Oregon softball picked up their first win of the series against Arizona State Saturday afternoon to avoid a series sweep. In their final game in Tempe, the Ducks topped the Sun Devils, 4-2.
Junior Alexa Peterson scored Oregon’s first run in the second inning on an RBI double from catcher Janelle Lindvall. Then, third baseman Koral Costa had a solo homer to left field. That home run marked her fifth of the season.
Peterson later came up big for the Ducks again with a two-run homer in the third inning.
Senior Jessica Moore struck out one, walked four and yielded four hits; one of her two runs allowed was earned in her six innings of work. However, freshman Cheridan Hawkins also pitched in the circle to retire the final out in the sixth and two more in the seventh, before Moore re-entered the game to get the final out.
Sunday night the No. 2 Ducks will find out their seed in the NCAA Tournament. The announcement will be aired on ESPNU at 7 p.m. PST.