Senior designated player Carlyn Re's two homers in Saturday's afternoon finale propelled the University of Oregon softball team (16-5) to a 7-1 win over North Dakota (3-11) in its home openers at Howe Field.

The Tualatin, Ore., native Re (2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI) crushed her first-ever homers at home in the second and sixth innings - solo shots high over the right center and right field walls - to give her two on the season and three in her career.

"We were excited to be back at home and came out ready to play," Re said. "I wasn't expecting anything like that, and tried to be ready to help the team however I could. Our pitchers did a great job, and gave our whole team confidence."

Re's pair of homers tied her for third-most in a game in school history with a host of players, including junior first baseman Monique Fuiava who accomplished the feat as a freshman vs. Cal Poly and as a sophomore vs. Cal State Fullerton.

Freshman right fielder Samantha Pappas went 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI for her ninth-multi-hit game of the season - most on the squad.

Five other Ducks finished with one hit - senior left fielder Blair Williamson (1-for-2, 2 RBI, 1 walk), sophomore shortstop Kelsey Chambers (1-for-3, 2 RBI), sophomore third baseman Cortney Kivett (1-for-2, 1 run), sophomore pinch-hitter Lindsey Chambers (1-for-1, 1 run) and junior pinch-hitter Brittany Rumfelt (1-for-1).

In her third complete game of the season, sophomore Samantha Skillingstad struck out a career high 11 batters in her six innings, walked none, and her only run allowed was earned. Her 'K' tally Saturday tied for eighth-most in school history, and she already stood tied for 12th with her pair of 10-strikeout performances each of the last two seasons.

Sophomore reliever Mikayla Endicott worked the seventh inning, struck out three, walked none, and allowed no hits or runs.

UND's only run of the game came on a two-out, first-inning solo homer by Toni Schutte off of Skillingstad. In the game's remainder, three other players hit safely in three different innings as Skillingstad struck out three hitters in the second and fifth innings and two in the first and fourth innings.

Earlier in the day, UO beat Boise State, 9-0, in five innings. Freshman Jessica Moore threw the third one-hit complete game of her career and struck out nine and walked four. Sophomore shortstop Kelsey Chambers (3-for-3, 3 RBI) hit her third homer of the season; freshman second baseman Kaylan Howard (2-for-3, 1 RBI) crushed her fourth homer of '10; and Fuiava (2-for-3, 2 RBI) added her third round-tripper.

"Sam pitched really well," Oregon head coach Mike White said. "She made a mistake early, but came back and had good location and pitched well. It was good to see our bats come alive, including the pinch-hits we got from Lindsey Chambers and Brittany Rumfelt. Our defense played well with Kelsey making several tough plays at short, and as a whole today we didn't make an error. We had a great crowd, and it was good to be back at home, and see everybody contribute."

Looking ahead, Boise State and North Dakota play at Howe Field Sunday morning at 9 a.m., and UO then takes on North Dakota at 11 a.m. and Boise State at 1 p.m.

COMPLETE GAME 1 RECAP

EUGENE, Ore. - The University of Oregon softball team (15-5) opened its home slate with a 9-0 win over Boise State (3-13) Saturday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader.

Oregon played its third, NCAA run rule-shortened game of the season and rapped out 12 hits, including three courtesy of sophomore shortstop Kelsey Chambers (3-for-3, 1 run, 3 RBI) who hit her third homer of the season in the fourth inning.

On the mound, freshman Jessica Moore (7-2) recorded her sixth complete game of the season, allowed only one hit and stuck out nine - her seventh game of '10 in which she has fanned at least nine.

The offensive outburst for the Ducks started with freshman second baseman Kaylan Howard's first at-bat at Howe Field, as the Riverside, Calif., native blasted a 3-2 pitch deep over the left field wall in the second inning for her fourth homer of the season.

Overall, Howard went 2-for-3 in the game with an RBI and run scored.  Junior first baseman Monique Fuiava chipped in with her third home run of '10 that scored two runs in the third, and the Las Vegas product went 2-3 with 2 RBI and a run scored.

Senior pinch-hitter Carlyn Re add a two-run single in the third inning - her fifth hit or walk in her last eight pinch-hit at-bats.

Boise State collected its only hit in the third inning when its leadoff hitter, Jessi Hanna, smashed a grounder to the right of Kaylan Howard who couldn't quite gather the ball on the short hop as it deflected into center field.

On the mound for the Broncos, stater and Eugene native Aubray Zell (0-4) struck out two, walked none and allowed eight hits, and three of her six runs allowed were earned in her three innings of work. Ashley Collier pitched the final inning, struck out one, walked one, gave up four hits, and all three runs yielded were earned.