The No. 15 Oregon softball team swept its first Pac-12 series of the year against Utah in Salt Lake City this weekend.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205413467@@
Coming off a tough series split with Washington earlier this week, the Ducks (29-9, 8-5 Pac-12) responded with three dominant victories over the Utes, who remain winless in conference play this season.@@see above@@
Freshman pitcher Karissa Hovinga picked up her eighth win of the season in Oregon’s 9-0 victory to start the weekend. Hovinga (8-3) was dominant in the complete-game shutout (her third of the season), striking out six and allowing just five hits.@@https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/839271.pdf?ATCLID=205413498&SPSID=4377&SPID=245&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500@@ At the plate, the Ducks pounded out 14 hits in all, and right-fielder Samantha Pappas led the way with three RBI — all on the strength of a home run in the fifth inning, her fifth@@ changed fourth to fifth — stats from 4/13 show she has 5 total for the year       https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/823858.pdf?ATCLID=205360891&SPSID=4376&SPID=245&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500@@ of the year. In all, 10 different Oregon players came up with at least one hit.@@stats not updated@@
After a rain delay forced Saturday’s contest to be pushed to Sunday, the Ducks cruised to 6-2 and 11-1 wins behind junior right-hander Jessica Moore.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205413467@@
In all, Moore (21-6) pitched 10 of the 13 innings played during Sunday’s doubleheader, giving up just two runs and striking out eight.@@see above@@ She had plenty of help on the offensive end, as the Ducks followed a nine-run outburst on Friday with a total of 17 runs on Sunday.@@see above@@ Early in the day, in a makeup of Saturday’s rain-out, the Ducks put up six runs on 14 hits to clinch the series.@@see above@@ Pappas was 3-for-4 at the plate, and Christie Neito drove in half of the team’s runs with a three-run home run in the second inning.@@see above@@
In the third and final game, the Ducks exploded for 11 runs on the strength of 11 hits.@@see above@@ Shortstop Kelsey Chambers led the way with a 2-for-3, 4 RBI performance, while Pappas and catcher Alexa Peterson each drove in two apiece.@@see above@@ When Moore finally exited the game in the fourth inning, Hovinga shut Utah down over the final three innings to clinch the victory.@@see above@@
The Ducks return to action Wednesday in a doubleheader at home against Portland State.@@http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&SPID=245&SPSID=4374@@