Stymied by Stanford, Cal stumbles in season finale
Josh Kahen/Senior Staff
On a crystal clear day in the Bay Area, Witter Rugby Field was beginning to feel a lot like home for the Cal women’s soccer team. A modest wave of blue and gold a thirty-person audience filled the padded bleachers for the first time this season with brightly colored balloons and bouquets of flowers.
“It was a really special moment,” said redshirt junior defender Kailee Gifford, “We didn’t know if we would even be playing games or training this season, let alone get to directly play in front of friends and family.”
Bidding farewell to Berkeley: Cal to play Stanford in Senior Day season finale
Sam Albillo/Senior Staff
In a bittersweet ending to the 2020-21 spring season, Cal women’s soccer will play rival Stanford on Friday for one last hurrah a Senior Day sendoff at Witter Rugby Field.
At the forefront of the celebration are seniors Whitney Davis, Kai Henderson and Morgan Rogers, all of whom were a part of the 2019 roster and opted out of playing this season.
Also graduating this semester is defender Kailee Gifford, a Bay Area local from San Jose who’s been with the team since her freshman year in 2017.