University of Oregon
UC Riverside
Back To Back Home Runs Spark Offense As Duck Softball Wins Two At UNLV Desert Classic
02/12/05 | Softball
LAS VEGAS, Nev. ? A pair of back to back solo home runs in the sixth inning lifted the 13th-ranked Ducks to a 7-1 victory over Texas State at the UNLV Desert Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. With an 11-3 victory over UC Riverside earlier in the evening, Oregon improved to 5-1 overall this season.
Sophomore Suzie Barnes hit her first collegiate home run against Riverside and against Texas State, Barnes her hit second career home run to put Oregon ahead 2-1 after freshman Lovena Chaput led off the inning with a solo shot to tie the game, 1-1. Barnes was 4-for-6 with five runs scored, three RBI and two home runs in Oregon's two victories while Chaput finished the day 3-for-6 with a double, a triple, a home run and four runs scored.
"I couldn't be happier with how we battled today," Oregon head coach Kathy Arendsen said. "We put pressure on them in the fifth inning and came back again in the sixth. I am very pleased with how we continued to believe we could do this."
Oregon had trailed 1-0 for most of the game as Texas State pitcher Katie Ann Trahan (3-3) limited the Ducks to just two hits before Oregon's offense came to life in the sixth. After giving up the two home runs, Trahan hit Oregon first baseman Beth Boskovich and committed a throwing error that allowed senior Ashley Richards to reach. Boskovich advanced on the play and later scored when Dani Baird bunted safely. The Ducks went ahead 4-1 when relief pitcher Olivia Henley hit Erin Goodell with the bases loaded.
Oregon added to its lead in the seventh inning after an RBI each by senior Ashley Richards and freshmen Kristi Jorgensen and T.J. Eadus.
Junior pitcher Amy Harris improved to 2-1 with the victory.
Oregon defeated UC Riverside behind 14 hits from the Duck offense. In her first start of the season, senior pitcher Ani Nyhus (1-0) picked up her first victory.
In the first inning, Riverside took a 1-0 lead after an RBI single down the left field line by third baseman Melissa Sanchez, but Oregon responded by scoring three runs. Chaput started the inning with a double down the right side and later scored on an RBI by Boskovich. Richards drove in shortstop Breanne Sabol with a sacrifice fly and sophomore Kristi Leiter scored Boskovich with a single up the middle to put the Ducks ahead 3-1.
A triple by Chaput in her second at bat scored Barnes and she later scored on an RBI single by Boskovich to extend Oregon's lead to 5-1.
Riverside cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fourth inning after an RBI each by April Murray and Mandi Salcido, but Oregon responded again, scoring two runs on an RBI single by Sabol and a sacrifice fly by Boskovich.
Junior Dani Baird, who was hitting for Sabol in the fifth inning, drove in Barnes with a line-drive single to add to Oregon's lead and Erin Goodell's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning scored Sabol to put the Ducks ahead 9-3. Barnes' two-run home run in the sixth inning put the Ducks ahead by eight runs and ended the game due to the mercy rule.
Oregon wraps up tournament play tomorrow, taking on No. 8 Michigan at 10:30 a.m. and Oklahoma State at 12:30 p.m.
