Pac-12 competition is finally making its way back to the Bay. After a long offseason since conference play ended last season, the Bears are eager to kick off the first game of a five-game conference homestand this week. No. 11 Cal women’s soccer will return to Edwards Stadium for a Read More…
Home field advantage carries a lot of weight. It is no coincidence that teams generally prefer to play at their home fields before their home crowds. On Friday, the Sun Devils s might want to try clicking their maroon cleats and wishing they were anywhere but home. That is because Read More…
Senior Betsy Hassett, junior Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick and sophomore Taylor Comeau call the Cal midfield their domain. Hassett’s fast decision-making, Fitzpatrick’s blazing shot and Comeau’s gritty defense form a three-headed monster in the center of the field. “If we hear about other teams scouting us, they say our midfield is the Read More…
A year ago in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Santa Clara junior Ellie Rice was on her knees in tears after missing the penalty kick that swiftly killed the Broncos’ season. The entire Cal women’s soccer team celebrated the 4-3 victory in penalties around her, hugging and cheering. Read More…
STANFORD, Calif. — For the first 19 minutes of Saturday’s Bay Area Derby against No. 1 Stanford, the Cal women’s soccer team looked on par with this year’s Pac-12 champions. While battling the pouring rain at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, the Bears controlled the pace of the match, and Read More…
There is an aphorism in soccer that the most dangerous times during a match is in the first five minutes of each half. As the first five minutes of each half are spent usually warming up for the next 40 minutes, it leaves the defense vulnerable for any team that Read More…
The Cal women’s soccer team is coming off a huge weekend against No. 3 UCLA and USC in which forward Lauren Battung called “the crossroads of the season.” The Bears tied the Bruins 0-0 on Friday and snapped their four-match winless streak with a 2-0 win against the Trojans on Read More…
Throughout its four-game slump in the last two weeks, the Cal women’s soccer team refused to acknowledge that it was in a mid-season crisis. But after Sunday’s 2-0 win against USC, the Bears (9-3-2) were able to freely speak their minds with a sigh of relief. “We were in a Read More…
Despite a 0-0 draw against No. 3 UCLA on Friday afternoon at Edwards Stadium, Cal women’s soccer team might have played their best game of the season. Although the Bears failed to snap their goal drought against the Bruins, a tie against one of a top-5 team can be momentous Read More…