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This Week In Oregon State Softball: Games 14-17 Oregon State Returns Home for Doubleheader, Single at No. 5 Oregon vs. Sacramento State | March 12 | Corvallis, Ore. at #5 Oregon | March 14 | Eugene, Ore. SOFTBALL All Times Pacific ABOUT THE BEAVERS OREGON STATE • Oregon State opened the season with five straight wins before they earned a 1-2 record in Overall Record. 8-5 its second weekend of play and a 2-3 record in Colorado (Mar. 5-7). Pac-12 Record ....................................0-0 Home Record ....................................0-0 • The Beavers won all four of their games at the Easton Invitational (Feb. 12-13) with their Road Record .....................................8-5 final win coming against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 15. Neutral Record ...................................0-0 • At the Wildcat Invitational (Feb. 26-28), OSU saw a win over BYU with losses to Seattle and No. 3 Arizona. • Freshmen Xiao Gin and Grace Messmer lead the team with a .357 batting average while HEAD COACH LAURA BERG junior Missy Nunes’ .675 slugging average is the best of the Beaver’s active players. Overall Record. 223-191-1 (.536) • Sophomore Frankie Hammoude, Nunes, and junior Mariah Mazon have combined for half Conference Record .................... 54-108 (.333) of the team’s RBI, over two-thirds of the team’s home runs, and 43 percent of the Beavers’ hits. • Nunes and Mazon are tied with 11 RBI with Hammoude following at 10; Nunes and Ham- GAME INFO Where ..................................Corvallis, Ore. moude have four homers with Mazon hitting for three; and Mazon (15), Nunes (14), and Games - Friday, March 12 Hammoude (13) lead the team in hits. vs. Sacramento State, 3 p.m. • In the field, Hammoude leads with 79 putouts while Simon leads with 19 assists. .vs. Sacramento State, 5 p.m. • Gin, Hammoude, and junior Burden have each played for multiple double-plays. Gin has Webcast ...........................OSUBeavers.com played for three with Hammoude and Burden compiling two. Live Results ........................OSUBeavers.com Where ...................................Eugene, Ore. ON THE MOUND Game - Saturday, March 13 • Junior Mariah Mazon has won six games for the Beavers with seniors Nerissa Eason and . at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Trystan Melancon each earning one win. Webcast ...............................GoDucks.com • Earning the team’s first shutout of the season, Mazon also pitched her first no-hitter of Live Results ............................GoDucks.com the season against Utah State (2/13). • In 54.2 innings pitched, Mazon has notched 63 strikeouts from 201 batters. • Eason follows with 16.1 innings pitched for a 1.71 ERA with 15 strikeouts from 62 batters. SERIES HISTORY All-time vs. Sacramento State ...................13-12 • Melancon has seen 42 batters with 15 strikeouts made for a 3.41 ERA in 12.1 innings All-time vs Oregon ............................93-92-1 pitched. LAST WEEK IN REVIEW • The Oregon State softball team was in Colorado for its third weekend of play. Seeing five games, the team saw two wins against Northern Colorado with two losses to Colorado State and one loss to South Dakota State. • The Beavers opened the weekend with a 7-0 loss to South Dakota State. Senior pitcher OSU COACHING STAFF Nerissa Eason notched three strikeouts while freshman pitcher Xiao Gin struck out one batter. Head Coach ................Laura Berg (Ninth Season) • On the same day, OSU fell to Colorado State, 10-1. Junior Missy Nunes hit a single for the Associate Head Coach ..... Marcie Green (Ninth Season) lone run. Assistant Coach .............Eric Leyba (Third Season) • The Beavers opened Saturday with a 5-0 shutout win from junior pitcher Mariah Mazon, Volunteer Assistant Coach ......Shelly Prochaska (Second Season) allowing Northern Colorado to earn just three hits. Sophomore Frankie Hammoude hit for a Director of Operations ......Heather Smith (20th Season) home run in the fourth with Mazon, Hammoude, Nunes, and freshman Charity Sevaaetasi each hitting for an RBI in the sixth inning. • Later that day, Oregon State fell 4-3 against Colorado State. Sophomore Maia Rader SOCIAL MEDIA doubled to left center for a Beaver lead in the second. The Rams took a 4-2 lead in the bot- Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State gym- tom of the second. Freshman Xiao Gin hit a triple for one run in the sixth but CSU finished nastics program via social media. There are several with the win. platforms to follow the team including : • The Beavers closed the