This Week In Oregon State : Week 1

Oregon State to Open the 2021 Season at California at Easton Invitational | Feb. 12-13 | Various game times Fullerton, Calif. at Loyola Marymount | Feb. 14 | 12:00 p.m. Los Angeles, Calif. SOFTBALL All Times Pacific ABOUT THE BEAVERS OREGON STATE 2020 Overall Record...... 0-0 Pac-12 Record...... 0-0 • Despite the 2020 season being cut short, the Beavers were able to play 26 games for a record of 17-9 Home Record ...... 0-0 record. The team was unable to start conference play before the season ended. Road Record...... 0-0 • Eight players participated in at least 75 percent of the games, with seven returning to the team in 2021. Neutral Record...... 0-0 Mariah Mazon, Xiao Gin, Missy Nunes, and Grace Messmer started all 26 games with Morgan Allen start- HEAD COACH LAURA BERG ing 25 and Maia Rader and Ashton Zeiher starting 24. Overall Record...... 209-184-1 (.532) • Nunes led the team with five home runs and 22 RBIs. Conference Record...... 54-108 (.333) • Mazon and Fallon Molnar followed Nunes with four home runs. Mazon notched 15 RBIs while Molnar earned 11. GAME INFO For those who competed regularly, Mazon’s .377 batting average (29 hits, 77 at bats) led the 2020 squad. What...... Easton Invitational, February 12-13 • In the field, Morgan Allen led the team with 144 putouts while Nunes followed with 121...... at Loyola Marymount, February 14 • Allen and Grace Messmer both contributed to five plays while Messmer led the team with 46 Where...... Fullerton, Calif. Games - Friday, February 12 assists...... vs. Utah State , 1 p.m. 2019 ...... vs. Cal State Fullerton, 3:30 p.m. • The Beavers finished the 2019 season with 26 wins and 19 losses with an 8-14 record in the Pac-12. Games - Saturday, February 13 • Frankie Hammoude and Missy Nunes served as a large portion of Oregon State’s offensive power, start- ...... vs. Utah State, 1 p.m...... vs. Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m. ing all 45 games on the season. Games - Sunday, February 14. . at Loyola Marymount, 12 p.m. • Hammoude led the squad with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs. She earned 34 hits in 120 at bats for a .283 Webcast batting average. vs. Utah State...... FloSoftball • Missy Nunes followed Hammoude’s lead with seven home runs and 27 RBIs. She earned 36 hits in 132 at at Cal State Fullerton...... BigWest.TV at Loyola Marymount...... lmulions.com bats for a .273 batting average. Live Results • In the field, Hammoude led the team with 300 putouts while Nunes was the runner-up with 67 assists, vs. Utah State...... osubeavers.com and serves as the returner with the highest assists. at Cal State Fullerton...... fullertontitans.com • Hammoude contributed to 12 double plays while Maia Rader helped in eight. at Loyola Marymount...... lmulions.com • Radar is the final returner who played in at least 75 percent of 2019’s games. She made 38 starts at SERIES HISTORY shortstop and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. All-time vs. Utah State...... W-L-T All-time vs Cal State Fullerton...... W-L-T ON THE MOUND All-time vs Lyola Marymount ...... W-L-T 2020 • All four pitchers who saw action on the mound in 2020 will return for 2021. • Mariah Mazon, returning to complete her junior season, was the leading pitcher in 2020. Mazon re- OSU COACHING STAFF corded a 1.18 ERA with 10 wins in 20 appearances. Head Coach...... Laura Berg (Ninth Season) • She pitched a total of 113 innings, 14 complete games, and six shutouts while striking out 130 batters. Associate Head Coach. . . Marcie Green (Ninth Season) • Mazon returns after being named to Softball America’s All-America Third Team. Assistant Coach...... Eric Leyba (Third Season) • Second to Mazon was Trystan Melancon, a graduate transfer from the University of Houston. With 11 Volunteer Assistant Coach. . . .Shelly Prochaska (Second Season) appearances in 2020, Melancon notched a 1.81 ERA with five wins and three complete games. She earned Director of Operations. . . .Heather Smith (20th Season) one shutout and pitched for 67 strike outs. • Rounding out the 2020 pitching squad was freshman Xiao Gin and senior Nerissa Eason. Gin earned two wins with a 3.28 ERA and nine strike outs while Eason pitched for a 1.75 ERA and three strike outs. SOCIAL MEDIA 2019 Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State gym- • The Beavers returned three pitchers from 2019 to the 2020 season. nastics program via social media. There are several • Mariah Mazon was the leading returner for the Beavers. She recorded a 2.70 ERA, posting 17 wins in 30 platforms to follow the team including : appearances. She pitched 174 total innings, 20 complete games, and four shutouts while striking out 166 • Twitter: @BeaverSoftball batters. • Instagram: @BeaverSoftball • Mazon was named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team and Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team in 2018 with a third-team conference nod in 2017, as well as being named to the conference all-freshman SOFTBALL CONTACT team. Casey Mae Filiaci, Athletic Communications • Nerissa Eason posted three wins in 10 appearances in 2019. She pitched 34.1 innings, recording 33 Assistant strike outs, two complete games, and one shutout. Cell: (585) 748-5314 • Sophomore Payton Goodrich, who will not return for 2021, and freshman Xiao Gin rounded out the 2020 Email: [email protected] pitching lineup. 1 2021 Oregon State Softball Notes 2021 SCHEDULE THE ROSTER FEBRUARY • Due to the shortened season of 2020, all members of the 2020 softball team have received another year Easton Invitational | Fullerton, Calif. of eligibility. Each of the members of the 2020 team has kept their athletic years from last season. 