The California softball team (19-4) will head to Sacramento State Thursday before continuing its home slate in a three-game series against Georgia Tech over the weekend.
 
The Golden Bears will face the Hornets at 3 p.m. PT on Thursday at Shae Stadium, then return home to Levine-Fricke Field on Friday at 3 p.m. PT to begin the three-game series against the Yellow Jackets.
 
ON DECK
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
Sacramento State | Shae Stadium | Sacramento, Calif.
 
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 – SUNDAY, MARCH 16
Georgia Tech | Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, Calif.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Sac State: March 13 | 3 PM PT | Live Stats | Live Stream: ESPN+
Georgia Tech: March 14-16 | 3 PM PT/2 PM PT/12 PM PT | Live Stats | Live Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
 
QUICK HITS

• The Bears have won 13 straight games heading into week six of the season, the program's second longest winning streak since 2013, when it won 22 consecutive games.
• Cal is among the top five in the conference in batting average (.340, 4th), on-base percentage (.420, 4th), sacrifice flies (10, 5th) and stolen bases (27, 5th).
• Tianna Bell has tallied a home run in the last three games.
• Cal holds the advantage in the all-time series against Sacramento State (70-23) and Georgia Tech (5-0). It will be the first meeting between the Yellow Jackets since Feb. 11, 2017, where the Bears earned a 10-8 victory.
• On Feb. 26, Acacia Anders was named the ACC Player of the Week after a stellar performance at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. At the event, Anders hit at a .625 (10-for-16) clip with six RBIs, collecting five runs, four doubles and two walks while totaling a .875 slugging percentage. In two of the last three games against LMU and Northwestern, she recorded three hits and had recorded a hit in seven consecutive games at the time.

BY THE NUMBERS
31 – Pitchers Ryan Orange has registered a team-high 31 strikeouts in 36.0 innings pitched.
 
15 – The Bears recorded a season-high 15 runs in their Feb. 23 contest against Northwestern.
 
8 – Eight players are hitting at a .300 clip or better with at least 40 at-bats: Mika Lee (.439), Elon Butler (.403), Mia Phillips (.379), Alyssa Herrera (.349), Acacia Anders (.340), Tianna Bell (.333), Lagi Quiroga (.333) and Nailyn Marshall (.304).
 
6 – Tianna Bell and Lagi Quiroga lead the team in home runs with six apiece.
 
6 - Cal has tallied six run-rule victories this season, including three straight between Feb. 22-28.
  
5 – Cal's 13-game win streak is the fifth longest active winning streak in the NCAA (DI).
 
4 – Cal has hit four home runs on two occasions this season, Minnesota (Feb. 7) and Maryland (Feb. 8).
 
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