No. 6 Oregon Flies Past Softball In First Of Two-Game Series

Mar 28 | Softball

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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 17^th 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

The Rutgers-Oregon series comes to a close on Saturday in a BLACKOUT GAME with first pitch slated for 3 p.m. Admission is free with free black Rutgers t-shirts available at the marketing table behind home plate while supplies last. The game will be streamed on B1G+.

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