CORVALLIS, Ore. – No. 1-ranked Oregon Tech softball was named the Under Armour Team of the Week for May 1 – 7 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
This week, #1 seed Oregon Tech won its third consecutive tournament title at the Cascade Collegiate Conference softball tournament, presented by U.S. Bank.
Their run began on Friday with a 5-1 victory over #4 seed Eastern Oregon University. OIT’s five runs on five hits late in the game were enough to secure the victory over the Mountaineers.
Next, they faced #3 seed College of Idaho on Saturday where they experienced their only loss of the tournament. OIT’s only two runs came in the 5
th inning with the help of a few Yotes errors. The Owls played dominant all game and even out-hit C of I, but they were unable to string them together.
Then they began their long Sunday at 11 am against #2 seed Southern Oregon University. It nearly was OIT's last, as the Owls squandered an early 4-1 lead. But a walk-off from Zoe Allen would give the Owls a 7-6 win and a ticket to the championship game against the Yotes.
The first match-up became the longest Championship softball game in CCC history. After 3 hours and 13 innings, Staub led off with a solo homer to break the stalemate and followed by working around a leadoff walk in the bottom of the inning to force the if necessary, championship game two.
The second title game was all OIT, taking a 6-0 lead after four innings and rolled to the 8-2 championship victory.
The Owls are already preparing to host the opening round of Nationals on May 15-17 with a 47-7 overall record