No. 15 Ducks Wrap Opening Month in Fresno Tourney
THIS WEEK’S DUCK SOFTBALL ACTION
Tournament: Bayer CropScience Classic
Dates: Friday-Sunday, March 9-11
Location: Bulldog Stadium, Fresno State
Tourney Website: http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/w-softbl/BayerCropScience.html
Duck Tourney Schedule (All Times Pacific)
Butler (4-6) - Fri. (3/9), 2 p.m. PT
Fresno State (12-7) - Fri. (3/9), 7 p.m. PT
Connecticut (1-4) - Sat. (3/10), 9 a.m. PT
Purdue (11-3) - Sat. (3/10), 11:15 a.m. PT
San Diego State (12-11) - Sun. (3/11), 11:15 a.m. PT
SETTING THE STAGE
Looking ahead to its fourth and final early season tournament, the
No. 15 University of Oregon softball team (13-3) heads to Fresno State
to play five weekend tilts, and its eighth and ninth games against NCAA
tournament returnees (Fresno State and San Diego State).
Looking
ahead to this weekend's opponents, UO has already beaten two of them
this year - returning NCAA veteran San Diego State and Purdue by scores
of 5-4 and 8-1, respectively.
The two-time returning Super Regional advancer Ducks have confirmed their
place among the nation’s top teams the openings month with a 3-1 mark
vs. top-25 foes and 5-2 ledger against NCAA tourney returnees from 2011.
No. 1 TIDE ROLLS IN FOR DUCK HOME OPENER NEXT TUESDAY
Next
Tuesday, March 13, the Ducks welcome No. 1 Alabama for their Howe Field
home opener at 5 p.m. The Crimson Tide's top player was one of Duck
head coach Mike White's
former Marist prep players - All-America outfielder Kayla Braun (pron.
BROE) - when he coached at Marist High School in Eugene.
Altogether,
UO's schedule is one of the nation's toughest and features 33 of its 56
games against NCAA tourney qualifiers from last year (including six of
last year's eight advancers to the Women's College World Series).
RECENT 2012 DUCK STARTERS (2012/2011/Overall Career Starts)
C: Alexa Peterson (11/48/54), Courtney Ceo (5/-/59)
1B: Kailee Cuico (16/40/56)
2B: Kaylan Howard (16/57/124)
SS: Kelsey Chambers (15/59/175)
3B: C.Ceo (10/58/66) / J.Sullivan(4/-/4), L. Chambers (2/7/66)
OF: Allie Burger (11/52/118), Sara Goodrum (7/-/7)
OF: Janie Takeda (16/-/16)
OF: Samantha Pappas (15/50/122)
LAST WEEKEND'S RECAP
Last
weekend in the Citrus Classic in Orlando, then-No. 18 UO went 5-1 with its
wins (scores in ()) over No. 24 North Carolina (5-4), Illinois State
(5-2), Pittsburgh (3-2), Purdue (8-1) and Virginia (6-2), while its only
loss came to World Series returnee and No. 10 Baylor (2-1).
Senior shortstop Kelsey Chambers
knocked in game-winning RBI in Oregon's first three-weekend wins,
thanks to her first-inning double and ground-out vs. Illinois State and
Purdue, and her eighth-inning single against Pittsburgh. In the tourney
finale, junior second baseman Kaylan Howard
added another dramatic homer with her two-run, seventh-inning shot vs.
No. 24 UNC. The pair are now tied for the team season lead in
game-winning RBI (4), and Chambers ranked second for the team last year
in the category (7).
Junior outfielder Allie Burger
added the weekend's other game-winner with her three-run, second-inning
triple vs. Virginia, and the Spokane, Wash., led UO in batting combined
for the six tourney games (.500, 4-for-8, 1 walk).
Two other starters topped .300 on the trip - the outfield pair of junior Samantha Pappas (.412, 7-for-17, 1 2B, 1 RBI) and freshman Janie Takeda (.368, 7-for-19, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB). Sophomore first baseman Kailee Cuico
also homered vs. Purdue - her third of the season (second-most on the
team), knocked in a weekend-best 6 RBI (tying with Chambers), and walked
a team-high five times.
In the circle, junior right-hander Jessica Moore
went 3-1 on the trip, struck out 26, walked seven, and allowed 21 hits
in 29.2 innings. The returning All-Pac-12 pitcher climbed three
positions all-time for UO in career victories (now fifth, 49), and one
spot on in career appearances (ninth, 95). She continues to close in on
the Duck all-time career strikeouts record (584), and her 524 mark is
only 60 shy of Amy Harris' school record from 2001-04.
Freshman Karissa Hovinga
(4-0) stayed perfect in '12 with wins in both of her starts vs.
Illinois State and Purdue, struck out seven, walked none, and gave up
nine hits in her 11.1 innings.
DUCK 2012 TEAM PREVIEW
Ranked
No. 11 and No. 16 in the preseason by USA Softball and the NFCA (both
preseason program bests), Oregon returns starters at seven of the eight
field positions, and its top pitcher from last year - junior Jessica Moore.
The
right-hander from Sutter, Calif., has posted UO's top two all-time best
strikeout totals (238, 224) the past two years, and became the third
Duck pitcher ever to earn all-conference honors.
Seven other Duck returnees have earned prior All-Pac-12 acclaim - senior shortstop Kelsey Chambers (2010 Honorable Mention), junior outfielders Allie Burger (2010 HM) and Sam Pappas (2010 All-Pac-10) and infielder Kaylan Howard (2010 All-Freshman HM), and sophomore infielders Courtney Ceo (2011 All-Freshman), Kailee Cuico (2011 All-Freshman HM) and Alexa Peterson (2011 All-Freshman Team).
NEW TO THE FOLD
The
Ducks said farewell to five seniors from last season, yet welcome an
impressive six-person newcomer class that includes pitcher Karissa Hovinga (Ralston, Neb.), outfielders Alyssa Gillespie (Hillsboro, Ore.), Sara Goodrum (Red Mountain, Ariz.) and Janie Takeda (Placentia, Calif.), and infielders Hannah Melick (Auburn, Wash.) and Jamie Rae Sullivan (Huntington Beach, Calif.).
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Takeda was an Under Armour Prep All-American in 2011 and four-time
all-league pick. The opening three tournaments in 2012, she was the only
Duck frosh to start all 16 games with her nods in center field, and her
19 hits and .365 batting mark rank second and fifth on the squad this
season.
- A three-year all-state honorable mention. Goodrum
helped lead her Red Mountain prep team to state titles her last two
years. She has started five games in left field for UO and another in right
field the first three weekends.
- Sullivan ripped her first
collegiate hit - a two-run double - the second weekend of the campaign
vs. returning WAC champion New Mexico State. Before her Duck career, she
was a starter for the Cal Worth Firecrackers 18-U club team that won
the Colorado Fireworks and Canadian Open Junior Olympic U-19 tourneys,
and took second in the PGF tournament.
- Melick connected on a
seventh-inning, game-winning two-run double opening weekend win vs. NCAA
veteran San Diego State. In week two, she just missed hitting for the
cycle vs. Cal Poly (3-for-3, double, triple, homer, 3 RBI), then homered
again the next game vs. returning Missouri Valley Conference champion
Illinois State in Orlando. As a prep senior, the 2011 South Puget Sound
League North Division Player of the Year paced the league in batting,
on-base percentage and slugging.
- A perfect 4-0 in her Duck starts, Hovinga has pitched three complete games, and has struck out 17
batters and walked seven in her 25.1 innings. In December, she went 2-1
in the ISF Junior World Championships for the Canadian National Team.
As a prep, she was a three-time, all-state first-team pick for two-time
Nebraska state champion Pappillion High School.
- Gillespie was
the 2011 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year and four-time all-state
choice, but will likely miss the season due to shoulder surgery.
OPPONENT GAME NOTES
Butler Bulldogs (4-6) - www.ButlerSports.com
Second-year
year coach Scott Hall welcomes back 14 letterwinners, six starters and
three pitchers from last year’s squad that went 32-24, and placed third
in the Horizon League (14-8). Top returnees (and key stats from 2011)
include junior infield Meaghan Sullivan (.288, 46 H, 10 2B, 1 HR, 16
RBI, 6 SB), senior outfielder Lauren McNulty (.286, 46 H, 6 SB, 2 3B, h
HR, 29 RBI), senior outfielder Jessica Huey (.280, 45 H, 10 2B, 5 HR, 23
RBI), junior pitcher Jenny Esparza (1.67 ERA, 18-10, 180.1 IP, 268 SO,
106 BB, 113 H) and senior pitcher Breanna Fischer (2.17 ERA, 3-4, 67.2
IP, 66 SO, 32 BB, 65 H).
Top Bulldog Players (Notable 2012 Stats)
Maria Leichty - .438, 7 H, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Callie Dennison, So., IF - .429, 14 H, 6 H, 2 SB
Lauren McNulty, Sr., OF/3B - - .333, 10 H, 5 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI
Kristen Boros, Fr., IF - - .333, 7 H, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Meagan Sulilivan, Jr., 2B - .281, 9 H, 5 2B
Jeny Esparza, Jr., P - 1-3, 27 IP, 33 SO, 11 BB, 18 H
Leah Bry, So., P - 2-1, 26.1 IP, 34 SO, 14 BB, 16 H
Fresno State Bulldogs (12-7) - www.GoBulldogs.com
26th-year
head coach Margie Wright owns a 1270-434-1 record in Fresno and returns
11 letterwinners and five starters from last year’s NCAA tourney
qualifiers that went 35-19, and tied for second in the WAC (15-6). The
team has made 30 NCAA postseason appearances, including 12 world Series
trips, four national runner-up honors and one NCAA title. Top returnees
from last season (and key 2011 stats) include sophomore Brooke Ortiz
(.315, 52 H, 5 2B, 11 SB), senior Andrea Ortega (.298, 45 H, 6 2B, 4 HR,
23 RBI), and senior pitchers Michelle Moses (.252, 41 H, 2 3B, 12 HR,
39 RBI, 2.47 ERA, 16-12, 198.2 IP, 224 SO, 67 BB, 155 H) and Mackenzie
Oakes (2.49 ERA, 18-7, 163 IP, 85 SO, 61 BB, 165 H). Earlier this year
in key match-ups, Fresno logged wins then-No. 7 UCLA (6-3) and SDSU
(3-0), and lost to then-No. 15 Arizona (9-0 (6)).
