https://calbears.com/documents/2022/1/21/The_FOSH_Michigan_vs_California_January_21_2022.pdf

Three more matches this weekend at Arizona State. GO BEARS!

Is this a surprise? Do the women have a national ranking?

#5 Cal beat #8 Michigan.

CROSS CONFERENCE CHALLENGE AT MONA PLUMMER AQUATIC CENTER, TEMPE, ARIZ.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21
NO. 5 CAL VS. NO. 8 MICHIGAN | 9 A.M. PT

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22
NO. 5 CAL VS. NO. 4 ARIZONA STATE | 9 A.M. PT
NO. 5 CAL VS. NO. 10 FRESNO STATE | 2:15 P.M. PT

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22
NO. 5 CAL VS. NO. 7 UC IRVINE | 9 A.M. PT

https://pac-12.com/womens-water-polo/event/2022/01/22/cross-conference-challenge

https://calbears.com/news/2022/1/19/womens-water-polo-no-5-bears-begin-season-with-tough-assignment.aspx

The FOSH - California vs. Arizona State Live Stats

Cal (#5) makes a statement by dominating 17-7 over #4 ASU at ASU. One of best performances in recent memory with a dozen Bears scoring goals while 9 tallied two points or more. Defense seemed stronger than
last season. GO BEARS!

The preseason 01/12 varsity poll:

#1 University of Southern California
#2 Stanfurd University
#3 University of California-Los Angeles
#4 Arizona State University
#5 University of California

#6 University of Hawaii
#7 University of California-Irvine
#8 University of Michigan
#9 University of California-San Diego
#10 Fresno State University
#11 Indiana University
#12 Long Beach State University
#13 University of the Pacific
#14 University of California-Davis
#15 San Diego State University
#16 San Jose State University
#17 Loyola Marymount University
#18 University of California-Santa Barbara
#19 Princeton University
#20 Harvard University
#21 California Baptist University

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Some scheduled matches:

"Cal Cup" at Berkeley, CA - Spieker Aquatics Complex:
Jan 29 (Sat) / 11:00 AM CAL vs Fresno State
Jan 29 (Sat) / 4:30 PM CAL vs Pacific
Jan 30 (Sun) / 9:45 AM CAL vs Long Beach State
Jan 30 (Sun) / 4:30 PM CAL vs San Jose State
Livestreams: https://pac-12.com/live/university-california-4

Feb 5 (Sat) / 10:30 AM
CAL at Stanfurd Stanfurd, CA - Avery Aquatic Center
Livestream: https://pac-12.com/live/stanford-university

Feb 19 (Sat) / 1:00 PM
CAL at USC Los Angeles, CA - Uytengsu Aquatics Center
https://pac-12.com/womens-water-polo/event/2022/02/19/california-usc

Mar 5 (Sat) / 1:30 PM
UCLA AT CAL - Berkeley, CA - Spieker Aquatics Complex

Mar 12 (Sat) / 1:30 PM
CAL vs San Jose State
Berkeley, CA - Spieker Aquatics Complex

Apr 3 (Sun) / 12:00 PM
CAL vs UC Irvine
Berkeley, CA - Spieker Aquatics Complex

Apr 16 (Sat) / 12:00 PM
CAL at Stanfurd Stanfurd, CA - Avery Aquatic Center

Apr 22 (Fri) - Apr 24 (Sun)
MPSF TOURNEY Los Angeles, CA - Uytengsu Aquatics Center

May 6 (Fri) - May 8 (Sun)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Ann Arbor, MI - Canham Natatorium

The FOSH - UC Irvine vs. California Live Stats

Cal finished off the weekend with a 16-8 thrashing of the UCI Anteaters. Irvine defeated Fresno State this weekend and was rated two spots below Cal. The Bears impressive victories over Arizona State & UC Irvine
should move the team higher in the national polls and instill confidence in the team. Aussie Ruby Swadling led the way again today with three goals but Canadian Emma Wright had her breakout game with five goals. I know that three is called a "hat trick" but I don't know what five goals in a game is called...The defense and the goal keeping seems to be improved over last season. The closest contests were two 12-8 wins over Michigan and Fresno State.

Cal kick-offs the season with 4-0 record over three days. Bears easily defeated #4, #7, #8 & #10. This morning Michigan beat ASU, 10-8, too. GO BEARS!

Thanks for the update, S71.

Looks like SC & Furd start their seasons next Saturday 29th.

Ucla has had 3 dominant wins, including a 20-3 thrashing of #21 Cal Baptist U. yesterday. Today, they play #9 UCSD and #18 UCSB.

