California Softball Game Notes 27 Ncaa Appearances • 2002 Wcws Champions • 40 All-America Honors • 184 All-Pac-12 Selections
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CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES 27 NCAA APPEARANCES • 2002 WCWS CHAMPIONS • 40 ALL-AMERICA HONORS • 184 ALL-PAC-12 SELECTIONS 2014 SCHEDULE & RESULTS SERIES AT A GLANCE 23-26, 4-15 PAC-12 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 7 New Mexico W, 8-2 Feb. 8 Creighton L, 6-4 VS. Feb. 8 Bradley W, 10-3 Feb. 9 Portland State W, 8-3 Campbell/Cartier Classic (San Diego, Calif.) CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON Feb. 14 South Dakota W, 7-3 (23-26 Overall, 4-15 Pac-12) (30-13 Overall, 10-9 Pac-12) Feb. 14 at San Diego State L, 7-3 Feb. 15 Texas State L, 4-3 Head Coach: Diane Ninemire Head Coach: Heather Tarr Feb. 15 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-4 Last 10 Games: 1-9 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Feb. 16 St. Mary’s L, 4-1 Last 5 Games: 0-5 Last 5 Games: 4-1 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) Feb. 21 12/16 Texas A&M L, 10-6 Current Streak: Lost 6 Current Streak: Lost 1 Feb. 22 24 Notre Dame W, 5-3 Feb. 22 15 Baylor L, 13-0 GAMES: Thurs. May 8 (3 p.m.); Fri. May 9 (3:30 p.m.); Sat. May 10 (11:30 a.m.) Feb. 23 25 Texas W, 5-2 Mizuno Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) VENUE: Levine-Fricke Field LOCATION: Berkeley, Calif. Feb. 28 Loyola Chicago CANCELLED BROADCAST: Pac-12 Networks (Full Series) LIVE STATS: CalBears.com Feb. 28 Sacred Heart CANCELLED March 2 at UC Riverside CANCELLED TWITTER: @CalSoftball INSTAGRAM: @CalSoftball FACEBOOK: Facebook.com/CalSoftball March 2 Loyola Chicago L, 3-2 (8) Hawaii Spring Fling (Honolulu, Calif.) SERIES RECORD: Cal leads 41-35 March 5 at Hawaii W, 10-1 (5) LAST MEETING: UW took the series in Seattle 7-4 and 9-8 (9), but Cal won once 3-2. March 6 Pacific W, 5-2 March 8 James Madison L, 3-0 March 8 at Hawaii L, 6-2 CAL HOSTS WASHINGTON FOR FINAL stay behind to show their support. March 9 James Madison L, 3-0 March 12 OHIO State W, 2-1 PAC-12 HOME SERIES March 14 at 21/19 Stanford* L, 14-13 California wraps up its 2014 regular- SCOUTING WASHINGTON March 15 at 21/19 Stanford*# W, 2-1 The No. 8 Huskies are balanced all- March 15 at 21/19 Stanford*# W, 11-5 season schedule as host to No. 8 March 20 GRAND CANyON W, 5-4 Washington in a three-game series. First around, with a pitching staff giving up March 20 GRAND CANyON W, 7-1 pitch of the Pac-12 matchup begins an average of 2.09 earned runs and an Santa Clara Invitational (Santa Clara, Calif.) Thursday at 3 p.m., followed by games offense batting .321 overall and .280 in March 21 Grand Canyon W, 11-1 (5) March 22 Princeton W, 11-1 (5) on Friday at 3:30 p.m. and Saturday at Pac-12 play. Through 31 appearances March 23 Princeton W, 9-0 (6) 11:30 a.m. in the circle, Bryana Walker has a 1.74 March 23 at Santa Clara W, 5-3 ERA with a 17-8 record and a team-high March 28 at Oregon State* CANCELLED March 29 at Oregon State* CANCELLED ALL BASES COVERED 131 strikeouts. Walker shares much of March 30 at Oregon State* W, 13-3 The entire series against Washington will the work load in the circle with Kaitlin April 2 at Pacific W, 9-0 (5) be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks Inglesby, who owns a 2.23 ERA and APRIL 4 ARIzona State*# L, 7-2 11-4 record with 102 strikeouts through APRIL 5 ARIzona State*# L, 10-2 (6) with Krista Blunk and Teri Goldberg on the APRIL 6 ARIzona State*# L, 10-0 (5) call. For more coverage of this weekend’s 28 appearances. On the offensive side, April 9 at St. Mary’s L, 8-2 games, follow @CalSoftball on Twitter for Inglesby has drawn a team-high 34 walks APRIL 11 ARIzona*# L, 15-5 with a .293 average, 22 RBI and 26 runs APRIL 12 ARIzona* W, 9-1 (6) in-game updates and view live stats at APRIL 13 ARIzona*# L, 7-2 CalBears.com scored. Victoria Hayward owns a team- APRIL 15 Santa CLARA W, 4-3 high .423 average with 40 runs scored April 17 at Oregon*# L, 9-1 (5) and 25 stolen bases, while Kylee Lahners April 18 at Oregon*# L, 15-3 (5) SENIOR CELEBRATIONS has hit 15 homers with 53 RBI to top the April 19 at