ASHLAND, Ore.— Junior
Sarah Abramson struck out the side in the top of the seventh inning to close out her second career no-hitter leading No. 17 and 3 seeded Oregon Tech (39-8) past Warner Pacific (19-24) 3-0 in the second game of the Cascade Conference softball playoffs presented by U.S. Bank Friday at University Field.
The Owls will advance to play No. 2 seed and No.15 ranked College of Idaho at 4:30 pm today.
OIT head coach
Greg Stewart commented, "Fantastic job by Sarah and McKenna! We got a couple of timely hits against a good pitcher."
Abramson became a 20-game winner with the decision. She struck out 10, including the final five hitters she faced. Abramson walked two in her second no-hitter of the season. The first was in a five-inning affair against Northwest (Wash.) on Feb. 26.
She got all the support she needed in the first as the Owls strung together three hits to score two runs.
Krista Ward had an RBI single and
Kennedy Jantzi drove in the second run on a groundout. In the sixth,
McKenna Armantrout provided insurance with a two-out RBI single.
Aubrie Businger led the Owls' offense with three-hits while Armantrout and
Maggie Buckholz added two-hits each in the win.
Friday, May 7
Game 1 - No. 4 seed Corban (Ore.) def. No. 5 seed Eastern Oregon, 2-1
Game 2 - No. 3 seed Oregon Tech def. No. 6 seed Warner Pacific (Ore.), 3-0
Game 3 - No. 1 seed Southern Oregon vs. Corban (Ore.), 2 p.m.
Game 4 - No. 2 seed College of Idaho vs. Oregon Tech, 4:30 p.m.
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Saturday, May 8
Game 5 - Warner Pacific (Ore.) vs. Loser Game 3, 9 a.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 6 - Eastern Oregon vs. Loser Game 4, 11:30 a.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 7 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 2 p.m.
Game 8 - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4:30p.m. (loser eliminated)
Sunday, May 9
Game 9 - Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 11 a.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 10 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 1:30 p.m. (championship)
Game 11 - If Necessary, 30 minutes after completion of Game 10
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