The fifth-seeded California field hockey team is set for its second ACC Championship and will face fourth-seeded Duke in the first round Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. PT at Trager Stadium in Louisville. Every match of the tournament will be broadcast on ACC Network.
 
The Golden Bears (8-7, 3-5 ACC) are coming off a 3-1 win against cross-Bay rival Stanford in their regular-season finale. Against the Cardinal, Holly Pears scored a goal in the second period to tie the game before Liz Klompmaker scored twice in the fourth period to put Cal up for good.
 
Cal has yet to earn a win against Duke in its 10 meetings. The two teams last played on Sept. 21 when the Blue Devils scored twice in the first half to come away with a 2-0 win at Katz Stadium. In the game, the Bears successfully defended seven penalty corners but were only able to draw two themselves.
 
This marks the Bears' second appearance in the ACC Tournament. In last year's tournament, Cal fell to North Carolina 5-0. This season marked the Bears' second in the ACC and their best campaign in the conference after winning three conference games compared to just one a season ago.
 
Match Information                                                                                                                                          
 No. 4 Duke (11-6, 4-4 ACC)
·       Date and Time: Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 9:30 a.m. PT
·       Location: Louisville, KY |Trager Stadium
·       Live Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
·       Live Stats: Statbroadcast

Klompmaker Named First-Team All-ACC
Klompmaker was named to the All-ACC First Team for the second straight year Monday morning.
 
The sophomore finished the 2025 season ranked fourth in the ACC in goals (15) and third in shots (76). She's had three multi-score games this season including two games with three goals scored. In the win against Stanford to close the season, she scored twice to move her into a tie for ninth place on Cal's all-time career goals list.
 
Klompmaker scored a goal in 10 of 15 games played this season and on Oct. 14 was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in her career after scoring the game-winning goal in the 1-0 upset win over No. 5 Syracuse.
 
2025 Notes

• ACC Players of the Week: Delphine Ayitey-Hammond and Klompmaker were named ACC Co-Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week on Oct. 14 following Cal's sweep against Boston College and No. 5 Syracuse. Hammond had 13 saves across both games and Liz's game-winning goal against Syracuse marked her 11th game-winning goal of the season.
• 13 different Bears have registered at least one assist on Cal's 37 goals this season. Schalk leads the team with seven, which ranks eighth in the ACC.
• In just two seasons, Klompmaker has 30 career goals. After scoring twice against Stanford, she moved into a tie for ninth place on Cal's all-time career goals list.
• Hammond is fourth in the ACC in saves (47) and shutouts (2) for the season.
• Against six ranked teams (Harvard, North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest, Syracuse and Duke) Cal is averaging 5.2 saves per game.
• The Bears were a tough out at home this year. The only losses have come to ranked opponents (No. 10 Harvard, No. 3 Virginia) in one-goal games.
• Two of the five freshmen on the team have scored goals this season: Josefina Moyano (2) and Agustina Daud (1).
• Three Bears have had multi-goal games this season: Klompmaker (3), Schmitz (1) and Sharratt (1).
• Maya Hoepfner has two defensive saves this season, which rank second in the ACC.

 
2024 Recap
Cal finished its inaugural season as a member of the ACC with an overall record of 7-10 after a 6-1 start. The Golden Bears were featured in the Penn Monto/NFHCA DI National Coaches Poll three times throughout the season, marking their first appearance in the rankings since 2018.
 
The Bears advanced to the ACC Championship for the first time in program history and fell 5-0 in the first round to North Carolina, which captured the conference tournament title. Donna Fong Director of Field Hockey Shellie Onstead secured her 300th career win in a 2-1 regular-season victory against Louisville, which also gave the program its first-ever ACC matchup win.
 
The Bears were led by ACC Freshman of the Year Liz Klompmaker, who led the team in points (31), goals (15) and game-winning goals (5). Klompmaker registered at least two goals in six games during the 2024 campaign. Canisha van Duyn made an immediate impact in her lone season at Cal, leading the Bears in assists (11) and defensive saves (7) while ranking second on the team in points (17). Both Klompmaker and van Duyn were named to the NFHCA All-Region and All-ACC Teams.
 
300 wins
Onstead is now one of just eight active head coaches in the country to have reached the 300-win club and currently has 307 wins. She is also one of just 23 all-time head coaches to reach the milestone.
 
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