The California softball team (30-16, 7-11 ACC) will complete its nonconference slate with a midweek game at Santa Clara on Tuesday before hosting No. 10/11 Virginia Tech for the final home series of the 2025 season Friday through Sunday.
 
Sunday's series finale against the Hokies (37-7, 15-3) will serve as Senior Day for four Golden Bears – Acacia Anders, Mika Lee, Anna Reimers and Annabel Teperson. It will also mark the final game at Levine-Fricke Field before renovations of the new softball facility in Strawberry Canyon. Cal has played home games on the field since its establishment in 1995.
 
ON DECK
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
Santa Clara | Santa Clara Softball Stadium | Santa Clara, Calif.
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 – SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Virginia Tech | Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, Calif.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Santa Clara | April 22 | 4 p.m. PT | Live Stats | Live Stream: ESPN+
Virginia Tech | April 25 -27 | 3 p.m./2 p.m./12 p.m. PT | Live Stats | ACCNX/ESPN+
 
QUICK HITS

• The Bears currently rank 14th in the NCAA in doubles (80), 21st in hit by pitches (41), 25th in total runs (307), 28th in scoring (6.67) and 29th in slugging percentage (.535).
• Cal remains unbeaten in the all-time series against Santa Clara (88-0), including the narrow 9-8 victory in the last meeting on April 19, 2023, that took 13 innings to complete.
• The Bears and Hokies have only met once, when Cal was victorious in a 6-5 contest on Feb. 17, 2024 at the Littlewood Classic in Phoenix, Arizona.
• In the last five games, Elon Butler led the team with a .467 batting average and 1.067 slugging percentage, while recording 16 total bases, nine runs scored, seven hits, seven RBIs, four walks and three stolen bases.
• Cal was a part of history this past Saturday against Bay Area rival Stanford when 13,207 fans attended The Big Swing, setting the NCAA attendance record.
• Cal won 16 straight games between Feb. 21-March 15, marking its longest win streak since 2013.

 
BY THE NUMBERS
51 – Three Bears have tallied a team-high 51 hits on the season – Tianna Bell, Elon Butler and Lagi Quiroga.
 
17 – Kaylee Pond has been hit by a pitch on a conference-leading 14 times, which ranks her second all-time in a single season in program history.
 
15 – Elon Butler and Lagi Quiroga lead the team with 15 games with two or more hits.
 
14 – Acacia Anders has tallied 14 doubles on the year, which is five away from her program single-season record, set last season.
 
13 – Elon Butler has recorded a team-leading 13 stolen bases, which is seventh in the conference.
 
13 – Tianna Bell ranks seventh in the conference with a team-leading 13 home runs this season.
 
12 – Elon Butler has reached base in the last 12 consecutive games. Her longest streak of the season is 20 straight games.
 
10 – Lagi Quiroga has thrown out base runners on stolen base attempts on an ACC-leading ten times this season.
 
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