
Upset of No. 12 Ducks Caps Saturday Set
March 08, 2025 | Softball
EUGENE, Ore. – Continuing play in the Jane Sanders Classic, the Oregon State softball team upset 12th-ranked Oregon after dropping a contest to eighth-ranked Florida State in Eugene.
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The win over the Ducks marked the first win of the season for the Beavers (10-12) against a ranked foe and the second against a team from the Big Ten. It is now the second consecutive year with a win over a 12th-ranked team, following an April 2024 win over no. 12 UCLA.
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Game 1: #8 Florida State 8, Oregon State 2
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Late-inning offense from the Seminoles quelled an early upset bid by Oregon State in the first game of day two of the Eugene-based event as no. 8 Florida State defeated the Beavers by an 8-2 score.
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Tristian Thompson's second-inning single to left center brought in Samantha Gutierrez to match a Seminole homer from the first to bring the Beavers on even terms. Three innings later, the Beavers got closer Florida State on the board when Morgan Howey reached on a fielder's choice and brought Paige Bambarger into home to make it 3-2.
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Florida State broke it open with five between the fifth and sixth innings to make it out of reach for Oregon State.
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Ellie Garcia (5-4) was charged with the loss after allowing all eight FSU runs, with six being earned. The Californian allowed 14 Nole hits and issued one walk.
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Game 2: Oregon State 5, #12 Oregon 2
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Facing off in the first of three times this season, the Beavers used three runs to pull away from the archrival Ducks by a 5-2 line.
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Logan Hulon (4-8) kept Oregon in check with the complete game and piled up 8 punchouts to just six hits and no walks. Just one of the Duck runs was charged to the graduate student.
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Responding after Oregon used two to pull even in the fourth, Jada Lewis highlighted a three-run sixth with a two-RBI double to the warning track in left field, bringing home Tristian Thompson and Nicole Donahue following a bases-loaded walk to Paige Bambarger, who walked in Justice Flores.
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The Beavers got onto the scoreboard first when Thompson launched a two-run homer to left center in the second and held the lead until the fourth when the Ducks plated a pair of their own an error to center field.
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Lewis and Thompson paced the offense with a pair of RBI each while Bambarger added one. Jaeya Butler had a team-leading two hits in the game while four others contributed one.
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Oregon State will close the Jane Sanders Classic tomorrow with a game against Abilene Christian. First pitch from Eugene is set for noon and can be seen on B1G+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hulon, Logan (4-8)
L: Sokolsky, E. (4-1)

Batting:
2B: Lewis, Jada 1 ; Gutierrez, Samantha 1
HR: Thompson, Tristian 1
RBI: Lewis, Jada 2 ; Thompson, Tristian 2 ; Bambarger, Paige 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Flores, Justice 1 ; Donahue, Nikki 2 ; Thompson, Tristian 2
SB: Lewis, Jada 1

Batting:
RBI: Hewitt, R. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shaw, A. 1 ; Jones, K. 1
SB: Luschar, Kai 2


















