{"id":246175,"date":"2026-04-01T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:15:08","slug":"jones-oakland-lead-no-23-duke-past-campbell-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246175\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones, Oakland Lead No. 23 Duke Past Campbell, 7-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 Two-run home runs from graduate student Tyrina Jones<\/a> and redshirt junior Jessica Oakland<\/a> led the Blue Devil offense to a 7-1 victory over Campbell Tuesday night at Smith Family Stadium.<\/p>\n

The duo combined to drive in five of the seven Duke runs while batting 1-for-3 and 2-for-4, respectively.<\/p>\n

Seniors D’Auna Jennings<\/a> (3-for-4) and Aminah Vega<\/a> (2-for-4) also contributed to the offense with their multi-hit performances. Vega drove in a pair of runs for her 10th multi-RBI outing of the season.<\/p>\n

Duke’s pitching staff of junior Larissa Jacquez<\/a>, redshirt freshman Ava Bradshaw<\/a>, senior KK Mathis<\/a> and sophomore Mallory Wheeler<\/a> combined in the circle against the Camels. Jacquez made her fifth start of the season, working 3.0 hitless innings, while Wheeler earned the win after 2.0 scoreless innings of relief.<\/p>\n

HOW IT HAPPENED
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\n\tJennings sparked the bats immediately, reaching on a leadoff single before advancing to third on a stolen base and throwing error. She scored easily on Vega’s triple off the left center field wall. Vega came home on a ground out in the following at bat to put Duke in front, 2-0.
\n\tJones extended the Blue Devils’ edge to 4-0 in the bottom of the third with a two-run home run off the scoreboard in left center field. Her long ball also brought in Oakland after she sent a single into the right field gap.
\n\tJennings sparked a two-out rally in the bottom of the fourth, dropping a base hit into shallow center field and moving into scoring position with her second stolen base of the night. Vega plated Jennings with an RBI-single to right field before coming in on Oakland’s homer to deep left field, stretching the lead to 7-0.
\n\tCampbell responded in the top of the fifth, using a pair of walks, fielder’s choice and Blue Devil throwing error to push its lone run across the plate. <\/p>\n

NOTES<\/p>\n


\n\tJones blasted her third home run in her last four at bats after sending out a pair in the final inning versus No. 19 Stanford Sunday. She now owns a team-high 14 on the year.
\n\tOakland recorded her seventh home run of the season and fifth in the last seven games.
\n\tMathis made her debut in the circle, tossing one hitless inning with two walks and one strikeout.
\n\tWheeler improves her ledger to 6-4 after 20 appearances in the circle.
\n\tThe Blue Devils are now 8-2 all time against the Fighting Camels. <\/p>\n

UP NEXT
\nThe Blue Devils host Virginia for a three-game conference series at Smith Family Stadium. Thursday’s opener is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.<\/p>\n

To stay up to date with Blue Devils softball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeSOFTBALL”<\/p>\n

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