Top Bulldog Players (Notable 2012 Stats)
Stesha Brazil, So., .C/IF - .345, 20 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 6 BB
Brenna Moss, Fr., UT - .333, 21 H, 3 3B, 10 RBI, 3 SB
Brooke Ortiz, So., IF - .294 - 15 H, 2 3B
Andrea Ortega, Sr., UT - .259, 14 H, 2 2B, 2 BB
Michelle Moses, Sr., RHP - 81 IP, 101 SO, 31 BB, 43 H
Mackenzie Oakes, Sr., RHP - 3-2, 3.32, 31.2 IP, 22 SO, 11 BB
Connecticut Huskies (1-4) - UConnHuskies.com
29th-season head coach Karen Mullins owns a 803-539-5 record in Storrs, Conn., and returns 13 letterwinners, nine starters and three pitchers from last year’s team that went 19-30 overall and 6-15 in Big East play. Top returnees from last year (and key 2011 stats) include junior third baseman Kim Silva (.344, 42 H, 9 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 23 SB), sophomore catcher-third baseman Andrea Huelsenbeck (.309, 38 H, 6 2B, 6 HR, 23 RBI), senior third baseman Amy Deluca (.295, 44 H, 7 2B, 2 HR), Marissa Guches (.282, 29 H, 4 HR) and senior outfielder-catcher Amy Vaughn (.270, 38 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 23 RBI) and senior outfielder Jennifer Ward (.268, 34 H, 6 2B, 19 SB). Junior pitcher Kiko Saveriano started 35 of the team’s 49 games last year, logged a 10-22 record, struck out 165, walked 105, and allowed 230 hits in her 196.2 innings. This year, the team won its opener vs. Western Illinois (4-2), and has had four of its nine games cancelled since then. Its other four outcomes were losses at Georgia (8-1), vs. Tennessee Tech (9-7), Wisconsin (5-3) and Kansas (8-0 (6)).
Top Husky Players (Notable 2012 Stats)
Amy Vaughn, .400, 6H, 6 RBI
Marissa Guches - .308, 4H, 1 2B, 2 BB
Jessica McDermott - .286, 2 H, 2 2B
Emily O'Donnell - .214, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 3B
Kiko Saveriano - 1-2, 4.28 ERA, 18 IP, 14 SO, 8 BB, 32 H
Purdue Boilermakers (11-3) - www.PurdueSports.com
Seventh-year
head coach Kim Maher owns a 197-153-3 mark in West Lafayette and
returns 12 letterwinners, seven starters and three pitchers from last
year's squad that went 30-18-2 and placed fifth in the Big 10 (8-9-1).
Top returnees from last year (and key 2011 stats) include sophomore
outfielder Andie Varsho (.426, 34 SB, 12 2B, 30 RBI), senior shortstop
(.383, 34 SB, 7 HR), sophomore outfielder Lindsey Rains (.372, 27 RBI,
14 SB), junior pitcher/outfielder Erika Petruzzi (.302, 27 RBI, 12 IP),
sophomore third baseman Tori Chiodo (.288, 6 2B, 24 R) and sophomore
pitcher Katie Hackney (35 IP, 29 SO, 1.37 ERA). The squad did graduate
its top pitcher from last year, Suzie Rzegocki (26-17, 259 IP, 2.18 ERA,
200 SO), so its current season leaders in innings are both freshmen -
Alex Whittmore and Lexy Moore. Last week, Purdue went 2-3 in Orlando
with its wins over N.C. State (7-5) and Longwood (8-0) and losses to
Temple (5-1), then-No. 18 Oregon (8-1) and South Alabama (7-5).
Top Boilermaker Players (Notable 2012 Stats)
Andie Varsho, So., OF, 24 H, 12 RBI, 9 SB
Ashley Courtney, Jr., IF - .441, 15 H, 11 RBI, 11 BB
Lindsey Rains, So., OF - .426, 20 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 10 SB
Danielle Fletcher, So., C - .400, 16 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 12 HRBI, 9 BB
Molly Garst, Sr., IF - .383, 18 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 10 BB, 10 SB
Maia Monchek, Jr., OF - .343, 12 H, 2 2B, 10 RBI, 3 BB
Tori Chiodo , So., IF - .333, 13 H, 2 2B, 5 BB
Lexy Moore, Fr., RHP - 7-1, 2.23, 47 IP, 31 SO, 8 BB, 48 H
Alex Whittemore, Fr., RHP - 2-0, 1.58, 10 SO, 14 BB, 11 H
San Diego State (12-11) - www.GoAztecs.com
16th-year
head coach Kathy Van Wyk owns a 521-361-1 record with the Aztecs, and
welcomes back 10 letterwinners, five starters and three pitchers from
last year’s NCAA qualifiers that went 34-21 and took third in the
Mountain West (8-5). Key returnees (and notable 2011 stats) include
Third-Team Easton All-American and senior pitcher Bailey Micetich
(20-12, 1.85 ERA, 14 CG, 4 SHO, 164 SO, 36 BB), All-West Region Second
Team choice and senior first baseman Justeen Maeva (.348, 7 HR, 39 RBI,
.535 SLG), All-Mountain West Freshman of the Year/All MWC Team pick and
sophomore center fielder Hayley Miles (.344, 5 HR, 29 RBI, .548 SLG),
sophomore left fielder Lorena Klopp (.259, 15 HR, 48 RBI, .633 SLG) and
junior DP Kamerin May (.281, 4 HR, 19 RBI). Key outcomes already this
year for SDSU include wins vs. then-No. 23 Georgia Tech (3-2), Oregon
State (7-6 (9)) and BYU (1-0) and losses to then-No. 9 Tennessee (6-5),
then-No. 11 Oregon (5-4), then-No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0), then-No. 8 Texas
(2-1) and then-No. 14 Stanford (8-3).
Top Aztec Players (Notable 2012 Stats)
Hayley Miles, So., UT - .380, 27 H, 9 2B, 6 HR, 17 RBI
Lorena Klopp, P-UT, So. - .317, 19 H, 5 2B, 7 HR, 19 RBI
Patrice Jackson, RSo., OF - .303, 20H, 2 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI
Justeen Maeva, Sr., 1B - .266, 17 H, 2 HR, 14 RBI
Felicia Reifschneider, Sr., OF - 13 H, 13 H, 5 SB
Rebecca Arbino, RJr., P - 5-4, 1.42 ERA, 69 IP, 49 SO, 23 BB, 71 H
Bailey Micetich, Sr., P - 5-2, 2.10 ERA, 53.1 IP, 57 SO, 5 BB,50 H
UPCOMING OPPONENT SERIES HISTORY
UO
will face Butler for the first time, and its all-time marks against its
other four weekend opponents follows: Connecticut (2-1), Fresno State
(3-30), Purdue (5-1), San Diego State (12-12).
Among recent
action, Oregon beat Purdue, 8-1, last weekend in Orlando, and edged San
Diego State three weeks ago in Tempe to end a four-game series losing
streak to the latter team from 2008-10.
Notable Duck performances from those games follow:
3/3/12 - #18 UO 8, Purdue 1 – Frosh right-hander Karissa Hovinga
got the win after she pitched the opening 4.1 innings, struck out two,
walked none and allowed three hits. The top two hitters in the lineup
sophomore infielder Courtney Ceo and freshman outfielder Janie Takeda both hit safely twice as did junior outfielder Samantha Pappas. Kelsey Chambers
knocked in her second of three straight game-winning RBI with her
first-inning ground-out, three batters after Corutney Ceo led off with a
bunt single.
2/13/10 – San Diego State 4, Oregon 3 – SDSU scored
three runs on a double by Kristin May in the eighth inning off
then-sophmore Samantha Skillingstad who pitched 7.2 innings (7 SO, 2 BB, 7 H). Five Ducks hit safely once, including current Ducks and then-frosh Allie Burger, Kaylan Howard and Samantha Pappas.
3/5/10
– San Diego State 5, Oregon 2 – Four weeks after their first meeting of
the season, SDSU scored one run in the third inning and three more in
the fourth to foil then-frosh pitcher Jessica Moore’s
complete game (8 SO, 1 BB, 10 H). At the plate for UO, two current
Ducks hit safely once – then-sophomore Kelsey Chambers and then-frosh Allie Burger (1-for-2).
2/27/09
– San Diego State 5, Oregon 4. UO came back from a 4-1 deficit in the
fifth with a three-run inititated by a solo homer by Neena Bryant who
went 2-for-4 in the game. Two current Ducks played in the game,
then-frosh Kelsey and Lindsey Chambers, and Kelsey walked twice and scored twice.
Results from UO’s all-time meetings with this weekend's opponents follow:
vs. Connecticut (Oregon leads, 2-1)
5/19/1989 - Connecticut L, 2-1
5/20/1989 - Oregon W, 3-2
5/20/1989 - Oregon W, 6-0
vs. Fresno State (FSU leads, 30-3)
3/4/2006 - #23 UO (#25 FSU) W, 5-0
2/20/2004 - #21 UO (#14 FSU) W, 1-0
2/13/1998 - Fresno State L, 4-9
3/25/1997 - Fresno State L, 2-10
3/25/1997 - Fresno State L, 0-8
3/21/1995 - Fresno State L, 0-10
2/18/1994 - Fresno State L, 2-3
5/21/1994 - Fresno State L, 0-1
5/22/1994 - Fresno State L, 0-5
3/27/1993 - Fresno State L, 1-2
3/28/1992 - Fresno State L, 1-8
2/11/1990 - Fresno State L, 0-8
3/22/1990 - Oregon W, 1-0
3/2/1989 - Fresno State L, 3-5
3/23/1989 - Fresno State L, 1-4
3/24/1988 - Fresno State L, 0-4
3/8/1986 - Fresno State L, 1-3
3/28/1986 - Fresno State* L, 0-8
3/28/1986 - Fresno State* L, 6-12
4/11/1986 - Fresno State* L, 0-2
4/11/1986 - Fresno State* L, 1-6
1985 - Fresno State L, 1-5
1985 - Fresno State L, 0-4
1985 - Fresno State L, 0-3
1984 - Fresno State L, 0-3
1984 - Fresno State L, 2-4
1984 - Fresno State L, 0-12
1984 - Fresno State L, 0-1
1983 - Fresno State L, 2-6
1983 - Fresno State L, 0-5
1981 - Fresno State L, 3-6
1980 - Fresno State L, 4-9
vs. Purdue (Oregon leads, 5-1)
3/3/2012 – Oregon W, 8-1
3/10/2001 - Oregon W, 2-1
2/14/1998 - Purdue L, 3-6
2/28/1998 - Oregon W, 10-6
2/14/1997 - Oregon W, 7-2
2/18/1995 - Oregon W, 10-9
vs. San Diego State (Tied, 12-12)
2/12/2012 - #11 Oregon W, 5-4
2/13/2010 - SDSU L, 3-4 (8)
3/5/2010 - SDSU L, 2-5
2/27/2009 - SDSU L, 4-5
3/2/2008 - #20 SDSU L, 2-3
2/24/2007 - #25 Oregon W, 3-2
3/3/2006 - SDSU (UO #23) L, 1-4
3/5/2006 - SDSU (UO #23) L, 4-5
2/26/2005 - #18 Oregon W, 3-1
3/20/2005 - Oregon W, 2-0
2/16/2003 - SDSU# L, 0-1
5/16/2003 - #17 Oregon^ W, 4-1
3/4/2000 - Oregon W, 7-4
2/27/1999 - Oregon W, 4-0
2/28/1999 - Oregon W, 9-3
2/28/1997 - Oregon L,1-0
3/28/1989 - Oregon W, 3-0
3/28/1989 - Oregon W, 4-0
3/31/1988 - SDSU L, 2-4
4/2/1988 - Oregon W, 7-0
3/5/1987 - SDSU L, 0-3
3/5/1987 - SDSU L, 1-2
3/6/1987 - Oregon W, 2-0
IN THE POLLS
The
Pac-12 continues to confirm its reputation as the Conference of
Champions with three teams appearing in the top five in one or both USA
SB /NFCA national polls for the third straight week - California (1/2),
Washington (3/4) and Arizona State (5/5). UO is one of seven league
members ranked top 20 nationally this week, and an eighth program (OSU)
again received votes.
