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If the Cal volleyball team (15-15) wants to advance past the first round, its four seniors must guide the squad. With nine underclassmen, the Bears need every bit of team leadership they can get. For the third consecutive year, Cal faces No. 24 North Carolina (25-5) in the NCAA volleyball
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No. 5 UCLA wounded Cal volleyball’s chances of receiving a bid in the NCAA tournament. The Bruins (21-5,13-4) swept the Bears at the Wooden Center in Los Angeles Thursday night, giving the latter their 14th sweep of the season. Although the Bears (14-14, 8-10 in Pac-12) notched a solid .299
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The Cal volleyball team should feel fortuitous that its upcoming matchup against No. 8 Washington is at Haas Pavillion. Despite its top-10 ranking, the Huskies can attribute their success to their home advantage. Of its four conference losses, three came away from home. And with the return of veteran outside
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Despite sweeping Arizona 3-0 on Friday, Cal faced one of its most disappointing tilts of the season in a nail-biting 3-2 loss against Arizona State on Sunday. Cal’s loss drops it back to a .500 winning percentage, quickly dwindling the squad’s NCAA tournament hopes. In the first set against Arizona
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Does Stanford deserve to No. 1 in the nation? Although both squads have not lost a single game in conference play this season, Penn State holds the number one ranking, while Stanford battles in arguably the the toughest conference in the nation. Currently, four other teams in the Pac-12 are
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After two consecutive losses to top-10 teams, the best transition the Cal volleyball team can ask for is an away game against Washington State on Friday. Since 2003, the Bears have not lost to the Cougars. This season, the Cougars (10-10, 0-8 in the Pac-12) are on a eight-game losing
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Can No. 3 Oregon avenge its nailbiting loss against No.2 Stanford? Last Saturday, No. 5 Oregon raised eyebrows when it defeated the only undefeated team in the nation — No. 2 Washington — in three sets. Leading by 24-17 in the fourth set with a 2-1 advantage, Ducks’ middle blocker
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As far as conference competition goes, the Cal volleyball team faces its toughest weekend of the season. If the Bears win both their upcoming battles, the results would do wonders for a team that has fallen out of the rankings. At Haas Pavilion, the Bears take on No. 6 USC
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For Cal volleyball, less is definitely more. Despite having just nine players suit up against Oregon State at Haas Pavilion on Friday night, the Bears (9-7, 3-3 in the Pac-12) swept a 15-player roster in three sets in Oregon State (12-6, 2-4). After losing starting outside hitter junior Adrienne Gehan
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The last time the Cal men’s soccer team won a conference match was November 11, 2010 at home against Stanford. The last time No. 9 UCLA’s squad lost a conference match was October 24, 2010 in a 1-0 overtime loss to Cal. In its last 13 consecutive Pac-12 victories, UCLA has
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