Caroline Corzel

After seeing their four-game winning streak snapped last weekend by Colorado, the Bears will be looking for revenge, especially against rival school Stanford.

Cal’s defense managed to record 20 ground balls and allowed a season-low seven goals to Oregon. The dominant defensive performance allowed the offense to hold the ball more and put up a ton of shots, leading to the 10-0 run.

The Bears’ unfortunate 0-4 start to this season was snapped Friday when Cal beat UC Davis with a final score of 16-13. The close win may be what Cal needed moving forward as the team inches closer to its first conference game against Oregon in a week.

The three-goal victory wasn’t an easy one, though, for Cal. The Aggies went on a 4-0 run starting at the 19:14 mark in the second half, cutting the Bears’ lead down to only one point with less than 15 minutes to go.

Cal lacrosse is off to a rough start to the 2019 season, with its first two weekends of nonconference play both ending winless. This weekend, the Bears will be hungry to end the losing streak as they take on UC Davis on Friday at home, with the game scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Teamwork will be a focus for the Bears moving forward to produce a higher-scoring offense, keep more goals out of their own net and hopefully produce better results.

With many starters returning on the offensive end, the Bears should be able to improve on scoring and will look to net more goals against both Michigan and Denver this weekend.

As the spring 2019 slate of sports kicks off, we can reflect on Cal’s wide range of performances in 2018, from teams that haven’t seen the playoffs in years to teams that took home titles last spring.

The Bears will host England in this friendly match with the goal of gaining some useful practice reps against unfamiliar faces before the regular season starts.

One of the bigger developments of the season, freshman attacker Nikki Zaccaro dazzled with her ability to pass the ball later in the season.