Pac-10 Softball: No. 16 Oregon State Dominates No. 14 UCLA, 7-0

Johnson and Galvan picked up a pair of hits each for the Beavers.

Senior Brianne McGowan broke the OSU strikeouts record on Friday and picked up her 20th win of the season against No. 14 UCLA. Photo: OSU Athletics

CORVALLIS - Senior pitcher Brianne McGowan became Oregon State’s all-time strikeouts leader as the No. 16 ranked Beavers dominated No. 14 UCLA by a 7-0 score on Friday at the OSU Softball Complex.

The seven-run margin of victory for the Beavers over the Bruins was the largest for OSU in the 80-game series history.

The win was the ninth in the series for Oregon State and fourth in as many seasons against the storied UCLA program.

UCLA (26-11; 2-4 Pac-10) opened the game with back-to-back hits but McGowan (20-7) calmly worked her way out of the inning unscathed and the Beaver offense took over from there.

Oregon State (32-12; 4-2 Pac-10) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first after Dani Chisholm scored an unearned run on Stefanie Ewing’s bases loaded grounder to third.

OSU then extended its advantage to 3-0 in the bottom of the second after back-to-back singles from Paige Lowe and Natalie Johnson sparked the offense and both players would eventually score.

Sherina Galvan’s two-out single up-the-middle added another run in the third when DeAnn Young – who had singled – came across to score from second base.

Chisholm’s 2-RBI double to the left-center field gap highlighted a three-run fourth inning that extended the Beaver advantage to 7-0.

McGowan maintained her dominance in the circle throughout the game and the Beaver defense made several outstanding plays to back her up.

Cambria Miranda had a diving grab in left field and Mia Longfellow had a pair of line-drive snags at shortstop.

The victory was the 20th of the season for McGowan, allowing her to become just the second player in OSU history to amass three 20-win seasons during her career (Tarrah Beyster also recorded three 20-win seasons).

The 6-2 hurler tallied four strikeouts to up her career total to program-best 812, breaking Crystal Draper’s (1999-02) mark of 809.

Johnson and Galvan picked up a pair of hits each for the Beavers – winners of 17 of their last 20 games.

OSU returns to the field on Saturday with a 1:00 PM game against No. 12 ranked University of Washington.

Strike Out Cancer Days will continue on Saturday as the American Cancer Society will be accepting donations at the game.

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