Bears Battle No. 25 Wildcats In Home Series Finale - California Golden Bears Athletics

Friday, May 6

Berkeley, CA

3:00 PM

California

Arizona

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Cal Set To Honor Two Seniors Prior To Sunday's Game

By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY -- California returns to Pac-12 play in Berkeley for the final home conference series of the season against No. 25 Arizona this weekend at Levine-Fricke Field. The three-game series will be streamed on Pac-12 Plus with Ben Ross on the call.
Cal is set to celebrate two seniors in their last series at home prior to Sunday's game as Amani Bradley and Morgan Zamora will be honored for their contributions to the Golden Bear program.

The Bears (26-23-1) head into the series at 6-12 in conference play after dropping a three-game set at then-No. 14 Arizona State in Tempe last weekend. Prior to a five-game nonconference break, the Bears defeated rival and then-No. 24 Stanford by taking two of three games. Cal has five wins against ranked Pac-12 opponents after taking two of three from then-No. 7 Washington in Berkeley and earning a win in Eugene at then-No. 12 Oregon.

The Wildcats (31-16) have won 10 of 12 and are coming off of their bye week of Pac-12 play, winning four games against New Mexico State and Fresno State.

WEEKEND LINEUP

Teams: California (26-23-1, 6-12 Pac-12) vs No. 25 Arizona (31-16, 6-12 Pac-12)
Location: Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, Calif.
First pitch: Friday: 3 pm PT | Saturday: 1 pm PT | Sunday: 11 am PT

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Cal is 32-88 all-time against Arizona, and lost the most recent matchup, 11-1, on May 2, 2021 in Tucson. The Bears last won the series against the Wildcats in 2013, when they took two of three games
California returns to Pac-12 play at Levine-Fricke Field for the first time since taking two of three games against then-No. 24 Stanford April 14-16.
The Bears are second in the Pac-12 in hits (399) and are fifth in both home runs (51) and batting average (.298) through the first five weeks of conference play.
Makena Smith leads the team with a .414 batting average and 12 home runs, eighth in the Pac-12, even while missing 13 games due to injury.
Smith has recorded a hit in 29 of 37 games played this season and is second on the team with 35 RBI.
Tatum Anzaldo has been swinging a hot bat all season and leads the conference in hits with 69. Anzaldo is hitting .399 on the season and has scored 32 runs.
Acacia Anders was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on March 21 after hitting two home runs in the series against UW, including a walk off shot on Saturday to secure Cal's first win over Washington since the 2016 season.
Anders is second in the conference among freshmen with 53 hits on the season and is third on the squad with seven home runs.
Sona Halajian has been the definition of a two-way player all season. She is tied for second in the conference with 17 wins in the circle and is third on the team with a .361 batting average while leading the team in RBI at 39.