Happy New Year, Cal fans!
This is the first of two consecutive weeks of previews of Cal sports that compete in the winter. Today we will cover both men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s water polo. Next week, I will get to the men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s golf, and rugby. Men’s and women’s track and field will be previewed two weeks from now, which will also recap the first two weeks or so of Cal sports action.
All 5 teams covered this week are plausible NCAA contenders, top 15 in the country (if not better, as in the case of Women’s Water Polo).