The Oregon softball team pounded Pacific 10-0 Sunday in the finale of the Cathedral City Classic Sunday in Palm Springs, Calif.
Oregon won four of the six games. The Ducks beat Long Island (2-1), No. 8 Oklahoma (1-0), Michigan State (3-1) and Pacific, but lost to No. 10 Baylor (8-4) and No. 2 Northwestern (6-0).
Sunday’s win was coach Kathy Arendsen’s 192nd in her sixth year in Eugene. It tied her with Teresa Wilson for the most in school history.
Pitcher Alicia Cook gave up two hits in five innings, striking out six and walking two.
Oregon (9-7) jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning with all the runs coming with two outs. The Ducks scored a run in the fourth inning and added three more in the top of the sixth inning.
Joanna Gail went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Ashley Kivett was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Oregon travels next week to San Diego for the San Diego Classic. Following that five-game stretch, Oregon holds its home opener at Howe Field on March 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Pitcher Brittany Rumfelt threw a complete game in Oregon’s 2-1 win against Long Island.
The Ducks went ahead, 1-0, on a home run by Lovena Chaput in the second inning. Long Island tied it in the third, but Monique Fuiava’s sixth-inning double led to the go-ahead run. After her hit, Fuiava was pinch-ran for by Shelley Deadmond, who scored two batters later on a grounder by Gail.
Northwestern showed why it is No. 2 in the nation with Wildcats ace pitcher Lauren Delaney throwing her second career no-hitter in a 6-0 win.
Delaney went up against Oregon’s Melissa Rice, who pitched 5 1/3 innings while striking out four and walking three. Rumfelt came on in relief and pitched 1 2/3 innings and had one strikeout.
Oregon had two batters reach base via walks to Sari-Jane Jenkins and Neena Bryant.
The Ducks played three ranked opponents during the trip and earned a win against No. 8 Oklahoma behind a home run from Monique Fuiava. After Fuiava’s fourth-inning shot cleared the wall, Gail nearly matched the freshman’s feat but the left fielder jumped and made the catch.
Oklahoma looked to tie the game in the sixth inning on a deep shot by second baseman Traci Dickenson, but Bryant went back to the wall and caught the ball before falling into the right center field wall.
The Sooners had two runners on base in the seventh inning via walks, but Cook struck out Dickenson to end the threat and the game.
In Oregon’s 3-1 win against Michigan State, Rumfelt pitched six scoreless innings. She allowed two strikeouts and five hits without allowing a walk. Cook took over in relief and earned the save.
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