Glancing at this week's polls, 11 Duck foes
this season were ranked top 25 (USA Softball/ NFCA) – No. 1/2
California, No. 2/1 Alabama, No. 3/4 Washington, No. 5/5 Arizona State,
No. 10/10 Stanford, No. 12/12 Missouri, No. 13/13 Arizona, No. 16/15
Baylor, No. 18/17 UCLA, No. 23/24 North Carolina and No. -/23 New
Mexico.
Five other Oregon opponents – BYU, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Oregon State and Utah - received votes in at least one poll.
Compared
to last week, Cal and Alabama remained first in the USA Softball and
NFCA editions for the fourth and second straight weeks, respectively,
and No. 4/3 Florida rounded out the top five.
For comparison's
sake, a complete list of the Pac-12's teams rankings from last week
follows: No. 1/2 California, No. 2/1 Alabama, No. 3/4 Washington, No.
5/5 Arizona State, No. 10/11 Stanford, 14/15 Arizona and No. 16/14 UCLA.
Oregon
has now been ranked for 32 straight editions by USA Softball and 25
straight polls by the NFCA. UO's week-by-week USA SB/ NFCA rankings in
that stretch follow: 2012 - Preseason 11th/16th, 2/14 19/19, 2/21 21/19,
2/28 18/18, 3/6 15/18. 2011 - Preseason 14th/14th, 2/15 14th/14th, 2/22
13th/13th, 3/2 13th/13th, 3/9 15th/14th, 3/16 16th/15th, 3/23
15th/16th, 3/30 14th/15th, 4/5 15th/16th, 4/12 17th/17th, 4/19
19th/21th, 4/26 16th/19th, 5/3 12th/17th, 5/10 11th/14th, 5/17
11th/12th, 6/15 14th/15th. 2010 - 3/8 25th/-; 3/15 25th/-; 3/22 21st/-;
3/29 21st/ RV; 4/5 17th/ RV; 4/12 17th/23rd; 4/19 18th/20th; 4/26
19th/20th; 5/3 20th/22nd; 5/5 20th/22nd; 5/10 21st-t/22nd; 6/15
14th/14th.
More information on the USA Softball and NFCA polls
are available at the http://www.usasoftball.com/news.asp?uid=5398 and
http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=1 URL addresses.
In
January's preseason national polls, UO was tabbed No. 11 by USA Softball
and No. 16 by NFCA - both program bests, respectively. The Pac-12 was
again the nation’s top league and featured seven teams ranked top 13
nationally - No. 1 ASU (last year's national champion), No. 3
California, No. 8 Arizona, No. 9 Stanford, No. 11 Oregon, No. 12
Washington and No. 13 UCLA.
PAC-12 RANKINGS
Several Duck individuals were easy to spot this week in various Pac-12 rankings, and they included sophomore first baseman Kailee Cuico (chances/putouts, first, 147/142), freshman outfielder Janie Takeda (sacrifice bunts, first-tie, 3), junior pitcher Jessica Moore
(starts, third, 12; wins, fourth, 9; ERA, fifth, 1.33; strikeouts,
sixth, 62; appearances, sixth, 13; innings, third, 79), junior
outfielder Allie Burger (sacrifice bunts, fourth-tie, 3), junior second baseman Kaylan Howard (assists, seventh, 42) and sophomore infielder Courtney Ceo (assists, ninth, 39).
Team-wise,
since Oregon has played as many as six less games than the remaining
eight league teams, so totals in most categories were hard to compare.
Last
year, Oregon comfortably paced the Pac-12 in batters struck out (446),
most stolen bases in a game (8 vs. North Texas) and most doubles in a
game (a school-record 7 vs. Utah State), while then-senior Brittany Rumfelt and sophomore Kailee Cuico tied for first in the league in relief appearances (21) and most doubles in a game (3), respectively.
Here is a listing of various noteworthy Duck team and individual rankings last year.
Individual – Hitting (leader)
Monique Fuiava
Doubles - 7th, 13 (Hansen, Stan., 25)
Slugging - 9th, .643 (Hansen, Stan .797)
Kaylan Howard
Triples - 5th-T, 2 (Reid, Cal, 5)
Alexa Peterson
Hit by pitch - 5th-T, 9 (Wallace, Cal, 18)
Christie Nieto
Hit by pitch - 4th-T, 10 (Wallace, Cal, Stuart, UW, 15)
Courtney Ceo
Stolen Bases – 8th, 14 (Hassman, Stan., 34)
Allie Burger
Stolen Bases - 9th, 12 (Hassman, Stan., 34)
Kelsey Chambers
Home Runs - 8th, 13 (Chambers, Ariz., 20)
Sacrifice Flies - 5th-T, 3 (Parlich, ASU, 5)
Kaitlin Vitek
Sacrifice flies - 2nd-T, 4 (Parlich, ASU, 5)
Samantha Pappas
Stolen Bases - 7th, 15 (Hassman, Stan., 34)
Individual – Pitching (leader)
Jessica Moore
Saves - 2nd-T, 3 (Escobedo, ASU, 5)
Games started - 3rd, 33 (Gerhart, Stan., 36)
ERA - 3rd, 1.59 (Henderson, Cal, 0.80)
Opp. Batting - 5th, .197 (Escobedo, ASU, .168)
Strikeouts - 5th, 218 (Henderson, Cal, 302)
SO looking - 5th, 63 (Henderson, Cal, 111)
Wins - 5th-T, 24 (Henderson, Cal, 37)
Innings - 6th, 198.0 (Henderson, Cal, 298.1)
Appearances - 6th, 39 (Henderson, Cal, 46)
Samantha Skillingstad
ERA - 7th, 2.17 (Henderson, Cal, 0.80)
Opp. Batting - 8th, .201 (Escobedo, ASU, .168)
Brittany Rumfelt
Games in Relief - 1st, 21
Opp. Batting - 3rd, .196 (Escobedo, ASU, .168)
Games Finished - 4th, 15 (4 tied, 16)
ERA - 10th, 2.35 (Henderson, Cal, 0.80)
Mikayla Endicott
Games in Relief - 5th-T, 15 (Rumfelt, UO, 21)
Team – Hitting (leader)
Sacrifice Bunts - 2nd, 31 (UCLA, 40)
Sacrifice Flies – 3rd, 14 (Stan., 16)
Home Runs - 3rd, 71 (Ariz., 88)
Stolen Bases - 3rd, 66 (Cal 92)
Runs Scored - 5th, 298 (ASU, 477)
Slugging - 5th, .484 (ASU, .539)
Triples - 5th, 6 (Cal, 11)
Total Bases - 5th, 711 (ASU, 927)
Hit by Pitch - 5th-T, 34 (UCLA, 54)
Batting - 6th, .291 (ASU, .339)
Hits - 7th, 428 (ASU, 583)
Doubles - 6th, 58 (Ariz., 83)
Runs Batted In - 6th, 261 (ASU, 449)
On-Base Pct. - 7th, .365 (ASU, .438)
Walks - 7th, 143 (ASU, 299)
Fielding double plays - 3rd, 16 (ASU, 22)
Team Pitching (leader)
Strikeouts - 1st, 446 (ASU, 2nd, 410)
Batters SO looking - 2nd, 117 (Cal, 129)
Wins – 3rd-T, 42 (ASU, 60)
Opp. Batting Avg. – 2nd, .205 (ASU, .197)
Innings pitched – 5th, 378.0 (ASU., 415.2)
Earned run average - 4th, 2.17 (Cal, 1.70)
Saves - 4th-T, 4 (UCLA, 6)
AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH
Junior Jessica Moore
continues her ascent up a host of all-time Duck top-10 pitching charts.
Already ranked second all-time career-wise in strikeouts (524) - and 60
shy of Amy Harris' school record (584) - she climbed three positions in
career victories (now fifth, 49), and one spot on in career appearances
(ninth, 95) last week.
Three other current Ducks stand top 10 in several season/career offensive categories - junior outfielders Samantha Pappas (batting-season, fifth, .342) and Allie Burger (batting-season, seventh, .338) and senior shortstop Kelsey Chambers (homers-career, sixth, 29; RBI-career, ninth, 111).
