Friday, March 29
Seattle, WA
5:00 PM
Oregon State
at
Washington
Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Travel to Seattle for Series Against Washington
March 27, 2019 | Softball
THIS WEEK:
• Oregon State hits the road again this weekend to travel to Seattle for a three-game series against No. 7 Washington.
• The last time Oregon State won a game against Washington was in 2017 and the last time the Beavers took the series from Washington was in 2012 when they won the first and third game but dropped the second game, 6-7, in nine innings.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, March 29
Oregon State at Washington - 5 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, March 30
Oregon State at Washington - 5 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
Sunday, March 31
Oregon State at Washington - 12 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
FOLLOW THE BEAVS:
• Live stats will be available this weekend through Statbroadcaster.com for all games.
• All three games will be on the Pac-12 Networks airing on Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Danielle Lawrie on the call.
• Links to live stats and to watch will be available on the softball schedule page at OSUBeavers.comÂ
BEAVER EXPERIENCE:
• Redshirt senior Lovie Lopez has seen time in 24 games this season making 15 starts at designated player. Lopez is batting .319 with 10 runs, two doubles and two RBIs. Lopez has recorded 15 hits this season and walked six times while stealing a base five times.
• Sophomore Missy Nunes has batted third all season while playing either third base or shortstop in all 27 games. Nunes is batting .313 with 25 hits, five doubles and five home runs. Nunes has racked up 22 RBIs, 15 runs two stolen bases and leads the team and the Pac-12 in hit-by-pitch with seven. Nunes started the season with a home run in each of the first-three games of the season. Last weekend, Nunes batted .286 with one double, one hit by pitch and two runs scored.
• Kayleen Shafer has started in 16 games behind the plate and is batting .368 with 14 hits, four doubles and one home run. Shafer has nine RBIs and seven runs scored while getting hit by a pitch once and walking seven times. Last weekend, Shafer tallied 24 putouts.
• Shelby Weeks has recorded 10 stolen bases this season – bringing her career total to 53, just five away from holding the OSU Career Record. Weeks has tallied 23 hits, two doubles and one home run while scoring 24 runs. Weeks has 10 RBIs and has been walked 10 times. Last weekend, Weeks batted .125 with two walks and one run scored.
• Jessica Garcia is batting .300 with 24 hits, including one triple. Garcia has racked up eight RBIs and 13 runs whiling only being walked three times. Garcia leads the Beavers with 11 stolen bases and a 1.000 fielding percentage after seeing time in 27 games and starting 26 of them. Last weekend, Garcia batted .200 with one hit and one stolen base.
• Michelle Sass has made an appearance in 12 games this season with five starts. Sass is currently batting .267 with three doubles and one RBI. Sass has tallied two runs, two walks and gotten on base twice after being hit by a pitch. Last weekend, Sass started all three games at second base and batted .286 with a double.
• Camryn Ybarra has started in 15 games with 18 game appearances primarily at designated player. Ybarra has three doubles, three RBIs and two runs.
• Sophomore Mariah Mazon has been the main pitcher in the circle for the Beavers with a 9-6 record, 3.51 ERA with three solo shutouts and 10 complete games. Mazon has struck out 99 batters in 92.1 innings. Last weekend, Mazon pitched every inning against Arizona expect one and struck out 21 batters.
• Meehra Nelson also returns to the circle for her senior season. Nelson has pitched 60.2 innings in 15 appearances with 74 strike outs and only 16 walks. Nelson has two solo shutouts this season in four complete games and one save.
• OSU rounds out the upper classman with Chance Burden, Fallon Molnar and Nerissa Eason all seeing time in at least seven games.
FRANKIE THE FRESHMAN:Â
• Frankie Hammoude has wasted no time making herself a permanent in the OSU lineup starting at first base and batting cleanup in the first 27 games.
• Hammoude hit a two-run homer in the first at bat as a Beaver in the first inning vs. CSUN and finished her first collegiate weekend at the Kajikawa Classic with six hits, three home runs and nine RBIs. Hammoude batted .545 with a 1.364 slugging percentage.
• The second weekend, Hammoude batted .500 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and three runs scored. Hammoude had a 1.063 slugging percentage that weekend and was on base .556 percent.
• Hammoude's third weekend, she hit one double and one home run with two RBIs and two runs scored. She was also walked four times over the course of four games.
