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Jessie Harper’s homers ignite Arizona softball in win over Oregon State

Mike Candrea said Wednesday that one crack off Jessie Harper’s bat could be all it takes to awake Arizona from its slumber. How about two?

The senior shortstop homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the Wildcats to a 7-0 win in Friday’s series opener against Oregon State. It snaps Arizona’s three-game losing streak and ignited an offense that had only scored six runs over its last five games.

“Every game has a defining moment,” Candrea said. “Tonight it was Harper, and hopefully tomorrow night it’ll be Harper and someone else.