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With the game deadlocked at two matches apiece, the heads in the crowd at the sand volleyball match were swiveling as they watched Cal’s No. 1 pair of junior Sarah Cole and sophomore Emily Lunt duke it out against Stanford senior Lauren Birks and junior Brittany Howard. After coming back
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This time last year, the Bears were playing their 11th dual match of the inaugural sand volleyball season. This time around, they’re gearing up for their 22nd. But by being thrown into the deep end against top-notch teams with more experience and size, Cal is no longer thrashing in the
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Facing the elite of the Pac-12, the Bears were hit with a large dose of reality as this weekend served as a sobering reminder of their limitations to experience and athleticism. Despite playing their best stretch of volleyball recently after a pair of wins on its home court, Cal could
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Winners of three of their last five games, the Cal women’s sand volleyball team has finally hit their stride in perfect timing for the Pac-12 Invitational. Unfortunately for the Bears, they will be playing three of the top teams in not only the Pac-12, but in the nation. And whether
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With the crowd sitting on fold-out chairs and blaring music on a portable speaker as they were protected from the sun by the shade of the Clark Kerr Campus sand courts’ trees, the No. 4 pair of freshmen Mackenzie Feldman and Sammy Furlan leaned forward with their hands on their
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It may only be sand volleyball’s second season as an NCAA sport, but the Pac-12 is already full of athletic, experienced players who made the switch from indoor to sand volleyball. That is why Cal returned from the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California, in high spirits, even though it
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In a season of learning and growth, Cal sand volleyball has been, at its worst, physically dominated, and, at its best, inconsistent but promising. Looking past their initially unimpressive roster, the Bears have shown streaks of strong individual play despite their inexperience. This weekend, Cal’s growth will be put to
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On paper, the Boise State and Sacramento State sand volleyball teams looked reasonably unimpressive, with both teams struggling to find any sort of consistency or footing all season long. Cal had beat the Hornets earlier to start the season, and while the Broncos and Bears had not played each other
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In a sink-or-swim ocean of towering waves of sand volleyball teams, the Cal squad is treading and barely keeping its head above water, constantly being bombarded by teams with twice the experience and size. But the Bears have the rare opportunity to play a team with as much, or as
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Most athletes wouldn’t be content with a 5-6 record, but for the Cal sand volleyball team, this season was never about numbers. In Cal’s inaugural season, the goal always was to build a strong foundation for a competitive future. The Bears began the season with a conglomeration of indoor players
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