• Last weekend, Hammoude recorded four RBIs after she hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning against No. 11 Arizona. Hammoude was also walked twice last weekend.
• Hammoude holds a .310 batting average on the year and a .662 slugging percentage. She has 22 hits including one double, eight home runs and has been walked 21 times. Hammoude leads the team with 27 RBIs and has scored 12 runs.
• Hammoude was named one of the top freshman by Fast Pitch News on March 20 for being one of the most impactful freshman on a roster this season.
• Hammoude made the 2019 Junior Women's National Team roster prior to the start of this season.
NEWCOMER PRESENCE:
• Oregon State added seven newcomers during the offseason: Karla Calderon, Payton Goodrich, Hammoude, Bailey McLaughlin, Izzy Owen, Ashton Phillips and Maia Rader.
• Rader has started 24 games this season, all at shortstop. She is currently batting .286 with three doubles and one triple.
• Owen has seen time in 23 games with 22 starts. She is batting .214 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Owen has also tallied two stolen bases. Last weekend, Owen started in two games against Arizona at third base.
• Phillips has started in 14 games this season in right field. Phillips is batting .200 with one double, one RBI and six runs scored. She has also stole two bases.
• McLaughlin has seen time in 12 games with 11 starts, all behind the plate. She is batting .200 with one home run, four RBIs and three runs. McLaughlin hit a two-run homer in her first game as a Beaver against Weber State.
• Calderon is a junior transfer from El Camino CC and has seen time in 14 games as a pinch runner and has scored five runs.
• Goodrich made her first appearance against Arizona State. Goodrich pitched 1.1 innings and recorded two strike outs.
ALWAYS AWAY:
• Oregon State was on the road for the first six weeks of the season starting with five tournaments and finishing with a three-game series at ASU.
• Of the 27 games played to date, the Beavers have been listed as the home team on only eight occasions – three include the first home series the Beavers held last weekend against Arizona.
• OSU will only have 12 home games this season, spread over four Pac-12 series. This is the fewest home games the Beavers have had since 2016.
RANKINGS:
• Pac-12 Rankings: No. 1. Batters SO looking (64) and No. 3. Stolen bases (35).
• The Beavers broke into the Top 25 in week three – USA Today/NFCA at No. 25 and ESPN.com/USA Softball tied at No. 23.
• OSU was picked to tie for fifth in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll. Currently, the Beavers are ranked eighth in the Pac-12.
COACHING PROFILES:Â
• Head coach Laura Berg hung up her cleats after nearly 20-years of playing softball and spent a year with the LAPD in 2010-11 before returning to the game as an assistant coach for the 2012 season at Oregon State.
• Berg enters her seventh season at the helm of the Oregon State program in 2019, recording four NCAA Tournament appearances.Â
• Berg holds a 183-163-1 overall record and is 46-96 in Pac-12 play.
• Associate head coach Marcie Green also has experience with law enforcement. Green studied criminology at Fresno State and spent five years as a prison guard at Corcoran State Prison in California following graduation before starting to coach.
• Assistant coach Eric Leyba joins the staff after stints with the Northwest Bullets and being the head coach at Churchill High School for the past 15 years.
• Volunteer Assistant Coach Hannah Akamine is also new to the coaching staff, but not the Orange and Black. Akamine played for Berg and Green in 2015 as the starting catcher for the Beavers.
• Heather Smith also returns for her 18th season as Director of Operations.
NATIONAL SOFTBALL:
• Laura Berg has been announced as one of the Assistant Coach for the Women's National Team by USA Softball. Berg will join Howard Dobson, Tairia Flowers and WNT Head Coach Ken Eriksen for the 2019 season.
• Freshman Frankie Hammoude has been named to the 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team for the summer of 2019.
• Sophomore Mariah Mazon will be trying out for the Mexico National Team following the 2019 regular season.
• Recent OSU Softball signee, Grace Messmer, has made the Canadian Junior Women's National Team.Â
NCAA TOURNAMENT:
• The 2018 season marked the fourth time the Beavers reached the NCAA Tournament under the direction of head coach Laura Berg, as well as the 14th time in program history.
• The Beavers are 32-29 all-time in their 134tournament appearances following two wins and two losses at the Tuscaloosa Regional in 2018.
• The last time OSU won a regional was in 2006 when it played Nevada and No. 19 Baylor twice. OSU went on to play in the Women's College World Series that year.
