CHICO, Calif. – The Chico State softball team planned to cap off the 2009 season with a pair of weekend doubleheaders…but with a last-minute cancellation of Sunday’s scheduled twinbill against Notre Dame de Namur, the Wildcats will now play their final two games of the year Saturday against the Academy of Art Urban Knights at University Softball Field.

The Wildcats (18-35 overall, 6-26 in CCAA play) look to wrap up the 2009 campaign on a positive note after dropping three of four last weekend to San Francisco State. Saturday will mark the second time Chico State has faced Academy of Art; the Wildcats nipped the Urban Knights 2-1 Feb. 1 in the season opener for both schools.

A handful of ’Cats players have a chance to post career-best numbers Saturday – Gwen Cox, currently ranked fifth on Chico State’s career stolen base list, needs just one more swipe to break the Wildcats’ season single mark that has stood since 1995. Bec Johnson needs just one more stolen base for her third straight 10-steal season, and if she’s successful, the ’Cats will boast four players (Johnson, Cox, Jesse Minch and Charlotte Honciano) with at least 10 stolen bases on the year. Jessica McDermott needs four more K’s to become just the fifth Chico State pitcher since 1984 to strike out 100 batters in a season…and if righthander Lauren Walker can go the distance in her final start of the season Saturday, she’ll top her 2008 total of 13 complete games.

Academy of Art University, playing their inaugural season as a provisional member of the Pacific West Conference, is 14-28 on the season. The Urban Knights, which at one point in the season dropped 14 of 15 games, are playing their best ball of the year coming into Saturday’s doubleheader with the Wildcats – Academy of Art has won four of its last five games including a doubleheader sweep of Patten University earlier this week.

Game one of Saturday’s Chico State-Academy of Art twinbill will begin at noon.