California Golden Bears women's volleyball
The California Golden Bears volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of the University of California, Berkeley. The team plays its home games at Haas Pavilion, which was built on top of the old Harmon Gymnasium using money donated in part by the owners of Levi-Strauss. The arena was originally known as Men's Gymnasium and then later Harmon Gymnasium until the late 1990s when it went through massive renovations, which displaced the team for two seasons. The California volleyball program has seen great success in recent years, reaching the final four in 2007, winning the Pac-10 championship in 2010, and finishing as the runner-up in the NCAA tournament in 2010. The current head coach is Sam Crosson, who began his tenure in 2019.
History
Cal volleyball is coached by Rich Feller. In 2010, he was named the AVCA National Coach of the Year as Cal finished as NCAA runners-up.Cal completed its most successful season in 2010, as they won the Pac-10 title for the first time in school history and advanced to the 2010 NCAA Championship final, where they fell to Penn State. Senior setter Carli Lloyd was named the 2010 AVCA National Player of the Year and Feller was named the National Coach of the Year.
In 2007, Cal reached the final four for the first time in school history before falling to eventual national champion Penn State in the semifinals. Not only did they reach the final four, in their run they were able to defeat defending champion and #2 seed Nebraska, who were the favorites to repeat as champions, in the regional final round, in a sweep.
In 2007, Senior outside hitter Angie Pressey, the daughter of NBA player Paul Pressey, garnered AVCA First Team All-American honors and was the only Cal player in history to be named to the Pac-10 All-Conference team all four years. Hana Cutura was named the 2007 regional MVP for her helping Cal reach the final four.
California Club Volleyball
While the University of California department of athletics sponsors a varsity women's volleyball program, the school does not sponsor a men's volleyball program at the NCAA/varsity level. Because of this, California only competes in intercollegiate men's volleyball at the club level. Along with the men's club volleyball program, there is also a women's club team as well separate from the women's varsity team. According to the UC Berkeley Recreational Sports page, the club men's volleyball program has won a total of six national championships. Occasionally, members of the club volleyball team will help the women's varsity volleyball team with practices and open scrimmages.Season-by-season results
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Roster
Current Roster| No. | Name | Position | Height | Year |
| 1 | Katarina Pantovic | Outside Hitter | 6-0 | FR |
| 2 | Darian Clark | Outside Hitter/Libero | 5-11 | JR |
| 3 | Mima Mirkovic | Outside Hitter | 5-11 | SR |
| 4 | Lexi Gruszczynski | Libero/Outside Hitter | 5-8 | FR |
| 7 | Gabby Bellizi | Libero | 5-6 | JR |
| 8 | Deniz Milli | Outside Hitter | 6-0 | SO |
| 9 | Sam Taumoepeau | Outside Hitter/Opposite | 6-0 | FR |
| 10 | Preslie Anderson | Middle Blocker | 6-2 | SR |
| 11 | Lauren Forte | Middle Blocker/Opposite | 6-3 | R-JR |
| 12 | Lydia Grote | Middle Blocker | 6-2 | FR |
| 13 | Tara Desa | Libero | 5-5 | FR |
| 14 | Jade Blevins | Setter | 5-10 | JR |
| 15 | Bella Bergmark | Middle Blocker | 6-2 | R-SO |
| 17 | Isabel Potter | Setter | 5-9 | SR |
| 20 | Katie Smoot | Outside Hitter | 6-2 | SR |
| 21 | Kendall Jensen | Setter/Defensive Specialist | 5-8 | FR |
| 22 | Jessica Houghton | Defensive Specialist/Libero | 5-8 | JR |
| 23 | Makana Meyer | Outside Hitter | 6-1 | JR |
| 24 | Sydney Lilomaiava | Opposite | 6-3 | SO |
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Postseason
The California Golden Bearsa have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 26–17 through seventeen appearances.| 1982 | First Round Regional Semifinals | Pepperdine San Diego State | W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 1983 | First Round Regional Semifinals | Oregon State Pacific | W 3–2 L 0–3 |
| 1987 | First Round | UCLA | L 1–3 |
| 1988 | First Round | UCLA | L 0–3 |
| 1989 | First Round Regional Semifinals | Florida State Texas | W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 2002 | First Round Second Round | Santa Clara UC Santa Barbara | W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 2003 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals | Saint Mary's Michigan Georgia Tech | W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2004 | First Round Second Round | Pacific Saint Mary's | W 3–2 L 2–3 |
| 2005 | First Round Second Round | Valparaiso Wisconsin | W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2006 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals | LSU Cal Poly Stanford | W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 2007 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals | Liberty Duke Iowa State Nebraska Penn State | W 3–1 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2008 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals | Siena New Mexico State Illinois Penn State | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2009 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals | Lipscomb Ohio State Baylor Penn State | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2010 | First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship | Utah State North Carolina Minnesota Washington USC Penn State | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2011 | First Round | North Carolina | L 2–3 |
| 2012 | First Round | North Carolina | L 1–3 |
| 2013 | First Round Second Round | North Carolina Wisconsin | W 3–0 L 0–3 |