Schroeder71 said:

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The FOSH - UC Irvine vs. California Live Stats

Cal finished off the weekend with a 16-8 thrashing of the UCI Anteaters. Irvine defeated Fresno State this weekend and was rated two spots below Cal. The Bears impressive victories over Arizona State & UC Irvine
should move the team higher in the national polls and instill confidence in the team. Aussie Ruby Swadling led the way again today with three goals but Canadian Emma Wright had her breakout game with five goals. I know that three is called a "hat trick" but I don't know what five goals in a game is called...The defense and the goal keeping seems to be improved over last season. The closest contests were two 12-8 wins over Michigan and Fresno State.

Cal kick-offs the season with 4-0 record over three days. Bears easily defeated #4, #7, #8 & #10. This morning Michigan beat ASU, 10-8, too. GO BEARS!

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Thank you as well for the updates.

Note also that Cal traveled with 20 field players...In addition to the thrashings of UCI and ASU, they were up against Michigan 8-2 at halftime then 9-2 in the third; and up 9-3 over FSU at halftime.

That's some impressive play against solid squads that this group, adding Wright and Swadling plus freshmen over last year, struggled mightily to put away last year.

Four games this weekend at Spieker against a couple more solid albeit tier 2 teams should be interesting, including FSU getting another shot at the Bears first thing Saturday morning.

Go Bears!

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Schroeder71 said:

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The FOSH - UC Irvine vs. California Live Stats

Cal finished off the weekend with a 16-8 thrashing of the UCI Anteaters. Irvine defeated Fresno State this weekend and was rated two spots below Cal. The Bears impressive victories over Arizona State & UC Irvine
should move the team higher in the national polls and instill confidence in the team. Aussie Ruby Swadling led the way again today with three goals but Canadian Emma Wright had her breakout game with five goals. I know that three is called a "hat trick" but I don't know what five goals in a game is called...The defense and the goal keeping seems to be improved over last season. The closest contests were two 12-8 wins over Michigan and Fresno State.

Cal kick-offs the season with 4-0 record over three days. Bears easily defeated #4, #7, #8 & #10. This morning Michigan beat ASU, 10-8, too. GO BEARS!

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Thank you as well for the updates.

Note also that Cal traveled with 20 field players...In addition to the thrashings of UCI and ASU, they were up against Michigan 8-2 at halftime then 9-2 in the third; and up 9-3 over FSU at halftime.

That's some impressive play against solid squads that this group, adding Wright and Swadling plus freshmen over last year, struggled mightily to put away last year.

Four games this weekend at Spieker against a couple more solid albeit tier 2 teams should be interesting, including FSU getting another shot at the Bears first thing Saturday morning.

Go Bears!

Edited to add:

Looking at the preseason rankings, it sure looks like it was heavily weighted on last year's finish...especially putting ASU over Cal with the Bears winning 2 of 3 last season, the Sun Devils losing their best field player (Rogge) and starting goalie while the Bears added Wright (Canadian NT/Olympian) and Swadling (Aussie NT pipeline).

Stanford will be tough with two US Olympic team members and an alternate returning to the squad, but is breaking in a new GK.

UCLA brings back the USA Olympic team Tokyo MVP, but could be stronger in that Bronte Halligan (Aussie NT player) didn't return to complete her eligibility.

USC welcomes back one each of USA and Aussie Olympic team members and Spanish WNT pipeline player.

Hope the Bears can crack the top tier and win their first NT! Go Bears!

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Cal should jump at least one notch to #4 if not higher. This weekend in Berkeley, Cal faces #10 Fresno State, #12 Long Beach State, #13 Pacific & #16 San Jose State. The Bears need to stay focused but should be able to handle the competition. GO BEARS!

Indeed Cal jumped one spot to #4 in this week's poll. ASU dropped to #9. The top 3 remain unchanged.

Full Weekly Release (PDF) - California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

On page 3, Cal has the stats from the 4 games from last weekend. Shouldn't it be listed as
2022 (rather than 2021)? GO BEARS!

Yep, they missed it.

Cal 12, Fresno State 7 in opener in Berkeley. Bears played most everyone, and as a result, didn't have much offense in the 2nd half (3 points). Ruby Swadling was invisible offensively with zero points on a single shot. She did have two steals. Entering the game, the Aussie was tied for second in goals w/ 9 in four wins. The offensive star was senior Emma Wright with 4 goals in 5 attempts. Ten saves by Cal's starting goalie, Isabel Williams.
https://www.thefosh.net/live/12054

Another game at 4:30 this afternoon vs University of the Pacific

Cal beats #15 UOP

Another W for the Bears!#CalWWPolo #GoBears #Earned pic.twitter.com/0arRkW3xX3

— Cal W Water Polo (@CalWWPolo) January 30, 2022

Cal 11, Long Beach State 3.
The Bears were held to a 1-1 pitcher's battle in the first quarter but displayed more energy in the 2nd period. One observation was the the 49ers shutout the Bear's centers from scoring. However, I guess that Cal likes to run their offense inside-out. Although the center passes resulted in double-digit turnovers, Cal still scored most of their goals on outside shots.

