CORVALLIS, Ore. – Following a winning weekend at the Mustang Classic in San Luis Obispo, the Oregon State softball team will return to California this weekend for the Wilson Tournament, which is hosted by Long Beach.
There will be no streams of the games but live stats will be provided for each of the four games.
By The Numbers
‘19: The 2019 season was the last time Oregon State played in Long Beach.
2: Oregon State will play in California for the second consecutive weekend.
5: Five – Nikki Donahue (7), Paige Bambarger (6), Jayea Butler (6), Lici Campbell (6) and Maddy Weir (6) – have at least six hits after the first weekend of play.
7: In her two season debuts with the Beavs, Logan Hulon has averaged 7.0 strikeouts (6 vs. Florida in ’24, 8 vs. Ball State in ’25)
30: Oregon State scored 30 runs in two games on February 8. The last time a Berg-led team did that was in February 2015.
30: The Beavers piled up 30 hits in the two games on February 8. 14 against Ball State and 16 in the road game versus Cal Poly.
37: The Beavers made 37 plate appearances in the 15-6 road win at Cal Poly on February 8. It is the most team at-bats in the West Coast Conference so far in 2025.
The Opposition
• Oregon State faces four opponents in southern California this week.
• Long Beach State, Iowa State, California and Southern Utah are on the schedule.
• The Beavers are no stranger to any of these foes, having faced each on at least three occasions.
• Campbell homered in the last meeting with LBSU, a 6-1 win at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton last year.
Series History
LBSU
Overall (LBSU, 9-8) • Away (LBSU, 2-3) • Streak (OSU, W2) • Under Berg (LBSU, 4-3)
Iowa State
Overall (OSU, 3-0) • Neutral (same) • Streak (OSU, W3) • Under Berg (OSU, 1-0)
California
Overall (Cal, 89-47-1) • Neutral (Cal, 6-2) • Streak (OSU, W1) • Under Berg (Cal, 15-13-1)
Southern Utah
Overall (OSU, 13-4) • Neutral (OSU, 11-4) • Streak (OSU, W1) • Under Berg (OSU, 4-1)
Lookback on Week One
• OSU had a winning weekend in the Mustang Classic with a 3-2 record in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
• Two of the three wins saw the Beavers offense put up 15 runs. Oregon State combined for 28 hits as well that day.
• Tristian Thompson tallied a team-best 10 RBI and Paige Bambarger batted .500 at the plate to kick off 2025.
Atop the WCC
• OSU is all over the top (or at least near it) in the stats for the WCC
• Hulon leads in Ks (21) and wins (2)
• Offensively, Beavers pace the league in:
• Doubles – Butler, Campbell, Donahue and Weir (2)
• Runs scored – Jaeya Butler (8)
• RBI – Tristian Thompson (10)
• Triples – Bambarger and Morgan Howey (1)
• Walks drawn – Lici Campbell (6)
• Team at-bats: 37, at Cal Poly (Feb. 8)
• Runs scored (1st and 2nd): 15 and 15
• Hits (1st and 2nd): 14 and 14
• Doubles (team): 4, at Cal Poly (Feb. 8)
Streaky Beavs
• Four OSU student-athletes have made getting to base a habit.
• Three – Campbell (4), Weir (4) and Butler (3) – have hit streaks of at least three games.
• Ella Dardis – a true freshman – has opened her ledger with a three-game on-base streak. Campbell has reached in all five.
Welcome Welcome!
• 18 new student-athletes joined the Oregon State program for the 2025 campaign.
• The new Beavs are from all over the country, spanning from Hawai’i (Donahue – Honolulu) to the New York City suburbs of New Jersey (Weir – Wayne, N.J.) and everywhere in between.
WCC Accolades
• Campbell and Donahue were tabbed to the preseason all-conference team by the WCC.
• Oregon State was selected by the league’s coaches to finish third in the six-team conference.
Pacific versus Atlantic
• Formerly a Pac-12 opponent, California, will be the first of two from the ACC this season. Next month, the Beavers will face Florida State in the Jane Sanders Classic in Eugene.
• 2025 is the first time the Beavs have met multiple ACC opponents in the same season since 2014 when NC State and Virginia were on the schedule.
• Notre Dame was the lone ACC opponent for the Beavs in 2024, they met in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.
• Oregon State didn’t meet an ACC foe in the 2018-23 seasons. Prior to that stretch, OSU met NC State in the Mary Nutter.
Tough Tests in the Noncon Again
• The Beavers will have seven tests against teams in the initial top 25 of the 2025 season.
• Oregon State will face #5 Tennessee, #12 Florida State (twice), #21 California and #24 Oregon (three times) in nonconference play.
• For the third straight year, the Beavers and a ranked Lady Vols team will meet. 2025 marks the second time these programs will face off in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.
Beaver Staff Notes
• Familiar faces will be all over the Oregon State dugout in 2025.
• Entering her 13th year, Laura Berg will lead the Oregon State softball program.
• Marcie Green will direct the pitching staff for the second season of her second stint with the program. She ended her first with the trip to the Women’s College World Series in 2022.
• Working primarily with the fielders and hitters, Matt Lisle is on Berg’s staff for the second year. Lisle joined Oregon State following experience across college softball, baseball and even MLB’s Chicago White Sox.
• Starting his journey from student manager in 2018, Dominic Garcia enters his second year as a member of the coaching staff. The Beaver alumnus worked his way up to head student manager to video coordinator in 2023 and will oversee player development, technology and data.
• Entering her fourth year with the program is Sarah Hoechlin, who serves as the Director of Operations. The OSU alumna spent two years as a student manager before a stint with the Corvallis Knights.
Looking Ahead
• Oregon State will close their three-weekend stretch in California with the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City.
• The Beavers will face Tennessee, CSUN, Long Beach, Rutgers and Seattle U.
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