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Bente Baekers, a Cal field hockey transfer from the Netherlands, had accomplished almost everything a player could dream of before arriving at Berkeley and winning its first conference title since 2006. Previously at Northwestern, she was a perennial All-American and won a NCAA Division I National Championship. Her playing career has spanned oceans and experiences she wouldn’t trade for anything.

The Bears inched closer to an above .500 record against UC Davis last Saturday, after absolutely dominating Bryant 8-1 the weekend before. It was sophomore Morgan Kallmann’s day, as she came off the bench to ice the game with her first two career goals.

A team of researchers discovered that molecules called peptoids, which they synthesized at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, or the Berkeley Lab, can be used to fight a variety of viruses.

Next on the schedule for Cal is No. 7 Michigan. Michigan is also 1-1 this year, but has played against much tougher competition.

The Bears went 1-1 over Labor Day weekend, defeating Quinnipiac on Friday and then falling to No. 15 Northwestern just three days later.

The Silverado Showdown tournament will be a great opportunity to get that final push of hurrah before the finale at the Pac-12 Tournament.

The Bears open their 2019 season at the Angels College Classic, facing CSU Bakersfield, Pepperdine, Northwestern and BYU over four games.

No. 25 Cal fell to No. 13 Iowa and No. 14 Northwestern this weekend by scores of 4-1 and 2-0, respectively, but the matches were much closer than they seem. The Bears created ample opportunities in both games, but ultimately, the ball simply did not roll in their favor.

With wins over these teams, the Bears can justify their RPI ranking and demonstrate to other programs that they are a top-tier team.

At each of the colleges I attended, I learned how the gender binary is used to dole out reward and punishment, employed to justify discrimination.