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EUGENE, Ore. – With its first-class ballpark less than four months away from completion, Oregon baseball unveiled its schedule and launched season ticket sales for the 2010 season today. The Ducks are playing a 60-game schedule, which includes 29 games at PK Park, and 16 games under the lights. PK Park, scheduled to be completed by Feb. 26, 2010, will seat approximately 3,200 fans, with 2,600 chairback seats in the main seating bowl. “We are very excited to announce the 2010 schedule,” head coach George Horton said. “The quality of teams we are bringing in, along with our spectacular new stadium, will create a fantastic atmosphere for the Eugene community to experience collegiate baseball. We are looking forward to opening up the brand new PK Park on March 2-3 against the Huskies.” Season ticket holders from the 2009 season, Duck Athletic Fund donors of any kind, and former UO baseball players can secure season ticket renewals and make season ticket purchases immediately by responding to ticket renewal forms via email, GoDucks.com or in person at the Casanova Center ticket office. The general public with interest in UO baseball season tickets should call the UO ticket office or sign up for baseball information HERE to secure priority for the 2010 season. The Oregon baseball team will begin the year with back-to-back weekends on the road. The Ducks will open the season on Feb. 19, at Cal State Fullerton, the 17-year former home of current Oregon head coach George Horton. The Ducks will play three more games that weekend while in Southern California, heading to Long Beach State, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. Oregon will then cross the Pacific Ocean for a four-game slate with Hawai’i, before heading back to Eugene for opening day at PK Park. The Ducks and their 24th-ranked 2009 recruiting class will make their PK Park debut on Tuesday, March 2, hosting Washington in a non-conference tilt. (To watch the progress of PK Park, click HERE to view the webcam.) Other exciting non-conference homestands include Seattle (March 12-15) and Nevada (March 19-21). Oregon opens the conference schedule on the road at Arizona on Friday, March 26, and then returns home to host a three-game stand against the defending Pac-10 champion Arizona State Sun Devils on Thursday, April 1. It will mark ASU’s first-ever appearance in Eugene. Similar to the start of the season, Oregon has an eight-game road trip in the middle of the season with trips to Stanford (April 9-11), UCLA (April 16-18) and Gonzaga (April 20-21). The Ducks then return home to host a three-game tilt with USC, as the Trojans return to Eugene for the first time since a 6-2 victory on May 20, 1971. Oregon’s next Pac-10 series is against Washington State (April 30-May 2), a squad that placed second in the conference standings last season, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Civil War series with Oregon State will be played at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field from May 7-9. The instate rivals will also play two non-conference games during the year, April 27 at PK Park and May 26 at PGE Park in Portland. Last year, the Ducks and Beavers played back-to-back contests in Portland, bringing a combined 29, 249 fans through the gates of PGE Park. After the Oregon State series, Oregon will take a break from the Pac-10 schedule and host East Tennessee State from May 14-16. The Ducks then hit the road and play a three-game conference series at Washington (May 21-23), before closing the season at PK Park vs. California (May 28-30). Oregon will also host several single-game contests during the year; Southern Utah on March 23, Oregon State on April 27, Portland on May 4, and San Diego on May 11. 
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