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The Cal women’s water polo team began this year with dreams of a repeat run to the national championship. The squad was ranked No. 2 in the preseason and had two all-Americans returning, as well as a host of other young stars. Twenty-seven games later, the team is back home
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Forty-three seconds were left in the Cal women’s water polo consolation game against USC on Sunday, and the Bears were in the midst of their final timeout, the team’s postseason fate on the line. Cal needed to beat the third-seeded Trojans to earn a third-place finish in the MPSF tournament
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The No. 4 Cal women’s water polo team is in dangerous waters. The Bears are seeded fifth in this weekend’s MPSF tournament, but only the winner earns the conference’s automatic bid. This year’s NCAA tournament field will only have two at-large bids, meaning Cal will have to win the conference tournament
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The No. 4 Cal women’s water polo team came into its match against No. 1 Stanford riding a wave of momentum. The Bears (17-7, 4-3 in the MPSF) had surpassed No. 5 Arizona State in the rankings after earning their biggest win of the year against then No. 1 UCLA.
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After the No. 5 Cal women’s water polo team beat No. 1 UCLA last Saturday, coach Richard Corso finally felt his team was playing up to its potential. Apparently the rest of the water polo world didn’t think so. “I’m sick of people telling us it was an upset,” Corso
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In her fourth year as a keeper for the Cal water polo program, Lindsay Dorst has faced the best collegiate water polo can offer. This year, Lindsay encountered a new challenge. Whenever Cal plays UCLA or Stanford, Lindsay is pitted against familiar faces in an unfamiliar setting. Across the pool
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Cal keeper Lindsay Dorst slammed her fists into the water in triumph. UCLA’s shot had just flown over the Bears’ net, and cheers rang throughout Spieker Aquatics Center on Saturday. The No. 5 Cal women’s water polo had done it — an 8-6 upset over No. 1 UCLA. “We finally
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The Cal and UCLA women’s water polo teams have met once this year in a game that catapulted them on divergent paths. On Feb. 4, the Bears were 10-0 on the season and ranked second in the country, close to making the jump to the top of the collegiate water
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A minute into the second quarter, the score sat tied at 2-2. The No. 5 Cal women’s water polo team had survived the first quarter of Saturday’s match. Up until that point the team kept pace with No. 3 USC, a squad it had already lost to twice this year.
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San Diego has become a hub of competitive water polo and a wellspring of young water polo talent. Cal junior Dana Ochsner grew up in this water polo community, playing top high school and club teams throughout her upbringing. She will return to San Diego with the No. 5 Cal
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