No. 5 Softball Suffers 1-0 Heart-Breaking Loss To Top-Ranked UCLA
Corvallis, OR – Caitlin Benyi’s two-out fifth inning RBI single to left field provided all of the scoring as top-ranked UCLA gave No. 5 ranked
Oregon State (37-10; 9-7 Pac-10) junior pitcher allowed just five Bruin hits in the complete game performance, but UCLA (42-5; 14-3 Pac-10) used Andrea Duran’s double and Benyi’s two-out RBI to squeak-out the game’s lone run in the fifth.
“It was a hard-fought game,” said OSU head coach . “Sometimes you can play a great game and not win – that’s the Pac-10.”
and posted back-to-back singles in the second inning against UCLA starter Lisa Dodd to give the Beavers an opportunity to get an early advantage, but OSU couldn’t capitalize.
Bruin ace Anjelica Selden entered the game in the third inning and didn’t allow an
OSU closes out the regular season in
GAME RESULTS:
No. 1 UCLA – 000 010 0 – 1 5 0
No. 5
McElroy and Ewing (OSU), Dodd,
