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If you make it to Stockholm, you can visit the Vasa - the only preserved 17th century ship. It sank an hour into its maiden voyage because it was designed with too top-heavy due to too many cannons in its design, plus rushed construction. The Swedish king ordered the salvage of the cannons, which led to the invention of the diving bell. The ship itself was raised in the 20th century and is remarkably preserved for a 400 year old ship.
i am surprised that with the discussion that lead to the Washington Commanders changing mascots from Redskins, that the Chiefs arent under similar scrutiny?
i appreciate that "redskins" is more obviously racist, but still ..
KC has tried and failed miserably at trying to eliminate the offensive chant at games. I believe they were able to stop fans from wearing head dresses finally. I believe Chiefs aren’t facing similar scrutiny due to “Chief” being a position within the tribe?
it is the most reliable place to get decent lingonberry jam, which is something of a staple at our house.
lingonberry jam is required w/ meatballs. but great w/ waffles, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, and many other things. i find it to be a less tart version of cranberry sauce which is more versatile for sweet and savory dishes alike.
WAIT - they used to (20+years ago) have a good, solid thread of kitchen cabinets out of some solid maple & stainless steel at a very good price... and they slowly just got rid of it.
we bought a LOT of kids play room furniture from Ikea that held up well enough and was cheap and disposable enough when we were thru with it.
my main complaint is that things like beds and lamps all require their custom sized sheets and bulbs. so you cant just replace it easily. perhaps that is part of their sales strategy to get you to come into the store to buy replacement bulbs and lingonberry jam and then buy other things as you get lost in their rats-maze of a store layout.
i like going to the cafeteria and getting the meatball platter for $5.99 or something. the kids plate is an even better deal and they always serve veggies on the side.
it is nice to have the meatballs around at home as well. makes for an easy snack or dinner. sadly the veggie meatballs are awful tasting.
Frederik. While I was at Roadburn last weekend, we met a group of Swedes and a good 5-6 of them were named Frederik, including one who talked my ear off about Mexican food and kept asking me for tips, recipes, ingredients, etc so that he could make better Mexican food back home. He said the Swedes think of Mexican food as Taco Bell.
i have seen the Vasa 2-3 times. each time has been as interesting at the last. it is amazingly well restored and it and it is not that often you get to see a well preserved 17th century ship.
i think that the reason it was so well preserved is because the salt content of the Baltic Sea is lower than average (maybe)?
that sounds reasonable. the sea freezes over more easily in that part of the world because of the lower salt content too. so maybe related?
from ChatGPT >
The Baltic Sea is a brackish sea, meaning that it has a lower salt content than most oceans, and this lower salinity makes it difficult for organisms like shipworms to survive
In addition, the cold water and lack of oxygen in the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea create an environment that is hostile to many organisms that would normally break down organic materials.
my cousin lives in Lulea in the north of Sweden near the north end of the Baltic. in the winter the Baltic freezes over enough that he can XC ski to his summer house on an island. he can even drive heavy machinery there for construction over the ice, so building projects.
[WaPo] Trump hired two different outside firms run by Republicans to find 2020 election fraud and both found the truth - there wasn't any substantial fraud
Started watching Mrs. Davis . . . .extremely weird AI-neo-future taking place in current day, but with a lot of Dan Brown, comedy and ultra-violent. On Peacock. Very funny and super violent and super strange.
I have been going back and forth on whether to watch this. It’s a nun chasing the Holy Grail and being assisted by AI that’s called Mrs. Davis. At least that’s what I got out of the trailers.
The previous NCAA attendance record at a college volleyball game was 18,755. Nebraska sold 82,900 tickets to their game versus in a few months versus U Nebraska Omaha. The game will be followed by a concert and an encore game of U Nebraska Kearny versus Wayne State.
Honestly, I think this is a good idea. Berkeley has beautiful fall weather will low chance of rain. Make a day of it for local families rather than just a semi-random college game.
that was fun game to watch. Young was playing well early but faded as the game ended. Boston played well down the stretch with clutch 3s by Brown and Tatum.
Other than the Philly-Brooklyn series, these eastern conference series have been a ton of fun. NY-Miami and Philly-Boston are going to be some top-tier rockfights
The Oakland Athletics battled back from a five-run deficit, but again came up short in an 8-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
Shohei Ohtani got off to a fast start retiring the first nine hitters he faced, striking out five of them. JP Sears matched him through the first two innings before things went sound in the third.
