Wednesday's Softball Game to Decide Civil War Cup Victor
On The Horizon
The victor of the NW Dodge Civil War Cup has yet to be determined, and the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 17 Oregon and No. 14 Oregon State at the OSU Softball Complex will decide the champion.
Currently the Beavers hold an 8-7 edge, but two points are up for grabs for Wednesday’s victor.
After Wednesday’s game in Corvallis, the Ducks remain on an eight-game road swing that started last week in Arizona.
Oregon is at 12th-ranked UCLA on Friday with a 1 p.m. start, before heading to Washington for games on Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.) at the Husky Softball Complex.
Air Time
Live stats for all four games will be provided on www.GoDucks.com. Saturday’s game at Washington can also be heard on KWVA with Erick Olson and John Strong providing the broadcast.
It’s the Pac-10
Pacific-10 Conference teams are used to beating up on one another, and that trend continued last weekend. Fourth-ranked Arizona finished the week 3-1, dropping its midweek game to Arizona State before sweeping the weekend with victories over Oregon State and Oregon. Junior Taryne Mowatt was in the circle for all three wins.
Arizona State picked up a 6-3 win over the rival Wildcats midweek, before finishing the weekend 2-1. Burkhart picked up the wins against Arizona and Oregon, before Saturday’s 2-0 loss to the Beavers. OSU and the Sun Devils then battled for 11 innings on Sunday, with ASU eventually nabbing the 8-7 win.
UCLA and Washington traveled to the Bay Area, visiting Stanford and Cal. The 12th-ranked Bruins got off to a slow start after a 6-4 loss to the Cardinal, before ending the trip with two wins at Cal.
The No. 13 Huskies also finished the weekend 2-1, sandwiching a one-run loss to Stanford on Saturday, between a 4-2, eight-inning victory over Cal on Friday and a 12-1, six-inning victory over the Cardinal on Sunday.
Oregon struggled to find its offense in Arizona, scoring a combined four runs in three games. The Ducks have lost their last six conference games.
Oregon State’s three games in Arizona were decided by a total of five runs. The Beavers were shut out in a 2-0 loss to Arizona on Friday, before coming back with a 3-1 victory at ASU on Saturday. OSU then lost an 11-inning, 8-7 decision to the Sun Devils.
Stanford finished 2-1, defeating UCLA and splitting two games with Washington, and Cal dropped all three on its home field.
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