Eliza Christman

The Trojans won both the regular season and the tournament for the first time since 2019.

The victory would outshine the team’s eventual 16-5 loss to USC, as Cal was able to snap its losing streak and make this season count.

Cal hasn’t won a conference tournament game since 2010 in the MPSF quarterfinals. The Bears will be aiming to end the nine-year drought.

USC will be Cal’s third straight ranked opponent, so hopefully, for the Bears, the games against Colorado and Stanford will come in handy in preparing for USC. After the game against USC, Cal will head out of the state to take on ASU on Monday at 4 p.m.

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.

The most embarrassing part about the turnovers in this affair was that only five of the Bears’ turnovers were caused by the Aztecs, meaning they had a whopping 17 unforced errors in the match.

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.