12 Utah State 1:00 p.m. • All but one member of the senior class will be returning. Trystan Melancon, Fallon Molnar, and Nerissa 12 Cal State Fullerton 3:30 p.m. Eason will play for Oregon State in 2021 while Karla Calderon graduated in 2020. 13 Utah State 1:00 p.m. • All but two members, Paige Goodrich and Izzy Owen, of the rest of the team have chosen to return for the 13 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. 2021 season. 14 Loyola Marymount 12:00 p.m. • The fall of 2020 brought four new additions to the team: Charity Sevaaetasi, Jade Soto, Katie Hicks, and Wildcat Invitational | Tuscon, Ariz. Madison Simon are all the newcomers for the 2021 season. 26 Brigham Young 11:00 a.m. • Though 2020 was cut short, the Beavers were able to play 26 games. Four student-athletes - Xiao Gin, 27 Seattle 8:00 a.m. Mariah Mazon, Grace Messmer, and Missy Nunes - all started in all 26 games while Morgan Allen missed just 27 Arizona 2:00 p.m. one game and Ashton Zeiher and Maia Rader missed two games. 28 Colorado State 8:00 a.m. • 12 of the 16 returning softball players on the 2021 team competed in at least five games for the Beavers last season with six of those returning from 2019 seeing action in at least a third of the last full season’s MARCH at Northern Colorado | Greeley, Colo. games. 5 South Dakota State 9:00 a.m. • The Beavers have one player that hails from the state of Oregon, Ashton Zeiher (Scio), with one player that 5 Colorado State 3:00 p.m. comes from outside the , Grace Messmer (British Columbia). 6 Northern Colorado 9:00 a.m. • California is the highest represented state on the 2021 Oregon State softball team with 13 student-athletes 6 Colorado State 11:30 a.m. coming from the state to our south. Two players come from Washington with one student-athlete from 7 Northern Colorado 11:30 a.m. Florida, Nevada, and Texas. 12 Sacramento State 3:00 p.m. 12 Sacramento State 5:00 p.m. NCAA TOURNAMENT at Oregon | Eugene, Ore. • The Beavers have reached the NCAA Tournament four times under the direction of head coach Laura Berg. 13 Nevada 1:00 p.m. As a program, OSU has made a postseason appearance 13 times. 13 Oregon 6:00 p.m. • The Beavers are 30-22 all-time in their 13 tournament appearances following two wins and two losses at the Tuscaloosa Regional in 2018. 19 California* TBD 20 California* TBD • The last time OSU won a regional was in 2006 when it played Nevada and No. 19 Baylor twice. OSU went on 20 California TBD to play in the Women’s College World Series that year. 21 California* TBD • Berg and former head coach Kirk Walker (1995-2012) are the only head coaches in program history to reach the NCAA Tournament. 26 Arizona* TBD 27 Arizona* TBD 27 Arizona TBD NATIONAL SOFTBALL 28 Arizona* TBD • Head coach Laura Berg is the most decorated USA Softball Olympic Athlete after joining the national team in 1994. Berg won three gold medals for the United States (1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney, 2004 - Athens) APRIL and one silver (2008 - Beijing). 1 Oregon* TBD • Berg joined the Women’s National Team coaching staff in 2012 and has served as an assistant before being 2 Oregon* TBD named the head coach for the Junior WNT in 2017. Most recently, Berg was an assistant coach with the WNY 2 Oregon TBD 3 Oregon* TBD that won Gold at the 2019 in Lima, Peru. • On November 14, 2019, Berg was named an assistant to the 2020 WNT’s coaching staff. 9 Washington* TBD • Junior Frankie Hammoude made her National Team debut in the summer of 2019 after trying out and mak- 10 Washington* TBD ing the Junior Women’s National Team. 10 Washington TBD 11 Washington* TBD • Hammoude helped the JWNT become the 2019 U-19 WBSC World Cup Champions after hitting a three- to tie things up in the championship game against Japan. The USA went on to capture the title. 16 UCLA* TBD • Sophomore Grace Messmer helped Canada to a Bronze Medal finish at the WBSC World Cup after record- 17 UCLA* TBD ing a sac fly against . 17 UCLA TBD 18 UCLA* TBD ABOUT THE OREGON STATE COACHING STAFF MAY • Head coach Laura Berg hung up her cleats after nearly 20 years of playing softball and spent a year with 30 Stanford* TBD the LAPD in 2010-11 before returning to the game as an assistant coach for the 2012 season at Oregon State. 1 Stanford* TBD • Berg enters her ninth season at the helm of the Oregon State program, recording four NCAA Tournament 1 Stanford TBD appearances. Read more about the Beavers’ head coach on the attached game notes. 2 Stanford* TBD • Associate head coach Marcie Green also has experience with law enforcement. Green studied criminology 7 Arizona State* TBD at Fresno State and spent five years as a prison guard at Corcoran State Prison in California following gradu- 8 Arizona State* TBD ation before starting to coach. Green works primarily with the pitchers. 8 Arizona State TBD • Assistant coach Eric Leyba returns for his third season on staff, working with the infielders and batters. 9 Arizona State* TBD Under his first season with the infielders, Leyba coached Hammoude and Rader to All-Freshman honors at 13 Utah* TBD first base and shortstop. 14 Utah* TBD • Volunteer assistant coach Shelly Prochaska is entering her second straight season with the Beavers. 14 Utah TBD Prochaska, a member of the softball team from 2000-03, served as an undergraduate assistant in 2004. 15 Utah* TBD Before coming to Oregon State, she was an assistant coach for the Sonoma State softball program during Home events are in BOLD the 2018-19 season. *Pac-12 league game • Heather Smith also returns for her 20th season as the Director of Operations. All times in PT 2 2021 Oregon State Softball Notes

