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 →

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.

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

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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