LIVE Updates: No.12 Virginia Tech Softball vs California Game One Score

From our own Kaden Reinhard

No.14 Virginia Tech Hokies (37-7, 15-3 ACC) will take their talents across the US to take on the California Golden Bears (31-16, 7-11) in a three-game weekend set.

A week ago, the Hokies rode a 17-game win streak into their series with Pitt. Now, after dropping two of three to the Panthers, Tech will need to brush that off and enter the Cal series with a fresh slate in their minds and look forward to the end of the season.

The entire series, from top to bottom, had weird written all over it. Each game in the series had already been moved to a day earlier to accommodate Easter Sunday, and then a rainy Saturday forecast set up a doubleheader on Friday.

The streak ended in game one with an extra-inning loss, when Emma Lemley allowed six earned runs in her start, the worst of her season. Lemley has been lights out for the Hokies in her senior campaign. A bounce-back start in California should be expected from the ace.

The Golden Bears enter the contest with a minor win streak. Back-to-back in-state victories over ranked Stanford and Santa Clara allow Cal to enter their first ACC series against the Hokies with confidence.

Cal has made back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances and is looking to spark a late-season surge to keep that streak rolling.

Head coach Chelsea Spencer is in her fifth season with the Golden Bears, and they have improved every season under her tenure. Last season, they notched 37 wins (the most since 2015) along with hitting 79 home runs for their second-best in school history.

Virginia Tech lineup

Game 1 starters ⬇️#Hokies🥎 pic.twitter.com/eJjqspxsCl
— Virginia Tech Softball (@HokiesSoftball) April 25, 2025

First Inning

Tech tallies two early runs and Cal slices the lead in half. Hokies lead 2-1.

Second Inning

The Hokies add two more runs and go up 4-1.

Third Inning

Neither side adds a run. Hokies lead 4-1.

Fourth Inning

Tech tallies two more, Hokies up 6-1.

Fifth Inning

Tech added five more runs and kept Cal quiet enough meaning a game one win for the Hokies. 11-3