BERKELEY – The California softball team wraps up tournament play with four games at the DeMarini Invitational this weekend, playing Miami (Ohio) and Villanova across the Bay at Stanford before the finale of the tournament at Levine-Fricke Field on Sunday.
 
Cal faces Miami (Ohio) to begin action at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium on Friday at noon and finishes play at Stanford on Saturday with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch vs. Villanova followed by a 1 p.m. rematch with the RedHawks. Sunday's home opener vs. the Wildcats is set for a 1 p.m. start.
 
WEEKEND LINEUP

• Teams: Cal (14-2) vs. Miami (Ohio) (8-2), Villanova (6-9)
• Location: Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium, Stanford, California
• Location: Levine-Fricke Field, Berkeley, California
• First pitch: Friday: noon | Saturday: 10:30 a.m. • 1 p.m. | Sunday: 1 p.m.  

 HOW TO FOLLOW

• Miami (Ohio): Live Stats | Live Stream: N/A
• Villanova: Live Stats | Live Stream: N/A
• Miami (Ohio): Live Stats | Live Stream: N/A
• Villanova: Live Stats | Live Stream: Cal Live Stream

QUICK HITS

• Cal has scored 112 runs in 16 games through the first three weeks of the season, the fourth-most in the Pac-12 and just four behind leader UCLA (116). Cal's 101 RBI are also the fourth-most in the conference.
• The Bears have used the long ball early and often in the season, hitting 23 home runs, second-most in the conference through three weekends of action. As a team, Cal has recorded 55 extra base hits (23 HR, 28 2B, 4 3B), the most in the Pac-12.
• Last weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic, Cal's lineup crushed 10 home runs, the second-most of any team at the tournament behind No. 1 Oklahoma (11).
• Haylei Archer has been stellar in the circle through three weeks of tournament play, going 5-0 with a 0.61 ERA and a .196 batting average against.
• Sophie Medellin had an outstanding weekend in the desert last week, hitting .500 with four home runs, one double and seven RBI to compile a 1.429 slugging percentage at the tournament.
• Cal enters the DeMarini Invitational on a nine-game win streak in large part due to an improved pitching staff from a year ago. Archer (0.61), Annabel Teperson (1.88) and Anna Reimers (2.78) each have an earned run average under 3.00 heading into the final weekend of tournament play.
• D'Asha Saiki (.423), Kacey Zobac (.381), Makena Smith (.373), Sophie Medellin (.359) and Kennedy Thomas (.306) are all hitting above .300 to lead the Bears after three weeks.
• Freshman Tianna Bell is the team leader in RBI and is tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with 18.  

 
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