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No. 19 Cal Wraps Up Regular Season

by calbears.com
Apr 30, 2024
Cal closes the regular season with four games at Levine-Fricke Field this week.

BERKELEY – The No. 19 California softball team returns to Levine-Fricke Field for the last week of the regular season, facing Nevada on Wednesday before taking on Oregon State in the final Pac-12 series Friday-Sunday.
 
First pitch for the midweek matchup is set for 2 p.m. PT on Wednesday, while the series vs. the Beavers opens at 3 p.m. PT on Friday with game two starting at 2 p.m. PT on Saturday. The series finishes up Sunday at noon PT with Cal set to hold Senior Day festivities for six seniors: Hope Alley, Tatum Anzaldo, Haylei Archer, Alexis Bishop, Diamond Holland and Amanda Kondo prior to first pitch.
 
MIDWEEK LINEUP

  • Teams: Cal 5, Nevada 1
  • Location: Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, California
  • First pitch: Wednesday: 2 p.m. PT

WEEKEND LINEUP

  • Teams: Cal (34-15, 7-12 Pac-12) vs. Oregon State (20-26, 8-13 Pac-12)
  • Location: Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, California
  • First pitch: Friday: 3 p.m. PT | Saturday: 2 p.m. PT | Sunday: noon PT

HOW TO FOLLOW

SERIES AT A GLANCE

  • Cal leads the all-time series with Nevada, 26-15-1, and took the last matchup 3-2 (10) on April 23, 2019, in Berkeley. The Bears have an 89-49-1 advantage in the all-time series with Oregon State and won two of three games in Corvallis, Oregon, last season with the third game ending in a 5-5 tie due to a drop-dead rule for travel timing.    

QUICK HITS

  • Cal's 70 home runs (1.46 per game) lead the conference and are 10th nationally. The school record for long balls in a season is 84 in 2012.
  • The Bears are among the top three in the Pac-12 in several other offensive categories, including runs (257, 2nd), hits (393, 3rd), doubles (73, 1st), RBI (233, 2nd) and extra-base hits (147, 1st).
  • Tatum Anzaldo is on a tear as of late, hitting .507 in her last 20 games with two home runs, seven doubles and 11 RBI. She has at least one hit in 24 of the last 27 games and has reached base in 42 of the 46 games she has played in.
  • Anzaldo reached a career milestone on April 17 at Fresno State, notching her 200th career base hit. The senior from Whittier also set a new career best with four base hits in the game (4-for-4).
  • The Bears check in at No. 19 in the eighth NCAA RPI of the season. Cal was No. 9 in the initial rankings, its highest since reaching No. 2 in 2012.
  • Cal is ranked No. 19 in this week's NFCA poll and No. 25 by D1 Softball, while the Bears are receiving votes in the USA Softball and the Softball America rankings.
  • Acacia Anders became the second Golden Bear to win Pac-12 Player of the Week honors this season March 25 after hitting .500 (8-for-16), collecting two home runs and three doubles to go with six RBI. Her two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday vs. then-No. 21 Arizona ignited then-No. 19 Cal's comeback from five runs down to take a 7-6 win in nine innings. The Vacaville native hit another two-run shot in the sixth inning Sunday, extending Cal's lead to 8-4 as the Bears hung on for an 8-7 victory to secure the series. Anders scored five runs and tallied a .529 on base percentage with a 1.063 slugging percentage.
  • Anders has 17 doubles to top the Pac-12, two away from setting the single-season program record. Her 38 RBI are tied for seventh in the conference.
  • Elon Butler was named Cal's first Pac-12 Player of the Week this season Feb. 20 after a standout performance during the Golden Bears' undefeated weekend at the Littlewood Classic. Butler hit .600 (9-for-15) in Cal's five victories, collecting two home runs and two doubles to go with seven RBI. Her two-run homer tied the game against then-No. 17/21 Virginia Tech as the Bears went on to a 6-5, eight-inning victory over the Hokies.  
  • Butler is currently leading the conference in home runs (15) and is one away from tying for fifth on the program single-season list. Her .754 slugging percentage is third in the Pac-12. 
  • Cal has a trio of players in the top eight of the conference in home runs as Lagi Quiroga is in a three-way tie for third with 13 long balls and Tianna Bell is tied for eighth with 11.  

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