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ASU Softball: Sun Devils drop offensive slugfest in WCWS opener against Oregon

Arizona State’s Giselle “G” Juarez and Oregon’s Miranda Elish started the Women’s College World Series opening game for their respective clubs. It seemed the sophomores were in for a pitcher’s duel with both their ERAs being under one. Instead the Ducks and the Sun Devils combined to score 16 runs against the two NFCA All-Americans.

In the end, No. 1 Oregon (53-8) powered past No. 8 Arizona State (48-12) by a score of 11-6. The Ducks went down early, but had control of the game for most of it.

“All faucets of your game have to be on point if you’re going to beat a team like Oregon.