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Men’s Soccer
Cal Foursome Earns All-Pac-12 Honors
BERKELEY – A pair of juniors and seniors from the California men's soccer team earned All-Pac-12 honors for the 2016 season the conference announced Tuesday.
The 33 member-team was selected by the conference coaches who could vote for 22 players, excluding players on their own team.
The quartet of Golden Bears includes seniors Christian Thierjung and Nick Lima and juniors Jose Carrera-Garcia and Paul Salcedo-Borrego.
This year's selections for all four of the starters mark their second consecutive all-conference nod. Defender Lima and forward Thierjung grab first team honors for the second year in a row, while forward/midfielder Carrera-Garcia earned his initial first team honor after being selected to the second team a season ago. Salcedo-Borrego, a forward, earned consecutive honorable mention nods.
Big Give
Men’s Water Polo
Postseason Begins At MPSF Championships
BERKELEY - The postseason arrives this week for the Cal men's water polo team as the Bears travel to UCLA to take part in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships. Cal, which enters as the No. 3 seed, begins play Friday at 4:30 p.m. against the No. 2 seed and host Bruins. A win would send the Bears straight to Sunday's championship game while a loss would lead to a 5 p.m. match on Saturday. Sunday's third-place and championship games will be televised by Pac-12 Networks. Earlier rounds will be streamed live through the UCLA web site, UCLABruins.com.
Women’s Basketball
Cal Hosts UC Riverside In School Haas Rock
BERKELEY - The California women's basketball team looks to improve to 3-0 on the season, hosting UC Riverside at 11:30 AM at Haas Pavilion. The game marks the third annual "School Haas Rock", an educational event targeted towards elementary and middle school-age children in the Bay Area.
Friday's game will be the seventh meeting all-time between the Golden Bears and Highlanders. Cal has won the last four meetings in the series, including a 64-58 victory at last season Haas Pavilion.
Cal is off to a 2-0 start for the third consecutive year, beating Saint Mary's on the road to start the 2016-17 campaign before a 73-58 win over Santa Clara on Monday night.