faced the best collegiate water polo can offer. This year, Lindsay encountered a new challenge. Whenever Cal plays UCLA or Stanford, Lindsay is pitted against familiar faces in an unfamiliar setting. Across the pool Read More…

Women's Water Polo

Slow start spells doom for Bears

Cal had nothing to lose. The team trailed by two points with only a minute remaining in a contest against No. 5 Arizona State. Coach Richard Corso pulled junior keeper Lindsay Dorst to gain an extra attacker. All the Bears could hope for was a comeback miracle. Cal failed to Read More…