UO ALL-TIME HITTING CHARTS
Allie Burger
Season
Batting – 11th, .387, 2010
Game
*Stolen Bases – 4th-t, 3, vs. Utah State, 3/20/11
RBI - 10th-t, 5, vs. Oregon State, 4/3/10
Courtney Ceo
Game
*Hits - 2nd-t, 4, vs. Arkansas, 2/19/11
Kailee Cuico
Game
*Doubles – 1st-t, 3 vs. Utah State, 3/20/11
Kelsey Chambers
Career
Homers – 6th-t, 29 (5th is 31, 4th is 33)
RBI - 10th, 105 (8th is 117, 7th is 119, 5th-t is 121)
Season
*Home Runs – 6th-t, 13, 2011 (4th is 14, 3rd is 15, 2nd is 16)
Game
*Home Runs – 3rd-t, 2, vs. Nevada, 2/22/11
*Home Runs – 3rd-t, 2, vs. #9 Arizona, 4/30/11
Samantha Pappas
Season
RBI – 3rd, 48, 2010
Slugging – 7th, .641, 2010
Total Bases – 7th-t, 107, 2010
Home Runs – 8th-t, 11, 2010
Batting – 12th, .383, 2010
Game
*Stolen Bases – 4th-t, 3, vs. N. Texas, 2/12/11
RBI - 10th-t, 5, 3/26/10
Alexa Peterson
Game
*Home Runs – 3rd-t, 2, vs. Nevada, 2/18/11
UO ALL-TIME PITCHING CHARTS
Jessica Moore
Career
Strikeouts – 2nd, 524 (1st is 584)
Wins – 5th, 49 (7th is 47, 5th is 49, 4th is 56, 3rd is 59)
Shutouts – 6th, 12 (5th is 14, 4th is 18, 3rd is 21)
Appearances – 9th, 95 (8th is 114, 7th is 119, 6th is 121)
Innings - 10th, 477.2 (9th is 482, 8th is 486, 7th is 576.2)
Season
Strikeouts, 1st, 238, 2010
*Strikeouts – 2nd, 224, 2011 (1st is 238, Moore, 2010)
* Wins – 3rd, 24, 2011 (2nd is 25, 1st is 42)
Game
Strikeouts – 3rd, 14, vs. Portland State, 5/6/10
Strikeouts – 4th, 13, vs. No. 3 Arizona, 5/7/10
Strikeouts – 5t, 12, vs. Creighton, 2/12/10
Strikeouts – 5t, 1, vs. Cal Poly, 3/6/10
* Strikeouts – 5t, 12, vs. No. 16 BYU, 2/10/11
* Strikeouts – 11t, 11, vs. No. 19 Texas A&M, 2/25/11
* Strikeouts – 11t, 11, vs. North Carolina, 3/4/11
* Strikeouts – 11th, 11, vs. Fordham, 5/21/11
Strikeouts – 18t, 10, vs. Hawai’i, 2/26/10
Strikeouts – 18t, 10, at PSU, 3/23/10
Strikeouts – 18t, 10, at Oregon State, 4/1/10
Samantha Skillingstad
Career
Strikeouts – 6th, 398 (4th is 435, 3rd is 445)
Appearances - 9t, 93 (8th is 114, 7th is 119)
Shutouts – 11th, 7 (10th is 9, 8th is 10)
Wins – 11th, 32 (9th is 33, 8th is 41)
Season
Strikeouts – 6th, 170, 2009
Game
Strikeouts – 5t, 12, at PSU, 3/23/10
Strikeouts – 11t, 11, vs. N. Dakota, 3/13/10
Strikeouts – 17t, 10, at Stanford, 4/24/09
*=2011 season marks
POWER SURGE
In 2012, the Ducks are again taking aim at the fences with 15 homers by six different players in their opening 16 games.
Last
year, UO bashed six homers in its six games in the NCAA Regional and
final regular season series vs. then-No. 12 UCLA to cement a new season record. UO's 71 homers from 12 Duck players gave it a 1.22 per
game ratio - 14th -best nationally.
Not surprisingly, head coach Mike White's
first squad featured 13 players combining for 51 homers in 57 games in
2010 - the fifth-best overall total in school history. From a historical
standpoint, UO’s former school record (69) came in a 69-game season in
1999 (for a 1.0 per game ratio).
With her five homers the last
month of the regular season vs. then-No. 9 Arizona, then-No. 10 Stanford
and then-No. 12 UCLA, junior Kelsey Chambers
belted a team-leading and career-high 13 homers in 2011 – the
sixth-best mark all-time for UO in a season – and her 29 career-wise is
sixth all-time for the Ducks. Also on the Oregon season list, junior Samantha Pappas hit 11 homers in 2010 and tied for eighth all-time for UO in a campaign.
Other Duck returnees that cleared the fences in 2011 included Pappas (8), sophomore Kailee Cuico (7), senior Christie Nieto (6), sophomores Courtney Ceo (5) and Alexa Peterson (5), junior Kaylan Howard (4), senior Lindsey Chambers (3), and juniors Jessica Moore (2) and Allie Burger (1).
Junior Kaylan Howard
is the first Duck to hit grand slam(s) this year, with four-baggers vs.
UC Santa Barbara and Nebraska. The Riverside, Calif., native also hit
grand slams as a freshman in an NCAA regional upset at #5 seed Georgia
Tech, and as a sophomore in a win against then-returning national
champion UCLA.
Other current Ducks that hit grand slams last year include senior Christie Nieto (vs. then-No. 9 Hawai’i as a pinch-hitter), and junior Samantha Pappas and sophomore Kailee Cuico in separate games vs. UNLV. Pappas also turned the trick as a freshman in a win vs. Idaho State.
DOUBLE YOUR FUN
The Ducks again sport a pair of twins on their roster in 2012 and both have played key roles the past four seasons.
The identical junior pair of Kelsey Chambers and Lindsey Chambers
have combined for 38 homers (29 / 9) in their careers, including 13 and
three, respectively, in 2011. They saw the most action among newcomers
as freshmen when Kelsey started in right field the first half of ‘09,
then started 24 games in the remainder at second base (and had two more
at shortstop), while Lindsey’s starts came in the left side of the
infield with 18 at third base and 22 at shortstop. As a sophomore in
2010, Kelsey Chambers
was tabbed an All- Pac-10 Honorable Mention, and in 2011, ranked sixth
all-time in homers hit in a season (13) and is currently sixth
career-wise (29).
SKED CRED
The Ducks will face
another grueling regular season slate in 2012 with 33 of its 56 games
this spring against 17 returning tournament qualifiers from last year’s
NCAA tournament field.
That list includes last year’s national
champion Arizona State, five of the remaining seven World Series
advancers (Alabama, Baylor, California, Missouri, Oklahoma State), three
more Super Regional Advancers (Arizona, Stanford, Washington), four
more regional finalists (BYU, Nebraska, San Diego State and UCLA) and
four more round of 64 advancers (Fresno State, Illinois State, New
Mexico State, Portland State).
So far this year against those
returning NCAA qualifiers, UO is 5-2 with wins vs. World Series advancer
and No. 10 Oklahoma State (8-0 (6)), regional finalist No. 24 Nebraska
(4-2), Illinois State (5-2), New Mexico State (7-1) and San Diego State
(5-4) and losses to Super Regional returnee BYU (2-1) and World Series
advancer and No. 10 Baylor (2-1).
Among the team’s 14 other foes
this spring, UO beat two others that were NCAA tourney advancers in ’10 –
No. 24 North Carolina (5-4) and Virginia (6-2) - while it also beat Cal
Poly (11-1) and Purdue (8-1) who advanced to the postseason in ’09.
HOME SWEET HOWE
Sporting a 12-4
home record in 2011, UO ended 15- and 10-game losing streaks to then-No.
12 UCLA and then-No. 10 Stanford in early May, and took each season
series for the first time since 2005 and ’07, respectively. In
mid-April, UO celebrated its first series sweep of Oregon State since
1994, and third ever. Two weeks before, Oregon’s 2-1 win vs. then-No. 3
ASU in early April marked its seventh top-10 ranked Pac-10 victim at
Howe Field the past two years. Earlier this season, UO went 4-0 in
non-conference action vs. Weber State (6-1, 6-2) and Utah State (11-3,
9-0).
In 2010, the Ducks went 14-5 in the friendly confines after
they rattled off a 12-0 start, then staked at least one win in every
home series against the nation's top conference. Oregon's perfect early
season run included its first-ever sweep of then-No. 13 Cal in April.
The following weekend, UO beat its first top-ranked team, then-No. 1
Washington, since 2004, with its 4-0 victory against the returning
national player of the year Danielle Lawrie. Oregon’s other league home
victories came vs. then-No. 3 Arizona (2-1) in nine innings when Neena
Bryant hit a two-run shot off another of the nation’s top pitchers,
Kenzie Fowler.
2011 – ANOTHER MEMORABLE SEASON
Last
year, UO both started and ended the year ranked top 15 in both national
polls en route to its second straight (and ever) NCAA Super Regional
trip.
- Last May, Oregon finished tied for third in the Pac-10
Conference - its best finish since the league expanded to eight teams in
1993. The final two weeks of the regular season, UO won its first
series vs. then-No. 12 UCLA and then-No. 12 Stanford for the first times
since 2005 and '07, respectively.
- Among other conference play notes last year:
- UO won its third-ever season series vs. eight-time national champion Arizona.
- UO swept Oregon State for the third time ever and first time since 1994.
- UO's 8-0 win at then-No. 6 Washington tied its biggest winning margin in the series.
Last
May, UO opened the postseason with a 3-0 mark in the Penn State
Regional with wins over Albany (3-1), Fordham (2-0) and at Penn State
(3-1), then dropped both of its Super Regional games at eventual NCAA
runner-up Florida. Altogether, the past two years, UO is now 6-4 in the
postseason under third-year head coach Mike White.
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Last year's Duck team broke school season records for home runs (71,
1.22 per game), and ranked 14th nationally. On the mound, the Ducks' 446
strikeouts (7.69 strikeouts p/g) ranked second-best all-time for UO
behind his 2010 pitching staff's mark (470, 8.25).
2011 SEASON SCORECARD
Overall
last year, Oregon was 16-13 against teams that received NCAA invites
with its marks against #1 seed Arizona State (1-2), #2 seed Alabama
(0-1), #4 seed Florida (0-2), #7 seed California (0-3), #8 seed Arizona
(2-1), #12 seed Washington (1-2), #15 seed Stanford (2-1), #16 seed
Texas A&M (1-0), Albany (1-0), BYU (1-0), Fordham (1-0), Illinois
State (1-0), Louisiana-Lafayette (1-0), Pacific (1-1), Penn State (1-0)
and Portland State (2-0).
Against top-20-ranked teams last year,
UO was 12-13 with all of those squads qualifying for the postseason
except for 2010 WCWS advancer Hawai’i.
In its six, three-game
series in Pac-10 play, UO swept Oregon State, 3-0; topped both then-No. 9
Arizona, then-No. 10 Cardinal and then-No. 12 UCLA, 2-1; went 1-2 vs. a
pair of top-10 teams - then-No. 3 Arizona State (W 2-1, L, 2-0, 10-5)
and at then-No. 6 Washington (W, 8-0; L, 3-2, 4-2); then dropped all
three games at then-No. 13 Cal (5-0, 2-0, 5-2).
In other top-20
tilts, UO opened the year with wins vs. then-No. 16 BYU (5-0) and
then-No. 19 Texas A&M (3-2). In Las Vegas the next week, it handed
World Series returnee and then-No. 9 Hawai’i its first loss of the
season (13-5, 5 innings). Two weeks later in Orlando, it split with
then-No. 1 Alabama (10-0 loss, 5 innings) and then-No. 17
Louisiana-Lafayette (5-2 win).
AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH
Last
year, the Duck pitching staff was on another near season-record pace
for strikeouts in 2011 (446, 378.0 innings (1.18 K/Inning)) under head
coach Mike White’s
tutelage. The current record belonged to the Ducks’ four-person staff
from 2010 (470, 381.2 innings (1.23 K/Inning)) that easily topped the
former mark (394, 432.2 innings, 57 games) set by White’s former crew in
2004. Here are other notable current and 2010 Duck team rankings
compared to the school season record (note: UO has played 56 games so
far this year):
Hitting – 2011 Team Stats (2010 / *UO Record (# of games))
Home Runs – 1st, 71 (2010 - 5th, 51 / *old record 1999 – *69(69))
Slugging – 1st, .484 (2010 - 2nd, .460 / *2007 - .482 (59))
Sacrifice Flies – 3rd, 14 (2010 – 2nd, 15; *2007 – 16th (59))
Batting – 5th, .291 (2010 - 2nd, .299 / *2007 -.310 (59))
RBI – 5th, 261 (2010 - 6th, 239 / *1999 – 307 (69))
Total Bases – 4th, 711 (2010 - 5th, 679 / *1999 – *834 (69))
Runs – 5th, 298 (2010 - 8th, 258 / *1998 - 361 (71))
Hits – 11th, 428 (2010 – 9th, 442 (*1989 – 552 (70))
Doubles – 11th-t, 58 (4th-t, 72 / *1999 – 92 (69))
Pitching – 2011 Team Stats (2010 / UO Record (# of games))
Strikeouts – 2nd, 437 (*2010 - 1st, 470 (57))
Saves – 7th-t, 4 (2010 - 3rd, 6 / *2003 – 17 (56))
Opposing Batting – 6th, .205 (2010 - 12th, .236 / *1985 - .176 (50))
Shutouts – 7th-t, 14 (2010 - 6th, 14; *1989 – 27 (70))
NATIONAL CRED
Last
season, the Ducks ranked top 50 in six NCAA team categories and top 100
in 14 individual listings at the end of last year. Led by its
14th-place national ranking in home runs (1.22 p/g), a complete listing
is available at the
http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/ranksummary?sportCode=WSB URL
address, and UO’s top rankings follow:
Duck NCAA Team Rankings (Leader)
Home runs - 14th, 1.22 pg (Florida, 1.80)
Win-Loss Pct. - 25th, 0.724 (ASU, 0.909)
Slugging – 22st, 0.484 (Georgia Tech, 0.589)
ERA – 41st, 2.17 (Houston, 1.35)
Scoring - 54th, 5.14 pg (La.-Lafayette, 7.76)
Batting - 54th, 0.291 (Tennessee, 0.348)
Stolen Bases - 95th, 1.14 pg (Marshall, 2.53)
Double Plays - 112th, 0.28 pg (Radford, 0.64)
Doubles - 187th, 1.00 pg (Delaware State, 2.08)
Triples - 184th, 0.10 pg (Jackson State, 0.422
Fielding Pct. - 196th, 0.952 (Hofstra, 0.985)
Duck NCAA Individual Rankings (Leader)
Monique Fuiava
Doubles - 75th, 0.26 pg (Hansen, Stan., 0.42)
RBI - 110th, 0.83 pg (Christi Orgeron, La.Laf, 1.63)
Kelsey Chambers
Home Runs – 75th, 13 (Nohara, NMSU, 24)
Home Runs - 88th, 0.24 pg (Nohara, NMSU, 0.43)
Sacrifice Flies - 76th, 3.0 (Bush, Florida, 9.0)
Christie Nieto
Hit by Pitch P/G – 75th, 0.19 (Young, LSU, 0.46)
Kaitlin Vitek
Sacrifice Flies - 18th, 4.0 (Bush, Florida, 9.0)
Courtney Ceo
Runs per Game – 146th, 0.75 (Meyers, La.-Laf., 1.24)
Batting Avg – 219th, .356 (Thompson, Brown, .504)
Jessica Moore
Saves – 31st, 3.0 (4 tied, 8)
Victories - 34th, 24 (Henderson, Cal, 40)
ERA - 70th, 1.90 (Jolene Henderson, Cal, 0.95)
Strikeouts – 50th, 224 (Plourde, UMass., 498)
SO per 7 inn. - 67th, 7.6 (Crabtree, Houston, 12.0)
Hits allowed per 7 inn. - 70th, 5.32 (Crabtree, Houston, 2.85)
Shutouts - 66th, 6 (Jolene Henderson, Cal, 18)
Brittany Rumfelt
Saves – 196th, 1 (3 Tied, 8)
Sacrifice Flies – 72nd, 3.0 (Bush, Florida, 9.0)
For
comparison’s sake to 2010, the Ducks ranked 33rd nationally in batting
(.299) and 34th in slugging (.460), and 47th in home runs per game
(0.89).
On the individual front in ‘10, outfielder Allie Burger ranked 72nd in batting (.387), and right fielder Samantha Pappas
stood 82nd nationally in batting (.383), 88th in RBI (0.84 per game),
90th on-base percentage (.472), 123rd in slugging (.641) and 131st in
home runs (11).
Jessica Moore
was equally easy to find last season on the final NCAA pitching stat
charts in 2010 in strikeouts (36th, 8.7 per 7 inning average), total
strikeouts (46th, 238), ERA (52nd, 1.86) and fewest hits allowed (160th,
6.38 per 7 innings). The Sutter, Calif., native ranked 11th nationally
in saves (4), and was followed by teammate Brittany Rumfelt (101st-t, 2).
PICKS OF THE PAC-12
The Ducks had three players pick up Pac-12 Player/Pitcher of the Week honors last year - sophomore catcher Alexa Peterson, junior Jessica Moore and then-senior Brittany Rumfelt.
Peterson
claimed her first career honor at the end of the regular season for her
performance against then-returning national champion and No. 12 UCLA.
The team’s season Defensive MVP was the only Duck to hit safely in all
three games, and for the weekend paced the team in batting (.714), hits
(5) and on-base percentage (.750), and stood second in slugging (.714)
and third in total bases (5).
Last March, Moore became the second Duck hurler to stake multiple Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors in her career.
The
Sutter, Calif., native went 3-0 in the Libby Matson Tournament in
Stockton, Calif. In the four-game tourney, she led UO in wins (3),
strikeouts (19), ERA (0.00), innings (16.0) and opponent batting average
(.115); and allowed three hits or less in all three of her starts
Rumfelt
was honored after the team's 2-1 weekend vs. 11-time national champion
UCLA. The Lakeport, Calif., native made her first career start vs. the
Bruins on the team’s pressure-filled Senior Day. She struck out seven in
her six innings, and helped Oregon become the second team in 2011 to
blank the Bruins in the 5-0 decision. For the weekend, she paced the
team in ERA (1.83), wins (1-tied), strikeout-walk ratio (1.83:1) and
opposing batting average (.148).
In 2010, Moore picked up her
first honor after she helped the team to a 6-0 record vs. Idaho State,
Seattle and at Portland State. Altogether that week, Moore went 3-0,
averaged more than two strikeouts per inning (29 / 14 innings), and led
the team in strikeouts (29), opposing batting average (.082), ERA
(0.00), innings (14.0), appearances (3) and starts (2). She also
combined with Samantha Skillingstad on a five-inning perfect game in the second Idaho State meeting, also the 18th no-hitter in school history.
The duo are the fourth and fifth Ducks on the current roster to honored (with 2010 honorees Allie Burger and Samantha Pappas), and all-time Oregon has claimed 36 softball POW honors since 1989.
HONOR ROLL
In 2011, eight Ducks were honored to the All-Pac-10 Teams and four enjoyed nods on the NFCA Pacific All-Region squads.
Junior pitcher Jessica Moore became the third Duck pitcher to ever land on the All-Pac-10 First Team, while then-senior first baseman Monique Fuiava received her first All-Pac-10 Second-Team commendation. Four others added honorable mention status – sophomore infielder Courtney Ceo, junior outfielder Samantha Pappas and then-senior pitcher Brittany Rumfelt and outfielder Kaitlin Vitek.
Ceo and catcher Alexa Peterson were also tabbed to the All-Pac-10 Freshman Team, while utility player Kailee Cuico was an honorable mention.
Regional
coaches took similar notice as Moore and Fuiava made their first
appearances on the NFCA Pacific All-Region First Team, as did Ceo and
Peterson on the Second Team.
Dating back to 1988, UO has now
staked 15 first-team and 23 second-team regional-team laurels, and this
year’s quartet tied its second-best tally ever (and was one shy of its
all-time (5) from 1989). On the All-Pac-10 rolls, Oregon has racked up
19 first-team honors and 35 second-team selections.
Other
team-awarded honors went to Fuaiva (Batting Leader, Offensive MVP),
Moore (Pitcher of the Year), Peterson (Defensive Player of the Year),
and seniors Christie Nieto (Web Gem) and Samantha Skillingstad (Spirit Award).
MOORE LEADS THE WAY
Helping
Oregon to wins in all six of her NCAA regional starts the past two
seasons, All-Pac-10 First Team honoree and sophomore pitcher Jessica Moore
has positioned the Ducks for many of its biggest wins this year, and
here are various highlights from last season’s final two months in
reverse chronological order.
- Working her first 21-inning
stretch in a 48-hour window in 2011, Moore notched all 21 outs in the
regional finale vs. Penn State (5/22), struck out five, walked two, gave
up four hits and one earned run. After UO scored three runs in the
sixth inning to take a 3-1 lead, she got out of a one-out, bases-loaded
jam in the inning’s bottom half with a pair of ground-ball outs, then
set PSU down 1-2-3 in the seventh.
- In a NCAA regional second-game
dual (5/21) vs. Fordham’s returning first-team All-American Jen Mineau,
Moore logged her third one-hit complete game of the season, walked one,
and struck out 11 – one off her season high.
- In the NCAA regional
opener (5/20) vs. America East champion Albany, her nine strikeouts was
her sixth effort of nine K’s or more this season, and she allowed only
one walk, five hits and one earned run.
- In her win vs. then-No. 12
UCLA (5/12), Moore struck out 10 – her Pac-10 season high and most
career-wise in a seven-inning league tilt. She also got her third save
of the season in the 5-0 series clincher and regular season finale
(5/14) when she came in with the bases loaded and no outs in the
seventh, and got a double play and ground out.
- In her 2-0 shutout
of then-No. 10 Stanford (5/7), she struck out eight Cardinal batters – a
team then-Pac-10 season high, then got the win in the 4-2 finale (5/8)
after she struck out strike out six in the final 3 2/3 innings.
- In
her 2-0 first-game shutout of then-No. 9 Arizona (4/29), she four-hit
the nation’s ninth-leading hitting team (and added four strikeouts) to
become the third Duck to ever beat the eight-time national champions in
consecutive seasons.
- In her 2-1 win in the finale vs. then-No. 3
Arizona State (4/10), she one-hit the nation’s leader in hitting (.380)
and second in runs per game (8.76).
- She picked up two of the team’s three wins vs. rival Oregon State (4/21, 4/23) in 7-1 and 8-1 wins.
