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After posting a program-best record of 16-9, the Cal beach volleyball team participated in the inaugural Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles this past week. While the Bears have shown great improvement in their play this season, their performance at the tournament was underwhelming. Cal was eliminated from the competition after
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As Cal senior Sarah Cole and freshman Mia Merino controlled the rally with exquisite passing strokes, Santa Clara’s pair of Kirsten Mead and Sabrina Clayton positioned themselves on the court and were able to successfully dig Cole’s spike. Mead then responded with a strong spike of her own, right down
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This past week, the Cal beach volleyball team competed at the Long Beach Tournament, where the players were faced with the disappointment of losing as well as the ecstasy of winning. The Bears split their two matches in the tournament, falling 1-4 to No. 6 Long Beach State and overcoming
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On a cold, gray and wet day in Sacramento, the Cal beach volleyball team faced off against Sacramento State and Santa Clara. Under the gray clouds, the Bears’ performance was interspersed with bright spots as well as glaring mistakes. Cal split its two matches, defeating the Hornets 3-2 and losing
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With the game deadlocked at two matches apiece, the heads in the crowd at the sand volleyball match were swiveling as they watched Cal’s No. 1 pair of junior Sarah Cole and sophomore Emily Lunt duke it out against Stanford senior Lauren Birks and junior Brittany Howard. After coming back
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This time last year, the Bears were playing their 11th dual match of the inaugural sand volleyball season. This time around, they’re gearing up for their 22nd. But by being thrown into the deep end against top-notch teams with more experience and size, Cal is no longer thrashing in the
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Facing the elite of the Pac-12, the Bears were hit with a large dose of reality as this weekend served as a sobering reminder of their limitations to experience and athleticism. Despite playing their best stretch of volleyball recently after a pair of wins on its home court, Cal could
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With the crowd sitting on fold-out chairs and blaring music on a portable speaker as they were protected from the sun by the shade of the Clark Kerr Campus sand courts’ trees, the No. 4 pair of freshmen Mackenzie Feldman and Sammy Furlan leaned forward with their hands on their
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It may only be sand volleyball’s second season as an NCAA sport, but the Pac-12 is already full of athletic, experienced players who made the switch from indoor to sand volleyball. That is why Cal returned from the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California, in high spirits, even though it
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In a season of learning and growth, Cal sand volleyball has been, at its worst, physically dominated, and, at its best, inconsistent but promising. Looking past their initially unimpressive roster, the Bears have shown streaks of strong individual play despite their inexperience. This weekend, Cal’s growth will be put to
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