2015 NCAA Division I SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONALS SUPER REGIONALS SUPER REGIONALS REGIONALS May 15-17 May 21-24 May 21-24 May 15-17 1 *Florida (50-6) 3 *Michigan (51-6) ESPN3 Women's College World Series ESPNU 6:00 PM Florida A&M (18-37) May 28-June 3 Oakland (27-22) 6:00 PM Fla. Atlantic (37-17-1) Pittsburgh (35-20) ESPN3 ESPNU 3:30 PM Hofstra (37-12-1) California (38-16) 3:30 PM Kentucky (29-24) North Carolina (36-14) ESPN3 Northwestern (28-21) Western Ky. (34-12) 2:30 PM Ball St. (33-23) Central Conn. St. (31-12) SECN+ 16 *Notre Dame (40-13) 14 *Georgia (40-14) 5:00 PM 9 *Florida St. (45-12) 11 *Oklahoma (45-7) ESPN3 Dartmouth (25-16) Central Ark. (35-19) 4:00 PM South Carolina (37-20) Lehigh (39-7) SECN UCF (48-7) Texas A&M (38-18) 1:30 PM Utah (34-17) Washington (40-15) ESPN3 ESPNU 3:30 PM Virginia Tech (34-21) USC Upstate (43-8) 1:30 PM Longwood (33-23) Women's College World Series Teams Fairfield (25-22) ESPN3 SECN 6:00 PM 8 *Tennessee (42-14) 1 6 *Alabama (42-12) 4:00 PM 2 3 5 *LSU (44-11) 4 7 *UCLA (45-10) ESPN2 5 ESPN3 7:00 PM Texas Southern (25-16) 6 CSUN (41-15) 8:30 PM 7 Nebraska (34-21) 8 San Diego St. (36-18) ESPN3 ESPN3 4:30 PM Arizona St. (34-20) Texas (36-15) 6:00 PM Minnesota (46-9) Kansas (38-13) New Mexico St. (46-14) Louisville (30-17) St. John's (NY) (28-17) Indiana St. (26-29) 12 *Arizona (38-17) 10 *Missouri (39-14) 13 *La.-Lafayette (39-9) 15 *James Madison (47-8) ESPN3 9:00 PM Weber St. (38-17) Binghamton (24-19) Mississippi St. (35-19) Fordham (36-18) ESPN3 6:30 PM Baylor (38-14) North Carolina St. (35-20) South Ala. (38-11) North Dakota St. (43-9) ESPN3 4:00 PM Chattanooga (35-13) Fresno St. (40-14) Tennessee Tech. (32-26) BYU (39-12) ESPN3 6:30 PM 4 *Auburn (49-9) ALL GAME TIMES ARE EASTERN STANDARD TIME. 2 *Oregon (46-6) All ESPN games are also available on WatchESPN. +Oregon Regional will be played May 14-16. *Denotes host . © 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written approval. The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering. NCAA ANN ARBOR REGIONAL | MAY 15-17 | ANN ARBOR, MICH. 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 CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN (51-6, 21-2 Big 10) Head Coach: Carol Hutchins • RPI: 5 GOLDEN BEARS (38-16. 10-14 Pac-12) Overall: 38-16 • Pac-12: 10-14 All-Time Series Record: 7-3 Home: 14-5 • Away: 6-10 • Neutral: 18-1 Postseason Series Record: 2-2 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT at Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 6 BYU W, 12-4 (5) PITTSBURGH (35-20, 11-13 ACC) Feb. 7 Fordham W, 6-0 Head Coach: Holly Aprile • RPI: 50 Feb. 7 Cal Poly W, 8-4 All-Time Series Record: 1-0 Feb. 8 Northwestern W, 5-2 at Fresno State Kick-Off (Fresno, Calif.) Postseason Series Record: Have not met Feb. 13 UC Davis W, 13-0 (5) Feb. 13 Sacramento State W, 6-0 Feb. 14 UC Davis W, 8-0 (6) Feb. 15 UC Riverside W, 10-2 (5) OAKLAND (27-22, 14-6 Horizon) Feb. 15 Fresno State W, 14-9 Head Coach: Connie Miner • RPI: 198 Feb. 18 St. Mary’s W, 9-1 (6) All-Time Series Record: 1-0 at Mary Nutter Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) Feb. 20 Tennessee W, 1-0 Postseason Series Record: 1-0 Feb. 21 Florida State W, 7-6 Feb. 21 South Carolina L, 3-1 Feb. 22 Long Island W, 11-1 (6) at Malihini Kipa Aloha Tourney (Honolulu, Hawai’i) 2015 Ann Arbor Regional Schedule Feb. 26 Hawai’i W, 12-4 (5) Game Day Match-Up Time (PT) Broadcast Feb. 27 Longwood W, 3-0 Game 1 Friday Cal vs. Pitt 12:30 p.m. ESPNU Feb. 28 San Jose State W, 3-2 March 1 Longwood W, 4-3 (8) Game 2 Friday Michigan vs. Oakland 3 p.m. ESPNU at UNLV Rebel Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Game 3 Saturday Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 1 p.m. ESPN2 March 6 Iowa State W, 6-2 Game 4 Saturday Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 March 7 Eastern Kentucky W, 9-2 March 7 UC Santa Barbara W, 5-1 Game 5 Saturday Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 6 p.m. ESPNU March 8 Houston W, 9-3 Game 6 Sunday Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 12:30 p.m. ESPNU MarcH 13 ARIZona* L, 9-2 Game 7 Sunday Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary) 3 p.m. ESPNU MarcH 14 ARIZona* W, 7-4 MarcH 15 ARIZona* L, 4-3 MarcH 18 Minnesota L, 8-1 March 20 