COMING UP: vs. Corban (DH), Friday, 2 p.m.; vs. Corban (DH), Saturday, 11 a.m.
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION: All Cascade Conference softball games will be carried live on the Urban Edge Network, with Live Stats through the OIT SIDEARM Stats Portal.
 
OPPONENT PREVIEW – CORBAN: The Lady Owls close out the homestand this weekend, meeting Corban in a 4-game series. The Warriors (2-20, 2-10 CCC) have struggled offensively (.218 team batting average, just 13 doubles and two triples on the season) and defensively (51 errors in 22 games), with the team averaging just two runs per game - but feature one of the top young players in the CCC in first baseman McKenna Hanson (.406 0 HR 8 RBI). Four others— designated player Kassandra Douglas (.313 0 HR 4 RBI), shortstop Isabel Carattini (.298 0 HR 6 RBI) catcher Shelby Hillyar (.271 0 HR 3 RBI) and outfielder Josie Landis (.267 0 HR 3 RBI) each hit above .250. Pitchers Miranda Scovil (0-9 4.77 ERA), Vanessa Quinones (0-7 5.64 ERA) and Kate Banks (1-4 7.31 ERA) throw the bulk of innings. OIT has posted 16-straight wins in the series and lead the all-time series, 71-32.
 
BEST STARTS: OIT equaled their best 30-game start to a season, with the current 27-3 record match that of the 2006 club that opened the year with a 32-3 mark. Tech began seasons with a 26-4 record four times (1998, 2012, 2021, 2022), while opening 25-5 in 2002, 2023 and 2025. Outside of the Covid ended season in 2021, the Owls have won 40-or-more games 6-straight seasons, while posting 35-or-more wins every year since 2011. The club has 25 seasons with 30-or-more wins, 13 seasons with 40-or-more wins and two seasons with 50-or-more wins.
 
LADY OWLS RANKED NO. 2: The Owls 27-3 start to the year helped the club climb two spots to No. 2 in the latest NAIA Top-25 poll, released on March 18. Oregon teams hold the Top-3 spots – with Eastern at No. 1, Tech at No. 2 and Southern at No. 3. It is the sixth-straight year OIT has earned a Top-2 ranking and the 16th time the Owls have been ranked either No. 1 or No. 2. In the NAIASB Media Poll, released Monday, Tech climbed to the No. 1 position.
 
12-0 AT HOME: The Lady Owls improved to 12-0 record at Stilwell Stadium this season with the sweep of UBC. The yard has been one of the more difficult places in the NAIA for opponents to play since it opened in 2019, as OIT is a combined 139-23 on the Stilwell Stadium turf, an 86% win percentage.
 
DOMINANT HOME SERIES NETS TEAM OF THE WEEK AWARD: Facing the top pitching team in the Cascade Conference, the Lady Owls made a statement to the league – averaging over 10 hits a game, outscoring British Columbia, 24-4 (including nine runs in Game 3, the most UBC has allowed this season), completing a 4-game sweep, earning CCC Team of the Week honors. OIT dominated the circle, limiting UBC to 14 hits in the series, while the Owls did not commit an error.
 
DOUBLES GALORE: The Game 3 win for the Lady Owls was an extra-base explosion, as Tech combined for eight doubles and a home run in the victory. The eight doubles equaled the No. 2 mark on the OIT single-game list and the most doubles posted by an OIT team since the 1997 squad recorded a school-record 14 doubles in a win at Menlo.
 
SCHMIDT CONTINUES TO PUT UP ZEROS: For the second time this season, right-hander Kristine Schmidt was honored as CCC Pitcher of the Week, dominating the UBC bats throughout the series. The junior picked up wins in each of the three league counters, moving to 12-0 on the season – the 12 wins ranking No. 7 in the NAIA. Schmidt pitched 17 innings, allowing just one run on six hits, striking out 23 batters – including a masterful one-hit shutout in Game 1 of the series, striking out a season-high 11 batters. The transfer extended a string of innings without allowing an earned run to 40 before a sixth-inning run in Game 3 ended the string.
 
COOK COOKS: Throughout the UBC series, Nita Cook lived on base, putting pressure on the T-Bird defense. The second-baseman recorded multi-hit games in all four contests (now with 17 multi-hit games this season), going 9-for-14, with two doubles, a homer and three RBI, scoring five runs. Cook has reached base in 20 consecutive games and jumped into the top spot in the CCC batting average list, entering the week hitting .471 on the year.
 
CLUTCH HITS: OIT got three go-ahead hits in three different games against UBC – key moments in the 4-game sweep. Brooklyn Loose made the most of her first home run of the season, a ninth inning solo shot in Game 2 that gave the Owls a 2-1 lead – with the bullpen holding the advantage. In Game 3, Leah Huffman lined a fourth inning RBI single to break a scoreless tie, setting the table for the Owls big win. In Game 4, it was Jazmine Macias, who erased a 2-1 deficit in the fourth inning, lining a 2-run single to give Tech a lead they would not surrender.
 
