Box Score LAS VEGAS – The Drake University softball team dropped a pair of games on the first day of the UNLV Classic in Las Vegas. Drake (6-5) was edged by New Mexico State, 3-1, in the tournament opener before falling to No. 7 Oregon, 14-2, in five innings in the final game of the first day of the three-day tournament.
Oregon jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings before the Bulldogs scored two runs in the third inning. Freshman Kennedy Frank (Chesterfield, Mo.) recorded a fielder's choice to score sophomore Tasha Alexander (Eddyville, Iowa) for the first run and one batter later junior Megan Sowa (Gurnee, Ill.