SEATTLE — The consistent pitching of Oregon transfer Ani Nyhus remained a winning recipe in Pacific-10 Conference play this weekend.
Add run support from the 14th-ranked Ducks — including second baseman Erin Goodell’s first and second home runs of the season — and Oregon took two wins from two top-five teams.
The Ducks (32-11 overall, 6-3 Pac-10) opened their weekend with a 2-1 victory against No. 5 Washington Friday in Seattle.
“Ani was brilliant and we found a way to score runs,” Oregon head coach Kathy Arendsen said Friday. “Kristi Leiter, a native kid playing at home for the first time in her career, got a big home run and Erin Goodell, who has really been swinging the bat well the past couple weeks, stepped up with a huge hit for us.”
Leiter, Oregon’s first baseman from Lake Stevens, Wash., hit her third home run of the season, a shot into the right field bleachers, to lead off the fifth inning.
Washington tied the game at one in the bottom of the sixth, when Dominique Lastrapes scored after hitting a one-out double.
In the top of the seventh, Goodell, Oregon’s second baseman, hit her first home run of the season over the left field wall.
“It felt really good, just to pick us up from their run that they scored the inning before,” Goodell said. “We were all pretty determined that we had to score that inning. I was trying to get a base hit and I guess that just happens.”
Nyhus threw a complete game three-hitter in the victory, allowing the one run. She struck out 11.
“We came out and scored early, which was good,” Nyhus said. “They weren’t really on to me yet. I was just looking for ground balls and stuff, and I got a couple strikeouts to add with it.”

Ducks go 1-1 in Los Angeles
After the win, it was time for the Ducks to step on a plane and fly to UCLA. Oregon opened the Los Angeles leg of its trip with four runs in the top of the first inning on Saturday.
Catcher Jenn Poore scored the Ducks’ first run on a single by third baseman Ashley Richards. Richards scored when the next batter, designated player Beth Boskovich, hit a double to deep right center field, making it 2-0.
Left fielder Julie Jaime drove in Oregon’s third run with a single, scoring Boskovich. Goodell drove in the final Duck run with a bloop single to right center field.
“We were able to put runs on the board early and our defense made them hold up,” Arendsen said in a release Saturday. “I thought we did a great job picking up a win on the road against a very good ballclub.”
Nyhus pitched her second complete-game victory in as many days. She gave up three runs on seven hits and struck out six.
The Ducks couldn’t quite extend their weekend into three victories, as Nyhus gave up a walk-off home run to UCLA’s Caitlin Benyi in the bottom of the tenth inning for a 3-2 loss Sunday.
“(The team) never gave up, and (they) battled inning after inning,” Arendsen said in a release Sunday. “We had a great defensive game and were able to battle back in the fifth, but we came up just short.”
Oregon’s two runs came on Goodell’s second home run of the season in the top of the fifth inning. After Amy Harris started the game, Anissa Meashintubby relieved her. Nyhus relieved Meashintubby, eventually taking the loss. Each pitcher threw three innings.
Oregon returns to Howe Field on Friday for a three-game series against Arizona State and No. 1 Arizona.