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In the 8-0 series finale vs. then-No. 6 Washington (4/3), she struck
out five and allowed five hits in her 6 2/3 innings, and helped UO tie
its largest winning margin vs. the returning World Series advancers.
TOP DUCK PROFILE
Third-year head coach Mike White
is widely regarded as one of finest-ever U.S. National Team players and
pitching mentors. The 2009 International Softball Congress (ISC) Hall
of Fame selection, also is well-known in the area as an integral part of
two of Oregon’s greatest teams in 2003 and ‘04 and one of the West
Coast’s top prep coaches.
Sporting a program-best 69.5 winning
percentage as its head coach, White has compiled a 91-40 mark already
after leading the Ducks to its first-ever Super Regional trips the last
two seasons.
Last spring, UO was similarly tabbed seventh in the
league preseason poll. Four months later, it tied for third in the final
conference standings (42-16, 11-10) thanks to its best finish since the
league expanded to eight teams in 1993.
Last year, Oregon was
one of the nation’s hottest teams at the end of the season after it won
nine of its last 12 Pac-12 games. In that stretch, the Ducks won their
last four league series against then-returning national champion and No.
12 UCLA (2-1), No. 10 Stanford (2-1), at then-returning national
runner-up and No. 9 Arizona (2-1), and vs. Oregon State (3-0).
Those
Bruins and Cardinal wins ended 15- and 10-game losing streaks for their
first wins and series advantages since 2005 and ‘07.
Earlier in
the Pac-12 slate, UO’s Civil War sweep of OSU was its third ever and
first since 1994; it one-hit then-NCAA batting leader Arizona State,
2-1; and it tied its largest winning margin in the Duck-Husky series
with its 8-0 win at then-No. 6 Washington.
In his first year at
the helm, Oregon went 36-21 in 2010 – nearly reverse the previous year’s
mark (16-34) – and staked its most Pac-10 wins (8) since its 10 in 2003
and ’04. Oregon beat five different Pac-10 teams – No. 1 Washington,
No. 3 Arizona, No. 9 Arizona State, No. 13 California (3 times and its
first-ever sweep in the series) and OSU (2) – for the first time since
topping all seven in ’04.
The Ducks opened the postseason by
upsetting then-No. 7 ranked / No. 8 seeded Georgia Tech twice in Atlanta
in the regional, and ultimately ended the year ranked 14th nationally
in both polls.
In his prior Duck stint as an assistant coach, the
Ducks lowered their ERA from 3.01 the season prior to his arrival to
2.12 and 1.68, respectively, while its strikeout totals of 347 and 394 –
then the best two in school history – far outdistanced its 223 total
from 2002.
His first-year pupils included then-freshman Amy
Harris who set a single-season strikeout record (180) his first season,
while senior Andrea Vidlund led the nation in saves and set a Pac-10
record (11). The next season, newcomer Ani Nyhus was an All-Pac-10 First
Team and NCAA Regional All-Tournament choice and two-time conference
pitcher of the week. The junior college transfer notched 20 wins
(25-12), rewrote the program’s single-season strikeout record (202) and
pitched a no-hitter vs. Utah State. Catcher Jenn Poore was also an
All-American and All-Pac-10 Second Team honoree in ’04 and drafted into
the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league.
Since then, he continued
to live in Eugene with his family and remained active as an assistant
coach for one of the nation’s top programs at Marist High School during
the 2008-09 seasons. The program ended 2009 ranked 22nd nationally by
USA Today and won consecutive 4A state titles after identical 29-1
seasons. He also coached the Northwest Thunder and Northwest Bullets
Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) youth club teams and
served as a private instructor for various elite players of all levels.
As
a player, the New Zealand native became a U.S. citizen in 1994 and
helped the two national teams claim two gold medals, two silver medals
and one bronze in his four trips with New Zealand and two with the
United States
In 2000, he helped guide the USA to a bronze medal
in the World Championships when he went 2-0 with a 0.89 ERA and 19
strikeouts. In 1999, the U.S. won the silver medal at the Pan Am Games,
and he was 3-2 with a 0.68 ERA and 35 strikeouts. He also played on
three silver medal Pan-American Games teams in 1995, 1999 and 2003.
Among
other honors, the multiple Amateur Softball Association of America
(ASA) MVP pitcher and All-American helped lead teams to five ASA
national titles and five ISC World Club Championships, and was the 2002
ASA Player of the Year.
MORE LOVE FOR THE DUCK STAFF
Oregon’s highly-regarded staff also includes three other talented coaches that sport equally impressive playing resumes.
Third-year Duck coach and former UCLA All-American Lisa Dodd
has earned similar respect as a Nevada assistant coach after she helped
the Wolf Pack to a WAC Conference title, top-20 rankings and NCAA bid
in 2008. As a pitcher and infielder, the 2007 NFCA Second-Team
All-American starred on Bruin teams that claimed three straight WCWS
trips and a Pac-10 title in 2006. She went on to play professionally in
Italy in 2007 and ’08, while as a prep she was tabbed the 2003 Gatorade
National Prep Player of the Year.
White first shared the field with second-year assistant coach Blake Miller
on the U.S. National Team teammate, and the latter has played 15
seasons as a pro player and been a member of U.S. National Teams since
2001. As a collegiate coach the past 11 years, Miller has worked with
two All-Americans and nine Academic All-Americans, and guided four teams
to regional bids and one Junior College World Series trip. His resume
includes stops as a head coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville the past
three seasons and at Darton College (2006-07) and as an assistant coach
at East Tennessee State (2005), Missouri Western State (2004) and Mesa
State (2001-03).
CATCH THE ACTION LIVE
Duck
softball fans can track home action this season several ways. For home
games, O-Zone subscribers can listen to and watch games online for as
little as $9.17 per month (for a 12-month membership), and a link to
signing up is available at the www.GoDucks.com multimedia link at the
top of each page.
Fans from Duck opponents can catch multiple
games online for a $12.95 automatically-renewing monthly membership (and
should cancel the membership before the end of the month to prevent the
next month's charge).
Live stats for all home and away contests
are available for free via the softball schedule page by clicking on the
page icon with the '1" in the far right media column.
PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL
In
the annual Pacific-12 Conference Softball Coaches Preseason Poll,
defending national champion Arizona State topped the rankings and
received six of the nine first-place votes. Returning World Series
advancer California and Arizona followed in second and third places, and
picked up two and one first-place votes, respectively.
The
remaining standings for the nine-team league follow: UCLA (fourth),
Stanford (fifth), Washington (sixth), Oregon (seventh), Oregon State
(eighth) and Utah (ninth).
For comparison’s sake last spring, UO
was similarly tabbed seventh in the league preseason poll. Four months
later, it tied for third in the final conference standings (42-16,
11-10) thanks to its best finish since the league expanded to eight
teams in 1993.
THE ‘CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS’
The
Pac-12’s moniker is validated by the fact the eight Pac-12 schools have
combined to win 24 of the 30 softball NCAA national championships,
including the last six by four different teams. This year, the Pac-10
advanced six teams to the 16-team Super Regional level, and two of the
eight World Series qualifiers (national champion Arizona State,
California).
All-Time NCAA Softball Champions/Runners-up
Year Champion (Coach) Score Runner-Up
1982 UCLA (Sharron Backus) 2-0 (8) Fresno State
1983 Texas A&M (Bob Brock) 2-0 (12) CS Fullerton
1984 UCLA (Sharron Backus) 1-0 (13) Texas A&M
1985 UCLA (Sharron Backus) 2-1 (9) Nebraska
1986 CS Fullerton (Judi Garman) 3-0 Texas A&M
1987 Texas A&M (Bob Brock) 4-1 UCLA
1988 UCLA (Sharron Backus) 3-0 Fresno State
1989 UCLA (Backus/Enquist) 1-0 Fresno State
1990 UCLA (Backus/Enquist) 2-0 Fresno State
1991 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 5-1 UCLA
1992 UCLA (Backus/Enquist) 2-0 ARI ZONA
1993 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 1-0 UCLA
1994 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 4-0 CS Northridge
1995 UCLA (Sharron Backus)% 4-2 Arizona
1996 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 6-4 Washington
1997 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 10-2 UCLA
1998 Fresno State (Margie Wright) 1-0 Arizona
1999 UCLA (Sue Enquist) 3-2 Washington
2000 Oklahoma (Patty Gasso) 3-1 UCLA
2001 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 1-0 UCLA
2002 California (Diane Ninemire) 6-2 Arizona
2003 UCLA (Sue Enquist) 1-0 (9) California
2004 UCLA (Sue Enquist) 3-1 California
2005 Michigan (Carol Hutchins) 4-1 (10)^ UCLA
2006 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 5-0^ Northwestern
2007 Arizona (Mike Candrea) 5-0^ Tennessee
2008 Arizona State (Clint Myers) 11-0^ Texas A&M
2009 Washington (Heather Tarr) 5-1 ^ Florida
2010 UCLA (Kelly Inouye-Perez) 5-0^ Arizona
2011 Arizona State (Clint Myers) 7-2^ Florida
^ - Best of three championship series - % - The 1995 title was later vacated by the NCAA.
2012 DUCK GAME-WINNING RBI’S
UC Santa Barbara (2/10) - Kailee Cuico first-inning one-out homer to right field
San Jose State (2/11) - Kelsey Chambers first-inning no-out double to second base
San Diego State (2/12) - Pinch-hitter Hannah Melick, seventh-inning no-out 2-RBI double to left center field
#22 Nebraska (2/24) - Kaylan Howard first-inning no-out grand slam to left field (4 RBI)
#21 Oklahoma State (2/25) - Sam Pappas second-inning, one-out double down left field line
Northwestern (2/25) - Kaylan Howard third-inning, one-out double to left field
New Mexico State (2/26) - Kaylan Howard third-inning, one-out single to left field (2 RBI)
Cal Poly (2/26) - no GW-RBI
Illinois State (3/2) - Kelsey Chambers first-inning, one-out double (1 RBI)
Purdue (3/3) - Kelsey Chambers first-inning, one-out infield ground-out (1 RBI)
Pittsburgh (3/3) - Kelsey Chambers eighth-inning, one-out single to left field (1 RBI)
Virginia (3/4) - Allie Burger second-inning, two-out triple to left field (3 RBI)
#24 North Carolina (3/4) - Kaylan Howard seventh-inning, no-out, two-run homer to left field (2 RBI)
* No GW-RBI
BY PLAYER
4 - Kelsey Chambers, Kaylan Howard
1 - Allie Burger, Kailee Cuico, Hannah Melick, Sam Pappas
2012 OREGON SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS / MEDIA INFORMATION
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
Location: Eugene, Ore.
