1 CAL SOFTBALL GOLDEN BEARS OREGON 17-16 3-8 33-15 11-10 OVERALL PAC-12 OVERALL PAC-12 VS --/-- CHELSEA SPENCER 11/11 MELYSSA LOMBARDI HEAD COACH NFCA/D1 SB RANK HEAD COACH NFCA/D1 SB RANK DATES Levine Fricke-Field LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS May 13-15 Berkeley, CA CalBears.com CalBears.com FAST FACTS Cal Hosts No. 11 Oregon In Regular Season Final Series COACHING STAFF California softball head coach Chelsea Spencer will be looking at some familiar foes in the Head Coach Chelsea Spencer opposite dugout this weekend when the Golden Bears host No. 11 Oregon in the fi nal series California, 2006 Overall Record 17-16 (1st season, 1st overall) of the regular season from Thursday, May 13, to Saturday, May 15, from Levine-Fricke Field in Asst. Coach Mitch Roberts (1st season) Berkeley. St. Ambrose, 2016 Becca Mueller (1st season) Spencer was a member of the Oregon coaching staff from 2013-18, and she added a lot of College Of Charleston, 2016 impressive accolades to her resume, including fi ve 50-win campaigns and four appearances in Volunteer Asst. Coach Kailee Cuico (1st season) the WCWS. In addition, Spencer was part of an Oregon coaching staff that won the 2016 Pac- Oregon, 2014 12 Coaching Staff of the Year award. TEAM INFORMATION 2020 Overall Record 13-11 Cal (17-16, 3-8) begins the series with the Ducks on Thursday at 3 p.m. followed by a 2020 Home Record 0-0 doubleheader on Friday starting at noon and the regular season fi nishes on Saturday at 11 2020 Away Record 1-4 a.m. with Senior Day. 2020 Neutral Record 12-7 2020 Pac-12 (fi nish) 13-11 (9th) Makena Smith is the only Bear who has started all 33 games this season. She leads the Bears Starters Returning/Lost 9/0 with seven home runs, including notching her seventh at Long Beach State last Saturday. The Newcomers 6homer was a three-run shot, giving her a team-best seven multi-RBI performances this season. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Location: Berkeley, Calif. Cal’s leading hitter in Pac-12 play is Mikayla Coelho, who is batting .458 (11-for-24). Although Nickname: Golden Bears her team-best 11-game hitting streak was snapped at Stanford last Wednesday, Cal’s veteran Enrollment: 41,910 outfi elder/designated player collected hits in both games during last Saturday’s doubleheader at Long Beach State. Sabrina Nunez took advantage of batting in the leadoff spot in Long Beach last weekend. by the numbers Nunez was all over the base paths in Cal’s 7-1 win in Game 1 against The Beach on Saturday, garnering two hits, a walk and she scored twice. Her .352 batting average (19-for-54) ranks 6 fi rst on the team. Cal is 6-1 when hitting two home runs in a game In the circle, Chloe Romero tied Haylei Archer for the team lead in wins last Saturday as Romero this season. picked up her second complete game victory of the season in Cal’s 7-1 win in Game 1 of the doubleheader at Long Beach State. Romero also entered Game 2 in relief of starter Sona 10 Halajian, getting the Bears out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to send the game into extra The Bears are 10-1 when leading after four innings. Halajian went six strong in Game 2, allowing just one run. innings. One of Cal’s pinch runners this season, Diamond Holland made an impact in Game 2 last Saturday. With the Bears trailing, 1-0, in the top of the seventh, Holland stole second, forcing 27 an errant throw and another ensuing error by Long Beach State that allowed her to come all the Cal’s strength of schedule currently ranks 27th in way around and score the game-tying run and extend the contest into extra innings. the country. Prior to the start of Saturday’s regular season fi nale, the Bears will honor the six Bears playing in Berkeley for the fi nal time - Mikayla Coelho, Lauren Espalin, Cameron Kondo, Karlee Sparacino, Sabrina Nunez and Chloe Romero. CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Softball Contact): Tim Miguel Cell: 510-326-9761 // Email: [email protected] // 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 VS OREGON SCHEDULE CAL ALL-TIME AGAINST OREGON Cal is 79-52 all-time against Oregon. In 2019, the Bears took one out of three in Eugene, OVERALL: 17-16 • PAC-12: 3-8 • HOME: 5-1 • AWAY: 7-14 winning the series fi nale, 5-3. The last time these teams met in Berkeley, the Ducks NEUTRAL: 5-1 swept the three-game series. The last time Cal won a series against Oregon was in 2012 when the Bears took two out of three on the road. These teams were scheduled to meet DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT in the Pac-12 opening series in 2020 the week the season was cancelled due to the Feb. 20 Sacramento State L, 0-3 FEB. 21 Saint Mary’s W, 5-4 COVID-10 pandemic. Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) Feb. 26 California Baptist W, 7-4. COELHO BATTING CLOSE TO .500 IN PAC-12 GAMES Feb. 26 Stanford L, 2-3. In Pac-12 games, Mikayla Coelho is batting .458 (11-for-24), and also enjoyed a team- Feb. 27 Califronia Baptist W, 7-4. Feb. 27 Stanford W, 5-3 best 11-game hitting streak until it was snapped last Wednesday at Stanford. She batted DeMarini Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) .500 during the series at Washington and the following week at Saint Mary’s and the March 4 BYU L, 7-8 (8) Utah series. Three of her hits at Washington were doubles, and also a solo home run. March 5 UC Santa Barbara W, 7-5 Against Saint Mary’s and Utah, she singled six times. Coelho went three-for-four with a MARCH 6 UC Santa Barbara W, 1-0 March 10 Santa Clara W, 21-4 (5) double and an RBI in the two-game series at Arizona. Prior to the Washington series, Bulldog Classic (Fresno, Calif.) Coelho was batting .227 with 10 hits. On the season, Coelho is batting .333, tied for March 13 UC Davis W, 8-0 (5) second best on the team. March 13 Fresno State L, 0-8 (5) March 14 UC Davis W, 3-2 March 14 Fresno State W, 7-5 SMITH CONTINUES TO LEAD THE BEARS March 17 Pacifi c W, 2-0 During the preseason, Makena Smith was tabbed to the USA Softball Collegiate Player March 19 Oregon State* L, 0-6 of the Year Top 50 Watch List, and she followed up the preseason accolade by leading March 20 Oregon State* W, 2-0 the Bears all season long. Smith is the only Bear to start every game this season. She’s March 20 Oregon State L, 2-6 March 21 Oregon State* L, 3-4 second on the team with seven multi-hit games in 2021, and a team-best seven multi- April 1 #6 Washington* L, 0-8 (5) RBI performances. April 2 #6 Washington* L, 4-8 She belted three home runs in four games against Utah, guiding the Bears to victory in April 2 #6 Washington L, 3-6 April 3 #6 Washington* L, 1-5 each game she homered in. Her seven home runs lead the team, as well, as she belted April 6 Saint Mary’s W, 6-1 her seventh homer last Saturday at Long Beach State. She has notched three-hit games APRIL 9 UTAH*# W, 3-2 on three occasions thus far in 2021, including a 3-for-4 day in the home opener on Feb. APRIL 10 UTAH*# L, 3-4 21 against Saint Mary’s with a home run and an RBI double. Smith smacked her second APRIL 10 UTAH# W, 6-4 APRIL 11 UTAH*# W, 6-4 home run of the season during the Bears’ comeback victory over UC Santa Barbara on May 1 #9 Arizona* L, 0-9 (5) March 5. May 2 #9 Arizona*# L, 1-11 (5) May 5 Stanford L, 1-3 May 8 Long Beach State W, 7-1 HOMERS HELP May 8 Long Beach State L, 2-3 (9) Cal is 6-1 when homering twice in a game this season. Cal blasted six home runs in four MAY 13 #11 OREGON* 3:00 P.M. games against Utah, including three from Makena Smith. Sona Halajian, Alexis Bishop MAY 14 #11 OREGON* NOON and D’Asha Saiki also went yard against the Utes. Saiki also homered at Long Beach MAY 14 #11 OREGON 3:00 P.M. MAY 15 #11 OREGON* 11 A.M. State last weekend. Prior to playing the Utes, Halajian’s two-run round tripper was all May 21-23 NCAA Regional TBA the scoring in Cal’s 2-0 win against Oregon State on March 20. The Bears erased a May 28-29 NCAA Super Regional TBA 4-1 defi cit at Fresno State on March 14, capped by a grand slam by Aleia Agbayani to June 3-9 Women’s College World Series TBA win, 7-5. In the 7-5 win over UC Santa Barbara on March 5, the Bears fell behind early, All times Pacifi c (PT) and subject to change 3-0, and clawed their way back with Kacey Zobac’s grand slam the deciding factor in •Home games in BOLD the victory. Karlee Sparacino belted a grand slam on Feb.