BERKELEY – The California softball team travels to the desert for the final Pac-12 Conference series of the season on Friday-Sunday at Arizona.
 
The Golden Bears and Wildcats are set for a 7 p.m. PT first pitch at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium on Friday. Saturday's game begins at 6 p.m. and the series finale gets underway at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Friday and Saturday's matchups will air on the Pac-12 Networks with Sunday's contest carried on Pac-12 Arizona.
 
WEEKEND LINEUP

• Teams: Cal (31-17-1, 7-13-1 Pac-12) vs. Arizona (27-22, 5-16 Pac-12)
• Location: Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium | Tucson, Arizona
• First pitch: Friday, 7 p.m. | Saturday, 6 p.m. | Sunday, 2 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Friday: Live Stats | Pac-12 Networks
• Saturday: Live Stats | Pac-12 Networks
• Sunday: Live Stats | Pac-12 Arizona

SERIES AT A GLANCE

• Arizona leads the all-time series with California 89-34, but the Bears took two of three vs. the No. 25 Wildcats last season in Berkeley, Cal's first series win over Arizona since 2013. The Bears haven't won a series in Tucson since 2011.     

QUICK HITS

• The Bears check in at No. 29 in this week's NCAA RPI ratings after reaching No. 20 last month, their highest standing since the 2018 season. Cal has been in the top 30 in the RPI for seven straight weeks.
• California entered a national poll three weeks ago for the first time since the 2018 season, checking in at No. 25 in the D1Softball rankings. The Bears are receiving votes in the ESPN.com/USA Today poll.
• Makena Smith was selected with the 15th pick in the Women's Pro Fastpitch draft on April 17 by the Smash It Sports Vipers out of Oxford, Alabama. Smith was the fourth Pac-12 player selected and one of five total student-athletes from the conference.
• Smith etched her name into the record books on April 19 with Cal's 9-8, 13-inning, comeback win vs. Santa Clara. The Murrieta, California, native moved into fifth place on the Bears' career RBI list with 154, passing Melanie McCart (153, 1994-97). Smith is sitting at 156 career RBI, 10 short of Danielle Henderson (166, 2012-15) for fourth place.
• Further cementing her Cal legacy, Smith passed Lindsey Ziegenhirt (42, 2010-13) in career home runs with her 43rd long ball on senior day last Sunday vs. Oregon. She is five homers away from tying Haley Woods (48, 2003-06) for fourth all time.
• Cal's 9-8, 13-inning victory vs. Santa Clara was its longest game since a 1-0, 12-inning loss to Stanford in 2010.
• The Bears scored two runs off of Stanford ace NiJaree Canady in the Big Series on April 21-23. The freshman came into the series leading the nation with a 0.12 ERA and had allowed just one run all season in 58 innings pitched.  
• Elon Butler was named the Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Week on April 3 after hitting .500 with five RBI, two home runs and a double in the series against then-No. 24 Utah. Butler blasted a 3-run shot in the third inning and a solo shot in the sixth frame that turned out to be the game-winner in Cal's series-clinching win over the Utes.   
• Cal took down then-No. 2 UCLA on March 11 in an 8-0 run-rule victory in five innings for its first win over a top-5 team since the 2012 season, when the Bears swept No. 3 Washington in three games March 30-April 2 in Berkeley.
• The Bears sit atop the Pac-12 in both home runs and doubles heading into the last week of the regular season. Cal has crushed 61 long balls to rank 18th in the NCAA and is 19th nationally with 76 doubles.
• Cal's 61 home runs are third on the team single-season record list, passing last year's 57 home runs. The Bears' 64 home runs as a team (2013) are the second most all time and the school single-season record is 84 in 2012.
• With 1.24 home runs per game, Cal ranks 18th in the country and second in the Pac-12 behind Arizona State (1.25).
• Cal's 142 extra-base hits (61 HR, 76 2B, 5 3B) lead the Pac-12 with UCLA (132) in second and Washington (129) in third.
• Cal has six players with at least five home runs - Smith (13), Kacey Zobac (9), Sophie Medellin (8), Butler (8), Acacia Anders (5) and Tianna Bell (5). The Bears have two more players with at least three long balls – Sona Halajian (4) and D'Asha Saiki (3).
• Smith is tied for the Pac-12 lead with 13 doubles and is third with 13 home runs. Her .707 SLG is fourth in the conference.
• Zobac's .474 OBP is ninth in the conference; she's also in a six-way tie for fourth in the Pac-12 with 12 doubles and is tied for second with 29 walks.
• Tatum Anzaldo has been on a tear since returning to the lineup on March 3 against Miami (Ohio), going 43-for-111 (.387).
• Anzaldo (.383), Smith (.360), Zobac (.348) and Mika Lee (.344) are all above .300 to lead the Bears offensively.   

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