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Ducks' Bats Ignite, No. 21 Oregon Defeats No. 18 San Diego State

by:Cooper Taylor•02/21/25
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Courtesy of Oregon Athletics

No. 21 Oregon earned its second Top-25 win of the weekend, knocking off No. 18 San Diego State 7-2.

San Diego State’s Cece Cellura, coming off a stellar weekend in Clearwater, retired the side to start the game. However, the reigning Mountain West Pitcher of the Week ran into trouble in the second inning and was unable to make it past the third. Elise Sokolsky got the nod for Oregon, following Lyndsey Grein’s five-inning relief win over Utah earlier in the day.

In the second inning, a pair of freshmen got things going for the Ducks. Rylee McCoy doubled to center field and Stefini Ma’ake singled through the right side to put runners on the corners with nobody out. With one out, senior Kedre Luschar opened the scoring with an RBI squeeze bunt single to plate McCoy from third. Another veteran, Paige Sinicki, knocked an RBI single back up the middle. Luschar came around to score on an errant throw from center field, making it 3-0 Oregon.

An RBI groundout from Kaylynn Jones scored another run for the Ducks. Then, a two-out double by Kai Luschar and a bunt single from Dezianna Patmon put runners at the corners when the Ducks plated their fifth run on a double steal attempt that ended the inning.

Sokolsky struck out the side in the home half of the inning. But the Aztecs got a run back. Jazmin Williams led off with a single, scoring on Shannon Cunningham’s RBI double. Cellura was chased in the third inning, surrendering five runs on eight hits through just 2.1 innings. In relief, Grace Uribe got out of the third unscathed on a groundout and a fly out. Sokolsky commanded the zone, working around a pair of baserunners in the third and keeping the Aztecs off the board.

After exchanging scoreless fourth innings, the Ducks made noise again in the fifth. McCoy led off with her second double of the game. After a strikeout and an Aztec error, Kedre Luschar came through again. Her RBI single up the middle scored McCoy from third on an. Sokolosky retired all three batters in the fifth. Patmon padded the score with a solo shot to left field in the sixth.

A one-out single for San Diego State in the sixth ended Sokolsky’s day after 5.1 innings of work. The senior gave up just two runs and struck out six Aztecs. A stolen base from Angie Yellen and an Oregon throwing error pushed across San Diego State’s second run of the game. Grein pitched in relief for the second time today, striking out Cunningham to strand an Aztec baserunner in the sixth. Grein finished the game by striking out Uribe on three pitches, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings in relief to seal the win.

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