NM State Comes Up Short Against No. 17 Oregon

Box Score

1 New Mexico State 7-3 3 Oregon 8-2 Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | R H E New Mexico State 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Oregon 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 3 5 0 W: Dail, J. (6-0) L: Green, Kayla (4-0) CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – New Mexico State softball opened the Mary Nutter Classic with a contest against No. 17 Oregon on Thursday. The Aggies fell to the ranked Ducks 3-1.

How It Happened

NM State (7-3) hung with UO (8-2) to start the contest with each team battling but the Aggies hit trouble in the bottom of the third. Starting pitcher Samaria Diaz gave up a walk and hit a batter before head coach Kathy Rodolph made a change in the circle and brought in Kayla Green. The Ducks scored a run off a…