The Bears also had a breakaway goal by frosh Emma Singer and a goal by Isabel Williams at the buzzer at the end of the 3rd quarter. Cal also scored on a penalty shot by soph R Whitney.

The FOSH - Long Beach State vs. California Live Stats

Most of the scoring came from frosh-soph players (6 of 11). Very few shots were skip shots during the game. LBS had at least a half of a dozen shots hit off of the cross bar that could have been goals. They shot almost every attempt high.

San Jose State (6-2) is on tap late this afternoon @ 4;30 pm.. GO BEARS!

Cal 17, SJS 10 in the nitecap! The Bears tied their scoring high for the season w/ 17 goals. However, the defense gave up two more goals to the Spartans than any other team. The goalies split the time with 16 minutes each. The starter, Isabel Williams, yielded 4 goals but the backup, Barnuevo, allowed a half dozen (6). Cal played the majority of its players w/ the freshmen and the sophomores tallying 5 goals each.

The FOSH - San Jose State vs. California Live Stats

Frosh defensive specialist, R Voorvelt from the Netherlands, led the offensive attack with three goals which just happened to be consecutive. It appeared that San Jose State figured out Cal's defense after the end of the first quarter. Thereafter-the Spartans did not have great difficulty scoring, averaging 3 goals per quarter. They also shot a higher percentage (.370) than other opponents have done.

Cal is now 8-0. Nobody has played the Bears a close game, yet. Two outcomes were 12-8 or a four - goal margin.
Obviously, it will be a different story against the three Pac 12 teams ranked ahead of us. GO BEARS!

Feb 5 (Sat) / 10:30 AM
#4 CAL at #2 Stanfurd

Some factoids about this particular rivalry showing a Cal win would be a pretty big deal:

• Going back to March 1999, Furd is 40-6. They once had a 24-match win streak over Cal from March 2001 to April 2015.
  
• Furd is currently on an 8-win streak. Two of those matchups had mere 1-pt margins, including the last one on April 2021. Will the tide turn this Saturday?
  
• The last 2 Cal wins were both AT Stanfurd: 8-7 victory on March 2018, 5-2 victory on Feb 2016.
  

Nasal Mucus Goldenbear said:

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Feb 5 (Sat) / 10:30 AM
#4 CAL at #2 Stanfurd

Some factoids about this particular rivalry showing a Cal win would be a pretty big deal:

• Going back to March 1999, Furd is 40-6. They once had a 24-match win streak over Cal from March 2001 to April 2015.
  
• Furd is currently on an 8-win streak. Two of those matchups had mere 1-pt margins, including the last one on April 2021. Will the tide turn this Saturday?
  
• The last 2 Cal wins were both AT Stanfurd: 8-7 victory on March 2018, 5-2 victory on Feb 2016.
  

The Saturday 10:30 meeting is the only one for Cal that day. On Sunday 10:00 Bears play ASU. It looks like the Furds, however, have 2 more matchups on Saturday (4:45 vs #9 ASU, 5:45 vs Fresno Pacific???) and Sunday 10:00 vs #11 SDSU.

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Great factoids! Regardless of what happens Saturday and though it is early in the season, this looks like the most competitive Bears team in several years.

Looks like game times have been updated:

• Saturday: Stanford@10:30 (stream here)
• Saturday: UC Davis@3:30 (UCD will have just played ASU at 12:45)
• Sunday: ASU@11:15

Stanford website not posting anything about streaming non-Stanford games. Live stats on the FOSH

This week's rankings should be out later today...not expecting the Bears to move up, but there will be movement below immediately them as Michigan beat Hawaii over the weekend. Note: UCSD is #11 while SDSU is #19.

Go Bears!

No. 4 Bears Travel To Stanford Invitational - California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Cal travels to Palo Alto to face Stanford, UC Davis & ASU this weekend. Only the Bears vs
Cardinal will be streamed on-line. This is the 1st time in 2022 that Cal will meet a team ranked higher (#2) than
they are (#4). UC Davis & Arizona State are ranked 10th & 9th, respectively. GO BEARS!

Start of 4th period. All tied up at 6-6.

https://www.thefosh.net/live/12313

2 turnovers by Cal to start the 4th period.

Furd GOAL
4th Period | 6:06 | Even StrengthThe ball goes in the goal off a 11 Makenzie Fischer shot, with help from 20 Ryann Neushul.
CAL 6, STAN 7

CAL GOAL

4th Period | 4:05 | Even Strength 6 Grace Raisin puts it in the back of the net.

CAL 7, STAN 7

CAL CARD
4th Period | 3:08 HC Coralie Simmons is given a yellow card.

