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This Week In Oregon State Softball: Games 9-13 Oregon State Set for Third-Straight Weekend on the Road at Colorado Classic | March 5-7 Greeley, Colo. | March 5, 7 Fort Collins, Colo. | March 6 SOFTBALL All Times Pacific ABOUT THE BEAVERS OREGON STATE • Oregon State opened the season with five straight wins before earned a 1-2 record in its Overall Record. 6-2 Pac-12 Record ....................................0-0 second weekend of play. Home Record ....................................0-0 • The Beavers won all four of their games at the Easton Invitational (Feb. 12-13) with their Road Record .....................................6-2 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. HEAD COACH LAURA BERG • Junior Missy Nunes leads the team with a .400 batting average and a .880 slugging Overall Record. 215-186-1 (.536) percentage. Conference Record .................... 54-108 (.333) • Nunes’ eight hits, nine RBIs, and four home runs also sit at the top of the team. • Sophomore Frankie Hammoude and junior Mariah Mazon follow Nunes with two home runs each for 13 total RBIs. Hammoude batted in seven runs with Mazon hitting for six GAME INFO RBIs. What ....................Colorado Classic, March 5-7 Where ..............Greeley, Colo. & Fort Collins, Colo. • Freshman Madison Simon has served as the leadoff batter in all eight games on the Games - Friday, March 5 - Greeley, Colo. season. In 28 at bats she’s notched eight hits, including one double and one triple. vs. South Dakota State, 9 a.m. • In the field, redshirt-sophomore Rylee Maston leads with 44 putouts while Simon leads . vs. Colorado State, 3 p.m. with 14 assists. Games - Saturday, March 6 - Fort Collins, Colo. vs. Northern Colorado, 9 a.m. • Freshman Xiao Gin and junior Burden have each played for multiple double-plays. Gin . at Colorado State, 11:30 a.m. has played for three with Burden compiling two. Games - Sunday, March 7 - Greeley, Colo. at Northern Colorado, 8 a.m. ON THE MOUND Webcast ...........................OSUBeavers.com Live Results ........................OSUBeavers.com • Junior Mariah Mazon has won four games for the Beavers with seniors Nerissa Eason and Trystan Melancon each earning one win. • Earning the team’s first shutout of the season, Mazon also pitched her first no-hitter of SERIES HISTORY the season against Utah State (2/13). All-time vs. South Dakota State ...................2-0 All-time vs Northern Colorado ....................3-2 • In 31 innings pitched, Mazon has notched 37 strikeouts from 116 batters. All-time vs Colorado State .........................7-2 • Eason follows with 12.1 innings pitched for a 0.57 ERA with 12 strikeouts from 44 batters. • Melancon has seen 34 batters with 12 strikeouts made for a 1.40 ERA in 10 innings pitched. LAST WEEK IN REVIEW • The Oregon State softball team was in Tuscon, Ariz. for its second weekend of play. See- ing three full games, the team won once and lost twice. OSU COACHING STAFF • OSU opened the weekend with a 10-3 win over BYU (2/26). The Beavers notched two Head Coach ................Laura Berg (Ninth Season) unearned runs in the fourth inning before BYU tied the score in the bottom half of the Associate Head Coach ..... Marcie Green (Ninth Season) fourth. Oregon State gained the lead in the fifth inning with six RBIs before Mazon added Assistant Coach .............Eric Leyba (Third Season) to the lead with a 2-RBI home run. Volunteer Assistant Coach ......Shelly Prochaska (Second Season) • The Beavers saw Seattle take an early lead in their second game of the weekend on Director of Operations ......Heather Smith (20th Season) Saturday (Feb. 27). Sophomore Frankie Hammoude hit a home run but it wasn’t enough to overcome SU’s lead and Oregon State fell, 2-1, for their first loss of the season. • After a hard-fought battle, the Beavers held on for a close loss to No. 3 Arizona (2/28) SOCIAL MEDIA when junior Mariah Mazon hit a game-tying home run in the sixth inning. Headed into an Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State gym- extra inning, freshman Charity Sevaaetasi hit a double for an RBI but the Wildcats were nastics program via social media. There are several able to come back and win, 3-2. platforms to follow the team including : • Twitter: @BeaverSoftball FIRST MARKS • Instagram: @BeaverSoftball • Junior Mariah Mazon hit her first home run of the season against BYU before hitting a second against No. 3 Arizona. SOFTBALL CONTACT • Sophomore Ashton Zeiher saw her first game of 2021 against Seattle while freshman Casey Mae Filiaci, Athletic Communications Katie Hicks and sophomore Maia Rader pinch-hit for the first game appearance this sea- Assistant son against Seattle and Arizona, respectively. Cell: (585) 748-5314 • Freshmen Charity Sevaaetasi and Madison Simon hit their first career doubles against Email: [email protected] Arizona. 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 9:00 a.m. comes from outside the United States, Grace Messmer (British Columbia). 5 Colorado State 3:00 p.m. • California is the highest represented state on the 2021 Oregon State softball team with 13 student-athletes 6 Northern Colorado 9:00 a.m. coming from the state to our south. Two players come from Washington with one student-athlete from Florida, 6 Colorado State 11:30 a.m. Nevada, and Texas. 7 Northern Colorado 8:00 a.m. 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. at Oregon | Eugene, Ore. • Eight players participated in at least 75 percent of the games, with seven returning to the team in 2021. 13 Nevada 1:00 p.m. Mariah Mazon, Xiao Gin, Missy Nunes, and Grace Messmer started all 26 games with Morgan Allen starting 25 13 Oregon 6:00 p.m. and Maia Rader and Ashton Zeiher starting 24. 19 California* TBD • Nunes led the team with five home runs and 22 RBIs. 20 California* TBD • Mazon and Fallon Molnar followed Nunes with four home runs. Mazon notched 15 RBIs while Molnar earned 11. 20 California TBD For those who competed regularly, Mazon’s .377 batting average (29 hits, 77 at bats) led the 2020 squad. 21 California* TBD • In the field, Morgan Allen led the team with 144 putouts while Nunes followed with 121. • Allen and Grace Messmer both contributed to five double plays while Messmer led the team with 46 assists. 26 Arizona* TBD ON THE MOUND 27 Arizona* TBD 27 Arizona TBD • All four pitchers who saw action on the mound in 2020 will return for 2021. 28 Arizona* TBD • Mariah Mazon, returning to complete her junior season, was the leading pitcher in 2020. Mazon recorded a 1.18 ERA with 10 wins in 20 appearances. APRIL • She pitched a total of 113 innings, 14 complete games, and six shutouts while striking out 130 batters. 1 Oregon* TBD • Mazon returns after being named to Softball America’s All-America Third Team. 2 Oregon* TBD • Second to Mazon was Trystan Melancon, a graduate transfer from the University of Houston. With 11 ap- 2 Oregon TBD pearances in 2020, Melancon notched a 1.81 ERA with five wins and three complete games. She earned one 3 Oregon* TBD shutout and pitched for 67 strikeouts. 9 Washington* TBD • Rounding out the 2020 pitching squad was freshman Xiao Gin and senior Nerissa Eason. Gin earned two 10 Washington* TBD wins with a 3.28 ERA and nine strikeouts while Eason pitched for a 1.75 ERA and three strikeouts. 10 Washington TBD 11 Washington* TBD A LOOK BACK AT 2019 • The Beavers finished the 2019 season with 26 wins and 19 losses with an 8-14 record in the Pac-12.