Rutgers University
16-20, 1-5
Oregon
30-3, 5-1
No. 6 Oregon Flies Past Softball In First Of Two-Game Series
Mar 28 | Softball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers softball returned home to take on No. 6 Oregon as the two squads battled for the first time in Big Ten play on Friday at the RU Softball Complex with the nationally-ranked Ducks topping the Scarlet Knights 20-1.
No. 6 Oregon 20, Rutgers 1 (5)
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Freshmen Kelsie Riggan, Allison Amadio and Jayla Fuller had hits for the Scarlet Knights.
- Amadio captured her first career triple scoring RU's lone run off a Fuller double.
- Senior Jillian Anderson walked twice.
- Freshmen Kelsey Hoekstra and Dezaria Johnson along with senior Georgia Ingle saw time in the circle. Hoekstra got the start and dropped to 5-9 on the year giving up four earned runs on eight hits with a strikeout.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Oregon got off to a hot start with four runs on four hits in their first at-bat including RBIs singles by Kedre Luschar and Stefini Ma'ake and an RBI double from Dezianna Patmon.
- The Ducks continued to add on with eight runs on six hits in the second, including a two-run double from Paige Sinicki and a grand slam off the bat of Braiesey Rosa.
- The top ten squad from Eugene tacked on four more in the third thanks to a three-run home run from Ma'ake and RBI double by Kaylynn Jones.
- Ma'ake added her fifth RBI of the game with a single up the middle for Oregon's 17th run of the game.
- Rutgers got onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth. Allison Amadio used her speed to reach third as the ball took a bounce in front of the diving Duck right fielder to the corner. Moments later, Amadio scored as Jayla Fuller made it back-to-back extra-base hits with a double to right center.
- The visitors, however, returned to the plate for three more runs on four hits in the fifth. The Ducks used three straight singles with Abby Mulvey pushing across a run. Katie Flannery added a sac fly to left. Ma'ake pushed across a run with a single to center with the Scarlet Knights ending the top half of the inning catching the Ducks trying to get extra base on the play.
| UP NEXT |
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Grein, Lyndsey (17-1)
L: Hoekstra, Kelsey (5-9)
Batting:
2B: Sinicki, Paige 1 ; Patmon, Dezianna 1 ; Jones, Kaylynn 2
HR: Ma'ake, Stefini 1 ; Rosa, Braiesey 1
RBI: Sinicki, Paige 2 ; Mulvey, Abby 1 ; Flannery, Katie 1 ; Luschar, Kedre 2 ; Patmon, Dezianna 2 ; Ma'ake, Stefini 6 ; Rosa, Braiesey 4 ; Jones, Kaylynn 1
SF: Flannery, Katie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Luschar, Kai 2 ; Legg, Regan 1 ; Sinicki, Paige 2 ; Flannery, Katie 2 ; McCoy, Rylee 1 ; Hewitt, Remmington 1 ; Luschar, Kedre 3 ; Patmon, Dezianna 2 ; Kresho, Elyse 1 ; Ma'ake, Stefini 1 ; Rosa, Braiesey 1 ; Shaw, Ayanna 1 ; Jones, Kaylynn 2
SB: Luschar, Kai 2 ; Luschar, Kedre 1
HBP: Flannery, Katie 1 ; Lawton, Presley 1 ; Patmon, Dezianna 1 ; Rosa, Braiesey 1
Batting:
2B: Fuller, Jayla 1
3B: Amadio, Allison 1
RBI: Fuller, Jayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Amadio, Allison 1
HBP: Osborne, Addie 1
