Beavers to Close Homestand with Cardinal
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Putting an end to the season's longest homestand at six games, the Oregon State softball team will welcome sixth-ranked Stanford to Kelly Field this weekend.
Opponent Day/Time Stream
Stanford April 12 / 4 p.m. Pac-12 Insider
Stanford April 13 / 2 p.m. Pac-12 Insider
Stanford April 14 / Noon Pac-12 Insider
Leading Off
• The Beavers will close a six-game homestand at Kelly Field with a three-game set opposite the sixth-ranked Stanford Cardinal.
• After just three games at the comforts of Kelly Field through the season's first eight weeks, OSU is in the middle of nine in Corvallis.
• Oregon State will look to keep up the momentum against the Cardinal from Sunday's finale after OSU upset then-12th-ranked UCLA.
• Following a five-strikeout, complete game performance, Logan Hulon was named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Week.
By the Numbers
.625: Paige Doerr has a team-best .625 slugging percentage at Kelly Field in '24. The Coburg, Ore., product has a homer and 3 RBI.
2: OSU had two – Madi Simon (Puerto Rico; silver) and Grace Messmer (Canada; bronze) – medal in the fall's Pan-American games in Chile.
4: OSU has racked up four home wins against teams in the top-20 since last April. Ws have come over #9 Washington, #12 UCLA, #20 Oregon and #21 Arizona.
5: Logan Hulon has five appearances with five or more strikeouts this season. In her last two Pac-12 starts, she's fanned 14 combined.
7: Stanford is the seventh of eight opponents on this season's schedule from California.
9: Oregon State has nine games of the month's 12 at Kelly Field, which is the most in a single month this season.
12: All 12 of Oregon State's games in April will take place in the Beaver State. Nine will be in the comforts of Kelly Field with the remaining three at Oregon's Jane Sanders Stadium.
The Opposition
• OSU will start the back half of Pac-12 play with three against eighth-ranked Stanford.
• In the teams' last meeting, the Cardinal took all three last March on The Farm.
• The two have split the last eight but OSU holds a 2-0 margin in the postseason, having swept the Cardinal in the Super Regionals in 2022.
• The Beavers and Cardinal have met on 98 instances and 31 times in the Berg era.
Home Sweet Home
• Oregon State will conclude the six-game homestand with the Cardinal before returning in two weeks to wrap the home slate against Utah (April 26-28).
• The six consecutive home matchups mark the longest stretch at Kelly Field since 2021, when OSU hosted Washington and Oregon in consecutive three-game sets.
• Prior to the cancelations from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beavers were slated for eight consecutive games at Kelly Field.
Hulon Honored
• After her five strikeouts in the complete game win over then-#12 UCLA, Hulon was named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Week.
• She's coming off two consecutive complete games with at least five Ks against ranked teams.
• In the finale at #8 Washington, Hulon fanned nine in 8.0+ IP.
• She joins Paige Doerr as the other Beav to get a Pac-12 honor following a FOTW nod after the UA series.
Leading the Pac
• Oregon State is one of just two schools in the Pac-12 with three or more pitchers to have recorded 50 or more strikeouts this season.
• Logan Hulon leads the staff with 64 while Sarah Haendiges has 54 and Ellie Garcia follows with 54.
• Hulon's 64 punchouts puts her in ninth among Pac-12 arms while Haendiges (12) and Garcia round up the Beaver arms at 16th.
Sister, Sister (x2)
• The Beavs have two pairs of sisters on the team: Abby and Paige Doerr of Coburg, Ore., and Deja and Tiara Westbrook of Arcadia, Calif.
Those of Iron, Strength Will Never Yield
• Four Beavs - Lici Campbell, Kiki Escobar, Eliana Gottlieb and Grace Messmer - have played and started in all 37 games so far in 2024. Abby Doerr follows the quartet with 35 starts this season.
Putting in Extra Work
• Oregon State has played in three extra-inning contests this season, all of which were in March.
• The three are the most in a season since 2022, which also had three.
• 2023 did not have any games go longer than seven frames.
• Game two at Portland State went to 11 innings, marking the longest game for the Beavs since a 10-inning affair in a 2022 home win over Utah.
• For the second consecutive series finale at Washington, the game needed more than seven. On Saturday, the Beavs and Huskies played nine.
Beaver Staff Notes
• Beaver fans will see a mix of familiar and new faces inside the dugout this season.
• Marcie Green makes her return to Oregon State where she will lead the pitching staff. She was previously in Corvallis from 2013-2022 where she capped it off with a trip to the Women's College World Series in her final season.
• Working primarily with the fielders and hitters, Matt Lisle joins Berg's staff with years of experience in college softball, baseball and even Major League Baseball.
• Starting his journey from student manager in 2018, Dominic Garcia enters his first year as a member of the coaching staff. The Beaver alumnus worked his way up to head student manager to video coordinator last season and will oversee player development, technology and data.
• Entering her third year with the program is Sarah Hoechlin, who serves as the Director of Operations. The OSU alumna spent two years as a student manager before a stint with the Corvallis Knights.
Nine New Faces Join the Dam
• The Beavers welcomed nine new student-athletes, two transfers and seven freshmen.
• Hulon (Texas) and Deja Westbrook (Cal Baptist) came via the transfer portal to Corvallis.
• Alysa Del Val, Doerr, Leah Mays, Kaylee Oh, Taverli Tennant, Tiara Westbrook and Ashley Wolfe all are freshmen.
Softball America Accolades
• Kiki Escobar was tabbed by the publication as the sixth-best second baseman in their preseason rankings.
• In their Top 100 List, she was ranked 95th while Sarah Haendiges placed a few spots ahead at 87th.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS)