In addition to Cal Football, the most pleasant surprise this fall for Cal Athletics has got to be Cal Field Hockey. Even with the current 3 match losing streak (all the losses were by just 1 goal), the Golden Bears are 7-6 on the year with a 2-1 record in America East. Bears will look to improve that America East West Division record when they welcome rival Stanford Cardinal (8-5, 2-0 in America East) to Underhill Field this afternoon. This is the 111th all time matchup between the two programs.
Cal Field Hockey has overcame two seasons of not having a home field (due to the Cal Athletics snafu that changed Maxwell Field into a football only practice facility) and one with a barely finished Underhill Field (it was “bring your own chair” last year) to hopefully have their first winning season since 2011 (that team went 16-4).