No. 16 Ducks Fall to No. 12 UCLA

Friday, April 27

Los Angeles, Calif.

1 p.m.

University of Oregon

39-12, 4-9

UCLA

31-13, 7-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oregon	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
UCLA	1	0	0	4	3	8	8	0

Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com

04/27/07 | Softball

Box Score

By: GoDucks.com

Los Angeles, Calif. ? Megan Langenfeld did her job for No. 12 UCLA in the circle, and the 16^th-ranked Oregon Ducks failed to hit in the clutch during an 8-0 loss to the Bruins on Friday afternoon at Easton Stadium.

Oregon drops to 39-12 on the year and 4-9 in the Pacific-10, remaining seventh in the conference standings. The Bruins improve to 31-13 overall, 7-6 in the Pac-10 and complete the three-game sweep of the Ducks in 2007.

The Ducks totaled five hits on the day, stranding six runners on base.

UCLA did the majority of its damage in the fourth inning with a four-run, two-out rally. The Bruins' Jaisa Creps broke the game wide open in the fourth, connecting on a two-out, bases-clearing, three-run double off the top of the wall in left center. Lisa Dodd's single into shallow left then scored Creps to take a 5-0 lead.

Sophomore Melissa Rice (21-10) took the loss allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits in 4.2 innings of work, giving way to senior Kristi Leiter to start the fifth. Rice reentered in the fifth, after Leiter walked in a run.

The Bruins picked up the last three runs they needed to end the game early in the bottom of the fifth.

Langenfeld (9-1) held the Ducks scoreless, scattering five hits.

Senior second baseman Suzie Barnes stole her 36^th base of the season in the fifth, tying Marnie McCall single-season record set in 1992.

UCLA took a one-run advantage in the first when Krista Colburn led off the inning with a hard hit single down the third baseline. Colburn advanced to second on Creps' sacrifice and eventually scored an unearned run when Salling was unable to field Legaspi's hit up the middle, allowing Colburn to cross the plate.

Oregon stranded four runners in the first three innings with Salling getting on base by way of a four-pitch walk while Ann Marie Topps, Leiter and Sari-Jane Jenkins all picked up singles each singled.

In the third, Topps was robbed of a two-out infield single when Legaspi dove across the infield for the putout.

Oregon continues its three-game road trip at 11^th-ranked Washington on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday's game is set for 1 p.m. against the Huskies.