BERKELEY - California hits the road to play its third straight ranked opponent when the Golden Bears face No. 20 USC on Saturday, March 23, at noon before heading to Tempe to face Arizona State on Monday, March 25 at 4 p.m. The game at ASU will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks. 

Last Saturday vs. then-No. 18 Stanford, Marisa Kuberra paced Cal in scoring with a hat trick, while three other Bears scored twice. Cal hung in tough against the ranked Cardinal in the 13-11 loss, never trailing by more than three goals at any point in the contest.   

The last time Cal beat a ranked team was in 2008 when the Bears beat then-No. 19 Oregon, 12-8, in Eugene, Ore. This will be Cal's fourth meeting overall against a ranked foe in 2019 - No. 19 Denver on Feb. 10, No. 23 Colorado on March 10 and No. 18 Stanford on March 16. 

Kirsten Swanson paces Cal in scoring this year with 27 points (20 goals, seven assists). She and Eliza Christman each boast 20 goals on the year. Swanson notched three points (two goals, one assist) vs. Stanford last Saturday. Christman scored a personal-best six goals - tied for second in school single-game history - against Oregon on March 8.   

Cal ranks second in the Pac-12 in draw controls (14.30 dcpg). Christman leads the Bears in that category with 50 on the year, which ranks second in the Pac-12 individual rankings and fifth in school single-season history. She set a career-high of eight earlier this year vs. Denver, as well as six last Saturday vs. Stanford. Against Colorado on March 10, Lizabanks Campagna set a career high and team season high total of 11 draws against the Buffaloes.  

Also in the Pac-12 rankings, Jenny Wilkens ranks second in ground balls with 33 on the season, while Kendall Swenson ranks second in the conference in caused turnovers with 16 after notching three vs. Stanford last Saturday. 

Jenny Wilkens boasts 152 ground balls for her career, which ranks second all-time at Cal. She is 10 shy of the school record of 162 set by Hilary Lynch (2004-07).  

Next week, Cal will face these same two teams again, this time in Berkeley. Cal will face USC on Friday, March 29, at 5 p.m. at California Memorial Stadium. The following game against Arizona State on Sunday, March 31, at noon will also be Senior Day.