The Oregon Ducks came back home to Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene to begin a sleight of games for the Oregon Invitational. On Friday, they began their play in the competition with a doubleheader against the Hofstra Pride and the Idaho State Bengals. The Ducks had a good showing offensively against Hofstra winning the game 16-0 in five innings and needing the entire seven innings to put away Idaho State 9-3. In the first game against the Pride, two Oregon pitchers, Megan Kleist and Miranda Elish, catapulted their first career homeruns to put an exclamation mark on a strong showing in front of their home crowd. Mike White’s squad improves their record to 21-0 and will face the University of the Pacific on Saturday morning at Jane Sanders Stadium.

Game Story by Greg Kelly

Nikki Udria (postgame interview conducted by Marc Grandi)

Jenna Lilley

Head Coach Mike White

(-Greg Kelly)