BERKELEY - The Bears enter the third weekend of Pac-12 play coming off a road sweep of the Oregon schools last week, including notching the first win in Eugene against the then-No. 25 Ducks since the 2012 season. California has opened the 2019 campaign by winning 13 of 14 matches to begin the season, its best record since winning the first 13 matches in 2011. 

Due to a regional power shutoff that is impacting the Bay Area and the University of California, Berkeley campus, Friday's volleyball match between No. 16 Cal and Arizona State will be played at 5 p.m. at Stanford's Maples Pavilion and will be televised on Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Arizona. The match had originally been scheduled for Friday at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

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Tied for first-place in the Pac-12, No. 16 California is set for Dig Pink Weekend and will face Arizona State at 5 p.m. on Friday and Arizona at 12 p.m. on Sunday. The Sun Devils took the only 2018 match 3-2 in Berkeley and lead the all-time series 34-32, while Arizona won the lone match with Cal a year ago, 3-2, in Tucson. The Wildcats hold the advantage in the all-time series 41-25.

LEADING BEAR
Junior middle blocker Preslie Anderson is making a name for herself so far in 2019. The Chandler, Ariz., native currently sits fourth in the country with a .474 hitting percentage clip, tallying a season-high 13 kills in the win over Washington State on Sept. 28 while adding 11 kills against then-No. 1 Stanford on Sept. 26 to give her 24 kills in the opening weekend of conference play. Anderson trails only Arizona's Devyn Cross in the conference, who currently leads the nation at .512.    

KEEP CLIMBING
The Bears enter week six of play with a national ranking for the fourth consecutive week, checking in at No. 16 in the AVCA Coaches Poll after reeling off 13 wins in the first 14 matches to begin the season. California was No. 19 in last week's poll, No. 21 in week four and week three marked the first time Cal was ranked in the poll since Nov. 18, 2013, when the Bears checked in at No. 23. After not receiving a single vote in the preseason version, California received votes in both the week one and week two rankings before breaking into the Top 25 in week three.  

TEAM EFFORT
Led by Anderson (.474, fourth) and senior Savannah Rennie (.364) the Bears are fourth in the country and first in the Pac-12 in team hitting percentage through the first six weeks of the season. California is currently hitting .309 as a squad, trailing just Missouri (.313, third), Baylor (.323, second) and Texas (.336, first).     

GETTING DEFENSIVE 
Not only are the Bears getting it done on the offensive end, the Cal defense is making its presence known as well. Opponents are hitting just .133 so far this season in matches against California, currently the fourth-best mark in the country and best in the conference. Only three opponents have hit better than .200 in a match against the Bears this season, Buffalo (.209) on Sept. 13, North Dakota State on Sept. 13 (.201) and Stanford on Sept. 26 (.250). California has held five opponents below a .100 hitting percentage in matches so far in 2019.     

MIMA MANIA
Mima Mirkovic, a junior outside hitter and 2018 All-Pac-12 honorable mention honoree opened her 2019 campaign strong at the Rams Volleyball Classic. Mirkovic was named to the All-Tournament Team after leading the Bears with 34 kills, to go along with seven blocks and three aces over the weekend. She leads the team with 164 kills and is also second with 138 digs through the first 14 matches. Mirkovic has five double-doubles and recorded the 24th of her career in the win over Colorado State, tallying 20 kills with 18 digs, the fourth time in her career she has notched at least 20 kills in a match.

ACE IN THE HOLE
California has seen a marked improvement at the service line this season under first year head coach Sam Crosson, who has made a point of wanting to see the Bears serve tougher. Currently sitting third in the conference in aces per set (1.50) as a team, two Bears are in the top three of the Pac-12 in the stat category. Sophomore Jade Blevins leads the conference with 0.40 aces per set and senior Maddie Haynes is third at 0.39.

BLOCK PARTY
The Bears front row was dialed in on the road in Oregon, led by a season-high tying 14-block effort in the straight set win over Oregon State on October 4. It was the second consecutive match California recorded 14 blocks after putting up the same number in a five-set victory over Washington State on Sept. 28. Cal wrapped up the weekend by tallying eight blocks in the first win over Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena since 2012.

RENNIE REIGNS
Redshirt senior Savannah Rennie opened the season with a bang, taking home Rams Volleyball Classic MVP and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors in week one, followed by NDSU Classic All-Tournament Team recognition. Finally at full strength for the first time in her Cal career after overcoming a liver transplant, followed by post-transplant non-Hodgkin lymphoma during her first four years as a Bear, Rennie tallied 27 kills and 13 block assists, while recording a combined hitting percentage of .500 in Cal's three wins to open the season. She totaled 27 kills, 14 blocks and 10 digs in 27 sets a year ago. 

MADDIE SHINES
Senior Maddie Haynes came on strong in Irvine, turning in the best three-match stretch of her career. Haynes recorded a team-high 14 kills in the win over North Carolina with a career-best .542 hitting percentage on 24 swings. She set her second personal best in as many days with four service aces against UNLV and finished with 27 kills over the three-match weekend tournament. Haynes came up on kill shy of tying her career-high with 17 kills in the win at Saint Mary's and has notched double-digit kills seven times already in 2019 after reaching double figures six times a year ago. 

ALL-TOURNAMENT DUO
The Bears had two others named to the Rams Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team in junior outside hitter Mima Mirkovic and senior opposite hitter Bailee Huizenga. Mirkovic led the Bears with 34 kills, to go along with seven blocks and three aces over the weekend. She is also second on the team with 42 digs through the first three matches. Huizenga racked up 31 kills while adding 10 block assists in three matches, and notched her first-career double-double in the 3-1 victory over Colorado State with 12 kills and 12 digs.

SETTING IT UP
Junior Isabel Potter and sophomore Jade Blevins both are back for the Bears this season after earning a lot of playing time at setter in 2018. Potter, a product of Moline, Ill., tallied a team-high 844 assists last season to average 7.21 per set. She also led the team with 32 aces, while recording 18 blocks. A Laguna Beach native, Blevins returns after a successful rookie campaign where she notched 413 assists (5.36 per set) and 14 aces.