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The No. 19 Oregon softball team comes together with one last chance to impress the NCAA selection committee this weekend.
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trol freshman sensation Jennie
Clark, who is batting .360 this sea
son. She drove in four runs and
knocked out her 15th home run
when the Huskies played at Howe
Field in April.
The Ducks also have to deal
with Husky pitchers Jennifer Spe
diacci and Jamie Graves who are
a combined 53-6 and sport identi
cal earned run averages of 0.62.
Last time the Ducks faced Spe
diacci, the Washington hurler
shut down the usually potent
Oregon offense. However, the
Ducks produced five RBIs on two
home runs in the last three games.
UCLA is no slouch either. The
Ducks have to deal with Amanda
Freed, an alternate on the U.S.
Olympic team. In their last meet
ing, Freed held the Ducks to two
hits and fanned 11 in a 6-0 win for
the Bruins.
But recently Oregon has found
the spark in its bats again. In the
final home game of the season,
Robinson provided a two-run
homer and freshman Andrea Vid
lund drove in two runs on a
bases-loaded single.
The Ducks’ pitching has been
as steady as always. Both Connie
McMurren and Vidlund have
turned in complete game per
formances recently. McMurren
picked up her 15 th win in the vic
tory over Cal and Vidlund has a
team-best record of 16-7.
While the Ducks are the undis
puted underdog in these contests,
Gustafson and Robinson would
have it no other way.
“Nobody expects us to win,”
Robinson said. “We have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose.
These are our games to win.”
“Coming out and beating the
No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the
country will surprise the commit
tee,” Gustafson added. “We just
need to go out there and kick
some butt.
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