Jessie Harper hit a historic two-run homer and Alyssa Denham threw a six-hit shutout as No. 7 Arizona blanked No. 12 Oregon 2-0 on Sunday in Eugene to salvage a four-game split.
The Wildcats won the final two games of the series after dropping the first two in disheartening fashion. They now enter the final week of the regular season in a much more reasonable spot, needing at least a win or two against No. 2 UCLA to secure a coveted top-8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
“We were grinding and pressing a little bit,” head coach Mike Candrea said on the Pac-12 Network.