The Stanford softball crew received two dwelling runs and 7 RBI from freshman first baseman Joie Economides within the deciding sport of the Eugene Regional towards Sixteenth-seeded Oregon.
But it surely wasn’t sufficient to place the Cardinal within the NCAA Tremendous Regionals.
The Geese chipped away at a four-run Stanford lead and tied the sport within the backside of the sixth. Then, with runners on the corners and one out, senior Dezianna Patmon hit the primary pitch she noticed from freshman left-hander Zoe Prystajko deep over the left-center area wall to offer Oregon a 10-7 walkoff win.
Paige Sinicki hit a one-out single within the seventh, stole second base and superior to 3rd on a throwing error, and Emma Cox was deliberately walked earlier than Patmon hit the following pitch over the wall in left area to offer the Geese their first lead.
Most Stanford gamers stood frozen whereas watching the ball sail into the netting at Jane Sanders Stadium.
Patmon completed the sport 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs as Oregon (50-8) superior to face Liberty, which shocked No. 1 seed Texas A&M 6-5 within the deciding sport of the Bryan-School Station Regional on Sunday. Their best-of-three Tremendous Regional begins in Eugene this week.
Stanford (42-12) hammered Oregon 14-1 on Saturday, and wanted to win simply one among its two video games Sunday towards former Pac-12 to advance to the Tremendous Regionals for the fourth straight yr. However the Cardinal have been blown out 15-5 by the Geese within the first sport, which lasted simply six innings.
Within the second sport, Economides hit a grand slam within the first inning and a three-run homer within the third because the Cardinal took a 7-3 lead. Oregon clawed again, scoring twice within the backside of the third and as soon as within the fifth and sixth innings to tie the sport.
Patmon hit a lead-off triple within the sixth and scored on a two-out single by Kai Luschar to make it 7-7.
Stanford was held to only two hits after Economides’ second dwelling run as Oregon left-hander Staci Chambers relieved starter Lyndsey Greir and threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Elise Sokolsky recorded the ultimate out within the high of the seventh inning.
Prystajko was charged with 4 earned runs in two innings, and starter Alyssa Houston allowed six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings earlier than she needed to come out of the sport with what gave the impression to be a blister on her pitching hand.
Cal loses to Oklahoma
Cal’s season got here to an finish Sunday as Ailana Agbayani and Kasidi Pickering every belted three-run dwelling runs and three pitchers mixed on a two-hitter to guide second-seeded Oklahoma to a 12-1 win in 5 innings within the Norman Regional last.
The Sooners are in search of their fifth straight nationwide championship.
Agbayani’s blast capped a four-run second inning and was the second of 4 dwelling runs for the Sooners (48-7). Pickering’s homer within the eight-run fourth inning gave her 101 RBIs for the season.
Agbayani, Pickering and three different Oklahoma gamers every had two hits.
Miranda De Nava (13-6) took the loss for the Golden Bears (37-21), who misplaced 11-2 to the Sooners on Saturday. Lagi Quiroga scored Cal’s lone run, as she raced across the bases within the second inning after a Mia Phillips base hit was adopted by a Sooners throwing error.
Oklahoma will host a Tremendous Regional subsequent weekend, going through Alabama within the best-of-3 collection.
Initially Printed: Might 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM PDT
