UNLV Women's Basketball defeats Prairie View A-M 73-60

Stuck around Haas Pavilion for the second game in the first round of the Cal Classic between the UNLV Rebels and Prairie View A-M Lady Panthers.

Though Markiell Styles, originally from Oakland, had some fan representation.

The rest of the crowd was unfortunately slim.

But I guess it's hard to get a fan base for teams from Vegas and Texas.

UNLV defeated Prairie View A-M 73-60.

The game ended just in time for me to head to the city for the Google Commerce and Local holiday party at the Metreon with my buddy Niket Desai who's company Punchd was recently purchased by Google. I am half responsible for introducing him to the cofounder and creator Reed when Polina, Tania and I were going ice skating almost 2 years ago, she invited Reed and I invited Niket... and the rest is history! It's pretty cool to live in the bay area and have a diverse group of friends, there's always something exciting going on!

Cal Women's Basketball defeats CSU Bakersfield 86-56

Immediately after the Benicia Community Arts class headed to Berkeley for Cal Women's Basketball vs CSU Bakersfield for the Cal Classic.

After being very involved with Cal Women's Basketball for the hiring of Lindsay, this was the first game I was able to photograph for US Presswire.

It was so exciting to see the freshman come out and play hard.

Very hard!

You know it's a serious game when one coach takes their jacket off!

Cal came away with a comfortable 86-56 win over the Roadrunners. It's amazing what Coach Gottlieb has done with program in such a short time. And she seems pretty happy about it =)

CCSF Womens Soccer defeats Skyline 3-1

Headed back to City College of San Francisco for CCSF Rams Womens Soccer first playoff game.

City defeated Skyline in an exciting 3-1 victory.

City College is such a cool place to photograph, a brand new field on the east side of campus perched upon a hill where "the fog comes on little cat feet" overlooking the south side of the city

CCSF Women's Soccer Team

Headed over to City College of San Francisco to photograph the women's soccer team photo.

It's crazy to think that three years ago they didn't win a single game, but then after my buddy Gabe Saucedo came in as head coach, turned around the program, last year they were Conference Champions and this year they are headed for the playoffs!

While waiting for a few of the players to get out of class, some of the girls took the opportunity to pose for some pictures.

And be a lil silly =)

Stanford Cardinal Women's Basketball defeat UCSD Tritons 106-56

After covering the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco, headed down to Stanford with just enough time to grab some Chipotle before speaking to some of the fan photographers for Fast Break Club Fan Pix. Big thanks to David and Marian Cortesi for organizing and Stanford for letting us use and helping set up Kissick Auditorium! Hopefully it was helpful to everyone!

Stanford had a great debut against the UCSD Tritons defeating them 106-56. 

There's always kinks to work out and these exhibition games are great to see what areas of the game might need more attention and what's working well.

But the new faces are definitely making their mark!

I was pretty impressed that despite having no possible way of picking up the victory, the Tritons bench would cheer for each basket. But one basket against a strong Stanford team, is definitely something to celebrate!

Now, being more aware of the number of fan photographers in the stands, I tried to spot a few =) Be sure to check out FBCfanpix.blogspot.com to see all the great images they are making!

Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic

After the soccer game, headed down to Stanford for the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic.

The first match up was between the Stanford Cardinal and defending NCAA Champions the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Though Penn State picked up the first set, Stanford followed up with winning the next three for a 3-1 victory.

Next the Florida Gators battled against the Texas Longhorns, trading wins for a full five sets.

Gators came up with the exciting win in the fifth.

Exciting to see the top ranked teams battle it out early in the season.