After twice pushing top ranked UCLA Bruins to the brink only to fall just one goal short (11-12 early in the season, 8-9 in the MPSF tournament semifinal), California Golden Bears will look for that big breakthrough victory at the biggest stage (yet) of the year - the NCAA championship semifinal.
Bears took care of business in beating the 4th seed UC Irvine on Friday via a 9-7 result that appeared much closer than the reality. Cal had a commanding 7-1 lead going into the 4th quarter before the Anteaters’ furious comeback made things sort of interesting. No doubt about it, Bears would need to play a much more complete full 24 minutes (if not more) to get past the UCLA Bruins today.