EUGENE, Ore. — Whether Shannon Rhodes with a walk-off homer against UCLA, DJ Sanders blasting extra-inning grand slams against Oregon State and Washington, or Gwen Svekis batting .750 in a three-game series against Arizona, someone different seems to step up each weekend for the UO softball team.
On Thursday, it was Lauren Burke's turn. And fairy tales don't have anything on the storybook moment she enjoyed.
Making her postseason debut for her hometown team, the freshman from Eugene's Marist High School blasted a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the fifth inning Thursday for the Ducks.