2023 Oregon State Beavers softball team

2023 Oregon State Beavers softball
2023 Oregon State Beavers softball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	10–18–1 (1–7–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Laura Berg (11th season);
Associate head coach	Eric Leyba (5th season)
Assistant coach	Jamie Wiggins (1st season)
Home stadium	Kelly Field
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍†‍‍^y	21	–	3	–	0	.875	52	–	7	–	0	.881
No. 6 Washington ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	44	–	14	–	0	.759
No. 17 Utah ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	42	–	16	–	0	.724
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	47	–	15	–	0	.758
No. 19 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	38	–	17	–	0	.691
California ‍‍‍^y	9	–	14	–	1	.396	35	–	21	–	1	.623
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	1	.271	15	–	29	–	1	.344
Arizona ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0	.250	29	–	25	–	0	.537
Arizona State ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0	.250	22	–	26	–	0	.458

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 5, 2023^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Oregon State Beavers softball team represented Oregon State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers were led by head coach Laura Berg in her eleventh season and played their home games at Kelly Field.

Preseason

Following the Beavers second Women's College World Series appearance they entered the 2023 season ranked in the Top-25 preseason polls by Softball America and USA Softball.^[2] Assistant coach Eric Leyba was promoted to associate head coach and Jamie Wiggins joined the coaching staff.^[3]^[4]

Roster

2023 Oregon State Beavers softball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	Bats/throws	Height	Year	Home town
1	INF	Aubree Seaney	R/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Montverde, FL
2	C	Des Rivera	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Chino, CA
3	OF	Erin Mendoza	L/R	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Lakewood, CA
4	C	Abby Doerr	R/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Coburg, OR
6	INF	Savanah Whatley	R/L	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Oakley, CA
7	INF	Kaiea Higa	R/R	—	Fr	Maple Valley, WA
8	OF	Kinzy Brown	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	La Grande, OR
9	OF	Shay McDowell	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Roseville, CA
10	U	Jenna Birch	R/R	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Loomis, CA
11	OF	Morgan Howey	R/R	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Arcadia, CA
12	OF	Eliana Gottlieb	L/L	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Newport Beach, CA
13	INF	Carson Saabye	R/R	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Monument, CO
14	P	Tarni Stepto	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	North Curl Curl, Australia
17	INF	Grace Messmer	R/R	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Cloverdale, Canada
18	U	Kiani Nakamura	R/R	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	So	Redmond, OR
20	U	Sydney Saenz	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	El Paso, TX
21	U	Charity Sevaaetasi	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Auburn, WA
22	OF	Jade Soto	L/R	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	Jr	Fort Myers, FL
23	P	Chloe Moffitt	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Half Moon Bay, CA
24	C	Lici Campbell	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Vallejo, CA
26	RHP	Ellie Garcia	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Chino, CA
29	INF	Kiki Escobar	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Oxnard, CA
30	P	Sarah Haendiges	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Upland, CA
33	U	Madison Simon	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Irvine, CA
42	INF	Frankie Hammoude	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Oakland, CA
44	C	Harleigh Braswell	L/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Sutter Creek, CA
77	INF	Madyson Clark	R/R	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Claremont, CA
88	OF	Kristalyn Romulo	L/R	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Cerritos, CA
99	U	Kali Blount	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	La Verne, CA

Head coach

Laura Berg

Assistant coach(es)

