The 25th-ranked Oregon softball team will start possibly the toughest road trip of the season as it takes the field against No. 17 Arizona State in Tempe today and No. 2 Arizona in Tucson on
Saturday and Sunday.
The Ducks (22-11 overall, 2-2 Pacific-10 Conference) are coming off a tough 2-1 loss to
No. 13 Oregon State on Wednesday. Pitcher Amy Harris gave up only three hits, though two of them were home runs. Oregon garnered only one hit against the Beavers.
In today’s game, Oregon will be facing a Sun Devil (26-10, 3-1) team also fresh off a
Wednesday loss to its in-state rival. Arizona State fell to Arizona 1-0 at home and only
managed two hits while striking out 15 times against Wildcat ace Alicia Hollowell.
Arizona State starter Katie Burkhart (10-5) pitched well in the loss, giving up one unearned run on four hits and recording six strikeouts.
In the weekend games against the Wildcats (29-3, 3-1), the Oregon pitching staff will try to slow down a dominant Arizona offense, led by outfielder Caitlin Lowe. She is hitting .496 on the season and is the conference leader in hits
(56) and is second in stolen bases (20).
— Clayton Jones
In brief: Oregon softball heads south to the Grand Canyon State
Daily Emerald
April 7, 2005
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