Julio Urías had a second straight clunker, and the Dodgers as currently constructed aren’t good enough to overcome when their ace isn’t pitching well. Los Angeles is back at .500 for the 10th time in 13 opportunities this season, dropping the series finale 6-2 to the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon.
The game was close through five innings, with a big first inning for both teams fueled a 3-2 contest to that point. But Urías, who hadn’t allowed a hit since the first inning, walked Andrew McCutchen with one out in the sixth before allowing home runs to Connor Joe and Rodolfo Castro to break the game open.
Absolutely terrible picks, did they let Matt Millen make those? Lions should have grabbed CB Gonzales from Oregon with one pick and the TE from Utah with the other. If it were Robinson from Texas, I could somewhat understand.
He’s an electric player that will create matchup issues, but WTF…yuck…you’ve already got a solid RB committee in Montgomery and Swift, and they passed on difference makers on D to reach on him.
I like the Campbell pick - a B1G DPOY, a heady MLB to anchor the middle of that D….but it was still a bit of a reach.
dead on. Just wasted the value of those 2 picks. They have a ton of picks so I guess maybe their looking at the volume to produce the quality they need? Something most peeps dont think about though...1st rounders have that money guaranteed for 4 years and the team has the all important 5 year option. How many RBs have their 5th year option picked up? Very very few in the past decade or so. Thats why QBs get picked so much in the 1st...cheap QB who hits and you have him cheap for 5 years. You can go get an RB or ILB anywhere anytime... just brutal strategy
Campbell was at least 30 picks too early and might have been a 3rd rounder. The RB is nice but not a position of need and you desperately need CBs. They could get an excellent back in later rounds to complement what they have while shoring up an atrocious pass defense. Just awful
If he gives me the 500 for a ticket I'll be happy to go. Although I was thinking of heading over and watching the game outside in Thrive City. But I'd probably have to leave around 2 or 230 to get there early enough to get a place to sit.
The majority feel-good series against the St. Louis Cardinals ended on a sour note for our San Francisco Giants with a 6-0 loss that snapped a 5-game rebranding, spirit-lifting win streak and soured a solid 6.2 innings pitched, 2 run, 7 strikeout day from Logan Webb.
The problem, as always, is the other team gets to have a pitcher too, and St. Louis’s Miles Mikolas was excellent, pulled with one-out in the 7th with the bases empty and no runs allowed.
BERKELEY – Six California women's water polo student-athletes were named to the various 2023 All-MPSF teams on Wednesday, led by first-team selections Isabel Williams and Cecily Turner.
Fellow seniors Ruby Swadling and Shea Salvino earned All-MPSF Honorable Mentions, as did junior Maryn Dempsey. Redshirt freshman attacker Claire Rowell made the MPSF All-Newcomer Team to round out the Golden Bear honorees.
Cal has had at least one football player selected in 34 of the last 36 NFL Drafts, and safety Daniel Scott and punter Jamieson Sheahan are the latest former Golden Bears with professional football aspirations who are candidates to be selected in the 2023 edition this Thursday-Sunday. The first round of the event to be held at Kansas City's Union Station will be conducted Thursday and is slated to begin at 5 p.m. PT while Friday's second day featuring the second and third rounds starts at 4 p.m. Rounds four through seven get underway Saturday at 9 a.m. The draft will be televised live on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. Live streams can also be accessed via WatchESPN, CBS Sports HQ and NFL.com.
BERKELEY – The California women's golf team earned a berth in the 2023 NCAA Championships and will head to Florida for the Palm Beach Gardens Regional from May 8-10.
The No. 7-seeded Golden Bears will be one of 12 teams competing at the PGA National Resort. The regional is co-hosted by Florida Atlantic and the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
BERKELEY – The No. 1 California men's rowing team will take on No. 9 Stanford in the Big Row at the Redwood Shores in Redwood City on Saturday. Going back to 1902, this marks the 88th all-time meeting between the programs with the Golden Bears owning a 69-19 series advantage and having won eight straight matchups.
Cal will race its varsity eight and second varsity eight against the Cardinal and both races will be streamed on the Cal live stream here.