ABOUT UTAH STATE • Utah State will open the 2021 season against Oregon State on Friday. Pac-12 Standings • The Aggies finished the 2020 season with a 13-11 overall record. They did not get to play any conference games due to the shortened season. Conference Overall • Utah State closed 2019 with a 17-20 record, 6-17 in the Mountain West Conference. Team W L Pts W L • Since 2019, the Aggies have lost eight players, three in 2019 and five in 2020. Utah State Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 has gained five newcomers in 2021, in addition to the three sophomores who had their Arizona State 0 0 0 0 0 freshman season cut short. California 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 AGAINST UTAH STATE Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0 Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 • Oregon State leads the all-time series, 10-4. UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 • The Beavers last saw the Aggies at home 10 years ago, in which OSU beat USU 9-0 in Utah 0 0 0 0 0 game one and 8-1 in game two on March 19, 2011. Washington 0 0 0 0 0

ABOUT CAL STATE FULLERTON • Cal State Fullerton will open the 2021 season by hosting the Easton Invitational with Oregon State and Utah State on Feb. 12-13. Beaver Honors • The Titans finished the 2020 season before they were able to begin conference play, with a 14-10 record. Frankie Hammoude • In 2019, they finished with a 38-18 record overall, with 18 Big West wins and just three • 2019 Junior Women’s National Team Training Member conference losses. • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2019) • Since the Titans’ last full season, they have lost six seniors, three in 2019 and three in 2020. Four players will be returning for a fifth season with the team. Mariah Mazon • Cal State Fullerton welcomed 12 newcomers for the 2021 season in addition to the three • Softball America All-America Third sophomores (on the roster as freshmen) who had their freshman season cut short. Team (2020) • Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week - Feb. 18 AGAINST CAL STATE FULLERTON (2020) • Oregon State leads the all-time series, 12-10. • NFCA All-Region Second Team (2019) • The Titans were one of the few teams to see action against the Beavers in 2020. On • Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team (2019) February 23, 2020, OSU beat CS Fullerton, 2-0. Junior Missy Nunes a double for an • Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week - Apr. 29 RBI in the first inning before senior Fallon Molnar hit a home run in the fifth inning for the (2019) second RBI. • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Men- tion (2019) ABOUT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT • Pac-12 All-Conference Third Team • Before the Beavers see action against the Lions, LMU will host Cal Poly (Feb. 12) and (2018) Fresno State (Feb. 13) for its first four games (two each). • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018) • The Lions finished the 2020 season with a 13-10 record before beginning conference play. Trystan Melancon • Two-time NFCA All-Academic Scholar- • In 2019, Loyola Marymount gained an 11-4 conference record, with an overall record of Athlete (2017 & 2018) 40-21. • Since 2019, the Lions have lost only two players. The sole senior in 2020, returned for a Grace Messmer fifth year with the program in 2021. • 2019 Junior National Canadian Team • LMU has gained eight newcomers in addition to four who redshirted for their freshman year and five sophomores who had their freshman season cut. Missy Nunes • Pac-12 Player of the Week - Feb. 11 AGAINST LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (2019) • Oregon State leads the all-time series, 14-4. • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Men- tion (2019) • The Lions and the Beavers last met in March of 2019, where OSU found a 6-2 victory. • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018) Sophomore Frankie Hammoude hit a sac fly for an RBI as one of two runs in the first -in • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week - Apr. 16 ning. In the fifth inning, junior Missy Nunes made the score 6-1 with a three-run homer. (2018) LMU also earned their final run in the fifth inning. Mariah Mazon pitched for eight strike- outs against the Lions. Maia Rader • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2019) • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Apr. 29 (2019)

