http://blog.dailycal.org/sports The little tidbits you need to know about Cal Sports Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:04:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Water polo fans—that's right, all two of you—the Big Splash has finally arrived. The showdown between the No. 2 Cal men's water polo team and third-ranked Stanford starts Saturday at 2 p.m., at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. To say that there's some history here is a bit of a understatement: the ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-629/ After the Cal men's soccer team went winless in a six-game stretch during the Pac-1o season, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that the Bears would miss the postseason. And now its official. In the telecast announcement last Monday afternoon on ESPNews, Cal (9-8-1, 3-6-1 in the Pac-10) was excluded from ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-624/ "Points and Shoot" had the day off last week because of Veterans Day, but don't you worry -- the sports photo of the week is back better than ever! This week's image, taken by Daily Cal staff photographer Nathan Yan, features punter Bryan Anger following through on a kick in ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-618/ The field for the Nov. 23 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., were announced on Sunday. It consisted of 31 teams and 38 individual qualifiers for both the men and women. However, Cal fell short of qualifying after each team finished eighth on a chilly and muddy Springfield ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-613/ First, a little story: The first major sport I covered for the Daily Cal was volleyball. I went on calbears.com to do some research before my first interview with coach Rich Feller. Up in the top right corner of the volleyball page, there's this picture of him, yelling, pointing and looking ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-609/ Unfortunately, not everything from the 70-minute interview could be stuffed into Tuesday's feature on Cal water polo player Brian Dudley. (Nice guy. He still showed up early after I changed the location about a half-hour or so beforehand; I walked into Caffe Med to find him already sitting at a ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-553/ The Bears opened the half with an eight-point lead, managing to quickly watch it erode to four, only to build it back up to 12 at the 17:07 mark. Then back to eight at 15:44. Sanders-Frison picked up his third and fourth fouls within a minute of each other and was ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-602/ SCORE: Cal 40, Detroit 32. Kind of a nondescript and ugly first half. Both teams have more turnovers than they do assists -- six turnovers for the Bears, eight for the Titans. Markhuri Sanders-Frison got a few touches early on and already has four points. Getting it low really gives Cal a different look ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-599/ The Cal men’s tennis team ended its fall season with an overall dominating performance at the St. Mary’s Invitational last weekend. Freshman Christoffer Konigsfeldt won the singles draw, two other Bears players made the singles semifinals, and it was an all-Cal doubles final (before rain delays canceled it). Yet, the ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-559/ FINAL: Cal 75, Murray State 70. Cal isn't closing out strong on the perimeter, and the Racers are making them pay for it with three-balls. Fortunately for the Bears, Murray State is having trouble stopping them on offense. Cal's ball movement is noticeably more fluid with Smith on the floor, looking for ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2009/11/post-546/