• Berg and former head coach Kirk Walker (1995-2012) are the only head coaches in program history to reach the NCAA Tournament.
KNOW WHAT IT TAKES:
• Oregon State's coaching staff is no stranger when it comes to the NCAA Tournament and WCWS.
• Both Berg and Green played at Fresno State in the '90s and gained plenty of experience in the path to the WCWS.
• Coach Berg played from 1994-95 and 1997-98 making it to the WCWS three times and won the national championship in '98.
• Coach Green played from 1990-93 and appeared in three WCWS, including a runner-up finish in 1990.
• Volunteer assistant coach Hannah Akamine made the WCWS as the catcher for Tennessee in its 2013 runner-up finish.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW:
• Tickets for Oregon State's eight remaining home games are on sale now at BeaverTickets.com/softball.
• Season tickets are available for $50 for adults and $30 for youth and seniors. Single game tickets can be purchased at $7 for adults and $5 for youth.
• A full list of promotions for each game can be found at OSUBeavers.com.
2019 SCHEDULE:
• The non-conference portion of Oregon State's 2019 schedule features a gauntlet of games over the course of five-tournaments and two non-conference games.
• OSU opened the season with the Kajikawa Classic for the ninth time in 10 years.
• The Stacy Winsberg Tournament in Long Beach and Los Angeles, Calif. featured two 2018 NCAA Regional teams, Long Beach State and Ole Miss.
• The Beavers went to Norman, Okla. to face 2018 WCWS participant, Oklahoma, and NCAA Regional qualifier Louisiana.
• Oregon State also made appearances at the UOP-Libby Matson Tournament and LMU Tournament before finishing out the non-conference schedule with a double-header at Portland State.
• The conference portion features six opponents that made varying finishes in the 2018 NCAA Tournament:
  - Cal - Regionals.
  - Arizona - Super Regionals.
  - Arizona State, UCLA and Oregon - WCWS.
  - Washington - 2018 WCWS Runner-Up.
• In total, Oregon State will face 11 opponents from the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• 14 opponents finished with a top-100 RPI in 2018, 10 opponents had a top-50 RPI, eight had a top-25 RPI and five had a top-10 RPI.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For more information on the Oregon State softball team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team @BeaverSoftball on Twitter and Instagram.
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OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
• Oregon State hits the road again this weekend to travel to Seattle for a three-game series against No. 7 Washington.
• The last time Oregon State won a game against Washington was in 2017 and the last time the Beavers took the series from Washington was in 2012 when they won the first and third game but dropped the second game, 6-7, in nine innings.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, March 29
Oregon State at Washington - 5 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, March 30
Oregon State at Washington - 5 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
Sunday, March 31
Oregon State at Washington - 12 p.m. PT
Husky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
FOLLOW THE BEAVS:
• Live stats will be available this weekend through Statbroadcaster.com for all games.
• All three games will be on the Pac-12 Networks airing on Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Danielle Lawrie on the call.
• Links to live stats and to watch will be available on the softball schedule page at OSUBeavers.comÂ
BEAVER EXPERIENCE:
• Redshirt senior Lovie Lopez has seen time in 24 games this season making 15 starts at designated player. Lopez is batting .319 with 10 runs, two doubles and two RBIs. Lopez has recorded 15 hits this season and walked six times while stealing a base five times.
• Sophomore Missy Nunes has batted third all season while playing either third base or shortstop in all 27 games. Nunes is batting .313 with 25 hits, five doubles and five home runs. Nunes has racked up 22 RBIs, 15 runs two stolen bases and leads the team and the Pac-12 in hit-by-pitch with seven. Nunes started the season with a home run in each of the first-three games of the season. Last weekend, Nunes batted .286 with one double, one hit by pitch and two runs scored.
• Kayleen Shafer has started in 16 games behind the plate and is batting .368 with 14 hits, four doubles and one home run. Shafer has nine RBIs and seven runs scored while getting hit by a pitch once and walking seven times. Last weekend, Shafer tallied 24 putouts.
• Shelby Weeks has recorded 10 stolen bases this season – bringing her career total to 53, just five away from holding the OSU Career Record. Weeks has tallied 23 hits, two doubles and one home run while scoring 24 runs. Weeks has 10 RBIs and has been walked 10 times. Last weekend, Weeks batted .125 with two walks and one run scored.