Enrollment: 20,394
President: Richard Lariviere
Senior Women’s Administrator: Renee Baumgartner
Colors / Nickname: Green and Yellow (Pantone 342 & Yellow)
Nickname: Ducks
Conference: Pacific-10
Home Field (Capacity): Howe Field (3,000)
Department Web site: www.GoDucks.com
Home Game Status Update Line (b/c of weather conflicts): (541) 346-6148
OREGON SOFTBALL HISTORY / INFORMATION
Head Coach: Mike White (91-40, 3nd Season)
Assistant Coaches: Lisa Dodd, Blake Miller
Preseason All-Time Softball Record: 955-847-1 (First Year, 1974)
Postseason Trips: 1976, 80, 89*, 90, 94, 98, 99, 2000, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 10, 11
Super Regional Appearances: 2010, 11
Women’s College World Series Appearances*: 1989
All-Americans: 8
2011 Record / Pac-12 Record (Place): 42-16 / 11-10 (3rd-tie)
Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 12 (4 Sr., 4 Jr., 4 So.) / 7
Position Starters Returning / Lost: 7 (5 IF, 2 OF) / 2 (1 IF, 1 OF)
Position Players Returning / Lost: 10 (8 IF, 2 OF) / 5 (4 IF, 1 OF)
Pitchers Returning / Lost: 2 / 2
Top Returnees (2011 Stats)
- Allie Burger (Jr, OF, .273, .373 SLG, 12 SB)
- Courtney Ceo (So., 3B, .356, 64H, 5 HR, 14 SB)
- Kelsey Chambers (Sr., SS, 34 H, 8 2B, 13 HR, 30 RBI, .574 SLG)
- Kailee Cuico (So., UT, .235, 8 2B, 7 HR, 28 RBI, .487 SLG)
- Kaylan Howard (Jr., 2B, .270, 38 H, 4 HR, 15 RBI, .411 SLG)
- Jessica Moore (Jr., P, 24-11, 6 SHO, 224 SO, 100 BB, 206.2 IP)
- Christie Nieto (Sr., UT, .270, 27 H, 6 HR, 24 RBI, .510 SLG)
- Samantha Pappas (Jr, OF, .289, 44 H, 8 HR, 31 RBI, .474, 16 SB)
- Alexa Peterson (So., C, .344, 42 H, 5 HR, 18 RBI, .516 SLG)
Key Losses (2011 Statistics)
- Monique Fuiava (Sr., 1B, .357, 14 2B, 8 HR, 44 RBI),
- Brittany Rumfelt (Sr., P, 6-0, 2.30, 64 IP, 88 SO, 28 BB, 47 H)
Newcomers (6)
- Alyssa Gillespie (Fr., OF, Hillsboro, Ore.)
- Sara Goodrum (Fr., OF, Mesa, Ariz.)
- Karissa Hovinga (Fr., P, Ralston, Neb.)
- Hannah Melick (Fr., IF, Pacific, Wash.)
- Jamie Rae Sullivan (Fr., IF, Huntington Beach, Calif.)
- Janie Takeda (Fr., OF, Placentia, Calif.)
MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION
Assistant Ath. Director, Media Services: Dave Williford
Assistant (SB Contact): Geoff Thurner, (541) 346-2250
E-mail: gthurner@uoregon.edu
Department web site: www.goducks.com
Address: 2727 Leo Harris Parkway, Eugene, Ore. 97401
Office Phone: 541/346-5488
Office FAX: 541/346-5449
Press Box Phone: 541-346-4497
OREGON SOFTBALL MEDIA
Daily Emerald Student Newspaper: www.dailyemerald.com
Eugene Register Guard: www.registerguard.com
Oregonian: www.oregonlive.com
KEZI-TV (ABC): www.kezi.org
KMTR-TV (NBC): www.kmtr.org
KVAL-TV (CBS): www.kval.org
KUGN-590 AM (Radio): www.kugn.com
Duck News (Online): www.DuckNews.com
MORE ONLINE SOFTBALL INFORMATION
Oregon Softball Twitter: www.twitter.com/OregonSB
NCAA: www.ncaasports.com
NCAA Playing Rules:
http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4233-2012-2013-womens-softball-rules-2-year-publication.aspx
NCAA
Championships Handbooks:
http://ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/NCAA/Sports+and+Championship/General+Information/championship+handbooks
NCAA Record Books: http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/SB_Records/2012/DivI.pdf
Pacific-12 Conference: www.Pac-12.org
National Professional Fastpitch League (NPF): www.profastpitch.com
International Softball Federation: www.internationalsoftball.com
USA Softball: www.USAsoftball.ccm
National Fastpitch Coaches Association: www.nfca.org
Ultimate College Softball: www.ultimatecollegesoftball.com
2012 OREGON SOFTBALL ROSTER / PRONUNCIATIONS
NUMERICAL ROSTER
# Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Hometown (H.S./College)
00 Samantha Pappas OF L/R 5-10 Jr. Las Flores, Calif. (Tesoro)
1 Sara Goodrum OF L/L 5-8 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain)
2 Allie Burger OF L/R 5-3 Jr. Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park)
3 Kaylan Howard 2B R/R 5-4 Jr. Riverside, Calif. (Poly)
4 Lauren Kotz UT R/R 5-7 So. Bakersfield, Calif. (Stockdale)
5 Lindsey Chambers IF R/R 5-4 Sr. Concord, Calif. (Clayton Valley)
7 Samantha Skillingstad RHP R/R 5-10 Sr. Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park)
8 Kelsey Chambers IF R/R 5-4 Sr. Concord, Calif. (Clayton Valley)
9 Alyssa Gillespie OF L/R 5-9 Fr. Hillsboro, Ore. (Glencoe)
10 Karissa Hovinga RHP R/R 5-9 Fr. Ralston, Neb. (Papillion)
12 Jessica Moore RHP R/R 5-10 Jr. Sutter, Calif. (Sutter)
14 Alexa Peterson C R/R 5-8 So. Salem, Ore. (South Salem)
17 Christie Nieto UT L/L 5-9 Sr. Yorba Linda, Calif. (El Dorado)
19 Janie Takeda OF L/R 5-7 Fr. Placentia, Calif. (El Dorado)
20 Jamie Rae Sullivan IF R/R 5-9 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Marina)
22 Courtney Ceo IF L/R 5-8 So. Meadow Vista, Calif. (Bear River)
24 Hannah Melick IF R/R 5-8 Fr. Pacific, Wash. (Auburn)
33 Kailee Cuico UT R/R 5-6 So. San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro)
** PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ** Courtney Ceo (SEE-oh), Kailee Cuico (KIE-lee KWEE-co), Sara Goodrum (GOOD-rum), Karissa Hovinga (HOE-vin-gay), Lauren Kotz (COAT-ss), Hannah Melick (ME-lick), Christie Nieto (knee-ET-oh), Samantha Pappas (PAPP-us), Samantha Skillingstad (SKILL-ing-stad), Janie Takeda (tah-KAY-dah).
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
# Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Hometown (H.S./College)
00 Samantha Pappas OF L/R 5-10 Jr. Las Flores, Calif. (Tesoro)
1 Sara Goodrum OF L/L 5-8 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain)
2 Allie Burger OF L/R 5-3 Jr. Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park)
3 Kaylan Howard 2B R/R 5-4 Jr. Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly)
4 Lauren Kotz UT R/R 5-7 So. Bakersfield, Calif. (Stockdale)
5 Lindsey Chambers IF R/R 5-4 Sr. Concord, Calif. (Clayton Valley)
7 Samantha Skillingstad RHP R/R 5-10 Sr. Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park)
8 Kelsey Chambers IF R/R 5-4 Sr. Concord, Calif. (Clayton Valley)
9 Alyssa Gillespie OF L/R 5-9 Fr. Hillsboro, Ore. (Glencoe)
10 Karissa Hovinga RHP R/R 5-9 Fr. Ralston, Neb. (Papillion)
12 Jessica Moore RHP R/R 5-10 Jr. Sutter, Calif. (Sutter)
14 Alexa Peterson C R/R 5-8 So. Salem, Ore. (South Salem)
17 Christie Nieto UT L/L 5-9 Sr. Yorba Linda, Calif. (El Dorado)
19 Janie Takeda OF L/R 5-7 Fr. Placentia, Calif. (El Dorado)
20 Jamie Rae Sullivan IF R/R 5-9 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Marina)
22 Courtney Ceo IF L/R 5-8 So. Meadow Vista, Calif. (Bear River)
24 Hannah Melick IF R/R 5-8 Fr. Pacific, Wash. (Auburn)
33 Kailee Cuico UT R/R 5-6 So. San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro)
Head Coach: Mike White (3rd Season)
Assistant Coach: Lisa Dodd (3rd Season)
Assistant Coaches: Blake Miller (2nd Season)
Managers: Brennon Clark, Garrett Gilchrist
Athletic Trainers: Brad Kneibel, Clay Jamieson
SQUAD BREAKDOWN
BY CLASS
Seniors: 4
Juniors: 4
Sophomores: 4
Freshmen: 6
BY STATE
California: 11
Washington: 3
Oregon: 2
Arizona, Nebraska: 1
BY POSITION
Infielders: 8
Outfielders: 5
Pitchers; 3
Catchers: 3
AT BAT
Right/Left: 11/7
RETURNING LETTERWINNERS (# of letters): Kelsey Chambers (3), Lindsey Chambers (3), Samantha Skillingstad (3), Allie Burger (2), Kaylan Howard (2), Jessica Moore (2), Samantha Pappas (2), Courtney Ceo (1), Kailee Cuico (1), Lauren Kotz (1), Alexa Peterson (1). Letterwinners Lost (4): Monique Fuiava (4), Ashley Kivett (3), Cortney Kivett (3), Brittany Rumfelt (4), Kaitlin Vitek (4)
NATIONAL POLLS (3/6) – Poll #4
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
http://www.usasoftball.com/folders.asp?uid=3208
Rk Team Record Totals Prev
*1. California (16) 16-0 496 1
2. Alabama (4) 17-0 478 2
*3. Washington 19-1 456 3
4. Florida 19-1 439 4
*5. Arizona State 20-2 420 5
6. Texas 17-1 403 6
7. Georgia 18-2 376 7
8. Oklahoma 14-3 357 9
9. Tennessee 14-3 350 8
*10. Stanford 18-3 314 10
11. Louisiana-Lafayette 17-0 289 12
*12. Missouri 10-3 280 13
*13. Arizona 16-4 260 14
14. Michigan 15-5 217 15
>15. Oregon 13-3 195 18
*16. Baylor 14-5 192 11
17. Louisville 15-0 183 19
*18. UCLA 14-6 159 16
T19. Auburn 16-3 146 17
T19. Hawai’i 17-0 146 22
21. Texas A&M 14-7 93 21
22. Florida State 17-3 59 20
*T23. North Carolina 14-5 43 24
T23. Syracuse 9-6 43 RV
25. South Florida 13-4 38 23
Dropped Out: Georgia Tech (25)
New to Poll: Syracuse (RV)
Others
Receiving Votes: *New Mexico (30); DePaul (19); Arkansas (3); Georgia
Tech (3); Kentucky (3); *BYU (2); Mississippi State (2); *Oregon State
(2); Kansas (1); SC Upstate (1); UMass (1); *Utah (1)
Parenthesis denotes first place votes.
