DeBoer's grand slam powers Washington softball past Minnesota 7-2

Another day, another win in Big Ten play for coach Heather Tarr and the Washington Huskies after a 7-2 defeat of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday afternoon. After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning on a solo home run off the bat of Sydney Schwartz, sophomore star Alexis DeBoer stepped to the plate in with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the frame and launched her team-leading 15th home run of the season for a grand slam. From that point on, the Huskies never trailed.

DeBoer went 2-for-2 on the day with the 4 runs batted in and a pair of walks, as the Huskies strung together 11 hits in the contest. Two of those came off the bat of freshman Kaycie Burdick, who scored a pair of runs and drove in another with an RBI single in the fourth inning, while her classmate, Marley Teasley, reached base three times, going 2-for-2 plus a hit by pitch. BA BYEEEEEE BALL 🚀 First grand slam of the year for @alexisdeboer22 🙌 📺 @BigTenNetwork pic.

twitter. com/lEUToMRI3e — Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 12, 2026 In her first appearance since she was lifted with one out to go in UW's combined no-hitter at Iowa, Sophia Ramuno earned her 9th win of the season after letting up 2 runs on 7 hits and a walk with 3 strikeouts over 5 innings before she gave way to Allie Thomsen. The hard-throwing freshman worked the final two frames and surrendered a pair of hits while striking out 5 Golden Gophers .

Schwartz took the loss for Minnesota and dropped to 10-11 on the year after letting up 7 runs on 10 hits with a walk and 5 strikeouts across 4 innings of work. With the win, the Huskies improved to 33-9 on the year and remained perfect in conference play at 14-0. They'll look to sweep the Golden Gophers on Sunday afternoon at noon PT.