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EUGENE, Ore. - Coming off their first home defeat of the season, Oregon Women’s Soccer (2-3-1) looked to rebound against the Grand Canyon University (GCU) Antelopes (3-1-0) at home. In an intense offensive battle, the Ducks dropped their second straight match and fell short 0-2, despite a strong second half.

“As a coach, it’s about playing 90 minutes solid, not 45,” Oregon head coach Tracy Joyner said. “It’s a long game and a long season, so the mentality and resilience that we showed in the second half, we got to make sure we extend that to the first half as well.”

Oregon started off the game with Sydney Chura creating an early look for the Ducks in the fourth minute, but Antelopes goalkeeper Emma Knack saved the shot.

Grand Canyon responded instantly in the fifth minute with a goal off the boot of Hannah Smith, putting the Ducks in an early 0-1 deficit.

Oregon had four opportunities in a five-minute span, with Cloe Chase heading the ball in the 11th minute…

The wait is finally over. College football is back, with head coach Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks ready to take on their second season in the Big Ten. Saturday, the No. 7 Ducks hosted the Montana State Bobcats for their 2025 season opener. After an off-season filled with injuries, delays and drama, the Ducks exceeded expectations and delivered a powerful 59-13 win. 

Coming into the game, Oregon’s roster saw a lot of new faces, as they lost 10 crucial players to last year’s draft. Offensively, Lanning took his time to name the team’s starting quarterback. Ultimately, he gave the spot to redshirt sophomore Dante Moore. Moore presented himself as the best fit for the position, following in the footsteps of two veteran quarterbacks, Bo Nix and Dillion Gabriel. On the defensive side, the Ducks had a lot of shoes to fill, with a majority of their big names being lost to the draft. Overall, Oregon had one of the top draft classes, which set high expectations for the season…

The 2025 season opener was full of excitement for fans of Oregon Football. With so much roster turnover, speculative fans and experts waited long for this day to hopefully answer their big question. Who’s going to play? The answer: everyone.

The biggest surprise? The number of freshman playmakers who got snaps in this first game. The Ducks rotated players at every position, allowing twelve true freshmen an opportunity to showcase the talent that brought them to Oregon.

“We’ve always said it, if you’re good enough, you’re old enough,” head coach Dan Lanning said. “If you’re good enough, you’ll get an opportunity to play, and we have a lot of guys that are good enough right now.”

While the season is just underway, this freshman class already looks like they could end their careers as Oregon’s best to date.

Oregon’s 2025 recruiting class ranked fifth in the nation according to 247Sports, boasting an average rating of 94.35. The Ducks were the only team with a…

EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon Women’s Soccer (2-2-1) entered the match against the New Mexico Lobos (2-0-2) having yet to concede a goal at home this season. However, the streak ended Thursday as the Ducks recorded their home loss of the season, dropping the match 1-0.

Oregon sixth-year goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein had to make a couple of early saves, as the Lobos applied offensive pressure in the opening minutes of the game. 

"I think we were a little bit like, shocked in the beginning, in the first, middle, 10-15, in the first half, where we were adjusting to their numbers coming forward, but I think we showed up in the way that I would want us to show up," Oregon head coach Tracy Joyner said. "And they battled."

The Ducks were able to get offensive momentum of their own with a wide shot coming off the boot of sophomore Abella Hunter in the eighth minute.

"Hunter's so good off the dribble. She was really dynamic for us," Joyner said. "We got big expectations…

EUGENE, Ore. - The Tracy Joyner era of Oregon Women’s Soccer (1-0-1) stays unbeaten in a scoreless draw against the Portland Pilots (0-0-1).

In the 12th minute, an offensive attack, spearheaded by sophomore midfielder Carly Cormack, gave the Ducks their first clear shot on the goal, but sixth-year senior Taylor Bryan missed just to the right of the goalpost. Just a minute later, forward Lauren Kenny also missed to the right.

Bryan, coming off a two-goal game against Weber State, took a shot on the bottom right corner in the 19th minute, but it was saved by Pilots goalkeeper Sophia Hills.

Portland’s first shot on goal came in the 24th minute, with Hailey Still taking a strike right into the hands of Oregon’s goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein.

A stoppage came in the 26th minute after a tie-up, which led to Bryan receiving medical attention on the pitch, but she quickly reentered the game after play resumed.

