The Oregon softball team (3-2) finished its first tournament of the season with a 3-2 record after a perfect second
day of action.
Oregon beat UTEP and Texas Tech, then beat Wagner 3-0 to finish the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz., this weekend.
Freshman pitcher Samantha Skillingstad struck out a career-high nine batters against Wagner, allowing two hits.
On Saturday, the Ducks beat Texas Tech 4-3 in eight innings off a game-winning hit by Kelsey Chambers after dropping UTEP 4-2.
Oregon lost both its games Friday when it fell 4-2 to UC Santa Barbara in its season-opener, despite Oregon’s Kelsey Chambers knocking in two RBIs on a double in the fourth inning that tied the game.
The Ducks lost their next game 15-12 to Wichita State after coming back from 12 runs down. The Ducks gave up three, four and five runs in its first three innings, respectively, but then scored four, three, four and five runs itself in its following four innings in a wild turnaround.
Oregon finished with 17 hits, including a grand slam by catcher Ashley Kivett in the sixth inning, the first of her career.
Senior shortstop Sari-Jane Jenkins hit the team’s first home run in the fourth inning for a three-run home run, her first home run since 2006.
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