BERKELEY – With Arizona making a comeback in the fifth set against the Cal volleyball team on Sunday, Savannah Rennie pulled teammate Carmen Annevelink aside during a timeout and assured her that the Bears would pull out the victory.

Turns out Annevelink wasn't going to let her team lose on #SavStrong Day anyway.

Annevelink crushed a key kill with Cal leading 13-10 in the fifth set and the Golden Bears went on to a 25-19, 25-20, 15-25, 22-25, 15-11 victory on an emotional Sunday at Haas Pavilion.

The day was dedicated to Rennie, who is battling Non-Hodgkin Post-Transplant Lymphoma after undergoing a liver transplant last year.

"We try to play for her every day because she can't play, and we know how much she wants to play," said Annevelink, who finished with nine kills and four blocks. "We have the opportunity to be able to play, so we have to do it justice. Today, we especially focused on it. It gave us extra incentive."

The day began with Cal's players wearing #SavStrong armbands on their warmups. Fans at Haas Pavilion were shown multiple inspirational videos about Rennie's journey, including one from Rennie herself. Literature was available for fans about organ donation and lymphoma research.

"Whenever you're in a situation like this, you want to be perfect," Cal head coach Matt McShane said. "You want there to be no errors and perfect at everything you do, and that's impossible. Athletics isn't like that, especially in a sport like volleyball. But even in the locker room afterward, the players were saying that even though there were some tough times, we were still together and fighting our opponent."

And the Bears (11-4, 2-2 Pac-12) were fighting a little extra harder for Rennie, who took her usual spot on the bench and assumed her role as loudest cheerleader. It got especially loud at Haas Pavilion in the fifth set, when senior Antzela Dempi served six straight points to help Cal open up a 12-4 lead.

But the Wildcats scored six of the next seven points themselves to trim the deficit to 13-10, forcing the Bears to take a timeout. Annevelink followed with her pivotal kill, and after Arizona answered with a point, Cal closed out the match when Christine Alftin's errant pass dropped on the Wildcats side of the net.

"Having 13 points in the fifth set is so much different than 14," Annevelink said. "We were feeling good when we had 13 but they were creeping into it. Once we got to 14, we felt like we got this."

Freshman Mima Mirkovic led the Bears with 12 kills and a career-high 26 digs, which is the fifth-highest total by a Pac-12 player this season. Dempi had 11 kills and three blocks. Cal registered a season-high 14 blocks as a team, led by freshman Preslie Anderson's seven.

After defeating Arizona State on Friday, the Bears completed their first weekly sweep of conference opponents since 2013.

"It's a huge confidence boost for us," McShane said. "It doesn't matter how much we tell ourselves or the coaches tell them that they are a good team. Until they prove it, there is always going to be a little doubt. Now we know that not only can we hang with good teams, but we can beat them."

The Bears are now on the road for their next four matches, beginning with a trip to Oregon next weekend. Cal visits Oregon State on Friday at 7 p.m. and then No. 12 Oregon on Sunday at 2 p.m.