In the final game of the Les Schwab West Coast Challenge in Portland the Bulldogs (7-2) were looking for a bounceback win against the UC Berkeley Golden Bears (6-2) following a loss to Gonzaga.
Both teams came into the match with a 1-1 record in the tournament, but it would be the Bears’ decisive play that gave them the edge against the ‘Dogs.
In the first set the “Dogs kept pace with back and forth scoring. It seemed every time the ‘Dogs edged closer, Cal answered with a score of their own. After trailing for most of the match Fresno began to claw their way back, working the score from 22-15 to 22-18.