SAN JOSE \u2014 With one final piece of tournament action before they head into ACC play, the California Golden Bears (8-1) took on the Sacramento State Hornets (5-5) in their opening match of the Battle of NorCal.<\/p>\n
With the Golden Bears riding a hot streak of six wins in a row, they raced to a fast start in the first set, winning 25-23. However, as they have done multiple times this season, they let their foot off the gas pedal a bit, allowing the Hornets to win the next two sets, 25-23 and 25-19.<\/p>\n
After a motivational speech from assistant coach Alyssa Andreno<\/a> in the air-conditioned hallway of Spartan Gym \u2014 which first opened in 1932 and was lacking any airflow in the actual gym \u2014 the Bears came out with a new level of intensity. The fourth set saw just one tie, as the Bears didn’t relinquish the lead a single time.<\/p>\n Cal flew to a 25-16 victory and seemed to control the momentum with the fifth set approaching. They jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the fifth, but the Hornets did not go down without a fight. There were 10 ties and five lead changes, but a strong final stretch from Abby Zimmerman<\/a> closed out the victory for Cal with a 17-15 win.<\/p>\n The freshman outside hitter and daughter of Cal Hall of Famer Lisa Arce recorded a massive kill to make it 15-15, then forced a Sac State error and finished the match with an ace to clinch the win.<\/p>\n KEY FIGURES<\/p>\n 17 \u2014 The number of kills freshman Abby Zimmerman<\/a> recorded in the win.<\/p>\n 6 \u2014 The number of service aces that the Golden Bears accumulated.<\/p>\n 19 \u2014 The total number of digs that senior libero Sophia Johnson<\/a> recorded. WHAT’S NEXT?<\/p>\n Cal will be take on San Jose State on Sunday Sept. 19 at 2:00 p.m. PT in a game that will be streaming on MW+.<\/p>\n STAY POSTED<\/p>\n For complete coverage of Cal volleyball, please follow the Bears on X (@CalVolleyball), Instagram (@calvolleyball), Facebook (@CalVolleyball), and TikTok (@calbearsvb).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 With one final piece of tournament action before they head into ACC play, the California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-469549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n7 \u2014 The number of matches in a row in which freshman setter Anna Flores<\/a> has recorded 40+ assists.
\n7 \u2014 The number of matches Cal has won in a row, giving the program its longest winning streak since 2023 (12 in a row).<\/p>\n