Softball opens Pac-10 season with win
Oregon is halfway to its 2002 season
total for Pac-10 wins with a season
opening win over Oregon State
Softball
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
No. 22 Oregon opened the Pacific-10 Con
ference season with a win for the first time
since 1998 on Saturday, taking out No. 17
Oregon State, 10-2, in Corvallis.
The Ducks (17-6, 1-0 Pac-10) scored three
runs in three consecutive innings in their first
win over the Beavers (19-10, 0-1) since sweep
ing a doubleheader in the 1999 season.
“This was a phenomenal team effort,” head
coach Kathy Arendsen said. “We had some
very clutch hitting — especially from Erin
Goodell — and our defense carried us the rest
of the way. I am extremely pleased with our ef
fort and to be 1-0 in the Pac-10.”
Goodell, a sophomore, was two for three
with two home runs, three RBI and three runs
scored. The home runs were the infielder’s
first of the season and matched her home run
total from last season.
“We just came out very confident today,”
Goodell said. “We knew we could win, and we
wanted to start off the Pac-10 with a win. Every
thing just felt right and we were clicking on both
offense and defense. It feels awesome.”
Oregon scored its first run of the game in the
fourth inning on a two-out double by senior cen
terfielder Janelle Bergstrom that scored junior
catcher Jenn Poore. Goodell followed with her
first home run of the game to left field.
The Ducks loaded the bases in the fifth in
ning, adding three runs to take a 6-0 lead.
Oregon State scored its first run of the game
in the fifth inning on an infield groundout.
In the sixth inning, Oregon scored three more
runs, including a leadoff home run by Goodell.
A single in the bottom of the sixth scored
the Beavers’ second and final run of the game.
Oregon added a run in the seventh inning,
finishing with 10 runs and tying a season high
with 13 hits.
Freshman Amy Harris pitched her fifth
complete game of the season, bumping her
record to 6-4 and striking out five batters. Har
ris now has 75 strikeouts on the season and a
0.93 ERA.
Senior outfielder Amber Hutchinson was
four for five with two runs scored and an RBI
while Bergstrom went two for two with a dou
ble, two RBIs and a run scored. Freshman
rightfielder Beth Boskovich went three for four
with a double and an RBI. Boskovich leads the
squad with a .359 batting average.
“Unfortunately we didn’t bring our game to
day,” Oregon State head coach Kirk Walker
said. “They played well, they pitched well and
they hit well. We just didn’t play our game —
it was a very disappointing home opener.”
The Ducks are already halfway to matching
their conference win record for last season.
Oregon won only two Pac-10 games last sea
son, a 4-2 victory against Arizona State and a
4-0 win over Stanford.
Harris improved to 3-1 against ranked oppo
nents while Oregon is now 5-1 against teams
in the top 25.
Oregon played in front of 708 people, the
largest crowd to see the Ducks play so far
this season.
The game against Oregon State was the
Ducks’ first game in their home state this sea
son. Oregon and Portland State were sched
uled to play a doubleheader Thursday, but the
games were postponed until April because of
inclement weather.
The next top 25 poll comes out Tuesday.
The Ducks are sure to improve their No. 22
ranking and the Beavers will probably drop
from No. 17.
The Ducks travel to Fort Collins, Colo., for
a doubleheader Sunday against Colorado State
and a single game against the Rams the next
day. Oregon plays its next conference game on
March 28 at Arizona State.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer for the Emerald.
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