CAL EXCLUSION
4th Period | 2:56 An exclusion call goes against 5 Elli Protopapas.

STAN TIMEOUT
4th Period | 2:55 Furd coach calls a full timeout.

STAN SHOT
4th Period 10 Hannah Constandse lets a shot go - that hits the post.

STAN SHOT
4th Period 11 Makenzie Fischer unloads a shot, tipped away by 21 Emma Wright.

CAL TIMEOUT
4th Period | 2:21 California will look to make some adjustments, calling a full timeout.

CAL SHOT
4th Period 3 Mallory Reynoso takes a shot, that misses the goal

STAN TURNOVER
4th Period A turnover by Stanford. Takeaway credited to 1 Isabel Williams

STAN EXCLUSION
4th Period | 1:21 13 Sophie Wallace draws the attention of the official and is whistled for an exclusion.

CAL TIMEOUT
4th Period | 1:21 California will look to make some adjustments, calling a 30-second timeout.

CAL SHOT
4th Period 4 Cecily Turner lets a shot fly. It's off the post.

STAN TIMEOUT
4th Period | 0:52 Stanford will huddle up after calling a full timeout.

STAN SHOT
4th Period 13 Sophie Wallace lets a shot fly, tipped away by 5 Elli Protopapas.

CAL TIMEOUT
4th Period | 0:28 California will look to make some adjustments, calling a full timeout.

CAL SHOT
4th Period Ball fired by 5 Elli Protopapas - that hits the post.

GAME PERIOD
4th Period | 0:00 End of the 4th Period.

CAL 7, STAN 7

CAL SPRINT
5th Period/OT | 3:0018 Ruby Swadling wins the sprint against 17 Jewel Roemer. California starts with possession.

CAL GOAL
5th Period/OT | 2:38 | Even Strength 5 Elli Protopapas beats the goalie and puts it in the goal, with an assist from 9 Kitty Lynn Joustra.
CAL 8, STAN 7

STAN GOAL
5th Period/OT | 2:07 | Even Strength 9 Aria Fischer beats the goalie and puts it in the goal, assisted by 11 Makenzie Fischer.
CAL 8, STAN 8

CAL TURNOVER
5th Period/OTvCalifornia gives up possession. 17 Jewel Roemer anticipated that one and gets the steal.

CAL EXCLUSION
5th Period/OT | 1:45 An exclusion call goes against 21 Emma Wright.

STAN TIMEOUT
5th Period/OT | 1:42 Stanford takes a 30-second timeout to rest and regroup.

STAN GOAL
5th Period/OT | 1:26 | Even Strength 9 Aria Fischer dents the twine, with help from 10 Hannah Constandse.

CAL 8, STAN 9

GAME PERIOD
6th Period/OT | 3:00 Start of the 6th/OT Period.

STAN SHOT
6th Period/OT 13 Sophie Wallace launches a shot, knocked down by 1 Isabel Williams.

CAL SHOT
6th Period/OT 18 Ruby Swadling lets a shot go, turned aside by 1 Maya Avital and away from the pool. There will be a corner throw.

STAN EXCLUSION
6th Period/OT | 1:40 An exclusion call goes against 8 Chloe Harbilas.

CAL SHOT
6th Period/OT 10 Shea Salvino unloads a shot, denied by 1 Maya Avital.

STAN SHOT
6th Period/OT Ball fired by 20 Ryann Neushul, stopped by 3 Mallory Reynoso.

CAL TIMEOUT
6th Period/OT | 0:30 California takes a overtime timeout to rest and regroup.

CAL GOAL *** CAL GOAL *** CAL GOAL
6th Period/OT | 0:19 | Even Strength 4 Cecily Turner dents the twine.
CAL 9, STAN 9

STAN TIMEOUT
6th Period/OT | 0:19 Stanford will huddle up after calling a overtime timeout.

STAN SHOT
6th Period/OT 17 Jewel Roemer lets a shot fly, stopped by 5 Elli Protopapas.

GAME PERIOD
6th Period/OT | 0:00 End of the 6th/OT Period.

CAL 9, STAN 9

GAME PERIOD
7th Period/SD | 3:00 Start of the 7th/SD Period.

STAN TURNOVER
7th Period/SD Stanford gives up the ball. They threw the ball out of play.

STAN EXCLUSION
7th Period/SD | 2:12 9 Aria Fischer whistled for an exclusion.

CAL GOAL *** CAL GOAL *** CAL GOAL
7th Period/SD | 1:55 | Powerplay 20 Jessie Rose fires a shot to the back of the net. They convert with the man advantage.
CAL 10, STAN 9

GAME PERIOD
7th Period/SD | 0:00 | End of Game End of the 7th/SD Period.

FINAL SCORE:
CALIFORNIA 10
Stanfurd 9