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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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With such a short season, both players and coach alike wish for more time — more time for improvements, more time for their seniors and more time outside. The Cal sand volleyball team ended its inaugural season this weekend by winning two of the three matches and sending off its
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The Bears are saying goodbye this weekend to their first sand volleyball season and to two Cal seniors. The Cal sand volleyball team’s inaugural season is coming to a close with a three-game weekend event. The Bears (3-5) will host Santa Clara (6-8)on Friday at the Clark Kerr Sand Courts
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In every match so far this season, Nikki Gombar has jogged onto the sand volleyball court with four bright strips of athletic tape on her right shoulder. Gombar, a sophomore, played all 31 matches of indoor volleyball her freshman year in 2012. But last offseason, she started to experience some
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Sand volleyball has so many major as well as subtle differences from indoor volleyball that despite being halfway through the season, the Bears still have no idea what to expect from their opponents. The Cal sand volleyball team will host a tri-meet Saturday at the Clark Kerr Sand Courts. The
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The Bears are beginning to show their relative inexperience at sand volleyball. Cal (2-4) dropped a 4-1 decision to Stanford (1-6) on Friday in Palo Alto before traveling to Sacramento on Saturday for two matches against Sacramento State (0-6) and Saint Mary’s (7-0). There, the Bears were able to topple
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The sand volleyball match between Cal and Stanford doesn’t have a clever nickname yet. The indoor volleyball game is called “The Big Spike,” so does that make the sand volleyball version “The Big Spike on Sand?” “Maybe the Big Sand? I don’t know,” said Cal’s Adrienne Gehan, laughing. Whatever it’s
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In case there was any doubt left, it is clear now that sand volleyball is not a gimmick. After a couple of weeks of lighthearted play, the Bears on Friday played a competitive, intense match that came down to the wire. Cal (1-2) fell to USF (1-0) in a 3-2
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