In their final game at Haas, Jorge and Harper helped bring the Bears one step closer to a Pac-12 title. Here's what they had to say about the last home game of their careers (the link also includes video of their post-game comments).
Jorge Gutierrez, Sr. G
On senior day
"It was fun for me. Besides all of this and besides the stats, we got the win, and that's what really matters."
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On his family's reaction and attendance"I haven't talked to them yet, but they were impressed yesterday. I'm sure they feel honored. It was a great celebration for us and I'm sure for Harper's family, as well. We're very thankful for the chance the coaches and a lot of people gave me. Counting Harper's family, there were twenty-five people here. They were all on the same plane with Harper's family."
Harper Kamp, Sr. F
On senior day
"There was a lot of emotion coming into the game so I'm just really glad that we all focused. My teammates did a great job. We brought a lot of energy when we needed it. We did good, today, and got it out of the way and ended it on a good note, so now we can just focus on what's ahead of us."
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On coming out of the game the final time"I was still looking up at the clock and the game is never really over for me. I was coming out and I realized it was over. Coach game me a high five and I realized that was it. I was just honored to come out that way and it meant a lot. It was so much fun today."
After the jump rugby comes back from a six-point deficit to defeat UBC and the women's basketball team tightens its grip on second place in the Pac-12.
Tyler Walker (baseball), Shareef Abdur-Rahim (basketball), and others have taken advantage of Cal's degree-completion program for former athletes. Around 100 Bears have returned to finish their degrees in the six years since the program was introduced.
Basketball
- Faraudo's game thread recaps the Bears' 77-63 win over Oregon State. Cal used a strong second half to overcome the pesky Beavers.
- Faraudo's recap for the local papers includes a photo gallery with a few shots of the giant Jorge head in the student section.
- The AP photo gallery seems to focus mostly on the Beavs.
- BearTerritory.net recaps the game.
- The women's team used a 13-0 run midway through the second half to build a lead that they maintained until the buzzer. The Bears won 75-68 and earned their 20th victory of the season.
- CalBears.com has a couple quotes from Coach Gottlieb's post-game press conference.
- Mark Purdy discusses the endless series of highlights in Monty's spectacular career.
Rugby
- Cal scored the only try of the game and staged a late comeback to defeat UBC 13-12. The Bears take a one-point lead into game two of the World Cup at BC in March.
Baseball
- The Bears opened the season with a 9-1 win over Pacific. Cal took the second game of the series with a 6-3 victory.
- BearTerritory.net was there to cover the Bears' first win of the year.
- Valerie Arioto made her case to defend her Pac-12 Player of the Week and USA softball national player of the week awards. She hit two home runs and pitched seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over DePaul. In the second day of the Louisville Slugger Classic, the Bears defeated San Jose State 7-0 and UC Riverside 10-0.
- The fourth-ranked Bears cruised to an 8-3 victory over no. 8 San Jose State. Cal is now 2-0 in MPSF conference play.
Tennis
- The women's team had a six-stroke lead after the first day of the Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford Golf Course.
- The men's team tied a record with three regular-season victories after winning the John A. Burns Intercollegiate.