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This is it for the Cal softball team (30-20-1); with just one series left before the start of the playoffs, the Bears will hit the road to compete against No.21 Arizona (34-8). The Wildcats are entering this series coming off a 10-1 win over Oregon State on Sunday, winning two
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Defeating your rival has always been one of the sweetest feelings in all of sports — but defeating them to gain traction heading into the postseason makes it all the sweeter. The Cal softball team experienced this sensation last weekend, demolishing Stanford by securing a three-game series sweep. With the
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This year, the Cal softball team (25-18-1, 6-7-1 Pac-12) hasn’t fared well when going up against Pac-12 competition. At the moment, the Bears are far from a feared competitor in the conference, something they’ll try to change this weekend when they go up to Palo Alto to face Stanford (13-26,
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Last season, the Cal women’s gymnastics team broke new ground, finishing in third place at the NCAA Regionals. The Bears’ final team score of 196.00 was the best finish in program history, just falling short of enough to move on to the NCAA Championships. The Bears didn’t miss their opportunity
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The last time the Cal softball team (23-18-1) was at home, it was able to find some success, winning five out of eight games against difficult competition. This included two wins over No. 24 Utah, as the Bears only surrendered one of a three-game series. Cal will look to find
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Fourth in the batting lineup, Annie Aldrete is in the perfect position to help her team score. With two of her teammates on base in the first inning, Aldrete approached the plate with the potential to give the Cal softball team (23-18-1) a sizable lead. Her hard hit to left-center
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Last weekend, the Cal softball team entered its three-game series against No. 11 Washington fully aware that it could potentially shake things up in the conference. If the Bears could have won the series against the Huskies, they would have proven that they were a top contender in the Pac-12.
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Cal sophomore gymnast Toni-Ann Williams has officially qualified to represent Jamaica in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This is a prestigious accomplishment, as she’ll be the first gymnast to represent Jamaica at the Olympics. She also made Cal history by becoming the first women’s gymnast to qualify
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When the Cal women’s gymnastics team traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, last Friday, it knew it was stepping into unfamiliar territory — territory the Bears haven’t touched since 1992, the last time they qualified for the NCAA Championships. In the end, Cal fell short of making it to the Super
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The city of Fort Worth, Texas, is full of history, dating all the way back to its founding after the brutal Mexican-American War. This weekend, Fort Worth will be known for something completely different — the host city of the prestigious NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships. The eye of the gymnastics
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