Oregon State finishes its nonconference schedule at UCLA Tourney over weekend

Oregon State returns to Corvallis with three more wins after the UCLA Tourney in Southern California.

Winning three of five, the Beavers (9-13) have completed the nonconference portion of the schedule and will kick of Pac-12 play Friday against Arizona State.

The Beavers opened the tournament by defeating Charleston Southern and Georgetown Friday by a combined score of 14-2 before getting blanked Saturday by Grand Canyon University.

A Sunday split closed out the tournament for the Beavers with a 6-3 against Grand Canyon — a day after losing to the Lopes — and a 6-2 loss to Cal State Northridge.

Junior right fielder Dani Gilmore recorded a hit in every game, finishing 8-for-14 with four runs batted in, four runs scored and four walks in the tournament.

Junior shortstop C.J. Chirichigno chipped in four hits with three RBIs and three walks.

She was the only Beaver to notch more than one hit in the tournament finale.

The Beavers rotated just two starting pitchers in the five games with three starts for senior Amanda Najdek and a pair of starts for junior Melanie Dembinski.

Najdek picked up the win in the opener against Charleston Southern with a complete game, totaling eight strikeouts, no walks and only four hits.

She earned a loss in the first Grand Canyon game, but allowed just one earned run in another complete game.

Dembinski collected wins in both of her starts, allowing two earned runs through 13 total innings.

OSU did not face any Pac-12 teams in the UCLA tournament and won’t actually face the Bruins until the Beavers travel back down to Los Angeles in April.

The wait for Pac-12 play will end this week, however, with Arizona State venturing into Corvallis for a three-game series.

A pair of 1 p.m. starts Friday and Saturday will lead into a 12 p.m. series finale Sunday.

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