The No. 6 California women's water polo team opens the 2023 MPSF Championships on Friday with a first-round matchup against No. 15 Indiana. The Golden Bears (17-8, 3-3 MPSF) took a 9-7 home win over the Hoosiers (17-12, 2-4) – their 14th consecutive head-to-head victory – in their only matchup of the season on March 18. With a win over Indiana, Cal would move into the semifinals to face top-seeded USC for the second straight year. The No. 1 Trojans narrowly escaped with a 15-14 overtime win over the Bears in their only meeting this season. Last postseason, the Bears took third at the MPSF Championships after Rozanne Voorvelt's clutch block sealed a 10-9 win over No. 3 UCLA 10-9 in the third-place game.
STANFORD – It was a historic day for the third-seeded California beach volleyball team (27-8) as the Golden Bears upset second-seeded USC (28-4) in the second round of the Pac-12 Championship 3-2. Cal remains in the winner's bracket with its first 2-0 start in program history.
Just the third win over the reigning national champion Trojans in school history, Thursday's victory was also the Bears' first win over a top-two seed in the conference tournament. If that weren't enough, they broke the program wins record with their 27th of the season and saw a handful of individual milestones reached as well.
Crows attempt murder
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/16349
...and suddenly I have a certain segment from Monty Python and the Holy Grail running through my head.
What is the weight ratio of a crow to a petal mine?
an African or European crow?
Had always wondered why a group of them got that name.
Suddenly the crows that live in the trees next to the house and torment Jonesy daily don’t seem so bad….
We have a dog that barks at squirrels and crows. Tigger goes off on squirrels and crows whether or not he is outside the house or inside.
Mrs Slug likes to feed the crows.
Chief
KC Chiefs
i am surprised that with the discussion that lead to the Washington Commanders changing mascots from Redskins, that the Chiefs arent under similar scrutiny?
i appreciate that "redskins" is more obviously racist, but still ..
KC has tried and failed miserably at trying to eliminate the offensive chant at games. I believe they were able to stop fans from wearing head dresses finally. I believe Chiefs aren’t facing similar scrutiny due to “Chief” being a position within the tribe?
Also, the word "chief" has entered the English language and is used frequently as a descriptor for positions in the workplace.
I despise the tomahawk chop whether it's used by the Braves fans or Chiefs fans. It's cultural appropriation at its know-nothingism worst.
Exactly. Is it the same thing that keeps the Atlanta Braves from scrutiny that the Cleveland Indians could not escape?
Kinda makes sense to me "Braves" & "Chiefs" aren't as bad, and Redskins was the worst name - Indians was the worst image however.
I agree, Redskins was the most offensive name. Indians had the most offensive mascot. They needed to be removed decades ago.
Braves isn't much better, even if the mascot isn't cartoonish. And "Chiefs" and the arrowhead logo is just skirting the issue.
I agree and think both teams and all teams from HS to professional should drop any and all Native American team names and mascots.
all those woke people in Cleveland and DC probably!!
Swedish
Ikea
Most of their stuff is junk, but I have an office chair that I bought back in grad school that is still holding up well 13 years later.
it is the most reliable place to get decent lingonberry jam, which is something of a staple at our house.
lingonberry jam is required w/ meatballs. but great w/ waffles, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, and many other things. i find it to be a less tart version of cranberry sauce which is more versatile for sweet and savory dishes alike.
Dude you forgot the Swedish pancakes
"she will have the ligonberry pancakes"
Pigs in blanket
Dipshit with a 9 toed woman!
Sparkling Pear cider in the cans and the chocolate oat sandwich cookies. Unfortunately I haven't seen the Pear cider in about a year.
I detest Ikea stuff, in general. And the stores make me want to bust out my Molotov Cocktail Mix.
WAIT - they used to (20+years ago) have a good, solid thread of kitchen cabinets out of some solid maple & stainless steel at a very good price... and they slowly just got rid of it.
we bought a LOT of kids play room furniture from Ikea that held up well enough and was cheap and disposable enough when we were thru with it.
my main complaint is that things like beds and lamps all require their custom sized sheets and bulbs. so you cant just replace it easily. perhaps that is part of their sales strategy to get you to come into the store to buy replacement bulbs and lingonberry jam and then buy other things as you get lost in their rats-maze of a store layout.
