Pac-10 Baseball: No. 9 Oregon State Shut Out by California

(CORVALLIS) - Oregon State brought the tying runs to the plate in two of the final three innings but the ninth-ranked Beavers lost to California 4-0 in Pac-10 baseball Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.

OSU (27-8 overall, 3-5 Pac-10) saw its three-game winning streak end and lost at home for just the second time in 12 games this season.

On Saturday, Cal righthander Alex Rollin and relievers Craig Benningson and Matt Gorgen combined to hand the Beavers their first shutout in five years to even the series at one game apiece; OSU had won the opening game 1-0 on Friday night.

Pac-10 Softball: No.16 OSU Stumbles Against No. 12 Washington, 3-1

Oregon State breaks single season stolen bases record.

(CORVALLIS) - The No. 16 ranked Oregon State softball team broke the school single season record for stolen bases, but dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 12 University of Washington on Saturday.

The Beavers (32-13; 4-3 Pac-10) tallied three stolen bases on the afternoon to give the team 73 swipes on the year – breaking the school record of 70, set in 2005.

Despite getting runners in scoring position, OSU left seven players stranded on base in the game.

Defense Dominates Oregon's First Scrimmage

Junior place-kicker Matt Evensen capped the scoring with a successful 47-yard field goal.

(EUGENE) - The Oregon defense has benefited in the early going this spring by not having to grasp a new system and the results were evident Saturday in the first extensive scrimmage of spring practice.

The defenders allowed only a pair of short touchdowns to the second and third offensive units, as well as one field goal, as the Ducks concluded their seventh off-season workout with a 55-minute controlled scrimmage.

Pac-10 Softball: No. 14 UCLA Bombs No. 10 Oregon, 13-3

UCLA was led by Kaila Shull’s 3-for-4, three RBI performance.

(EUGENE) - Oregon senior Ann Marie Topps hit her single-season record-breaking 17th home run of the year, but it couldn’t prevent 14th-ranked UCLA from recording a 13-3 win over No. 10 Oregon on Saturday afternoon at Howe Field.

The Ducks, now on a two-game losing streak, fall to 37-7 on the year and 3-4 in the Pac-10 Conference. The Bruins, improve to 3-4 in the Pac-10 and 27-11 overall.

It was the combination of UCLA’s 15 hits on the day as well Anjelica Selden’s performance in the circle.

GNAC Baseball: WOU Sweeps Saint Martin

Wolves move to 8-2 in conference play.

(MONMOUTH) - Western Oregon’s Kevin Corrigan and Mike Eisenhauer combined to hold Saint Martin’s bats to just six hits on the day as the Wolves swept the Saints in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday, 4-1 and 3-1.

The wins improved conference-leading Western Oregon’s record to 8-2 in the GNAC and 18-15 overall. Saint Martin’s fell to 12-22 on the year and to 4-6 in GNAC play.

The two teams will wrap-up the four-game series on Sunday at noon.

NWC Baseball: Linfield Sweeps Bearcats, 9-0 and 6-3

The Bearcats dropped to 13-18 on the season, 6-13 in the NWC.

(McMINNVILLE) - Two sterling pitching performances keyed Linfield’s doubleheader sweep of Willamette on Satruday at Roy Helser Field.

The 9-0 and 6-3 victories improved the Wildcats to 11-6 in Northwest Conference play and moved the team to third in the standings.

Linfield is 16-13 overall and will play Willamette in the third game of the weekend series on Sunday at noon.

NWC Softball: 'Cats Claw Bruins, 11-2 and 12-1

The two Yamhill County foes square off in a doubleheader again Sunday.

(NEWBERG) - Keeping alive their hopes of repeating as the Northwest Conference champions, the nationally-ranked Linfield Wildcats swept a doubleheader from the George Fox Bruins, 11-2 and 12-1, Saturday afternoon at Morse Field and kept the pressure on the league-leading Whitworth College Pirates.

George Fox dropped to 5-23 overall and 3-17 in the NWC, while Linfield improved to 26-4 overall and 17-1 in the league.

The Wildcats, ranked No. 3 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, were a game behind ninth-ranked Whitworth, which was 16-0 in the NWC, entering the day.

GNAC Softball: Western Oregon Stretches GNAC Lead With Sweep of Seattle

Wolves take two from Redhawks, 6-5, 8-1.

(MONMOUTH) - Western Oregon rallied for a 6-5 victory in game one and then steamrolled Seattle University 8-1 in game two to lengthen their Great Northwest Athletic Conference lead to three games on Saturday afternoon at the WOU Softball Field.

The doubleheader sweep improved WOU’s GNAC record to 9-1, and they are 20-17 overall.

Seattle dropped to 6-4 in league play and to 21-17 on the year.

WCC Baseball: Toreros Hold Off Pilots in San Diego

San Diego holds Portland to three hits in a 7-1 win.

(SAN DIEGO) - Two San Diego pitchers combined to hold Portland to three hits as the Toreros defeated the Pilots 7-1 in a West Coast Conference baseball game on Saturday at Cunningham Stadium.

Portland’s lone run came in the top of the seventh, courtesy of a pinch-hit RBI by James Allan.

Portland drops to 14-19 overall on the season and 2-6 in the WCC.