• Jessica Garcia is batting .300 with 24 hits, including one triple. Garcia has racked up eight RBIs and 13 runs whiling only being walked three times. Garcia leads the Beavers with 11 stolen bases and a 1.000 fielding percentage after seeing time in 27 games and starting 26 of them. Last weekend, Garcia batted .200 with one hit and one stolen base.
• Michelle Sass has made an appearance in 12 games this season with five starts. Sass is currently batting .267 with three doubles and one RBI. Sass has tallied two runs, two walks and gotten on base twice after being hit by a pitch. Last weekend, Sass started all three games at second base and batted .286 with a double.
• Camryn Ybarra has started in 15 games with 18 game appearances primarily at designated player. Ybarra has three doubles, three RBIs and two runs.
• Sophomore Mariah Mazon has been the main pitcher in the circle for the Beavers with a 9-6 record, 3.51 ERA with three solo shutouts and 10 complete games. Mazon has struck out 99 batters in 92.1 innings. Last weekend, Mazon pitched every inning against Arizona expect one and struck out 21 batters.
• Meehra Nelson also returns to the circle for her senior season. Nelson has pitched 60.2 innings in 15 appearances with 74 strike outs and only 16 walks. Nelson has two solo shutouts this season in four complete games and one save.
• OSU rounds out the upper classman with Chance Burden, Fallon Molnar and Nerissa Eason all seeing time in at least seven games.
FRANKIE THE FRESHMAN:Â
• Frankie Hammoude has wasted no time making herself a permanent in the OSU lineup starting at first base and batting cleanup in the first 27 games.
• Hammoude hit a two-run homer in the first at bat as a Beaver in the first inning vs. CSUN and finished her first collegiate weekend at the Kajikawa Classic with six hits, three home runs and nine RBIs. Hammoude batted .545 with a 1.364 slugging percentage.
• The second weekend, Hammoude batted .500 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and three runs scored. Hammoude had a 1.063 slugging percentage that weekend and was on base .556 percent.
• Hammoude's third weekend, she hit one double and one home run with two RBIs and two runs scored. She was also walked four times over the course of four games.
• Last weekend, Hammoude recorded four RBIs after she hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning against No. 11 Arizona. Hammoude was also walked twice last weekend.
• Hammoude holds a .310 batting average on the year and a .662 slugging percentage. She has 22 hits including one double, eight home runs and has been walked 21 times. Hammoude leads the team with 27 RBIs and has scored 12 runs.
• Hammoude was named one of the top freshman by Fast Pitch News on March 20 for being one of the most impactful freshman on a roster this season.
• Hammoude made the 2019 Junior Women's National Team roster prior to the start of this season.
NEWCOMER PRESENCE:
• Oregon State added seven newcomers during the offseason: Karla Calderon, Payton Goodrich, Hammoude, Bailey McLaughlin, Izzy Owen, Ashton Phillips and Maia Rader.
• Rader has started 24 games this season, all at shortstop. She is currently batting .286 with three doubles and one triple.
• Owen has seen time in 23 games with 22 starts. She is batting .214 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Owen has also tallied two stolen bases. Last weekend, Owen started in two games against Arizona at third base.
• Phillips has started in 14 games this season in right field. Phillips is batting .200 with one double, one RBI and six runs scored. She has also stole two bases.
• McLaughlin has seen time in 12 games with 11 starts, all behind the plate. She is batting .200 with one home run, four RBIs and three runs. McLaughlin hit a two-run homer in her first game as a Beaver against Weber State.
• Calderon is a junior transfer from El Camino CC and has seen time in 14 games as a pinch runner and has scored five runs.
• Goodrich made her first appearance against Arizona State. Goodrich pitched 1.1 innings and recorded two strike outs.
ALWAYS AWAY:
• Oregon State was on the road for the first six weeks of the season starting with five tournaments and finishing with a three-game series at ASU.
• Of the 27 games played to date, the Beavers have been listed as the home team on only eight occasions – three include the first home series the Beavers held last weekend against Arizona.
• OSU will only have 12 home games this season, spread over four Pac-12 series. This is the fewest home games the Beavers have had since 2016.
RANKINGS:
• Pac-12 Rankings: No. 1. Batters SO looking (64) and No. 3. Stolen bases (35).
• The Beavers broke into the Top 25 in week three – USA Today/NFCA at No. 25 and ESPN.com/USA Softball tied at No. 23.
