On March 11 at Saint Mary's, Samaria Diaz retired the side in order in the seventh inning to clinch a 4-0 victory for the UO softball team.
At the time, it looked like the senior transfer had slammed the door on the Gaels to propel the Ducks into Pac-12 play on a five-game winning streak. Oregon was set to open conference play two days later at Cal with a 22-2 record.
Instead, the Ducks soon learned that Diaz had thrown the final pitch of 2020, owing to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Oregon's season was over, and with it too, Diaz's college career.