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GAMES 45-47: NO. 20 CALIFORNIA VS. NO. 18 WASHINGTON | APRIL 24 - 26 | BERKELEY, CALIF. 2015 CALIFORNIA softball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Softball contact): Mara Rudolph Phone: (510) 384-6574 • Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: CALBEARS.COM • FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/CALSOFTBALL • TWITTER: @CALSOFTBALL • INSTAGRAM: @CALSOFTBALL 2015 SCHEDULE & RESULTS NO. 20 CALIFORNIA Location no. 18 WASHINGTON GOLDEN BEARS (32-12, 5-10 Pac-12) Berkeley, Calif. (Levine-Fricke Field) HUSKIES (36-11, 7-7 Pac-12) Overall: 32-12 • Pac-12: 5-10 Home: 8-4 • Away: 6-7 • Neutral: 18-1 Friday, April 24 Time ................................3 p.m. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Broadcast ..........................None at Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 6 BYU W, 12-4 (5) Feb. 7 Fordham W, 6-0 Saturday, April 25 Feb. 7 Cal Poly W, 8-4 Time ................................1 p.m. Feb. 8 Northwestern W, 5-2 Broadcast ..........................None at Fresno State Kick-Off (Fresno, Calif.) Feb. 13 UC Davis W, 13-0 (5) Sunday, April 26 Feb. 13 Sacramento State W, 6-0 Time ............................. 12 p.m. Feb. 14 UC Davis W, 8-0 (6) Broadcast ..........................None Feb. 15 UC Riverside W, 10-2 (5) Feb. 15 Fresno State W, 14-9 Feb. 18 St. Mary’s W, 9-1 (6) at Mary Nutter Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) CAL vs. WASHINGTON COVERAGE Feb. 20 Tennessee W, 1-0 Live Stats .................................................................................................................................CalBears.com Feb. 21 Florida State W, 7-6 In-Game Twitter Updates ............................................................................................................@CalSoftball Feb. 21 South Carolina L, 3-1 Feb. 22 Long Island W, 11-1 (6) at Malihini Kipa Aloha Tourney (Honolulu, Hawai’i) After Cal’s six-game winning streak came to an end last weekend in Los Angeles, the No. 20 Golden Feb. 26 Hawai’i W, 12-4 (5) Bears return to the friendly confines of Levine-Fricke Field looking to get back to their winning ways this Feb. 27 Longwood W, 3-0 weekend. The Bears will entertain the No. 18 Washington Huskies Friday through Sunday. The series Feb. 28 San Jose State W, 3-2 opener begins at 3 p.m. on Friday, followed by a 1 p.m. tilt on Saturday and a Sunday finale at noon. Live March 1 Longwood W, 4-3 (8) stats are available on CalBears.com, and scoring updates will be provided on the @CalSoftball twitter at UNLV Rebel Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) March 6 Iowa State W, 6-2 account. March 7 Eastern Kentucky W, 9-2 March 7 UC Santa Barbara W, 5-1 March 8 Houston W, 9-3 BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES MARCH 13 ARIZONA* L, 9-2 MARCH 14 ARIZONA*# W, 7-4 RANKINGS ROUNDUP MARCH 15 ARIZONA*# L, 4-3 Cal continues its eighth-straight week in the polls BY THE NUMBERS MARCH 18 MINNESOTA L, 8-1 March 20 Arizona State*# L, 8-7 with a No. 20 ranking in both the USA Today/NFCA March 21 Arizona State*# W, 6-5 poll as well as the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. The March 22 Arizona State*# L, 11-6 Bears are 19th in the latest NCAA RPI. 1.000 March 25 Sacramento State W, 13-4 Jazmyn Jackson’s fielding MARCH 27 OREGON STATE* W, 3-1 percentage on the year MARCH 28 OREGON STATE* W, 3-2 LAST TIME OUT MARCH 29 OREGON STATE* L, 3-1 This past weekend, the Golden Bears fought hard April 2 Utah*# L. 8-6 against Pac-12 foe No. 8 UCLA, but lost all three April 3 Utah*# L, 12-10 25 April 4 Utah*# W, 4-1 games in Westwood to fall to 5-10 in Pac-12 play. The combined number of home APRIL 8 ST. MARY’S W, 8-1 runs between seniors Cheyenne APRIL 11 UNLV W, 3-1 In the opener on Friday, Bruin ace Ally Carda held APRIL 11 UNLV W, 9-4 the Bears scoreless, after surrendering just one Cordes and Danielle Henderson APRIL 12 UNLV W, 9-1 (5) hit on the afternoon to freshman Jazmyn Jackson. APRIL 14 SANTA CLARA W, 8-0 (5) April 17 UCLA*# L, 8-0 (5) Katie Sutherland-Finch was the losing pitcher for April 18 UCLA*# L, 5-3 the Bears, allowing eight runs on nine hits in the 4 April 19 UCLA*# L, 8-5 8-0, five-inning loss. The number of home runs Danielle APRIL 24 WASHINGTON* 3 PM Henderson needs to match Cal’s APRIL 25 WASHINGTON* 1 PM In game two of the series on Saturday, the Bears APRIL 26 WASHINGTON* 12 PM all-time record. Henderson has 51 jumped out to a 2-0 lead and led the Bruins through APRIL 29 PACIFIC 4 PM in her career. The record is 55. May 1 Oregon*# 5 PM five innings. Freshman Kobie Pettis ignited the Cal May 2 Oregon*# 3:30 PM offense with a solo shot to right off Carda in the May 3 Oregon*# 12 PM second inning. Cal extended its lead in the fourth MAY 7 STANFORD*# 3 PM inning when junior Vanessa Alvarez hit a clutch two- .430 MAY 8 STANFORD*# 4 PM