The California softball team (22-5, 5-1 ACC) will head to the East Coast for an eight-game road trip beginning Friday against conference opponent No. 23 Virginia (22-7, 4-2 ACC) on Friday.
 
The Golden Bears will begin the road trip with a three-game series against the Cavaliers, marking the first ACC road test and conference road series in program history.
 
ON DECK
FRIDAY, MARCH 21 – SUNDAY, MARCH 23
No. 23 Virginia  | Palmer Park | Charlottesville, VA
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Virginia: March 21-23 | 2 PM PT/11 AM PT/10 AM PT | Live Stats | Live Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
 
QUICK HITS

• On March 14, Cal set its longest win streak since 2013 after winning 16 consecutive games.
• Cal is among the top five in the conference in hit by pitches (21, 2nd), batting average (.339, 4th), hits (233, 5th) and slugging percentage (.570, 5th).
• The Bears have won all five of the previous meetings against the Cavaliers, with the last meeting coming on March 12, 2004.
• Elon Butler is listed as the eighth-best utility player in the country, according to Softball America.
• Cal ranks 22nd in the nation in slugging percentage (.570), 25th in batting average (.339), 26th in on-base percentage (.424) and 28th in home runs (28).
• Heading into week seven of the season, Cal is ranked No. 25 in both Softball America and D1 Softball weekly polls while receiving votes on the NFCA/GoRout and ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 polls.
• 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
.429 – Mika Lee leads the team with a .429 batting, which lands her ninth in the conference.
 
15 – The Bears recorded a season-high 15 runs in their Feb. 23 contest against Northwestern.
 
8 & 25 – Tianna Bell leads the team with eight home runs and 25 RBIs this season.
 
8 – Freshman pitcher Miranda De Nava has recorded eight wins on the season, which is tied for fourth in the conference.
 
8 - Cal has tallied eight run-rule victories this season, including three straight between Feb. 22-28.
 
4 – Cal has hit four home runs on two occasions this season - Minnesota (Feb. 7) and Maryland (Feb. 8).
 
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