KACHNIK REACHES MILESTONE: A big senior season continued for 4-year starting third baseman Addison Kachnik, who became the 22nd OIT player to surpass 200 hits for a career with a Game 4 single on Sunday afternoon. Kachnik was 5-for-13 in the series, including her 11th double of the year and her fourth home run of the season – upping her team-leading RBI count to 29.
 
SENIOR STRONG: The OIT senior class continued an outstanding 2026 season, as Malia Mick, Sawyer Stenson and Carli Moore made impacts in the UBC series. Mick had three 2-hit games, finishing 7-for-14 with a double, triple and five runs scored, with Stenson going 6-for-16 with two doubles and three RBI. Moore closed out the series in the circle, tossing a complete-game 3-hitter, striking out four, for her third win of the year.
 
AROUND THE LEAGUE: Southern Oregon earned their first series sweep of the CCC season, taking four games from Corban, while Simpson went on the road and took 3-of-4 at Warner Pacific. College of Idaho made a statement, sweeping a Friday doubleheader at No. 1-ranked Eastern Oregon, as the two teams split the 4-game series – knocking EOU out of first-place in the standings. This week, along with Corban at OIT, Warner Pacific heads to C of I, Bushnell is at SOU, UBC travels to Simpson, while EOU plays non-league games against Pacific and Western Oregon.
 
TEAM LEADERS: Batting Average – Oregon Tech .363, Eastern Oregon .358, College of Idaho .349, Southern Oregon .317, Bushnell .304; Runs Per Game – EOU 8.46, C of I 7.19, OIT 6.90, SOU 5.76, Warner Pacific 4.91; Home Runs – C of I 36, EOU 22, OIT 19, WPU 12, Simpson 8; Stolen Bases – SOU 55, EOU 46, C of I 33, OIT 31, WPU 31; ERA – OIT 2.11, British Columbia 2.30, SOU 2.39, EOU 3.13, SU 5.01; Fielding Percentage – OIT .969, SOU .969, UBC .966, EOU .955, C of I .954.
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Batting Average – Nita Cook (OIT) .471, Lexi Grumbois (EOU) .453, Kina Watts (CI) .444, Kamryn Ham (CI) .440, Allison Baumgart (EOU) .439; Runs Scored – Ham 37, Watts 34, Cook 31, Grumbois 31, Puakea Milbourne (OIT) 29; Hits – Cook 48, Vanessa Lang (SOU) 47, Addison Kachnik (OIT) 42, Kalea Thomas (SOU) 40, Ari Williams (SOU) 39; Home Runs – Madelyn Powell (CI) 9, Watts 7, Gina Allen (OIT) 6, Hope Burke (EOU) 6, Milbourne 5; RBI – Powell 40, Watts 31, Grumbois 31, Kachnik 29, Kelly Monaghan (EOU) 29; Stolen Bases – Raygun Klippert (EOU) 22, Thomas 18, Cook 16, Noe Barawis (WPU) 14, Ham 10; ERA – Carleen Murray (UBC) 1.01, Kristine Schmidt (OIT) 1.04, Camille Schmitz (EOU) 1.69, Ayla Davies (SOU) 2.19, Alli Parker (OIT) 2.33;  Strikeouts – Murray 105, Ayla Davies (SOU) 99, Schmidt 96, Parker 70, Lexi Ramirez (SOU) 65.
 
RECORD BOOK: Eight current players rank among the Top-25 in the OIT career record book, including Nita Cook, who is No. 2 all-time in stolen bases (98), No. 4 in runs (188) and defensive assists (402), No. 5 in sacrifice hits (23), No. 7 in hits (244), No. 8 in walks (69), No. 10 in triples (9) and hit by pitches (16), No. 12 in defensive chances (801), No. 16 in at bats (626), No. 17 in doubles (37) and No. 19 in RBI (114). Puakea Milbourne ranks No. 2 in defensive putouts (1,376) and chances (1,416), No. 5 in hit-by-pitches (24) and RBI (185), No. 7 in home runs (27), sacrifice hits (21) and sacrifice flies (9), No. 11 in at bats (656), No. 13 in runs (146), No. 14 in hits (232), No. 16 in doubles (41), ranking No. 18 in stolen bases (28); Addison Kachnik is No. 8 in defensive assists (321), No. 11 in doubles (46), No. 15 in at bats (629), No. 16 in RBI (127), No. 20 in triples (6), No. 22 in hits (200), ranking just outside the Top-25 in walks (42); Alli Parker is No. 3 in saves (7),  No. 20 in strikeouts (132) and wins (18), No. 23 in pitching appearances (50) and No. 25 in innings pitched (143.0); Jenna Gorden is No. 23 in wins (14), No. 24 in shutouts (2) and appearances (48), ranking just outside the Top-25 in innings pitched (129.0); Malia Mick is No. 10 in triples (9) and No. 15 in hit by pitches (13); Carli Moore is No. 24 in shutouts (2) and No. 25 in strikeouts (78) and appearances (40); with Kristine Schmidt No. 15 in saves (2), No. 21 in shutouts (3) and No. 24 in strikeouts (96).
 
NEXT WEEK: OIT hits the road next weekend, traveling to Springfield for games in the Valley against Bushnell, with doubleheaders set for Friday (April 3) and Saturday (April 4).