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Liberty's Postseason Run Ends in Supers, Oregon Advances to WCWS
5/24/2025 11:05:00 PM | Softball
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon pulled away for a 13-1 win over Liberty on Saturday at Jane Sanders Stadium, sweeping the Eugene Super Regional to advance to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2018.
The Ducks improve to 53-8 on the season, and will take on the winner of the Columbia Super Regional in the WCWS next Thursday. The Lady Flame (50-15) made their first-ever appearance in the Super Regional round after becoming the first team in the Super Regional era to knock out the No. 1 overall seed (Texas A&M) in Regionals, last week.
Oregon won game one last night, 3-2, in eight innings before earning the WCWS berth with today's victory.
Oregon 13, Liberty 1
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Woodard homers to right, 1-0
Oregon – 2nd INNING – Sinicki homers to right center, 1-1
Oregon – 2nd INNING – Kai Luschar singles to shortstop, Flannery and Jones advance, Patmon scores, 2-1
Oregon – 3rd INNING – Flannery doubles to right center, Jones scores, 3-1
Oregon – 5th INNING – Cox homers to left, Shaw and Sinicki score, 6-1
Oregon – 7th INNING – Jones singles to left, Lawton and Kresho advance, Patmon scores, 7-1
Oregon – 7th INNING – Kai Luschar singles, Jones and Lawton advance, Kreso scores, 8-1
Oregon – 7th INNING – Kedre Lsuchar singles, advances on throw, Kai Luschar advances, Jones and Lawton score, 10-1
Oregon – 7th INNING – Sinicki triples to right, Ma'ake, Luschar and Luschar score, 13-1
Turning Point
• Liberty jumped on the board first, with Savannah Woodard's leadoff homer in the bottom of the first. Rachel Roupe followed with a single, but Lyndsey Grein then retired the next 19 batters before Alyssa Henault's seventh-inning base hit.
• The Ducks went ahead with a two-run second inning and led 6-1 entering the seventh, where they tacked on seven runs.
Notable Numbers
• Oregon outhit Liberty 14-3 for the game, with the Ducks leaving seven runners on base compared to two stranded by the Lady Flames.
• Grein (29-2) earned the win, allowing one run on three hits, walking one and fanning 10.
• Kaylan Yoder (9-6) drew the loss, allowing two runs on two hits, walking two and striking out two in 1 2/3 innings before giving way to Paige Bachman, Elena Escobar and Danner Allen.
• Oregon's Paige Sinicki went 3-for-4 with a triple, homer, four RBI and two runs scored. Kaylynn Jones batted 4-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run. Kai Luschar went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored, while Emma Cox (1-for-3) homered and drove in three.
• Savannah Woodard went 1-for-3 with a homer, one RBI and one run, while Rachel Roupe and Alyssa Henault both singled in their last career game.
Beyond the Box Score
• Oregon has won all three meetings with Liberty all-time in softball, with the first meeting being at last year's NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla.Â
• Liberty is 3-9 against Top 25 opponents this season, including 2-2 against nationally-ranked foes in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship.
• The Lady Flames are now 12-13 all-time in NCAA postseason games under current 12th-year Head Coach Dot Richardson and 12-17 overall in the postseason.
• Liberty is the seventh NCAA Super Regional participant in CUSA softball history and first since UAB in 2013.Â
• Rachel Roupe reached base in the last 20 games of her career, while Woodard finished her career one a 14-game reached base streak.
• Woodard led off a game with a homer five times this season, breaking the existing program single-season record for leadoff homers held by Jessica Moore (2006), Dawn Jeffs (2007) and Autumn Bishop (2021).
• Liberty set a program record for overall wins (50), making its first-ever Super Regional appearance. The Lady Flames appeared in the Top 25 in at least one poll 12 times this season and entered the postseason with an RPI of 26.
• The Lady Flames broke most of their existing single-season program statistical records this season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Grein, Lyndsey (29-2)
L: Yoder, Kaylan (9-6)
Batting:
2B: Jones, Kaylynn 1 ; Flannery, Katie 1
3B: Sinicki, Paige 1
HR: Sinicki, Paige 1 ; Cox, Emma 1
RBI: Luschar, Kai 2 ; Luschar, Kedre 2 ; Sinicki, Paige 4 ; Cox, Emma 3 ; Jones, Kaylynn 1 ; Flannery, Katie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Luschar, Kai 1 ; Luschar, Kedre 1 ; Ma'ake, Stefini 1 ; Sinicki, Paige 2 ; Patmon, Dezianna 2 ; Shaw, Ayanna 1 ; Kresho, Elyse 1 ; Cox, Emma 1 ; Lawton, Presley 1 ; Jones, Kaylynn 2
SB: Luschar, Kai 1 ; Luschar, Kedre 1 ; Sinicki, Paige 1
CS: Luschar, Kai 1 ; Jones, Kaylynn 1
HBP: Luschar, Kai 1
Batting:
HR: Woodard, Savannah 1
RBI: Woodard, Savannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Woodard, Savannah 1
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