No. 13 Oregon softball’s 13-game win streak snapped by No. 20 Utah

Oregon softball’s 13-game win streak is over.

The No. 13 Geese made a number of unimaginable performs defensively, together with from shortstop Paige Sinicki and outfielders Kai Luschar and Hanna Delgado, however managed simply 4 hits in a 3-1 loss to No. 20 Utah Friday evening at Jane Sanders Stadium.

“Clearly it’s a tricky loss,” Oregon coach Melyssa Lombardi mentioned. “Our protection was stellar. They simply have been unimaginable. I believed our protection did a extremely good job of bringing momentum. We had a ton of momentum all sport lengthy; we simply didn’t do what we would have liked to do with the momentum after we would carry it off protection.”

An reverse subject house run by Ariel Carlson over the scoreboard in proper gave Oregon (35-12, 14-8 Pac-12) a 1-0 lead after two. It was the sixth house run of the season for Carlson, who entered 1 for 12 towards left-handed pitchers this season and .173 for her profession with 4 house runs towards southpaws.

“It felt actually good,” Carlson mentioned. “I really feel like I’ve been seeing the ball rather well. Anytime you will get a barrel on a ball like that, it’s among the finest emotions.”

However UO’s bats went chilly after that.

Mariah Lopez allowed a run on 4 hits and struck out seven in a complete-game win for the Utes (32-13, 13-9 Pac-12). It was among the finest profession outings for the Utah junior left-hander, who had dropped three of her prior 4 begins.

Lopez (15-5) commanded the zone and retired 17 of Oregon’s closing 19 batters, with one in every of two hitters being negated by a double play within the sixth.

“As the sport progressed she saved getting higher and higher,” Carlson mentioned. “She was mixing each in, out, up, throwing her changeup extra. We knew she all these pitches going into the sport, however she did a extremely good job finding them and recognizing her pitches.”

Morgan Scott (12-5) allowed three runs on eight hits and a stroll and struck out two over seven innings within the loss. She breezed by the primary 4 innings earlier than Utah’s offense broke by within the fifth.

Sophie Jacquez singled to open the body and Kendall Lundberg (2 for 3) lined a two-run house run to left-center to place the Utes forward. Two batters later, Karlie Davison smacked a solo homer to right-center. Utah added two hits and a stroll to load the bases however Scott obtained out of the jam.

“I believed she threw nicely sufficient,” Lombardi mentioned. “I believed she saved us within the ballgame. I believed our protection saved us within the ballgame. We simply wanted to do just a bit bit extra. That’s the place we fell brief — offensively. … After we’re at our greatest we’re passing the bat, whether or not it’s from hit-to-hit or hit-to-bunt or no matter it might be. We simply didn’t have sufficient of that.”

The groups will proceed the collection at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Relying on the end result of Friday evening’s sport between Washington and Stanford, Oregon will both be in a three-way tie for second or in third place within the Pac-12 with two video games remaining.

Lombardi mentioned the Geese are conscious of the convention match seeding and NCAA Event implications of the ultimate weekend of the common season.