Brooke Yanez strikes out 10 as No. 8 Oregon softball beats No. 1 UCLA, Utah
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
In its first of 18 games against ranked teams this season, No. 8 Oregon defeated No. 1 UCLA and then finished the day with a win over Utah.
Brooke Yanez struck out 10 and worked around a late jam to lead the Ducks in a 3-1 win over the Bruins Sunday afternoon in Tempe, Arizona.
Alyssa Brito and Shaye Bowden hit solo home runs and Rachel Cid had an RBI single for Oregon (8-0), which led 3-0 through six.
Yanez held UCLA to just two hits through six, but the Bruins broke through with a string of four one-out hits in the seventh. Maya Brady doubled and Anna Vines drove her in to put UCLA on the board. Alyssa Garcia followed with a single and Kinsley Washington was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Yanez got back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat and the game.