SB | Gaels Complete Sweep of Oregon State to Remain Atop WCC Standings

Sunday, April 19

Moraga, CA

12:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

33-12, 0

Oregon State

17-29, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oregon State	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	8	0
Saint Mary's	1	2	2	0	2	1	X	8	12	0

Camille Lara: 3-for-4 3 Runs Scored, 1 Grand Slam Robbery

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

SB | Gaels Complete Sweep of Oregon State to Remain Atop WCC Standings

4/19/2026 4:22:00 PM | Softball

Box Score Highlights

MORAGA, Calif. — The Saint Mary's softball team completed its 4-0 week and its West Coast Conference series sweep of the Oregon State Beavers, winning Sunday's series finale, 8-4. Paired with another win by the Pacific Tigers over Santa Clara, the Gaels now hold a 3.5 game stranglehold of first place in the WCC standings at the halfway point of conference play.

At the top of the order, Camille Lara and Hannah Ferguson each tallied three hits. Lara scored all three times that she was on base, while Ferguson drove in a pair with her program record 13th career triple. Taylor Lane and Andrea De La Rosa each also drove in two, Lane's coming on a two-run blast, and De Le Rosa's coming on her first collegiate extra-base hit, a two-run double. The Gaels used a trio of pitchers in this one, starting Ella Thurman, who went 4.1 for the win. Madeline Haun worked two full frames out of the pen, while Odhi Vasquez retired the final two Beaver batters to secure the 8-4 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
For the third time in as many contests, the Gaels struck first in the first. Camille Lara led off the home half of the first with a single and stole second with two outs. Braxton Brown worked a free pass before Sam Buckley waited out a change up before sending it through the left side to score Lara, getting the Gaels on the front foot early. With two away in the second, Mia Zabat and Camille Lara logged back-to-back knocks before Hannah Ferguson drove a ball out to deep left center, scoring both and earning herself her program record 13th career triple. After a 1-2-3 top of the third worked by Ella Thurman, the Gaels cashed in two more runs on another two out rally in the bottom half, capped with a two RBI double from freshman Andrea De La Rosa, her first collegiate extra-base hit.

Thurman worked four scoreless frames, and retired her first batter faced in the fifth with her lone strikeout of the day, but then gave up three straight singles and hit a batter to end the shutout effort and her day, giving way to Madeline Haun out of the bullpen. Haun gave up a deep fly ball to left that was snagged over the wall by Lara, allowing just one run to come in, rather than four on a potential grand slam robbery by the Gaels' left fielder. Haun would then retire the potential tying run via a lineout to short, and the Gaels would quickly restore the lead back to five on a two run blast by Taylor Lane.

The Gaels would push across an insurance run in the sixth, when Camille Lara and Hannah Ferguson led off the frame with back-to-back singles, and Lara scored on an Alex Cutonilli RBI fielder's choice. Haun recorded the first out of the seventh before loading the bases and giving way to Odhi Vasquez, looking to slam the door shut. Vasquez induced a pair of groundouts, sandwiching a single, allowing a pair of inherited runners to score, but keeping the Gaels lead intact to see away the sweep.

GAME NOTES

The Gaels pulled off their second WCC series sweep of the year, matching their sweep tally from a year ago.
Now halfway through their conference slate, the Gaels are 8-1, with a 3.5 game lead on preseason WCC favorites Santa Clara.
Saint Mary's remains unbeaten at Cottrell Field this year, now at 15-0, and have won 18 straight at home dating back to last season.
The Gaels improved to 26-0 when scoring at least four runs in a game, and moved to 25-3 in games in which they score first.
Hannah Ferguson broke the program triples record today with her 13th career three-bagger. She also tied the single season triples record with her ninth this year, and moved to second all-time in program history with her 59th career stolen base.
Camille Lara logged her first three-hit ballgame of the season. She had four last season, including one against Oregon State in Corvallis.
Sam Buckley drove in her 100th career RBI, making her just the third ever Gael to accomplish that feat (Trisha Dean '00 and Jenna Smith '10).
Taylor Lane crushed her first home run at home this season. It was her first home run at Cottrell since 2023, when she left the yard against San Jose State.
Ella Thurman moved to 2-0 in conference play in the circle, while Madeline Haun ran her unbeaten outing streak to 16 straight appearances.