Arizona State* L, 8-7 March 21 Arizona State* W, 6-5 March 22 Arizona State* L, 11-6 BEAR NECESSITIES CAL'S TOP STORYLINES March 25 Sacramento State W, 13-4 : MarcH 27 OREGON State* W, 3-1 MarcH 28 OREGON State* W, 3-2 For the second time in three seasons, Cal’s road to the Women’s College World Series begins in Ann MarcH 29 OREGON State* L, 3-1 Arbor, Mich. The Golden Bears (38-16, 10-14 Pac-12) will join the tournament’s No. 3 seed and host April 2 Utah* L. 8-6 Michigan (51-6, 21-2 Big 10), as well as Pittsburgh (35-20, 11-13 ACC) and Oakland (27-22, 14-6 April 3 Utah* L, 12-10 Horizon) at Alumni Field in the Great Lake State, where Cal’s postseason quest last ended in 2013. April 4 Utah* W, 4-1 APRIL 8 ST. MARy’S W, 8-1 All games in the series will be carried by the ESPN family of Networks, with Adam Amin and Amanda APRIL 11 UNLV W, 3-1 Scarborough on the call. APRIL 11 UNLV W, 9-4 APRIL 12 UNLV W, 9-1 (5) APRIL 14 Santa CLARA W, 8-0 (5) PRIMED FOR THE POSTSEASON April 17 UCLA* L, 8-0 (5) Cal’s 2015 selection marks the 29th time in school history that the Bears have earned a berth to the April 18 UCLA* L, 5-3 NCAA Softball Tournament out of a possible 34 seasons since the NCAA began sponsoring softball April 19 UCLA* L, 8-5 APRIL 24 WASHINGton* W, 5-3 in 1982. At 28 consecutive tournament appearances from 1986-2013, Cal held the nation’s longest APRIL 25 WASHINGton* L, 9-6 active postseason streak before the Bears failed to qualify in 2014. The Golden Bears are 68-29 in APRIL 26 WASHINGton* W, 9-5 NCAA Regional play with 16 Regional championships. APRIL 29 PaciFIC W, 4-1 May 1 Oregon* L, 5-3 May 2 Oregon* L, 9-0 (5) The Bears have clinched a Super Regional berth seven of a possible nine times since the super regional May 3 Oregon* L, 17-1 (5) format was introduced in 2005, failing to advance in 2013 (Ann Arbor Regional) and 2007 (Tuscaloosa MAY 7 StanFORD* W, 4-1 Regional). MAY 8 StanFORD* W, 4-3 MAY 9 StanFORD* W, 11-2 (5) at NCAA Regional (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Cal has made 12 trips to the Women’s College World Series, with its most recent appearance coming May 15 Pitt 12:30 P.M. in 2012. The Bears, who ranked No. 1 in the country all season and earned the tournament’s No. 1 May 16 Michigan/Oakland TBD seed, hosted a regional and super regional in Berkeley. The 2012 squad opened WCWS play against May 17 TBD TBD LSU, winning 5-3, before falling to Oklahoma 3-0. Cal won a 6-3 decision over Oregon before Alabama NCAA Super Regional (Campus sites) May 23-25 TBA handed the Bears their second and final loss, a 5-2 defeat, in Oklahoma City. Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla) May 28 - June 4 TBA FAMILIAR FIELD All times Pacific (PT) and subject to change Cal has already faced 15 of the 63 other teams in the 2015 NCAA Tournament field -- Northwestern, Home games in BOLD Florida State, South Carolina, Utah, Longwood, Tennessee, Arizona State, Minnesota, Arizona, * indicates Pac-12 opponent Washington, UCLA, Fordham, Fresno State, BYU and Oregon. The Golden Bears own a 13-15 regular- 2015 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE ANN ARBOR REGIONAL season record against this year’s tourney teams that they have already faced. QUICK FACTS Seven of the nine Pac-12 softball programs are representing the conference in the postseason. GENERAL INFormation NCAA SOFTBALL POSTSEASON FORMAT Location ............................................................................................Berkeley, Calif. The Blue and Gold join 63 other teams that will be competing at 16 regional Enrollment .................................................................................................... 37,581 sites in the first round of double-elimination Regionals. The top 16 teams were Founded ........................................................................................................... 1868 seeded in order, and the remaining teams were placed in regional brackets to Nickname............................................................................................Golden Bears create balanced competition and avoid conference matchups, when possible. Each Regional winner will advance to Super Regional competition for a best- Colors ..................................................................