Oregon* L, 7-2 Saturday’s series finale against Huskies. Hooch Fagaly is batting .368 APRIL 23 Sacramento State W, 8-0 (6) Washington will include a tribute to APRIL 25 UCLA* L, 11-1 (5) overall and leads Washington with a .449 seniors Jordan Wallace, Ashley Decker, APRIL 26 UCLA* L, 9-7 average in conference play. APRIL 27 UCLA*# L, 3-2 Alex Robben, Victoria Jones and LaRisa May 1 at Utah*# L, 8-0 (6) Jones. The five seniors will be honored May 2 at Utah*# L, 6-5 May 3 at Utah*# L, 5-2 post-game and fans are encouraged to MAy 8 Washington*# 3 PM MAy 9 Washington*# 3:30 PM MAy 10 Washington*# 11:30 AM CONNECTED TO CAL: Game recaps, statistics, notes and more are available on the web All times Pacific (PT) and subject to change at CalBears.com, and follow @CalSoftball on Instagram and Twitter, and Facebook Home games in BOLD |* indicates Pac-12 (Facebook.com/CalSoftball) for a behind-the-scenes look at all the action. opponent | # indicates Pac-12 Networks broadcast CAL SOFTBALL GAME NOTES - WASHINGTON CAL VS. WASHINGTON By THE NUMBERS TOP 25 RANKINGS (5/6) Cal Category Washington USA TODAy/NFCA .292 Batting Average .321 RANK TEAM RECORD 1281 At Bats 1124 1 Oregon (29) 47-6-1 239 Runs 264 2 UCLA (3) 46-5 374 Hits 361 3 Arizona State 43-8-1 53 Doubles 56 4 Florida State 47-6 5 Triples 3 5 Florida 45-10 44 Home Runs 37 6 Alabama 44-10 215 Runs Batted In 230 7 Tennessee 42-9 .444 Slugging Percentage .475 8 Washington 30-13 28-39 Stolen Bases-Attempts 63-73 9 Arizona 40-11 178 Walks 177 10 Michigan 40-11 199 Strikeouts 204 11 Georgia 42-12 43 Errors 28 12 Louisiana-Lafayette 41-7-1 5.23 Team ERA 2.09 13 Oklahoma 43-10 4.69 Opponent ERA 5.41 14 Missouri 41-15 0 Saves 2 15 Minnesota 38-9 136 Walks Allowed 109 16 Kentucky 41-14 198 Strikeouts Pitched 246 17 Baylor 41-12 .292 Opposing Batting Average .321 18 Nebraska 40-14 19 Tulsa 47-7 GOLDEN BEAR NOTEBOOK 20 Notre Dame 37-10 21 USC Upstate 44-5 LAST TIME OUT 22 Auburn 38-16-1 The Utes swept Cal in three games in Salt Lake City. The Bears got off to a rough start 23 South Alabama 38-11 with an 8-0, run-rule loss in six innings to Utah but kept the remaining two games 24 Texas A&M 35-20 much closer. Cal lost 6-5 in a back-and-forth battle in the second game, then lost 5-2 25 LSU 34-21 during the Saturday finale. ESPN.com/USA SOFTBALL WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND RANK TEAM RECORD Cal is batting .292 as a team, paced Cheyenne Cordes’ .416 average. Cordes is lead- 1 Oregon (17) 47-6-1 ing the Bears in nearly every offensive category, including 13 homers, 40 RBI and 43 2 UCLA (1) 46-5 runs scored. Danielle Henderson, Kylie Reed, Breanna Kostreba and Vanessa Alvarez 3 Arizona State 43-8-1 are all batting above .300 and join Cordes at the top of the order. Cal relies heavily 4 Florida State (1) 47-6 on freshman Stephanie Trzcinski (8-13) in the circle. Trzcinski leads the team with 5 Alabama (1) 44-10 83 strikeouts over 107.0 innings pitched. Nisa Ontiveros (9-9, 4.00 ERA) and Katie 6 Florida 45-10 Sutherland-Finch (6-4, 6.37 ERA) both saw action last weekend against Utah. 7 Tennessee 42-9 8 Washington 30-13 DUE UP 9 Arizona 40-11 If Cal can lift its record to .500, the Bears will be eligible for the 2014 NCAA Soft- 10 Oklahoma 43-10 ball Tournament. The 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Championship bracket will be 11 Michigan 40-11 announced Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 7 p.m. PT on ESPNU. 12 Louisiana-Lafayette 47-7-1 13 Missouri 41-15 JUNIOR JUGGERNAUTS 14 Georgia 42-12 This season, Cal’s starting core of juniors -- Cheyenne Cordes, Danielle Henderson 15 Kentucky 41-14 and Breana Kostreba -- have combined for a whopping 61 of Cal’s 102 extra-base hits, 16 Minnesota 38-9 or roughly 60 percent. Based on extra-base hits alone (not counting singles), those 17 Baylor 41-12 three members of the junior class are responsible for 22 percent of Cal’s total bases 18 Nebraska 40-14 in 2014. 19 Tulsa 47-7 20 Notre Dame 37-10 21 Auburn 38-16-1 SENIORS EARN THEIR STARTS 22 South Alabama 38-11 Prior to this season, Victoria Jones was the only Golden Bear to regularly start nearly 23 LSU 34-21 every game in her four-year career.