{"id":379734,"date":"2026-06-29T20:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379734\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:48:10","slug":"cal-field-hockey-announces-2026-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379734\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Field Hockey Announces 2026 Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Bears are set to begin their first season under new Donna Fong Directors of Field Hockey Tara and Steve Danielson.<\/p>\n

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FH6\/29\/2026 1:03 PM | By: Cal Athletics<\/p>\n


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Bears Set To Begin Program\u2019s 50th Season<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tThe California field hockey team announced its 2026 schedule Monday, which will mark the program’s 50th season and feature a 16-game slate with seven contests to be played at home at Underhill Field. The 2026 campaign also marks the first under new Donna Fong Directors of Field Hockey Tara and Steve Danielson, who took over the program this past February.
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\nThe Golden Bears will face six teams from the 2025 NCAA Tournament, which includes national champion Northwestern and 2025 ACC champion North Carolina, which made a run to the semifinals of the tournament. Cal reached a No. 19 national ranking in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Poll last year and will face a total of seven teams that finished the 2025 season ranked in the coaches poll.
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\nThe Bears will begin the season with a three-game homestand against American (Aug. 28), Central Michigan (Aug. 30) and Columbia (Sept. 6).
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\nCal then heads out for a three-game road trip that features two teams ranked in the final 2025 coaches poll beginning with a weekend slate at Michigan (No. 20) on Sept. 11 and Michigan State on Sept. 13 before heading back to California to face Northwestern (No. 2) on Sep. 19. The game against the Wildcats will take place on the campus of UC Davis.
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\nThe Bears will then begin ACC conference play starting with a two-game homestand against Louisville (Sept. 25) and North Carolina (Sept. 27). Following that, Cal travels to the state of Virgina for a nonconference matchup at VCU (Oct. 2) before resuming conference play at Virginia (Oct. 4).
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\nThe Bears’ final homestand of the season will pit Cal against Wake Forest on Oct. 9 and Duke on Oct. 11. Cal finishes off the 2026 season on the road with matches at UC Davis (Oct. 18), Boston College (Oct. 23) and Syracuse (Oct. 26) before the season finale in the 126th all-time meeting with Bay Area rival Stanford on Oct. 29.
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\nCal will return 16 members from the 2025 team, including leading scorer and NFHCA All-American Liz Klompmaker<\/a>. The 2026 roster will also welcome five newcomers \u2013 four freshmen and a transfer.<\/p>\n

2026 Schedule (bold games at home at Underhill Field)

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\n\t\t\tFriday
\n\t\t\tAug. 28
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\n\t\t\tSunday
\n\t\t\tAug. 30
\n\t\t\t1 p.m.
\n\t\t\tCentral Michigan
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\n\t\t\tSunday
\n\t\t\tSep. 6
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\n\t\t\tFriday
\n\t\t\tSept. 11
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\n\t\t\tSunday
\n\t\t\tSept. 13
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\n\t\t\tSaturday
\n\t\t\tSept. 19
\n\t\t\t2 p.m.
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\n\t\t\tFriday
\n\t\t\tSept. 25
\n\t\t\t6 p.m.
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\n\t\t\tSept. 27
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\n\t\t\tOct. 2
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\n\t\t\tOct. 9
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\n\t\t\tOct. 23
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\n\t\t\tOct. 29
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