Oregon’s Jessica Moore throws perfect softball game 24 hours after Cheridan Hawkins’ no-hitter

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Fifteen up, fifteen down. It was that easy.

Oregon softball earned its first ever sweep of Arizona behind a perfect game from pitcher Jessica Moore. It was the third no-hitter of her career and her second perfect game, the other being a five-inning shared effort with former Oregon teammate Samantha Skillingstad in 2010.

“That’s the best I’ve seen Jess pitch,” Oregon head coach Mike White told GoDucks.com. “She was in control of every one of her pitches against a very good hitting team, and she deserved it. At the plate, we’re seeing the ball well, and our short game set our hitters up well, too.”

The senior All-American struck out six, improving her own school record career total of 835.

With Moore mowing down the Wildcats, the Ducks exploded offensively for nine runs, posting crooked numbers in every inning they swung the bats. Oregon cruised to a 9-0 win in five innings.

It was the second no-no tossed by an Oregon pitcher this week, after Cheridan Hawkins no-hit the Wildcats on Saturday. They were the first two Pac-12 no-hitters for Duck hurlers since 2006 and the fifth and sixth conference no-hitters in school history. She was in such a zone Saturday, that a teammate had to point out to her that she had in fact thrown a no-hitter.

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