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Box score (NCAA)
The Automated ScoreBook
Riverside vs #13 Oregon
Feb 12, 2005 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Complex)
Riverside 3
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Murray, April rf......... 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Yee, Jamie cf............ 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
Salcido, Mandy ss........ 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1
Sanchez, Melissa 3b...... 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2
Buck, Elizabeth c........ 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0
Black, Jessica lf........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
Thompson, Jennifer 1b.... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Bishop, Dani dh.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dufrene, Kristen dh..... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bender, Traci 2b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Canela, Ynez 2b/pr...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yee, V. ph.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall, Hailey 2b..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radabaugh, Sara p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Songer, Christen p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 21 3 4 3 6 1 17 6 9
Oregon 11 (4-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chaput, Lovena lf........ 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
Sabol, Breanne ss........ 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0
Baird, Dani ph.......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Boskovich, Beth dh....... 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
Topps, Ann Marie ph/dh.. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richards, Ashley c....... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Eadus, T.J. 3b........... 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
Leiter, Kristi 1b........ 2 1 1 1 2 0 8 2 0
Hudson, Kayleen rf....... 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Goodell, Erin 2b......... 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 2
Jorgensen, Kristi ph.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barnes, Suzie cf......... 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
Nyhus, Ani p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cook, Alicia p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Kontra, Lindsey p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 26 11 14 11 6 3 18 13 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Riverside........... 100 200 - 3 4 0
Oregon.............. 320 213 - 11 14 1
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Note: 2 outs, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Goodell. LOB - Highlanders 9; Ducks 8. 2B - Chaput(1);
Barnes(1). 3B - Chaput(1). HR - Barnes(1). HBP - Salcido.
SH - Sanchez; Bishop. SF - Chaput; Boskovich; Richards;
Goodell. SB - Murray; Sabol 2; Barnes.
Riverside IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Radabaugh, Sara..... 4.1 9 7 7 4 2 20 26
Songer, Christen.... 1.1 5 4 4 2 1 6 10
Oregon IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Nyhus, Ani.......... 3.2 2 3 3 6 0 11 20
Cook, Alicia........ 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 6 6
Kontra, Lindsey..... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Win - Nyhus (1-0). Loss - Radabaugh (). Save - None.
HBP - by Nyhus (Salcido). PB - Buck.
Umpires -
Start: 5:45 pm Time: 2:15 Attendance: 270
Game: UCR-ORE
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The Automated ScoreBook
#13 Oregon vs Texas State
Feb 12, 2005 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Hendersen Complex)
Oregon 7 (5-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chaput, Lovena lf........ 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Topps, Ann Marie ph/dh.. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Barnes, Suzie cf......... 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
Boskovich, Beth 1b....... 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
Richards, Ashley dh...... 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Baird, Dani rf/lf........ 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jorgensen, Kristi 3b..... 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0
Morris, Amie c........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Eadus, T.J. c........... 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
Goodell, Erin 2b......... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Sabol, Breanne ss........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Leiter, Kristi ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Harris, Amy p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 32 7 10 7 1 6 21 5 9
Texas State 1 (3-3)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Hromadka, Amy cf......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ackley, Heather ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Krueger, Amy lf.......... 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gunter, Kristen 1b....... 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 0
Kloesel, Jill pr........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trahan, Katie Ann p/dh... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wilson, Ashley 2b........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2
Bonetti, Rachael c....... 3 1 1 1 0 1 8 1 1
Britain, Holly 3b........ 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
Sharp, Leslie ss......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
Griffith, Lauren rf...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Henley, Olivia dh/p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 24 1 4 1 4 5 21 9 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Oregon.............. 000 004 3 - 7 10 0
Texas State......... 010 000 0 - 1 4 3
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E - Gunter; Trahan 2. LOB - Ducks 9; Bobcats 6.
2B - Boskovich; Richards. HR - Chaput; Barnes; Bonetti.
HBP - Barnes; Boskovich; Goodell. SH - Baird. SB
- Krueger.
Oregon IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Harris, Amy......... 7.0 4 1 1 4 5 24 28
Texas State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Trahan, Katie Ann... 5.0 4 4 2 0 5 19 22
Henley, Olivia...... 2.0 6 3 3 1 1 13 15
Win - Harris (2-1). Loss - Trahan (3-3). Save - None.
WP - Henley. HBP - by Trahan (Barnes); by Trahan (Boskovich);
by Henley (Goodell). PB - Morris; Eadus.
Umpires -
Start: 8:40 pm Time: 2:20 Attendance: 125
Trahan faced 4 batters in the 6th.
Game: ORE-TSU
