UC Santa Barbara

The Bears looked confident out on the courts on Friday against SDSU. Now, Cal steadies itself for No. 3 Michigan, hoping to use the newly found momentum to secure a crucial win.

It seems as though Cal women’s tennis’ biggest opponent this semester has been the rain. Slated to play San Diego State on Friday, a big question mark hovers over the Bears’ Hellman Tennis Complex with more rain predicted to end the week.

West Oakland entrepreneur and UC Santa Barbara alumnus Aaron Belsh joined forces with two UC Berkeley students to launch Dealio — a hyper local coupon startup in the Berkeley region seeking to link community members with local businesses.

As Shelton was battling it out in Melbourne, college teams across the country, including No. 11 Cal, participated in the ITA Kickoff Weekend, vying for a spot at the Indoor Nationals in Seattle. While the Bears beat Princeton 4-1 on Friday, San Diego got the better of Cal on Saturday, also with a 4-1 win.

The No. 11 Bears play Princeton on Friday; if they win, they will face the winning team of the Georgia Tech-USD match come Saturday.

Playing one of the most exciting matches of the day, Alsola helped the Bears to edge a 6-1 win over Santa Barbara in their dual match home opener.

Starting out the season in a solid No. 12 spot in the country, the Bears are gearing up for their first two dual matches of the year.

After six weeks of striking, academic employees represented by United Auto Workers, or UAW, 2865 and SRU-UAW voted to ratify the tentative agreements with the University of California on Friday — bringing an end to the largest academic workers strike in U.S. history. 

The Bears bested the Gauchos 11-6, marking their second win against UC Santa Barbara this year.

The UC Berkeley Energy & Biosciences Institute, or EBI, renewed its partnership with Shell on Feb. 28 to continue developing cleaner energy solutions.