Pac-12

No. 27 Yuta Kikuchi’s five-year college tennis career at Cal ended Monday when the senior fell to TCU’s No. 21 Jake Fearnley in the NCAA singles championship’s opening round of 64.

Cal’s ability to stay consistent against tougher competition will be put to the test against the Missouri Tigers as the quest to become national champions begins.

The Bears have been a team that has shown the ability to fight their way back into games, but a five-run first inning by the Utes was the beginning of the end for Cal.

Competing at the Pac-12 championships, both of Cal’s teams, the men and women, took fourth place. It was none other than the Cal throwing squad that carried the team with four podium finishes.

As students finish up the 2023 finals season, Cal track and field is faced with a final test — the Pac-12 championships and the rest of the postseason.

The sixth-ranked Bears are set to play the third-ranked Utah Utes in the quarterfinals of the first annual Pac-12 softball tournament.

The Trojans won both the regular season and the tournament for the first time since 2019.

Despite fighting in a tough battle against the USD Toreros, the Bears lost 4-1 in the first round of the NCAA tournament 4-1.

The fifth-seeded Bears fell in the Pac-12 quarterfinals to the fourth-seeded Cardinal, 4-2, ousting Cal men’s tennis from the tournament.

The Pac-12 tournament will begin Wednesday, with the Bears kicking off play against the Arizona State Sun Devils.