Meatballs
i like going to the cafeteria and getting the meatball platter for $5.99 or something. the kids plate is an even better deal and they always serve veggies on the side.
it is nice to have the meatballs around at home as well. makes for an easy snack or dinner. sadly the veggie meatballs are awful tasting.
Frederik. While I was at Roadburn last weekend, we met a group of Swedes and a good 5-6 of them were named Frederik, including one who talked my ear off about Mexican food and kept asking me for tips, recipes, ingredients, etc so that he could make better Mexican food back home. He said the Swedes think of Mexican food as Taco Bell.
I thought that Fish would be on the ballot.
Fire Everyone
Vasa .. from picture above.
i have seen the Vasa 2-3 times. each time has been as interesting at the last. it is amazingly well restored and it and it is not that often you get to see a well preserved 17th century ship.
i think that the reason it was so well preserved is because the salt content of the Baltic Sea is lower than average (maybe)?
I read somewhere that the Baltic sea is too cold for wood-eating nematodes that are common in warmer waters.
that sounds reasonable. the sea freezes over more easily in that part of the world because of the lower salt content too. so maybe related?
from ChatGPT >
The Baltic Sea is a brackish sea, meaning that it has a lower salt content than most oceans, and this lower salinity makes it difficult for organisms like shipworms to survive
this too like you said ..
In addition, the cold water and lack of oxygen in the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea create an environment that is hostile to many organisms that would normally break down organic materials.
my cousin lives in Lulea in the north of Sweden near the north end of the Baltic. in the winter the Baltic freezes over enough that he can XC ski to his summer house on an island. he can even drive heavy machinery there for construction over the ice, so building projects.
Has he noticed or had any issues with climate change causing the ice to be thinner or not being frozen for as long a period of time?
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
[WaPo] Trump hired two different outside firms run by Republicans to find 2020 election fraud and both found the truth - there wasn't any substantial fraud
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/27/trump-false-election-fraud-claims/
And there's another 2 firms that will be suing Trump for non-payment.
anyone who does business with him without payment in full in advance is a moron
The coolest J6 Insurrectionist
https://twitter.com/FBIWFO/status/1651617941723512832?s=20
I will be irrationally angry if she's not a fan of Prince.
At first I thought this was another April Ludgate alter ego
She must have been the docent for her J6 group.
She sure looks the part. Though I'm not sure how I feel about the oversized beret.
Pence testifies before grand jury in Jan 6th affair.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/us/politics/pence-grand-jury-trump.html
DBD AV CLUB
Started watching Mrs. Davis . . . .extremely weird AI-neo-future taking place in current day, but with a lot of Dan Brown, comedy and ultra-violent. On Peacock. Very funny and super violent and super strange.
I have been going back and forth on whether to watch this. It’s a nun chasing the Holy Grail and being assisted by AI that’s called Mrs. Davis. At least that’s what I got out of the trailers.
the AI and the Nun are hostile partners.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
The previous NCAA attendance record at a college volleyball game was 18,755. Nebraska sold 82,900 tickets to their game versus in a few months versus U Nebraska Omaha. The game will be followed by a concert and an encore game of U Nebraska Kearny versus Wayne State.
https://twitter.com/Huskervball/status/1651640330528370688
Honestly, I think this is a good idea. Berkeley has beautiful fall weather will low chance of rain. Make a day of it for local families rather than just a semi-random college game.
Now that Cal is going to be the only major sports attraction in the east bay, they really need to start capitalizing on things like this
Nebraska is a women’s volleyball school now.
PRO
Celtics advance after beating Hawks 128-120
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36309016/celtics-finish-hawks-advance-showdown-76ers
Yay Cal!
that was fun game to watch. Young was playing well early but faded as the game ended. Boston played well down the stretch with clutch 3s by Brown and Tatum.
Other than the Philly-Brooklyn series, these eastern conference series have been a ton of fun. NY-Miami and Philly-Boston are going to be some top-tier rockfights
[ESPN] Lamar Jackson 5-year 260m of which $185m is guaranteed.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/36305705/sources-lamar-jackson-ravens-progressing-extension-talks
A’s fall to Angels in wild series finale
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/4/27/23701460/athletics-vs-angels-final-score-brent-rooker-shohei-ohtani
The Oakland Athletics battled back from a five-run deficit, but again came up short in an 8-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
Shohei Ohtani got off to a fast start retiring the first nine hitters he faced, striking out five of them. JP Sears matched him through the first two innings before things went sound in the third.
