Bends Addisen Fisher leads UCLA No. 6 according to No. 5 Oregon softball in even series

Eugene – Addisen Fisher returned to Jane Sanders Stadium last year, where she led the Bend High School to the title of class 5a, and provided a shutout performance to draw the UCLA back into a tie with Oregon for the Big Ten Lead.

Fisher allowed three goals and a walk and struck three in an 8-0 victory for victory No. 6 Bruins in six Innerings against No. 5 ducks on Saturday afternoon before 2,517.

“All the feeling comes back here,” said Fisher. “Obviously I grew up here and this is a crazy experience to do this with this team.”

It was the second rash of the season for Fisher who made a win of five inning against Howard in March. Last year the Gatorade National Player of the Year only needed 86 playgrounds, while he held Oregon 0 for 8 with runners in the goal position.

“Many people came from Bend to support them,” said Fisher. “What I told was everyone who came here to support me, and everyone who wants to play me will be just as proud when I go out and play great when I don’t play great or if I don’t play at all. It was much more comfortable than I thought it was to play my game and know that my team was tackled me.”

It was Oregon’s first loss of the running rule since April 22, 2022 against Washington and the first time that on April 24, 2024, he was against the state of Oregon around 3-0 against the state of Oregon.

“I don’t think we played well enough in every area to get this victory,” said Oregon coach Melyssa Lombardi. “It took us a long time to try to make an adjustment to the record. We had two goals in the sixth. I liked some of the pitching handoffs that we did, but I thought it got deeper in the game that we did not command and worked.

Lyndsey Grein, who led Oregon to the opening victory of the series on Friday, began the day in a circle and recorded two consecutive eight-pitch strikes in perfectly for the first time, but was made easier after only one inning by left-handed Staci Chambers when Lombardi was chosen to play for matchups at an early stage.

Chambers allowed two goals in the 2/3 Inning, before Elise Sokolsky took over the management and ended the second.

Sokolsky went to No. 9 -Schlagmann Kaitlyn Terry to lead the third, and one mistake made two. Two batteries later, Jordan Woolery met a victim fly to put the Bruins (41-6, 13-2 big ten) on the board, and wild pitch made it 2-0.

Fisher (14-4) withdrew seven consecutive Oregon rackets until Dec Patmon led the fifth with a single led and took a mistake. The Ducks (40-5, 13-2) had a runner in third place with one, but could not get on the board when Fisher escaped from the jam with two soil failures.

“She adapted well and always brought us to earth,” said Lombardi. “We have always carried out the same type of outs and did not make the adjustment as quickly as necessary.”

Terry and Jessica Clements met two singles in a row to end the day for Sokolsky (11-2) in the sixth. She allowed four runs, two deserved, on five goals and three walks over four innings.

“I thought she had to tighten things a little,” said Lombardi. “We were up and down with the counts instead of getting forward and getting people away.”

Taylor Spencer went Savannah Pola and Woolery followed with a base closure to make it 5-0. After a deliberate pass for Megan Grant, Kaniya Bragg met a three-run Homerun to the left to call up the running rule.

Kai Lushar sang to call up the bottom of the sixth place and steel second, but was stranded when Fisher pulled three back into the series.

“I trusted my strength more than my weaknesses and that usually works best for me,” said Fisher.

The series finale is at first place in the big ten on Sunday at 2 p.m.