Cal Volleyball Update: Golden Bears Clinch Pac-10 Championship

by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 26, 2010 11:30 AM PST in California Golden Bears Olympic Sports

Cal grinded it out, but they took it in four sets from the Wildcats!

The Bears rebounded nicely today against Arizona after their loss to ASU on Wednesday night. You could sense that they were determined to find a way to win ~ and the Haas Pavilion crowd of 1,034 was very vocal in its support of the Bears. Even though the Bears couldn't quite find a way to stop Arizona's Whitney Dosty (30 kills), they did a good job of stopping the rest of the Arizona attack while outhitting the Wildcats, .272 to .170. Murrey and Hawari combined for 30 of the Bears' 61 kills and Cal out-blocked Arizona 14.5-8, always a good sign.

Like everyone else, No. 2-ranked Cal (25-3) awaits its post-season fate on Sunday afternoon. Entering the NCAA tournament on a winning streak is encouraging. The adventure continues next week ~ and, hopefully, Cal will host first and second rounds (my sources tell me they bid to host Friday and Saturday, and for once, there are no basketball scheduling conflicts to deny the opportunity to host). In the meantime, the journey has just begun ~ and, I think Carli Lloyd has a few more chapters she'd like to contribute to what has been a best seller of a season for the Bears.

GO BEARS!

(Scroll down or click here to discuss today's college football action.)

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Time: noon PT/3 PM ET
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After a tough loss against ASU, Cal looks to wrap things up in style. It's Carli Lloyd and Meagan Schmit's final regular season game at Haas Pavilion. Can she help Cal finally clinch at least a share of the Pac-10 title? GO BEARS!

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Was Carli hurt in the last game?

My stream isn’t working yet

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 12:21 PM PST reply actions

I don’t think so. Team just looked out-of-sync.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 26, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions

Tracker and video are out of sync—looks like the tracker is ahead? No sound with the video.

Cal is dominating the first game, 19-10.

by WifeisaTroj on Nov 26, 2010 12:28 PM PST reply actions

Cal takes first set 25-14

Go Bears!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions

Cal down 10-7 to start the second set. Bear Down! (to steal a phrase)

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 12:44 PM PST reply actions

Cut to 14-13 Zona

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions

17-15 Bears!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

22-20 bEars!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions

25-23 beArs!

One more set!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions

Bears win the second set 25-23

Cal up 2-0

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 1:05 PM PST reply actions

just one more set from a share of the Pac-10 title for the first time in Cal Volleyball history

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 1:07 PM PST reply actions

What has to happen for Cal to win the sole title?

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions

Furd needs to lose against ASU, I imagine. Currently, we have the same Pac-10 Record: 14-3

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

It’ll be similar to USC-Cal 2006 in football…except we’re USC!

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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 26, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions

Yup

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions

6-3 Zona in the 3rd set, according to gametracker

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:19 PM PST reply actions

8-6 Zona

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions

11-10 Zona... Creepin!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions

I believe it's 15-13 Zona at this timeout

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:27 PM PST reply actions

18-18 in the third set

Cal leads 2 sets to none

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 1:32 PM PST reply actions

20-19 Bears!

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 1:34 PM PST reply actions

23-21 Zona, timeout Bears

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:38 PM PST reply actions

25-22 Zona takes the third set

OK, time to start strong and cruise!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions

This is not the start we were looking for: 5-2 Zona

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions

BTW

UcLOLa lost to VCU 89-85

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:39 PM PST reply actions

Just watching this team

This doesn’t look like the Bears team that beat up the Furd.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 26, 2010 1:48 PM PST reply actions

Creepin 6-5 Zona

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Make that 7-6 Bears!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

for some reason, the blocking just wasn’t there for the most part today…we are also not digging particularly well today

defense wins championship, apparently also in volleyball

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions

We took the first set easy, but my stream wasn’t up…so i don’t know how that one looked

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions

13 all

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:57 PM PST reply actions

15-14 Bears

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions

17-14

Az with a timeout

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

Let's make it 8 straight

Close it out in style!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions

D'oh!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions

19-16 Bears

Let’s get it!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions

21-19 Bears

Closer!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions

23-19!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions

Match Point!

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 2:06 PM PST reply actions

MATCH BEARS... ROSE BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions

Cut down the net!

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions

PAC-10 CHAMPIONS!

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?

by CalBear81 on Nov 26, 2010 2:07 PM PST reply actions

So I think a 1 or 2 seed is a basic guarantee at this point, no?

Exciting

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by Thoroughbred on Nov 26, 2010 2:08 PM PST reply actions

Yeah pretty much

We’re in the top 8 no doubt.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 26, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions

PAC-10 champion

GO BEARS!!!

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 2:09 PM PST reply actions

would be nice if ASU takes down ’Furd so we can have sole possession of the title

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 26, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

We win head to head vs. Furd

Doesn’t that give us sole possesion of the conference crown (ir)regardless of what they do?

Congratulations, ladies !!!!! That’s AWESOME !

I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.

by BTown85 on Nov 27, 2010 12:04 AM PST up reply actions

We get the automatic bid, but they also get to claim that they are Pac-10 champ as well.

by LEastCoastBears on Nov 27, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions

Was there. Got tons of photos/stories from the game. Will post in pst for next week when I have more time. Great stuff. need to go to more vball games as they are very fun. GO BEARS!

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by TwistNHook on Nov 26, 2010 4:52 PM PST reply actions

Go Bears!

by sec119 on Nov 26, 2010 5:55 PM PST reply actions

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