Both teams struggled to find momentum on the…

I-5 was packed, entry lines were long and the aura of race day filled Portland International Raceway early Sunday morning. With clear skies and a scorching hot sun heating up the grid, racing teams across the pit-lanes spent the majority of their time preparing tires, ensuring each set could last the distance. 

After winning last year’s Portland Grand Prix, Penske’s Will Power took home his second consecutive victory at Portland International Raceway. Penske Racing was relieved after risking its first winless season since 1999 with two races to go. 

“Strategically, we raced very well. We knew based on where we came out, we would have a chance later on,” Power said. “I feel good for the whole team, where we stand in the championship is indicative.” 

Greatness is hard to ignore. Although he finished third, Alex Palou became the fourth driver in IndyCar Series history to win three championships in a row, clinching his three-peat Sunday in Portland with…

During the early morning Saturday Practice 2 session, the sun was beaming, the skies were clear and the stands were filling up, setting an ideal track day at Portland International Raceway. Tire management will be key for all drivers this weekend. Temperatures are heating up as the weekend progresses. 

Practice 2 was a level up from Friday’s Practice 1 session. Overall, racers were more comfortable on the track, scoring faster laps as the morning went on. Practice 2 Results for the Grand Prix of Portland: 

1. Colton Herta: 00:58.4238 

2. Alex Palou: 00:58.4531 

3. Scott Dixon: 00:58.5023 

4. Will Power: 00:58.5376 

5. Devlin Defrancesco: 00:58.544. 

Weather changes will continue to make an impact throughout Saturday's qualifying session into Sunday’s race. Qualifying began at 11:35 a.m. with an ambient temperature of 73 degrees and the track temperature at 106.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday's race is…

Two teams remained in the Eugene Regional as the Cal Poly Mustangs (43-19, 23-7 Big West) took on the No. 21-ranked Arizona Wildcats (42-18, 18-12 Big 12) on Sunday for a chance to move on to the Super Regional. 

In the bottom of the sixth, Arizona was in the driver's seat up 8-0 but looking for more after an error got a baserunner on. With two outs, junior center fielder Aaron Walton was up to bat but behind in the count 1-2. He paid no mind and on the fourth pitch blasted one deep to left-center field and over the wall. It made it a double-digit lead for the Wildcats, and this was Walton’s third homer of the game. This makes Walton the tenth Arizona player in history to hit for a homer hat trick, a day after junior shortstop Mason White became the ninth. The offense didn’t stop after Walton’s third bomb as Arizona would take the victory 14-4.

“Obviously overwhelmed with emotion to get out of this regional,” Arizona head coach Chip Hale said. “We knew coming here…

Without their host, the Eugene Regional chugged along with Game 4 as the Arizona Wildcats (40-18, 18-12 Big 12) took on the Utah Valley Wolverines (33-27, 13-11 WAC) with a 6:00 p.m. first pitch on Saturday.

In the top of the fourth, Arizona junior center fielder Mason White hammered a green light 3-1 pitch deep to center field. While a huge postseason home run, this blast would be rather irrelevant until it’s realized this was White’s third of the game, as he became the ninth Arizona player in history to hit for three homers in a game. This made it 7-2 Wildcats and chipped in to the cakewalk 14-4 win.

“It's really cool,” White said. “We saw the wind when we got here, during BP, and then nothing changed during the game. We just hit like we know how to hit. You see it at Hi Corbett Field, it really doesn't help out with the wind blowing in, and it's a really big field, but when we get in a park like this, I think it really shows.”

Leading the potent Arizona offense…

The No. 5-ranked Oregon Ducks (42-15, 22-8 Big Ten) had their backs against the wall and the season on the line as they stepped into Game 3 of the Eugene Regional against the Cal Poly Mustangs (41-18, 23-7 Big West).

The Ducks were in a battle in the top of the seventh. The frame before, Cal Poly had inched closer with a solo homer to make it a 6-5 Oregon advantage. A base hit from junior designated hitter Dominic Hellman started the inning, but senior first baseman Jacob Walsh grounded into a double play to clear the bases. Reviving what seemed like a dead frame, junior right fielder Drew Smith blistered a pitch deep to left-center field that extended the Oregon lead. Before Ducks fans could even celebrate, senior left fielder Jeffrey Heard golfed a low pitch out to left field and into the Oregon bullpen. The back-to-back shots would make it 8-5, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Mustangs would score five unanswered and take the victory 10-8.

Leading the way for the…