Home runs burn Julio Urías again as Dodgers drop another series
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/4/27/23700244/julio-urias-home-runs-dodgers-stolen-bases-allowed-pirates-recap
Julio Urías had a second straight clunker, and the Dodgers as currently constructed aren’t good enough to overcome when their ace isn’t pitching well. Los Angeles is back at .500 for the 10th time in 13 opportunities this season, dropping the series finale 6-2 to the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon.
The game was close through five innings, with a big first inning for both teams fueled a 3-2 contest to that point. But Urías, who hadn’t allowed a hit since the first inning, walked Andrew McCutchen with one out in the sixth before allowing home runs to Connor Joe and Rodolfo Castro to break the game open.
NFL draft. So many moronic fans it's almost unwatchable.
That looked like a deeply unfun event to attend. Stand around in a massive crowd for 4 hours? Hard pass.
almost as moronic as the Detroit Lions draft picks in the round. Oy
Absolutely terrible picks, did they let Matt Millen make those? Lions should have grabbed CB Gonzales from Oregon with one pick and the TE from Utah with the other. If it were Robinson from Texas, I could somewhat understand.
He’s an electric player that will create matchup issues, but WTF…yuck…you’ve already got a solid RB committee in Montgomery and Swift, and they passed on difference makers on D to reach on him.
I like the Campbell pick - a B1G DPOY, a heady MLB to anchor the middle of that D….but it was still a bit of a reach.
I didn’t like those picks m at all. I feel like they could have gotten that RB and LB in the 2nd or 3rd.
dead on. Just wasted the value of those 2 picks. They have a ton of picks so I guess maybe their looking at the volume to produce the quality they need? Something most peeps dont think about though...1st rounders have that money guaranteed for 4 years and the team has the all important 5 year option. How many RBs have their 5th year option picked up? Very very few in the past decade or so. Thats why QBs get picked so much in the 1st...cheap QB who hits and you have him cheap for 5 years. You can go get an RB or ILB anywhere anytime... just brutal strategy
Campbell was at least 30 picks too early and might have been a 3rd rounder. The RB is nice but not a position of need and you desperately need CBs. They could get an excellent back in later rounds to complement what they have while shoring up an atrocious pass defense. Just awful
I tuned in just once. They were interviewing the Jonas Brothers. Bye.
Steph Curry gives the entire Bay Area permission to leave early for Game 6
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2023/4/27/23701983/warriors-kings-game-6-steph-curry-permission
If he gives me the 500 for a ticket I'll be happy to go. Although I was thinking of heading over and watching the game outside in Thrive City. But I'd probably have to leave around 2 or 230 to get there early enough to get a place to sit.
Streak hits wall.
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/4/27/23701540/mlb-final-score-san-francisco-giants-st-louis-cardinals-logan-webb
The majority feel-good series against the St. Louis Cardinals ended on a sour note for our San Francisco Giants with a 6-0 loss that snapped a 5-game rebranding, spirit-lifting win streak and soured a solid 6.2 innings pitched, 2 run, 7 strikeout day from Logan Webb.
The problem, as always, is the other team gets to have a pitcher too, and St. Louis’s Miles Mikolas was excellent, pulled with one-out in the 7th with the bases empty and no runs allowed.
NFL draft info, sec and big 10 contribute the most athletes
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2023-nfl-draft-picks-by-college-team-school-sec-big-ten-reign-as-georgia-alabama-ohio-state-lead-the-way/
CAL
[WTEN] Cal beat CU 4-0 to advance to semis in Pac12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/womens-tennis-bears-blank-buffs-to-reach-pac-12-semis.aspx
[MTEN] Fifth seed Cal loses to fourth seed Furd in the first round of the Pac12 Championship tournament
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/mens-tennis-no-29-cal-ousted-at-pac-12s.aspx
Freshman OT Jackson Brown enters the portal
https://twitter.com/jacksonbrown_77/status/1651746138578653184
Was this an expected move? It seems as if losing linemen hurts, particularly given the paucity of big uglies transferring in.
nope...rumors someone is dangling some coin.
