Stefania Bitton

The Bears were searching for wins this weekend but came out with their first two conference losses of the season instead. UCLA and USC both defeated Cal 2-0.

Cal women’s soccer had historic back-to-back wins this weekend, defeating Oregon 8-1 and Oregon State 3-0. The match against the Ducks displayed the Bears’ offensive prowess, putting up the highest total recorded scores in a game since the 2010 season.

Games against Arizona and ASU marked the second and third Pac-12 conference matches this season for the Bears as they leave the weekend 5-3-3 overall and 2-0-1 in conference matchups.

Though fall is finally approaching with cooler weather and foggy skies, Arizona and Arizona State will bring the heat back to the Bay this weekend. After a win at Washington, Cal women’s soccer will return to Edwards Stadium for two matchups Thursday and Sunday.

After a scoreless tie against Santa Clara last Thursday, the Bears had a rough first half Sunday against Fullerton that was destined for a similar fate until Fullerton scored a penalty kick in the second half that lost Cal the game.

With a few bumps in the beginning of the season, the Bears are now heading into this week's games on a high. Following wins against USF and Cal Poly, Cal is set to play Santa Clara Thursday afternoon.

Cal fell to both UNC and Tennessee this past week — kicking the season off with a 0-2 overall record. The Bears managed to score one goal in each of the two games, losing to Tennessee 1-4 and 1-3 to UNC.

The Bears will be starting their season with a bang of back-to-back away games, first against Tennessee then UNC.

The FINA World Championships are finally over with three Cal affiliated swimmers breaking the 13year-long championship record for the men’s 4x100m medley relay with a time of 3:27.20.