The California softball team (25-10) returns to Levine-Fricke Field for the first time since March 16 to face off against Nevada (28-9) on Friday at 3 p.m. PT.
 
It will be the 44th all-time meeting between the teams in a series in which the Golden Bears hold a 27-15-1 advantage over the Wolf Pack. Nevada enters Friday's matchup with a two-game winning streak after a doubleheader sweep of UNLV on Wednesday, while Cal looks to snap a three-game skid after dropping an ACC series to Clemson on the road last weekend.
 
ON DECK
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Levine-Fricke Field | Berkeley, Calif.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
April 4 | 3 p.m. PT | Live Stats | Live Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
 
QUICK HITS

• In rankings released this week, Softball America tabbed Mia Phillips as the 11^th-best second baseman and Lagi Quiroga as the No.13 catcher in the nation.
• Mia Phillips was also listed as the second-best freshman in the ACC by Softball America on March 25.
• The Bears currently rank 12th in the NCAA in doubles (64), 19th in slugging percentage (.565), 23rd in batting average (.338), 24th in scoring (6.94), 26th In on-base percentage (.422) and 30th in home runs (43), total runs (243) and RBIs per game (6.11).
• Cal won 16 straight games between Feb. 21-March 15, marking its longest win streak since 2013.
• 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.
• Cal is officially set to break ground on a renovated softball facility following the final home game of the 2025 season and is estimated to take 16-18 months to complete.

 
BY THE NUMBERS
200 - Acacia Anders is eight hits away from 200 for her career.
 
16 – Cal scored a season-high 16 runs against James Madison on March 26, which tied for the second-most runs scored in a single-game for Cal since March 10, 2021.
 
15 – The Bears scored 15 runs in the third inning against James Madison – tied for the fourth-most in an inning by any team in the country this season
 
15 – Tianna Bell is on a 15-game hitting streak dating back to the March 7 game against Boston College.
 
10 – Kaylee Pond has been hit by a pitch 11 times this season, which is tied for 11th in the nation and leads the ACC in that category.
 
9 – Lagi Quiroga has thrown out base runners on stolen base attempts an ACC-leading nine times on the season.
 
5 – Mia Phillips had recorded five triples this season, the eight-most in the NCAA.
 
4 – Four Bears had tallied at least 10 games with two or more hits – Lagi Quiroga (13), Elon Butler (12), Mia Phillips (11) and Mika Lee (10).
 
STAY POSTED
For complete coverage of Cal softball, please follow the Bears on X/Twitter (CalSB), Instagram (CalSB) and Facebook (Facebook.com/CalSoftball/).