BERKELEY – The Cal field hockey team will once again challenge itself early in the year when the Golden Bears open the season against three clubs that finished 2022 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Top 25.
 
The Bears will play 16 contests this season, including six at Underhill Field. Cal will have three games televised on the Pac-12 Network. The Bears open the year with four games in seven days – with three coming against ranked opponents. Cal will host No. 25 Miami (Ohio) on Friday, Aug. 25, to begin the year. That opening week, the Bears will also host No. 2 Maryland (Aug. 27), Rutgers (Aug. 28) and No. 6 Penn State (Sept. 1).
 
The following week, Cal will head out on the road, taking on LIU (Sept. 8) and Stonehill (Sept. 9) in back-to-back dates before opening America East play against No. 16 Albany on Sept. 22.
 
The Bears return to Berkeley for a home-and-home series against rival Stanford. Both games will be televised on the Pac-12 Network. Cal will host the Cardinal on Friday, Sept. 29, and return to the Farm on Sunday, Oct. 1.
 
The Bears will play three road contests before their final home game of the 2023 season, when UC Davis comes to Underhill Field. The contest between Cal and the Aggies will be Senior Day for Cal. The following weekend the Bears will return to the East Coast for the final matches of the regular season, taking on New Hampshire on Friday, Oct. 27, and Maine on Sunday, Oct. 29. The America East Tournament will take place Nov. 2-5.
 
The Bears are coming off a 4-11 campaign in 2022. After defeating Stanford on the road late last year, the Bears lost three straight to end the regular season and narrowly miss out on the America East Tournament. The Bears welcome back a talented roster highlighted by NFHCA All-West Region First-Team honoree Kiki de Bruijne. Cal will also see the return of Sophie Everett and Olivia Sharratt, who combined to score three goals and tally two assists.
 
2023 SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Location
8/25	Miami (OH)	Berkeley
8/27	Maryland	Berkeley
8/28	Rutgers	Berkeley
9/1	Penn State	Berkeley
9/8	LIU	TBD
9/9	Stonehill	Uniondale, NY
9/22	*UAlbany	Albany, NY
9/24	*Vermont	Burlington, VT
9/29	*Stanford+	Berkeley
10/1	Stanford+	Stanford
10/6	*UMass-Lowell	Lowell, MA
10/8	*Providence	Providence, RI
10/14	*UC Davis	Davis
10/21	UC Davis	Berkeley
10/27	*New Hampshire	Durham, NH
10/29	*Maine	Orono, ME
11/2-5	America East Championship	TBD

 * - America East 
+ - Game televised on Pac-12 Network

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