weekend with a six-inning 15-0 win over Northern Colorado. Once • Twitter: @BeaverSoftball again, the Bears were held to two hits by Mazon. Three Beavers, Mazon, Hammoude, and • Instagram: @BeaverSoftball Sevaaetasi, hit home runs on Sunday with eight different players hitting for at least one RBI. Mazon (4) and Sevaaetasi (3) each tallied multiple RBI. SOFTBALL CONTACT FIRST MARKS Casey Mae Filiaci, Athletic Communications Over the weekend: Assistant • Junior Morgan Allen, redshirt-freshman Bailey McLaughlin, and sophomore Maia Rader Cell: (585) 748-5314 each notched their first double of the season for their first RBI of 2021. Email: [email protected] • Freshman Xiao Gin hit her first triple of the season. 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 of Easton Invitational | Fullerton, Calif. eligibility. Each of the members of the 2020 team has kept their athletic years from last season. 12 Utah State W, 6-1 • All but one member of the senior class will be returning. Trystan Melancon, Fallon Molnar, and Nerissa Eason 12 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-4 will play for Oregon State in 2021 while Karla Calderon graduated in 2020. 13 Utah State W, 6-0 • 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 W, 11-0 (5 inn.) 2021 season. 14 Loyola Marymount W, 5-1 • The fall of 2020 brought four new additions to the team: Charity Sevaaetasi, Jade Soto, Katie Hicks, and Madison Simon are all the newcomers for the 2021 season. Wildcat Invitational | Tuscon, Ariz. • Though 2020 was cut short, the Beavers were able to play 26 games. Four student-athletes - Xiao Gin, 26 Brigham Young W, 10-3 Mariah Mazon, Grace Messmer, and Missy Nunes - all started in all 26 games while Morgan Allen missed just 27 Seattle L, 2-1 one game and Ashton Zeiher and Maia Rader missed two games. 28 Arizona L, 3-2 (8 inn.) • 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 games. MARCH • The Beavers have one player that hails from the state of Oregon, Ashton Zeiher (Scio), with one player that at Northern Colorado | Greeley, Colo. 5 South Dakota State L, 7-0 comes from outside the United States, Grace Messmer (British Columbia). 5 Colorado State L, 10-1 • California is the highest represented state on the 2021 Oregon State softball team with 13 student-athletes 6 Northern Colorado W, 5-0 coming from the state to our south. Two players come from Washington with one student-athlete from Florida, 6 Colorado State L, 4-3 Nevada, and Texas. 7 Northern Colorado W, 15-0 LAST SEASON 12 Sacramento State 3:00 p.m. • Despite the 2020 season being cut short, the Beavers were able to play 26 games for a record of 17-9 12 Sacramento State 5:00 p.m. record. The team was unable to start conference play before the season ended. 13 Oregon 6:00 p.m. • Eight players participated in at least 75 percent of the games, with seven returning to the team in 2021. Mariah Mazon, Xiao Gin, Missy Nunes, and Grace Messmer started all 26 games with Morgan Allen starting 25 19 California* TBD 20 California* TBD and Maia Rader and Ashton Zeiher starting 24. 20 California TBD • Nunes led the team with five home runs and 22 RBIs. 21 California* TBD • Mazon and Fallon Molnar followed Nunes with four home runs. Mazon notched 15 RBIs while Molnar earned 11. For those who competed regularly, Mazon’s .377 batting average (29 hits, 77 at bats) led the 2020 squad. 26 Arizona* TBD • In the field, Morgan Allen led the team with 144 putouts while Nunes followed with 121. 27 Arizona* TBD • Allen and Grace Messmer both contributed to five double plays while Messmer led the team with 46 assists. 27 Arizona TBD ON THE MOUND 28 Arizona* TBD • All four pitchers who saw action on the mound in 2020 will return for 2021. APRIL • Mariah Mazon, returning to complete her junior season, was the leading pitcher in 2020. Mazon recorded a 1 Oregon* TBD 1.18 ERA with 10 wins in 20 appearances. 2 Oregon* TBD • She pitched a total of 113 innings, 14 complete games, and six shutouts while striking out 130 batters. 2 Oregon TBD • Mazon returns after being named to Softball America’s All-America Third Team. 3 Oregon* TBD • Second to Mazon was Trystan Melancon, a graduate transfer from the University of Houston. With 11 ap- pearances in 2020, Melancon notched a 1.81 ERA with five wins and three complete games. She earned one 9 Washington* TBD shutout and pitched for 67 strikeouts. 10 Washington* TBD 10 Washington TBD • Rounding out the 2020 pitching squad was freshman Xiao Gin and senior Nerissa Eason. Gin earned two 11 Washington* TBD wins with a 3.28 ERA and nine strikeouts while Eason pitched for a 1.75 ERA and three strikeouts.