* Denotes Duck opponents in 2012
USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=1
Rk Team Record Totals Prev
*1 Alabama (24) 17-0 742 1
*2 California (6) 16-0 726 2
3 Florida 19-1 681 3
*4 Washington 19-1 661 4
*5 Arizona St. 20-2 626 5
6 Texas 17-1 606 6
7 Georgia 18-2 564 7
8 Oklahoma 14-3 536 8
9 Tennessee 14-3 503 9
*10 Stanford 18-3 470 11
11 La.-Lafayette 17-0 439 12
*12 Missouri 10-3 417 13
*13 Arizona 16-4 365 15
14 Michigan 15-5 320 16
*15 Baylor 14-5 312 10
16 Louisville 15-0 309 17
*17 UCLA 14-6 288 14
>18 Oregon 13-3 260 18
19 Hawai‘i 17-0 223 22
20 Auburn 16-3 168 19
21 Texas A&M 14-7 159 21
22 Florida St. 17-3 127 20
*23 New Mexico 17-3 87 24
*24 North Carolina 14-5 38 RV
25 DePaul 11-4 27 RV
Dropped Out: No. 23 Oklahoma St., No. 24 Nebraska
Others
Receiving Votes: Syracuse 17, *Oregon St. 6, USF 14, Arkansas 12,
Georgia Tech 12, *Oklahoma St. 10, *Utah 9, S.C. Upstate 3, LSU 1,
*Nebraska 1, Pacific 1
-The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
is voted on by NCAA Division I head coaches representing each
conference. First-place votes are in parentheses.
* Denotes Duck opponents in 2012
Duck opponents in 2012
2012 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
BATTING
At bats: 5 Takeda, Janie vs N'western (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Runs scored: 3 Chambers, Kelsey vs UCSB (2/10/12 at Tempe)
3 Chambers, Kelsey vs San Jose State (2/11/12 at Tempe)
3 Melick, Hannah vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Hits: 4 Chambers, K.vs San Jose State (2/11/12 at Tempe)
RBIs: 5 Chambers, K. vs San Jose State (2/11/12 at Tempe)
Doubles: 1 (15 games )
Triples: 1 Melick, Hannah vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
1 Burger, Allie vs Virginia (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
Home runs: 1 (15 games )
Total bases: 9 Melick, Hannah vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Walks: 3 Chambers, Kelsey vs N'western (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Strikeouts: 2 (12 games )
Sac hits: 1 (15 games )
Sac flies: 1 Chambers, Kelsey vs N'western (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
1 Chambers, Kelsey vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
1 Howard, Kaylan vs Purdue (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Stolen bases: 1 (18 games )
Hit by pitch: 1 (9 games )
Caught stealing: 1 (6 games )
Runners LOB: 5 Howard, Kaylan vs SDSU (2/12/12 at Tempe)
5 Peterson, Alexa vs N.Carolina (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
FIELDING
Putouts: 12 Cuico, Kailee vs Ok. State (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
12 Cuico, Kailee vs Baylor (Mar 02/12 at Orlando)
Assists: 8 Ceo, Courtney vs SDSU (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Errors: 3 Chambers, Kelsey vs North Carolina (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
Passed balls: 2 Peterson, Alexa vs Virginia (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
PITCHING
Innings pitched: 8.0 Moore, Jessica vs Pitt (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Runs allowed: 5 Hovinga, Karissa vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
Earned runs: 4 Hovinga, Karissa vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
4 Hovinga, Karissa vs N'western (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Walks allowed: 4 Moore, Jessica vs BYU (2/11/12 at Tempe)
4 Moore, Jessica vs SDSU (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Strikeouts: 9 Moore, Jessica vs N'western (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Hits allowed: 8 Moore, Jessica vs UCSB (2/10/12 at Tempe)
8 Moore, Jessica vs BYU (2/11/12 at Tempe)
Doubles allowed: 1 (8 games )
Homers allowed: 2 Moore, Jessica vs SDSU (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Wild pitches: 2 Moore, Jessica vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
Hit batters: 2 Hovinga, Karissa vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
2012 TEAM GAME HIGHS
BATTING
At bats: 30 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
30 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
30 vs New Mexico State (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Runs scored: 11 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Hits: 13 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
RBIs: 10 vs Northwestern (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
10 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Doubles: 2 vs San Jose State (2/11/12 at Tempe)
2 vs Illinois State (Mar 02/12 at Orlando)
2 vs North Carolina (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
Triples: 1 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
1 vs Virginia (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
Home runs: 3 vs UC Santa Barbara (2/10/12 at Tempe)
3 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
3 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Total bases: 25 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Walks: 11 vs Northwestern (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Strikeouts: 9 vs BYU (2/11/12 at Tempe)
9 vs Pittsburgh (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Sac hits: 2 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
2 vs Oklahoma State (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
2 vs New Mexico State (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
Sac flies: 1 vs Northwestern (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
1 vs Cal Poly (2/26/12 at Palm Springs)
1 vs Purdue (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Stolen bases: 4 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Hit by pitch: 2 vs Oklahoma State (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
2 vs Pittsburgh (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Caught stealing: 1 (6 games )
Runners LOB: 12 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Hit into DP: 1 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
1 vs Oklahoma State (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
FIELDING
Putouts: 24 vs Pittsburgh (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Assists: 14 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
14 vs Oklahoma State (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Errors: 4 vs BYU (2/11/12 at Tempe)
4 vs Illinois State (Mar 02/12 at Orlando)
Passed balls: 2 vs Virginia (Mar 04/12 at Orlando)
DPs turned: 1 (4 games )
PITCHING
Innings pitched: 8.0 vs Pittsburgh (Mar 03/12 at Orlando)
Runs allowed: 7 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
Earned runs: 6 vs Northwestern (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Walks allowed: 4 (4 games )
Strikeouts: 9 vs Northwestern (2/25/12 at Palm Springs)
Hits allowed: 10 vs UC Santa Barbara (2/10/12 at Tempe)
Doubles allowed: 1 (8 games )
Homers allowed: 2 vs San Diego State (2/12/12 at Tempe)
Wild pitches: 2 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
Hit batters: 2 vs New Mexico (2/10/12 at Tempe)
OREGON POSTSEASON APPEARANCES (* Regional Finalist; **Regional Champion)
(Regional Record: 31-21; Super Regional: 0-4; WCWS: 1-2; AIAW WS: 3-2)
REGIONAL
**1989 (3-1) - No. 5 Regional - Amherst, Mass.
Oregon 2, Massachusetts 0
Connecticut 2, Oregon 1
Oregon 3, Connecticut 2
Oregon 6, Connecticut 0
1990 (0-2) - No. 8 Regional - Columbus, Ohio
Kent State 3, Oregon 0
Ohio State 2, Oregon 0
1994 (2-2) - No. 3 Regional - Fresno, Calif.
Oregon 3, California 2
Fresno State 1, Oregon 0
Oregon 2, California 1 (20 innings)
Fresno State 5, Oregon 0
1998 (2-2) - No. 2 Regional - Lincoln, Neb.
Iowa 5, Oregon 2
Oregon 11, Coastal Carolina 3
Oregon 10, Iowa 9
Nebraska 9, Oregon 7
1999 (1-2) - No. 8 Regional - Chicago, Ill.
Illinois-Chicago 1, Oregon 0
Oregon 6, Texas 0
Michigan State 9, Oregon 1
2000 (2-2) - No. 5 Regional - Baton Rouge, La.
Southern Mississippi 3, Oregon 0
Oregon 4, Northwestern State 1
Oregon 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
Southern Mississippi 3, Oregon 1
*2003 (5-2) - No. 6 Regional - Fullerton, Calif.
No. 17 Oregon 10, Penn State 8
No. 11 Oklahoma State 2, No. 17 Oregon 1
No. 17 Oregon 4, San Diego State 1
No. 17 Oregon 2, No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 1
No. 17 Oregon 7, No. 11 Oklahoma St. 6 (12 innings)
No. 17 Oregon 9, No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette 2
No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette 6, No. 17 Oregon 4
*2004 (4-2) - No. 4 Regional - Tallahassee, Fla.
No. 12 Oregon 1, Bethune-Cookman 0
No. 12 Oregon 12, South Florida 0
No. 4 Florida State 5, No. 12 Oregon 4 (12 innings)
Oregon 2, No. 17 South Florida 1
No. 12 Oregon 1, No. 4 Florida State 0
No. 4 Florida State 2, No. 12 Oregon 0
*2005 (2-2) - No. 14 Region - Norman, Okla.
No. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette 7, Oregon 5
Oregon 3, Wichita State 2 (8)
Oregon 3, No. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette 1
No. 10 Oklahoma 2, Oregon 1
*2007 (2-2) - Columbia, S.C.
No. 20 Oregon 4, Penn State 0
No. 20 Oregon 8, South Carolina 4
South Carolina 2, No. 20 Oregon 0
South Carolina 4, No. 20 Oregon 3
*2008 (2-2) - Norman, Okla.
No. 7 Oklahoma 6, Oregon 0
Oregon 1, Tulsa 0
Oregon 3, Arkansas 0
No. 7 Oklahoma 11, Oregon 0
*2010 (3-0) - Atlanta, Ga.
Oregon 1, Auburn 0
Oregon 11, No. 7 seed Georgia Tech 2 (5)
Oregon 4, Georgia Tech 3 (8)
**2011 (3-0) - University Park, Pa.
Oregon 3, Albany 1
Oregon 2, Fordham 0
Oregon 3, Penn State 1
SUPER REGIONAL
2010 (0-2) - Columbia, Mo.
No. 8 seed Missouri 1, Oregon 0
Missouri 7, Oregon 3
2011 (0-2) – Gainesville, Fla.
No. 4 seed Florida 9, No. 13 seed Oregon 1
Florida, 7, Oregon 0
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
1989 (1-2) - Sunnyvale, California
Cal Poly Pomona 1, Oregon 0
Oregon 1, South Carolina 0
Arizona 4, Oregon 0
AIAW WORLD SERIES
1976 (1-2)
Minnesota 5, Oregon 1
Oregon 11, Maryville State 0
Indiana State 14, Oregon 6
1980 (2-2)
Oregon 7, Massachusetts 3
Utah State 5, Oregon 0
Oregon 2, SW Missouri State 1
Western Michigan 1, Oregon 0 (7th Place)
