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The Cal volleyball team still has not dropped a set this season, but had two close calls in its first two matches of the Hilton Garden Inn Classic on Friday. After handily taking the first two sets from the University of Texas-Arlington, 25-14, 25-9, the No. 1 Bears found themselves
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In collegiate volleyball, a seven-match home stand usually translates to a few weekends hosting opponents in your gym. When the No. 1 Cal volleyball team welcomes University of Texas-Arlington, to Haas Pavilion at 1 p.m. on Friday, it will mark the first of seven straight home matches. In eight days.
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For the second consecutive weekend, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team registered three straight-set wins in a preseason tournament and had a member of the squad named the tournament MVP. Somewhat surprisingly, neither time has the trophy gone to All-American outside hitter Tarah Murrey. Last weekend, middle/right side hitter Correy
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Through five matches, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team has yet to drop a set in the 2011 season. The Bears (5-0) finished off Friday’s play with a 3-0 (31-29, 25-14, 25-11) sweep over host Virginia (3-2) at the Holiday Inn Jerfferson Cup. Senior Tarah Murrey notched a season high
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Ranked as the best team in the nation, the No. 1 Cal volleyball team will spend its second straight weekend playing teams from the other end of the spectrum. The Bears will make their longest trip of the regular season as they travel to Charlotsville, Va., to compete in the
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Scheduling, strategy and a top ranking Two years ago, the Cal volleyball team ventured to Hawaii to play some of the nation’s premier teams in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. The Bears left the island with two losses to Texas and Saint Louis and a big upset win over
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For two years, Elly Barrett watched from the sidelines as setter Carli Lloyd ran the Cal volleyball team’s offense. On Friday night in the Bears’ season opener against UC Riverside, Lloyd was perched in the Haas Pavilion stands, watching her successor lead No. 3 Cal to a convincing sweep of
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An emphatic kill by outside hitter Adrienne Gehan sealed a 25-17 win in the final set as the No. 3 Cal volleyball team earned its first win of the 2011 campaign with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-17) sweep of UC Riverside. The Bears only allowed the Highlanders to tie the
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Volleyball Season Preview The Cal volleyball team is coming off its best season in program history. The Bears took their first Pac-10 title, and made their first appearance in the national championship match. One school of thought would be not to mess with success and simply plug in new players
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Eight months after dropping the NCAA championship match to Penn State last December, the No. 3 Cal volleyball team will see its first action of the 2011 season this weekend. The Bears will host the Cal Molten Classic today and Saturday at Haas Pavillion, inviting UC Riverside, Fairfield and Florida
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