Softball team begins bid for NCAA title

The eight Women's College World Series participants played each other a total of 33 games during the regular season - topping the list is none other than California, which went 8-4 against the likes of Stanford, UCLA, Washington and LSU. Fifth-seeded California will play fourth-seeded Florida State in the first round of the Women's College World Series this Thursday. The game will be televised live on ESPN2 at 6:30 pm (PT).

If California wins, they will play the winner of the Oklahoma - Washington game, Friday at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. As long as the Bears continue to win, they won't have to play more than one game per day - unless rain forces rescheduling.

If California loses, they will play the loser of the Oklahoma-Washington game on Saturday at noon on ESPN2. In the event that the Bears win that game, they'll have to come back at 5 p.m.(ESPN) that afternoon to play another game. A win in that game would mean that Cal would have to win two games on Sunday to advance to Monday's championship game.

Monday's championship game is schedule to be televised by ESPN at 4 p.m.

For updated results from the NCAA Championships website, click here.  

To relive the greatest day in California softball history, click here.

To learn more about the team, go the softball team's postseason media guide.

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During the regular season, the eight participants in the Women's College World Series played 33 games against each other.

	TOTAL	Home	Away	Neutral
California	8-4	3-1	3-2	2-1
LSU	3-2	0-1		3-1
Stanford	5-4	1-4	4-0
UCLA	6-5	2-2	2-3	2-0
Florida St.	3-3	1-0	0-2	2-1
Oklahoma	2-2		1-0	1-2
Michigan	2-3	2-0	0-1	0-2
Washington	4-10	2-3	1-3	1-4

Below is a list of results showing how each WCWS team against its fellow competitors, along with the regional scores, and season stats of each team's top pitchers and htters.

#5 seed - California (50-11)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/4	W	5-1	LSU	N		5/7	W	2-1	UCLA	H
2/28	L	1-6	LSU	N		5/8	W	3-1	Washington	H
3/14	W	5-4	Washington	N		5/9	W	8-0	Washington	H
4/9	L	3-5	Stanford	N		NCAA Regionals
4/10	W	1-0	Stanford	A		5/20	W	3-1	Maine	N
4/10	W	6-0	Stanford	A		5/21	W	2-1	Miss. St.	N
4/23	W	6-1	Washington	A		5/22	W	2-0	Nebraska	A
4/24	L	1-5	UCLA	A		5/23	W	2-0	Nebraska	A

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Kristina Thorson	0.77	27-3	41	31	20	11	210.1	107	26	212	.149
Kelly Anderson	1.43	23-8	38	30	17	6	191.0	158	61	142	.226

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Vicky Galindo	205	51	76	17	2	6	19	.375	.427	.561	23/32
Kaleo Eldredge	157	47	55	9	0	7	30	.350	.460	.541	16/17
Haley Woods	183	26	56	8	1	16	57	.306	.379	.623	1/2

#1 seed - Oklahoma (44-20-1)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/7	W	6-4	LSU	A		5/20	W	5-0	Tampa	N
2/18	L	2-3	Florida St.	N		5/21	W	8-0	Northwestern	N
2/29	W	4-0	Michigan	N		5/22	W	3-2	Arizona	A
3/20	L	0-1	Washington	N		5/23	L	4-12	La.-Lafayette	N
NCAA Regionals						5/24	W	15-0	La.-Lafayette	N

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Kami Keiter	1.11	17-12	35	30	23	5	207.1	159	59	146	NA
Nicole Denes	1.82	16-6	27	22	12	5	142.1	113	48	128	NA

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Heather Scaglione	173	39	69	10	0	16	46	.399	.514	.734	6/7
Norrelle Dickson	198	35	71	2	0	1	19	.359	.430	.384	25/29
Kristyn Vesely	187	28	55	10	3	0	15	.294	.362	.379	15/19

#2 seed - UCLA (43-9)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/7	W	5-3	Washington	N		5/7	L	1-2	California	A
2/15	W	3-0	Michigan	N		5/8	W	6-2	Stanford	A
4/9	L	1-3	Washington	A		5/9	W	7-1	Stanford	A
4/10	L	5-6	Washington	A		NCAA Regionals
4/23	L	0-1	Stanford	H		5/20	W	8-0	MVSU	H
4/24	W	5-1	California	H		5/21	W	2-0	Louisville	H
4/25	W	3-1	California	H		5/22	W	5-2	Alabama	H
5/5	L	0-1	Washington	H		5/23	W	7-0	Alabama	H

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Lisa Dodd	0.79	15-2	18	18	16	10	115.2	60	20	76	.151
Kelly Goerl	1.05	27-7	36	33	33	13	234.0	127	53	254	.155

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Caitlin Benyi	162	48	64	14	0	22	39	.395	.500	.889	2/2
Stephanie Ramos	166	35	60	8	0	12	29	.361	.431	.627	2/5
Jodie Legaspi	155	19	56	7	1	7	33	.361	.411	.555	0/0

#3 seed - Louisiana State (54-10)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/7	L	4-6	Oklahoma	H		NCAA Regionals
2/14	L	1-5	California	N		5/20	W	4-0	Tex.A&M-CC	N
2/28	W	6-1	California	N		5/21	W	3-0	Seton Hall	N
2/28	W	4-2	Washington	N		5/22	W	7-3	Baylor	A
2/29	W	4-3	Florida St.			5/23	W	4-1	Illinois	N

