BERKELEY, Calif. – Oregon's offense got off to a fast start before the pitching locked it down the rest of the way in a 3-1 win over California to complete a four-game road sweep of the Bears.
The Ducks finish the regular season 37-15 overall and 14-10 in Pac-12 play and will learn their NCAA Tournament fate during Sunday's selection show (6 p.m., ESPN2).
No. 11 Oregon softball completes sweep of Cal, finishes regular season 3rd in Pac-12
Updated May 15, 2021;
Oregon softball completed a sweep of Cal and, thanks to an assist from UCLA, finishes in third place in the Pac-12.
Rachel Cid capped her hot weekend by going 2 for 3 with an RBI and Brooke Yanez, Samaria Diaz and Raegan Breedlove combined to allow a run on four hits and two walks in a 3-1 win for the No. 11 Ducks to complete the sweep in Berkeley on Saturday afternoon.
Oregon (37-15, 14-10 Pac-12), which completed its first Pac-12 road sweep since May 2018, also at Cal, jumped both Arizona State and Arizona on the final day of the regular season.
Oregon softball couldn’t hold on to an early lead, dropped the series finale at Arizona State and its chances of hosting an NCAA Super Regional are diminishing.
Oregon softball drops doubleheader to Arizona State
Updated May 01, 2021;
Oregon softball was out-powered by Arizona State, which swept both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader in Tempe.
Yannira Acuna went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI in a 10-4 win for the No. 12 Sun Devils over the No. 8 Ducks in Game 1 and had two more RBIs in a 4-1 win in Game 2.
In the opener, Hanna Delgado hit a three-run home run to give Oregon (31-12, 9-8 Pac-12) an early lead.
But Acuna tied it in the bottom of the first. Maddi Hackbarth added a two-run shot in the third to give Arizona State (30-12, 10-7 Pac-12) a 5-3 lead.
Allee Bunker drives in 4 runs as No. 8 Oregon softball tops Arizona State in extras
Updated 11:58 PM;
Allee Bunker had four RBIs, Terra McGowan scored the winning run against her former team and Raegan Breedlove closed out a pivotal series-opening win for Oregon softball at Arizona State.
Bunker went 3 for 5 with a two-run home run and pair of RBI singles, McGowan led off the ninth with a single and later scored on an error and Breedlove closed it out for a 6-5 win in nine innings for the No. 8 Ducks over the host No. 12 Sun Devils Friday night.
Oregon (31-10, 9-7 Pac-12) struck first with a two-run home run from Bunker in the first.