3 2021 Oregon State Softball Notes 2021 OREGON STATE ROSTER # NAME POS. YEAR B/T HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL PRONUNCIATIONS 1 Ashton Zeiher OF So. L/R Scio, Ore. / Scio HS ZEYE-er (rhymes with eye) 4 Val Pero C Fr. R/R San Diego, Calif. / Del Norte HS 6 Morgan Allen UTL Jr. R/R Monroe, Wash. / Monroe HS 7 Rylee Maston C R-So. R/R Lancaster, Calif. / Paraclete HS mass-ton 8 Xiao Gin P/INF Fr. L/R San Luis Obispo, Calif. / San Luis Obispo HS shao (ow with ‘sh’ in front) jin 17 Grace Messmer INF Fr. R/R Cloverdale, British Columbia / Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary MESS-mer 18 Chance Burden OF Jr. R/R Huntington Beach, Calif. / Huntington Beach HS 21 Charity Sevaaetasi INF/UTL Fr. R/R Auburn, Wash. / Auburn HS say-vah-ah-tah-see 22 Jade Soto OF Fr. L/R Fort Myers, Fla. 23 Ivana Perez OF Fr. R/R La Habra, Calif. / Troy HS ee-vah-nah 24 Missy Nunes UTL Jr. R/R Livermore, Calif. / Livermore HS noons 27 Katie Hicks 1B/UTL Fr. L/L Walnut Creek, Calif. / Northgate HS 28 Trystan Melancon P Sr. R/R Tomball, Texas / Tomball Memorial TRIS-tin mel-aw-SAW 32 Fallon Molnar UTL Sr. R/R Cayucos, Calif. / Morro Bay HS mole-nar 33 Madison Simon INF Fr. R/R Irvine, Calif. / Beckman HS 34 Mariah Mazon P Jr. R/R Tulare, Calif. / Mission Oak HS mah-SOHN 42 Frankie Hammoude INF So. R/R Oakland, Calif. / Bishop O’Dowd HS hah-moo-dee 44 Maia Rader INF So. L/R Orangevale, Calif. / Bella Vista HS my-ah ray-der 50 Nerissa Eason P Sr. R/R Grass Valley, Calif. / Bear River HS 77 Bailey McLaughlin C R-Fr. R/R Reno, Nev./ Bishop Manogue Catholic HS mick-lawf-lin

HEAD COACH: Laura Berg (ninth season) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Marcie Green (ninth season) ASSISTANT COACH: Eric Leyba (third season) LAY-buh VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Shelly Prochaska (second season) pro-HAS-kuh (basically ignore the c) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Heather Smith (20th season)

ASHTON VAL MORGAN RYLEE XIAO GRACE CHANCE 1 ZEIHER 4 PERO 6 ALLEN 7 MASTON 8 GIN 17 MESSMER 18 BURDEN

CHARITY JADE IVANA MISSY KATIE TRYSTAN FALLON 21SEVAAETASI 22 SOTO 23 PEREZ 24 NUNES 27 HICKS 28 MELANCON 32 MOLNAR

MADISON MARIAH FRANKIE MAIA NERISSA BAILEY 33 SIMON 34 MAZON 42 HAMMOUDE 44 RADAR 50 EASON 77McLAUGHLIN 4