SAN FRANCISCO (Pac-12/Oregon State) – Heading into to the 2018 campaign, the Oregon State University softball program was picked eighth in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches' Poll in a release from the conference office on Monday.
Four-time Olympian Laura Berg returns for her sixth season at the helm of the program. Under the direction of Berg, the Beavers have reached the NCAA Tournament on three occasions, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Regionals in the past two years.
Oregon State returns 14 letterwinners from 2017, seven of whom are from the field along with three from the pitching rotation.