• OSU was picked to tie for fifth in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll. Currently, the Beavers are ranked eighth in the Pac-12.
COACHING PROFILES:Â
• Head coach Laura Berg hung up her cleats after nearly 20-years of playing softball and spent a year with the LAPD in 2010-11 before returning to the game as an assistant coach for the 2012 season at Oregon State.
• Berg enters her seventh season at the helm of the Oregon State program in 2019, recording four NCAA Tournament appearances.Â
• Berg holds a 183-163-1 overall record and is 46-96 in Pac-12 play.
• Associate head coach Marcie Green also has experience with law enforcement. Green studied criminology at Fresno State and spent five years as a prison guard at Corcoran State Prison in California following graduation before starting to coach.
• Assistant coach Eric Leyba joins the staff after stints with the Northwest Bullets and being the head coach at Churchill High School for the past 15 years.
• Volunteer Assistant Coach Hannah Akamine is also new to the coaching staff, but not the Orange and Black. Akamine played for Berg and Green in 2015 as the starting catcher for the Beavers.
• Heather Smith also returns for her 18th season as Director of Operations.
NATIONAL SOFTBALL:
• Laura Berg has been announced as one of the Assistant Coach for the Women's National Team by USA Softball. Berg will join Howard Dobson, Tairia Flowers and WNT Head Coach Ken Eriksen for the 2019 season.
• Freshman Frankie Hammoude has been named to the 2019 USA Softball Junior Women's National Training Team for the summer of 2019.
• Sophomore Mariah Mazon will be trying out for the Mexico National Team following the 2019 regular season.
• Recent OSU Softball signee, Grace Messmer, has made the Canadian Junior Women's National Team.Â
NCAA TOURNAMENT:
• The 2018 season marked the fourth time the Beavers reached the NCAA Tournament under the direction of head coach Laura Berg, as well as the 14th time in program history.
• The Beavers are 32-29 all-time in their 134tournament appearances following two wins and two losses at the Tuscaloosa Regional in 2018.
• The last time OSU won a regional was in 2006 when it played Nevada and No. 19 Baylor twice. OSU went on to play in the Women's College World Series that year.
• Berg and former head coach Kirk Walker (1995-2012) are the only head coaches in program history to reach the NCAA Tournament.
KNOW WHAT IT TAKES:
• Oregon State's coaching staff is no stranger when it comes to the NCAA Tournament and WCWS.
• Both Berg and Green played at Fresno State in the '90s and gained plenty of experience in the path to the WCWS.
• Coach Berg played from 1994-95 and 1997-98 making it to the WCWS three times and won the national championship in '98.
• Coach Green played from 1990-93 and appeared in three WCWS, including a runner-up finish in 1990.
• Volunteer assistant coach Hannah Akamine made the WCWS as the catcher for Tennessee in its 2013 runner-up finish.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW:
• Tickets for Oregon State's eight remaining home games are on sale now at BeaverTickets.com/softball.
• Season tickets are available for $50 for adults and $30 for youth and seniors. Single game tickets can be purchased at $7 for adults and $5 for youth.
• A full list of promotions for each game can be found at OSUBeavers.com.
2019 SCHEDULE:
• The non-conference portion of Oregon State's 2019 schedule features a gauntlet of games over the course of five-tournaments and two non-conference games.
• OSU opened the season with the Kajikawa Classic for the ninth time in 10 years.
• The Stacy Winsberg Tournament in Long Beach and Los Angeles, Calif. featured two 2018 NCAA Regional teams, Long Beach State and Ole Miss.
• The Beavers went to Norman, Okla. to face 2018 WCWS participant, Oklahoma, and NCAA Regional qualifier Louisiana.
• Oregon State also made appearances at the UOP-Libby Matson Tournament and LMU Tournament before finishing out the non-conference schedule with a double-header at Portland State.
• The conference portion features six opponents that made varying finishes in the 2018 NCAA Tournament:
  - Cal - Regionals.
  - Arizona - Super Regionals.
  - Arizona State, UCLA and Oregon - WCWS.
  - Washington - 2018 WCWS Runner-Up.
• In total, Oregon State will face 11 opponents from the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• 14 opponents finished with a top-100 RPI in 2018, 10 opponents had a top-50 RPI, eight had a top-25 RPI and five had a top-10 RPI.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For more information on the Oregon State softball team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team @BeaverSoftball on Twitter and Instagram.
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OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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