CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State softball team is nationally ranked for the third consecutive week, and for the first time this season is ranked by both major polls, entering the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches’ Poll at No. 25, while moving up one spot to No. 23 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll.
Oregon State (20-4-1) has been ranked as high as at No. 22 this season, earning that ranking in the March 1 ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, the Beavers’ first national ranking since the 2013 season and their first by that poll since May 13, 2012.