No. 5 Softball Drops 1-0 Outing To No. 17 Washington - Oregon State University Athletics

Corvallis, OR – Designated player Ashlyn Watson provided all of the scoring with a seventh inning home run as the No. 17 ranked Washington Huskies shutout No. 5 Oregon State, 1-0, in Friday’s Pacific-10 Conference softball action.

Watson sent a full-count pitch sailing over the left-center field fence to break-up the pitcher’s dual between Oregon State’s and Husky hurler Danielle Lawrie.

McGowan scattered eight hits and recorded seven strikeouts in the contest, but the Beaver batters were unable to get things going offensively against Lawrie, who finished with 11 K’s.

“Offensively we didn’t adjust,” said OSU head coach . “We weren’t smart about the pitches we swung at and she (Lawrie) threw a great ball-game.”

legged out an infield single in the first inning and singled to left field for Oregon State’s only hits over the first six innings.

The Beavers mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh after a single up-the-middle from and got hit by a pitch. McGowan lofted a shot to the warning track in left field that allowed pinch runner to advance to third with two outs, but UW center fielder Aimee Minor snagged ’s hard liner to end the contest.

With the loss, the Beavers fall to 37-9 overall and 9-6 in the Pac-10 while the Huskies improve to 31-19 overall and 5-11 in conference play.

OSU looks to bounce back on Saturday with a 1 p.m. game against top-ranked UCLA.

GAME RESULTS:

No. 17 Washington – 000 000 1 – 1 8 0
No. 5 Oregon State – 000 000 0 – 0 3 0

McGowan and Allen (OSU), Lawrie and Matthews (UW). Win – Lawrie (19-12). Loss – McGowan (23-5). HR – Watson (UW).