The Oregon softball team put together a complete game Sunday against No. 9 Arizona State at Howe Field, using pitching, hitting and defense to upset the Sun Devils 4-0.
Unfortunately for the Ducks, they faced Arizona State again Sunday afternoon, and the Sun Devils wreaked their revenge, 10-1.
Sophomore Lisa Wangler picked up her third shutout of the season in the first game of Sunday’s double header, going all seven innings and striking out three in the win.
“I just hit my spots.” Wangler said.
The Ducks’ bats came alive in the morning game to help propel Wangler to the shutout. Janell Bergstrom started things off by hitting her first career home run in the bottom of the second inning, nearly bouncing the ball off the scoreboard in right field.
“It always helps the pitcher [to get runs],” Wangler said. “You’re not as tense out there.”
Later in the second inning, after Amber Hutchison singled, Lynsey Haij singled to bring Hutchison home. Wangler and Hutchison also had RBI hits later in the game to bring the final score to 4-0.
“We did a great job of battling in the first game,” Oregon head coach Rick Gamez said. “Wangler threw a great ball game. She did what she needed to do.”

In the second game, Arizona State didn’t waste time against Oregon’s Connie McMurren, scoring five runs on five hits in the first two innings. The big hit came from right fielder Kristen Swetel, who had a three-run bomb with two outs in the top of the first.
Arizona State’s designated hitter Erica Beach and pitcher Kirsten Voak added homers to propel the Sun Devils to the 10-1 win. Beach’s three-run shot came in the bottom of the sixth after a 20 minute rain delay.
The loss Saturday afternoon concluded an up-and-down week for the Ducks. Oregon started Spring Break by dropping a doubleheader to Santa Clara, then split two decisions with St. Mary’s of California.
On Friday, the Ducks faced a tough No. 2 Arizona team to open Pacific-10 Conference play, and lost 11-1. After Saturday’s game with Arizona State was rained out, Oregon was forced into the Sunday doubleheader.
“We have to be pretty pleased to come out with a win this weekend,” Gamez said.
The split with the Sun Devils moved the Ducks to 23-19 on the season, 1-2 in Pac-10 play.
“Our team’s coming together tighter, and I think that’s helping us more than anything else,” Wagner said.
The Ducks will travel to Portland Tuesday to square off with Portland State in a doubleheader. After those contests, Oregon will face No. 3 California twice and No. 5 Stanford once in the Bay Area.