Oregon softball’s all-Pac-12 shortstop Alyssa Brito enters transfer portalhttps://t.co/JymVgIwgxa
— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) May 28, 2021
It’s that time of year that every college sport dreads these days. It seems like right after a season ends, players decide to use the transfer portal to get out of dodge.
This time it’s Oregon softball’s turn to feel its effects with the big loss being shortstop Alyssa Brito seeking greener pastures elsewhere. Along with the all-Pac-12 selection, infielders Mya Felder and Jazzy Contreras have put in their transfer papers as well.
Losing Brito is going to hurt the Ducks. It’s hard to find a shortstop that can both be a slick fielder and hit as she can. Brito was one of the top prep players in the country when she signed with Oregon and in her one and only season as a Duck, she didn’t disappoint.
She finished the season with a .299 average with 10 home runs and 31 runs batted in. In the Austin Regional, Brito went 4-for-14. But her play at shortstop was something to behold as she made several key plays to either end innings or to stop potential scoring threats.
Felder was a key component for the 2020 Ducks that went 22-2 before the pandemic forced a shutdown of the season. The sophomore from Fresno, Calif. hit .356 with two homers and 10 RBIs for that first season and Felder got off to a hot start in 2021 before her bat went ice cold.
The designated player was hitting .390 through the month of March and then once the conference season got rolling, Felder’s bat didn’t. Her spot in the batting order kept dropping and eventually she finished this season with a .274 batting average with five home runs and 21 RBI.
Contreras just played in two games this season and 13 games overall in her two seasons for the Ducks where got received one at-bat.
Whether Oregon Ducks softball head coach Melyssa Lombardi can replace talents such as Brito and Felder remains to be seen, but it won’t be easy.
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