Softball splits fineil road
trip of season
The No. 19 Ducks upset
No. 4 Washington with two
6-5 wins, while Amy Harris
earns both saves in Seattle
Softball
Mindi Rice
Sports Reporter
Oregon made the most of its final
Pacific-10 Conference road trip.
The No. 19 Ducks lost a close game
on Friday to No. 2 UCLA, 4-3, but they
bounced back and swept No. 4 Wash
ington in Seatde on Saturday, 6-5 in
eight innings, and on Sunday, 6-5.
Head coach Kathy Arendsen and
the Ducks surpassed the squad’s
Pac-10 win total of six from 2000
with the sweep of Washington. Ore
gon improved to 30-16 overall and 8
10 in the Pac-10.
The Ducks’ weekend started off
rockv with Friday’s 4-3 loss to No.
2 UCLA.
“We had the lead and gave ourselves
opportunities to win late, so I’m
pleased with that,” Arendsen said Fri
day. “I thought our defense played very
well and we were able to score early. ”
Senior designated player Amber
Hutchison scored the Ducks’ first run
on a single by senior left fielder Andrea
Vidlund in the top of the first inning.
UCLA answered with a solo home
run in the bottom of the first.
In the fourth, sophomore second
baseman Erin Goodell walked, then
scored on a double by freshman
shortstop Breanne Sabol.
Freshman pitcher Amy Harris
gave up two homeruns in the bottom
of the fourth.
Vidlund hit her 10th homerun of
the season in the top of the seventh,
but the Ducks couldn’t add any more
runs in the 4-3 loss.
On Saturday, the Ducks played
their eighth extra-inning game of the
season. Oregon squeaked by the
Huskies, 6-5.
“This was an outstanding win for
our program today,” Arendsen said
Saturday. “I am extremely pleased
that we continued to fight through
out. This is just a great victory.”
Hutchison again scored the
Ducks’ first run of the game, hitting
her third homerun of the season in
the top of the third inning.
Washington answered with a run
in the bottom of the fourth.
The Ducks scored four runs in
the fifth. Sabol reached first on an
error to lead off the inning. Hutchi
son earned a trip to first after being
hit by a pitch. Freshman right field
er Beth Boskovich hit a single to
score Sabol.
Vidlund followed with a hit that
scored Hutchison. Senior first base
man Alyssa Laux drove in Boskovich
with a single and junior catcher Jenn
Poore singled to score freshman
pinch runner Jackie Eliades.
The Huskies added three runs in
the sixth and one in the seventh to
take the game into extra innings.
Poore hit a solo home run in the
eighth inning to put Oregon up, 6
5. Harris relieved Vidlund to earn
the save.
Oregon is 7-1 in extra-inning
games this season.
The Ducks came out strong on
Sunday against Washington, picking
up another 6-5 victory.
Oregon opened with four runs in
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Amy Harris (10) earned two saves against Washington, while Jenn Poore's (18) homerun in the eighth inning won Saturday's game.
the first. Hutchison singled, senior
third baseman Lynsey Haij walked
and Boskovich laid down a sacrifice
bunt to advance the runners.
Vidlund drove in Hutchison and
Haij then scored on a double by
Laux. Poore drove in Laux for the
Ducks’ fourth run.
Washington tied the game with
four runs in the second.
The Ducks added a run in the
third when senior outfielder Janelle
Bergstrom drove in Vidlund. In the
fourth, Boskovich drove in Sabol.
The Huskies added a run in the
sixth, but Harris held them scoreless
in the seventh.
The Ducks’ two Pac-10 wins give
them their best conference record
since 1999, when they won 10 games.
Oregon returns to Howe Field for
its final home game of the season.
The Ducks host No. 6 California on
Friday and No. 12 Stanford in a dou
bleheader on Saturday afternoon.
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Chris Vincent (22), pushing of Keith Lewis, ran for 60 yards on 10 carries in the game.
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Bellotti said he plans to handle the
tailback position the same way he is
treating the quarterback position, al
lowing for healthy competition to
improve each runner’s focus and de
termination. Whitehead wasn’t sat
isfied with his or the team’s perform
ance on the ground, but he said he
expects better days.
“We made some good runs over
all, but I feel we can run the ball bet
ter,” Whitehead said. “I could of run
a whole lot better. I still stand in the
hunt for a starting position.”
Vincent, on the other hand, knows
he helped himself on Saturday but
knows it’s all about who’s hot when it
comes time for the Ducks’ season
opener against Mississippi State. He
likened the situation to when Maurice
Morris and Onterrio Smith were both
at Bellotti’s disposal.
Vincent plans to take his per
formance and run with it, hoping to
improve over the offseason.
“I’m a raw running back right
now, I still need a little polishing
up,” Vincent said. “But we have all
off-season to work on that. My main
focus is to get better.”
Jon Roetman is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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