Vonk’s batting average this MAY 9 STANFORD*# 3 PM out single to bring in senior Britt Vonk. The Bruins battled back to take a 3-2 lead into the seventh. season. The senior is second on All times Pacific (PT) and subject to change Down to their final three outs, the Bears tied the the team in this category Home games in BOLD game off a Pettis single up the middle. Cal had a * indicates Pac-12 opponent shot to take the lead but left the bases loaded as # indicates Pac-12 Networks broadcast 2015 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE NO. 20 CAL VS. NO. 18 WASHINGTON CAL vs. WASHINGTON BY THE NUMBERS Cal Category WASHINGTON top 25 rankings .340 ...............................................Batting Average ............................................. .349 as of April 21 1208 .....................................................At Bats .................................................. 1259 279 ........................................................ Runs ....................................................... 391 USA TODAY/NFCA 411 ......................................................... Hits ........................................................ 439 53 ........................................................Doubles .......................................................90 RANK TEAM RECORD 14 ......................................................... Triples ......................................................... 10 1 Florida (18) 44-4 36 .....................................................Home Runs .....................................................69 2 Oregon (14) 37-5 242 ................................................ Runs Batted In ................................................354 3 LSU 41-5 4 Michigan 41-6 .497 ...........................................Slugging Percentage ......................................... .600 5 Alabama 35-10 41-45 .......................................Stolen Bases-Attempts ..................................... 53-62 6 Oklahoma 38-6 159 ........................................................Walks .......................................................231 7 UCLA 38-8 143 .................................................... Strikeouts ....................................................166 8 Auburn 41-8 38 ..........................................................Errors ......................................................... 41 9 Louisiana-Lafayette 34-5 3.33 ................................................... Team ERA ...................................................4.41 10 Florida State 37-11 5.48 ................................................Opponent ERA ...............................................8.33 11 Tennessee 35-11 4 .............................................................Saves ........................................................... 2 12 Minnesota 37-7 101 .................................................Walks Allowed ................................................159 13 UCF 43-6 14 Georgia 35-13 165 ............................................. Strikeouts Pitched .............................................142 15 Missouri 31-10 .273 ...................................... Opposing Batting Average ..................................... .295 16 Baylor 31-11 17 Kentucky 28-16 UCLA escaped the jam, then walked off with the 5-3 win when Delaney Spaulding hit a two-run homer to 18 Washington 36-11 center. 19 Arizona 34-12 On Sunday, UCLA used four two-run innings to beat the Bears 8-5. Jackson went 3-for-4 at the plate and 20 CALIFORNIA 32-12 scored two runs. In the first inning, Cal provided run support for Sutherland-Finch right away, scoring two 21 South Alabama 32-7 runs to take the early lead, but the Bears’ bats went quiet in the second, third and fourth innings. UCLA 22 James Madison 37-6 scored twice in the second inning and two more again in the fourth to take the lead for good. 23 Arizona State 29-16 24 Notre Dame 37-11 SCOUTING THE HUSKIES 25 Texas A&M 33-1 • Ali Aguilar is hitting .447 and has scored 55 runs • Courtney Gano has 17 home runs and 55 RBIs on the year ESPN.com/USA SOFTBALL • Kasey Stanchek has 14 wins in the circle • Kelli Suguro has a .395 batting average with 51 hits RANK TEAM RECORD • Kylee Lahners has scored 47 runs had holds a .391 batting average 1 Florida (15) 43-4 2 Oregon (4) 38-5 NEXT UP 3 LSU (1) 41-6 The Bears host the University of Pacific on Wednesday, April 29 at 4 p.m. Live stats will be available on CalBears.com and in-game updates will be provided on the @CalSoftball Twitter account. 4 Michigan 41-6 5 Oklahoma 39-6 Following Wednesday’s tilt with Pacific, the Bears head back to Eugene, Oregon for the second time in as 6 Alabama 35-10 many seasons to do battle with the Ducks Friday through Sunday in the last Pac-12 road series of the year. 7 UCLA 38-8 8 Auburn 41-8 JACKSON AMONG NATION’S FINEST FRESHMEN 9 Louisiana-Lafayette