Under Armour Team of the Week Announced
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon Tech softball team has been selected as the “Under Armour Team of the Week” for May 3-9 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The Lady Owls entered the CCC post-season tournament as the No. 3 seed and emerged as the 2021 Champions earning an automatic qualification to the NAIA Softball Championship.
After posting a 3-0 win against No. 6 seed Warner Pacific and a 7-3 win against No. 2 seed The College of Idaho on Friday, OIT would face No. 1 seed Southern Oregon on Saturday for a chance to advance to the title game. In the 5-0-win pitcher Sarah Abramson would hand the Raiders a shutout- the first of the season for the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
In the title game OIT would again face The College of Idaho, who earlier had eliminated SOU ending their quest for a fourth consecutive tournament crown. While it would take extra innings to decide the outcome the Lady Owls outlasted the Yotes 1-0 in a game that went 8-innings.
Oregon Tech (42-8, 21-6 CCC) will next be in action in the Opening Round of the NAIA Softball National Championship May 17-19.
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