I think this is more about playing time for him. Who is paying for a backup with no experience.
maybe so...its irrelevant as to why though. He's officially afraid to compete in my book and good luck good riddance
[WPOLO] Williams, Turner Lead Bears On All-MPSF Team
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/womens-water-polo-williams-turner-lead-bears-on-all-mpsf-team.aspx
BERKELEY – Six California women's water polo student-athletes were named to the various 2023 All-MPSF teams on Wednesday, led by first-team selections Isabel Williams and Cecily Turner.
Fellow seniors Ruby Swadling and Shea Salvino earned All-MPSF Honorable Mentions, as did junior Maryn Dempsey. Redshirt freshman attacker Claire Rowell made the MPSF All-Newcomer Team to round out the Golden Bear honorees.
[FB] Cal Looks To Continue Strong History In NFL Draft
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/football-cal-looks-to-continue-strong-history-in-nfl-draft.aspx
Cal has had at least one football player selected in 34 of the last 36 NFL Drafts, and safety Daniel Scott and punter Jamieson Sheahan are the latest former Golden Bears with professional football aspirations who are candidates to be selected in the 2023 edition this Thursday-Sunday. The first round of the event to be held at Kansas City's Union Station will be conducted Thursday and is slated to begin at 5 p.m. PT while Friday's second day featuring the second and third rounds starts at 4 p.m. Rounds four through seven get underway Saturday at 9 a.m. The draft will be televised live on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. Live streams can also be accessed via WatchESPN, CBS Sports HQ and NFL.com.
[WGOLF] Cal Earns NCAA Regional Berth
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/womens-golf-cal-earns-ncaa-regional-berth.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's golf team earned a berth in the 2023 NCAA Championships and will head to Florida for the Palm Beach Gardens Regional from May 8-10.
The No. 7-seeded Golden Bears will be one of 12 teams competing at the PGA National Resort. The regional is co-hosted by Florida Atlantic and the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
[MROW] No. 1 Cal Hosts Big Row Against No. 9 Stanford
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/mens-rowing-no-1-cal-hosts-big-row-against-no-9-stanford.aspx
BERKELEY – The No. 1 California men's rowing team will take on No. 9 Stanford in the Big Row at the Redwood Shores in Redwood City on Saturday. Going back to 1902, this marks the 88th all-time meeting between the programs with the Golden Bears owning a 69-19 series advantage and having won eight straight matchups.
Cal will race its varsity eight and second varsity eight against the Cardinal and both races will be streamed on the Cal live stream here.
[WPOLO] No. 6 Bears Set For MPSF Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/womens-water-polo-no-6-bears-set-for-mpsf-championships.aspx
The No. 6 California women's water polo team opens the 2023 MPSF Championships on Friday with a first-round matchup against No. 15 Indiana. The Golden Bears (17-8, 3-3 MPSF) took a 9-7 home win over the Hoosiers (17-12, 2-4) – their 14th consecutive head-to-head victory – in their only matchup of the season on March 18. With a win over Indiana, Cal would move into the semifinals to face top-seeded USC for the second straight year. The No. 1 Trojans narrowly escaped with a 15-14 overtime win over the Bears in their only meeting this season. Last postseason, the Bears took third at the MPSF Championships after Rozanne Voorvelt's clutch block sealed a 10-9 win over No. 3 UCLA 10-9 in the third-place game.
[BVB] Cal Upsets Reigning Champion USC 3-2
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/27/beach-volleyball-cal-upsets-reigning-champion-usc-3-2.aspx
STANFORD – It was a historic day for the third-seeded California beach volleyball team (27-8) as the Golden Bears upset second-seeded USC (28-4) in the second round of the Pac-12 Championship 3-2. Cal remains in the winner's bracket with its first 2-0 start in program history.
Just the third win over the reigning national champion Trojans in school history, Thursday's victory was also the Bears' first win over a top-two seed in the conference tournament. If that weren't enough, they broke the program wins record with their 27th of the season and saw a handful of individual milestones reached as well.
Go Bears!!!
Regarding the chief bikini inspector: Will the top be on a rack or on a rack?
Yes