May 24, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas – Oregon saw its 2021 season come to an end at the NCAA Austin Regional after a whirlwind day that saw the Ducks walk-off to force a deciding game before falling in game two.
The Ducks first endured a five-hour rain delay prior to the start of game one, then proceeded to walk-off in extra innings for a 3-2 win after giving up a lead in the seventh inning. Oregon ultimately fell in the winner-take-all second game, 1-0, in a contest that went into the early morning in Austin. I m so proud of this team, said head coach Melyssa Lombardi. Just to watch them transform from the beginning of the year to now, I can t say enough. My heart hurts because they were right there, and I want them to get what they want, but we just fell short.
Bunker, Cruse and Yanez are all first-team honorees, Alyssa Brito and Terra McGowan are second-team selections and Hanna Delgado is a third-team selection
No. 11 Oregon softball sweeps doubleheader with Cal
Updated May 15, 2021;
Oregon softball will enter the final day of the regular season with a chance to slingshot up to third place in the Pac-12.
The No. 11 Ducks swept a doubleheader at Cal Friday afternoon in Berkeley thanks in large part to Rachel Cid, who went a combined 5 for 6 with four RBIs and three runs scored across a 4-1 win in the opener and 9-4 UO win in the nonconference game.
With UCLA’s win over Arizona, Oregon will play Saturday’s series finale for a chance to move past Arizona State for fourth place with a win and if the Bruins complete the sweep of the Wildcats then the Ducks will move to third place based on win percentage.
Jessie Harper hit a historic two-run homer and
Alyssa Denham threw a six-hit shutout as No. 7 Arizona blanked No. 12 Oregon 2-0 on Sunday in Eugene to salvage a four-game split.
The Wildcats won the final two games of the series after dropping the first two in disheartening fashion. They now enter the final week of the regular season in a much more reasonable spot, likely needing a couple wins against No. 2 UCLA to secure a coveted top-8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
“We were grinding and pressing a little bit,” head coach
Mike Candrea said on the Pac-12 Network. “It felt like we had a hole in our bat, but they hang in there. That’s one thing about this group they keep plugging away and keep trying to make adjustments and every day is a new day.”
Arizona softball bounces back to beat Oregon in second game of Saturday doubleheader
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With the seniors struggling at the plate, a pair of freshmen sparked Arizona’s offense in what felt like a must-win game.
Carlie Scupin and
Allie Skaggs came through with clutch go-ahead hits as the No. 7 Wildcats rallied to beat No. 12 Oregon 4-3 in the third game of the four-game series after dropping the first two.
Scupin drove in two runs in the sixth with a long single to left, an inning after Skaggs pinch hit for a struggling
Reyna Carranco and punched a two-run homer to right to put Arizona up 2-1.