Eric Leyba
Jamie Wiggins

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: Feb 19, 2023

Schedule and results

2023 Oregon State Beavers softball game log^[5]

Regular season

February (7–8)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall
Feb 10	vs. New Mexico*	No. 19	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	2–0	Haendiges (1–0)	Linton (1–1)	None	1–0
Feb 11	vs. New Mexico*	No. 19	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	0–8	Brinka (1–0)	Garcia (0–1)	None	1–1
Feb 11	at No. 25 LSU*	No. 19	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	0–12	Berzon (1–0)	Stepto (0–1)	None	1–2
Feb 12	vs. Nicholls*	No. 19	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	6–3	Garcia (1–1)	Yoo (0–2)	Stepto (1)	2–2
Feb 12	at No. 25 LSU*	No. 19	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	0–3	Kilponen (2–0)	Haendiges (1–1)	None	2–3
Feb 16	vs. Illinois State*		Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	1–0	Haendiges (2–1)	Ross (1–2)	None	3–3
Feb 17	vs. BYU*		Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	2–3	Grey (3–2)	Haendiges (2–2)	None	3–4
Feb 18	vs. Portland State*		Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	8–9	Korth (3–1)	Stepto (0–2)	None	3–5
Feb 18	vs. Weber State*		Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	0–3	Johnson (3–2)	Garcia (1–2)	None	3–6
Feb 19	vs. GCU*		GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	5–4	Stepto (1–2)	Thompson (2–1)	None	4–6
Feb 24	vs. No. 24 Missouri*		Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	3–2	Haendiges (3–2)	Pannell (0–1)	None	5–6
Feb 24	vs. CSUN*		Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	5–1	Stepto (2–2)	Carranco (0–2)	Garcia (1)	6–6
Feb 25	vs. Cal State Fullerton*		Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	0–4	Sutherlin (4–1)	Haendiges (3–3)	None	6–7
Feb 25	vs. Ohio State*		Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	0–6	Ruck (1–0)	Stepto (2–3)	None	6–8
Feb 26	vs. Iowa*		Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	2–1	Stepto (3–3)	Greer (2–1)	None	7–8

March (3–10–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall	Pac-12
Mar 2	vs. BYU*	Karl Brooks Stadium • St. George, UT	7–4	Haendiges (4–3)	Temples (2–3)	Garcia (2)	8–8
Mar 3	vs. Utah Valley*	Karl Brooks Stadium • St. George, UT	3–2	Garcia (5–3)	Saili (1–3)	None	9–8
Mar 3	at Utah Tech*	Karl Brooks Stadium • St. George, UT	0–1	Garton (5–1)	Stepto (3–4)	None	9–9
Mar 4	vs. Idaho State*	Karl Brooks Stadium • St. George, UT	2–3	Newman (1–1)	Stepto (3–5)	Schuring (1)	9–10
Mar 4	vs. UNLV*	Karl Brooks Stadium • St. George, UT	2–5	Zellien (2–1)	Haendiges (4–4)	None	9–11
Mar 10	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	1–6⁶	Sandy (9–1)	Stepto (3–6)	None	9–12	0–1
Mar 11	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	6–7	Lopez (7–2)	Garcia (2–3)	None	9–13	0–2
Mar 12	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	5–6	Sandez (10–1)	Garcia (2–4)	None	9–14	0–3
Mar 17	vs. California	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR	2–1	Stepto (4–6)	Reimers (6–2)	None	10–14	1–3
Mar 18	vs. California	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR	6–15	Halajian (3–1)	Moffitt (0–1)	None	10–15	1–4
Mar 19	vs. California	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR	5–5	None	None	None	10–15–1	1–4–1
Mar 24	at No. 7 Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	1–9	Vawter (12–1)	Stepto (4–7)	None	10–16–1	1–5–1
Mar 25	at No. 7 Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	2–10	Krause (6–2)	Garcia (2–5)	None	10–17–1	1–6–1
Mar 26	at No. 7 Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	4–8	Vawter (13–1)	Stepto (4–8)	None	10–18–1	1–7–1
Mar 31	vs. Oregon	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR

April (0–0)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium
Apr 1	vs. Oregon	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
Apr 2	vs. Oregon	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
Apr 6	at UCLA	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
Apr 7	at UCLA	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
Apr 8	at UCLA	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
Apr 14	vs. Washington	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
Apr 15	vs. Washington	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
Apr 16	vs. Washington	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
Apr 28	at Arizona	Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ
Apr 29	at Arizona	Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ
Apr 30	at Arizona	Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ

May (0–0)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium
May 5	vs. Arizona State	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
May 6	vs. Arizona State	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR
May 7	vs. Arizona State	Kelly Field • Corvallis, OR

Win
Loss
Postponement/tie
Bold: Oregon State team member

Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
NFCA / USA Today^[6]	19	—	—	—	—	—
Softball America^[7]	24	—	—	—	—	—
ESPN.com/USA Softball^[8]	25	—	—	—	—	—
D1Softball^[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ "Softball Ranked by Multiple Polls to Open 2023". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ "Leyba Promoted to Associate Head Coach". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Wiggins Joins Softball Staff". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "2023 Softball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ NFCA/USA Today Poll
^ Softball America Poll
^ ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll
^ D1Softball Poll

[1] "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

[2] "Softball Ranked by Multiple Polls to Open 2023". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[3] "Leyba Promoted to Associate Head Coach". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[4] "Wiggins Joins Softball Staff". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[5] "2023 Softball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[6] NFCA/USA Today Poll

[7] Softball America Poll

[8] ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll

[9] D1Softball Poll

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