Notes: Ducks Host Eugene Regional at The Jane
05/20/16 | Softball
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 4 ranked and No. 5 seeded Oregon softball team plays host to Baylor, Fordham and Long Beach State this week for NCAA regionals at Jane Sanders Stadium.
Oregon opens play on Friday against Fordham at 8:30 PM (ESPN2). If the Ducks win, they play next at 2 PM on Saturday (TV TBA). If the Ducks lose on Friday, they play the second game of the day on Saturday at 4:30 PM.
FULL SCHEDULE (Double-Elimination Format)
Friday
Game 1 - Baylor vs. Long Beach State – 6 PM (ESPN2)
Game 2 - Oregon vs. Fordham – 8:30 PM (ESPN2)
Saturday
Game 3 - Winners of game 1 and game 2 – 2 PM (TV TBA)
Game 4 - Losers of game 1 and game 2 – 4:30 PM (TV TBA)
Game 5 - Winner of game 4 and loser of game 3 – 7 PM (TV TBA)
Sunday
Game 6 - Winner of game 3 and winner of game 5 – 4 PM (TV TBA)
Game 7 – Repeat of game 6 (if needed) – 6:30 PM (TV TBA)
BROADCAST INFO
Each game in the NCAA Eugene regional will be televised by the ESPN family of networks. On the first day of the regional, Baylor vs. Long Beach State and Oregon vs. Fordham will both be aired on ESPN2. Channel information for Saturday's and Sunday's games are TBA. Oregon's student radio station, KWVA 88.1 FM, will also carry the Ducks' games. KWVA streams it's radio station online as well.
STUDENT TICKETS
The athletics department will cover the cost of tickets for the first 100 UO student each day of regionals.
DUCKS CLINCH FOURTH PAC-12 TITLE
With a 5-1 win over Utah last Thursday, the Ducks clinched a fourth straight Pac-12 championship. Oregon, which had never won a league title prior to its current streak, has gone 80-15-1 in Pac-12 play over the last four seasons, losing just two league series (UCLA this year, Arizona State in 2013). Oregon's four-year streak of championships is tied for the longest in Pac-12 history, matched only by UCLA (1988-92). The Ducks have clinched in the final weekend of the season three times and the second-to-last weekend once (2013 vs. OSU).
OREGON IN THE POLLS
Oregon debuted at No. 6 in the NFCA poll and No. 4 in the USA Softball poll. This week the Ducks are fourth in both the NFCA poll and the USA Softball poll despite being the No. 5 seed in the NCAA championship.
TOP-25 STREAK
Oregon softball has been ranked in the top-25 of the NFCA poll for 102 straight weeks (preseason and postseason polls included). The Ducks climbed to No. 23 in week 10 of the 2010 season and have never dipped below that mark since.
NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY
- Oregon is 18-0 in NCAA regional games under head coach Mike White and 43-21 all-time.
- The Ducks have outscored opponents 94-23 in regional play in White's first six seasons.
- Oregon has run-ruled two opponents while tossing six shutouts in that span.
- Oregon's last defeat in the regional round was in 2008 at Oklahoma, when they were eliminated after an 11-0 loss.
POSTSEASON HISTORY
- Oregon is 55-40 all-time in postseason play and 28-13 under head coach Mike White after playing in the 2015 WCWS.
- Oregon is 18-0 in NCAA regional play under White.
- This the fifth straight year UO has hosted regionals.
- The Ducks are making their 18th appearance in the NCAA tournament overall, not including two AIAW tournament trips in 1976 and 1980 before the NCAA sponsored women's sports.
- Oregon's first NCAA regional appearance was in 1989, when the Ducks also advanced to their first WCWS in Sunnyvale, Calif.
- Oregon has gone on to the WCWS three times since, in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
PAC-12 POSTSEASON AWARDS
Oregon nearly swept the Pac-12's individual postseason awards. LHP Cheridan Hawkins was named Pac-12 pitcher of the year for the third straight time, becoming the first in league history to win the award three times in a career. Her protégé, RHP Megan Kleist, was named co-Pac-12 freshman of the year. Catcher Janelle Lindvall earned the league's defensive player of the year honors while head coach Mike White was named the conference's coach of the year for the third time in seven seasons with the Ducks. In addition to their individual awards, Hawkins and Kleist were named first team all-Pac-12 along with OF Koral Costa and SS Nikki Udria. Lindvall earned second team recognition along with OF Alyssa Gillespie and OF/RHP Geri Ann Glasco. 3B Jenna Lilley and 2B/UTIL Lauren Lindvall were named third team all-conference.
THE DUCKS UNDER MIKE WHITE
- Oregon is 15-6 vs. Arizona, 11-12-1 vs. Arizona State, 14-8 vs. California, 18-3 vs. Oregon State, 16-5 vs. Stanford, 11-10 vs. UCLA, 14-1 vs. Utah and 13-7 vs. Washington under Mike White.
- 28-13 in the postseason, 18-0 in regionals.
- Longest losing streak is just four games (2010)
- Longest winning streak is 18 games, earlier this year.
- The Ducks are 38-12-3 overall in Pac-12 series.
- Ducks have been swept three times in Pac-12 series under Mike White while sweeping opponents 22 times.
- Won 31 of their last 34 Pac-12 series.
- Series loss to UCLA was first in Pac-12 since 2013.
- Including this season, White has coached 22 first team all-Pac-12 selections in seven seasons.
RECORD-SETTING PACE
- Last year the Oregon offense set single-season school records for batting average (.359), home runs (81), doubles (97), runs (445), RBIs (399) and total bases (927).
- This year the Ducks are hitting .354 with a school-record 92 home runs, 89 doubles, 409 runs, 366 RBIs and 865 total bases.