Pitching	ERA	W-L	IP	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Kristin Schmidt	1.21	35-5	45	40	37	14	277	209	36	318	.206
Emily Turner	1.67	18-5	27	23	18	9	151	139	30	107	.239

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Lauren Castle	199	45	75	8	1	4	38	.377	.427	.487	3/4
Leslie Klein	213	52	77	19	5	13	57	.362	.400	.681	12/14
Stephanie Hill	190	36	65	5	0	13	54	.342	.408	.574	3/4

#4 seed - Florida St. (61-10)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/28	W	7-1	Washington	N		NCAA Regionals
2/28	W	3-2	Oklahoma	N		5/20	W	4-0	LIU	H
2/29	L	3-4	LSU	N		5/21	W	1-0	CSUN	H
3/14	W	1-0	Michigan	H		5/22	W	5-4	Oregon	H
5/8	L	1-2	Michigan	A		5/23	L	0-1	Oregon	H
5/8	L	0-1	Michigan	A		5/23	W	2-0	Oregon	H

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Jess van der Lind	0.52	28-7	39	33	29	19	230.1	92	47	366	.120
Casey Hunter	0.88	33-3	40	37	31	14	240.2	112	53	275	.134

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Jess van der Lind	190	47	74	9	4	3	53	.389	.504	.526	9/10
Veronica Wootson	239	69	82	8	7	7	33	.343	.385	.523	17/23
Natasha Jacob	197	41	66	4	6	2	24	.335	.410	.447	18/22

#6 seed - Michigan (54-11)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/15	L	0-3	UCLA	N		NCAA Regionals
2/29	L	0-4	Oklahoma	N		5/20	W	6-3	Canisius	H
3/14	L	0-1	Florida St.	A		5/22	W	1-0	Notre Dame	H
5/8	W	2-1	Florida St.	H		5/22	W	3-2	Oregon St.	H
5/8	W	1-0	Florida St.	H		5/23	L	0-1	Oregon St.	H
						5/24	W	5-2	Oregon St.	H

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Nicole Motycha	0.77	22-4	33	26	17	9	173	119	22	160	.188
Jennie Ritter	1.09	24-7	39	30	20	8	204	113	44	265	.158

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Tiffany Haas	203	49	71	9	0	5	31	.350	.427.	.468	1/1
Jessica Merchant	158	30	54	12	2	15	48	.342	.427	.728	18/19
Meghan Doe	203	30	64	4	2	0	18	.315	.340	.355	21/25

#7 seed - Stanford (43-16)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
4/9	W	5-3	California	A		5/9	L	1-7	UCLA	H
4/10	L	0-1	California	H		NCAA Regionals
4/10	L	0-6	California	H		5/20	W	1-0	Utah	H
4/23	W	1-0	UCLA	A		5/21	W	7-2	Pacific	H
4/24	W	12-9	Washington	A		5/22	W	7-1	Hofstra	H
4/25	W	3-2	Washington	A		5/23	L	0-1	Hofstra	H
5/7	W	5-1	Washington	H		5/24	W	3-1	Hofstra	H
5/8	L	2-6	UCLA	H

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Dana Sorenson	1.44	28-9	44	36	28	12	242.1	145	65	293	.166
Laura Severson	2.04	13-7	26	21	11	5	134	111	54	110	.219

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Jackie Reinhart	191	33	67	6	1	0	5	.357	.390	.393	12/14
Lauren Lappin	173	37	60	13	4	2	40	.347	.400	.503	3/7
Jessica Allister	173	21	59	18	1	10	47	.341	.404	.630	2/3

#8 seed - Washington (40-17)
Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field		Date	Result	Score	Opp	Field
2/7	L	3-5	UCLA	N		5/5	W	1-0	UCLA	A
2/28	L	1-7	Florida St.	N		5/7	L	1-5	Stanford	A
2/28	L	2-4	LSU	N		5/8	L	1-3	California	A
3/14	L	4-5	California	N		5/9	L	0-8	California	A
3/20	W	1-0	Oklahoma	N		NCAA Regionals
4/9	W	3-1	UCLA	H		5/20	W	4-1	Chattanooga	N
4/10	W	6-5	UCLA	H		5/21	W	12-8	Michigan St.	N
4/23	L	1-6	California	H		5/22	W	2-0	Georgia Tech	N
4/24	L	9-12	Stanford	H		5/23	W	3-1	Georgia	A
4/25	L	2-3	Stanford	H

Pitching	ERA	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG.
Ashley Boek	1.63	29-11	44	41	32	11	266	219	113	276	.222
Tia Bollinger	3.24	11-6	25	16	13	2	114	117	37	114	.252

Hitting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBA	SLG	SB/ATT
Kristen Rivera	141	37	55	10	1	17	47	.390	.563	.837	0/0
Dominique Lastrapes	194	41	74	10	0	0	20	.381	.438	.433	7/9
Sarah Hyatt	170	25	40	6	0	12	49	.235	.323	.482	1/1

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