Starting pitchers for the first game were junior Makenna Kliethermes for the Ducks, against junior Lainey Lyle for the Bisons.
Kliethermes struck out NDSU’s top of the order in the 1st inning. Oregon followed in the bottom with a hit by KK Humphreys, after a pair of ground outs by the Ducks. Humphreys would find herself stranded on base when Vallery Wong struck out to close the inning.
In the second inning, a hit by Bisons infielder Carly Goetschius was wasted when Kliethermes struck out the surrounding batters to close the top of the inning.