Melyssa Lombardi took over as head coach of the Oregon Ducks (26-3, 2-1 Big Ten) before the 2019 season, making 2025 her seventh season as the head coach of the team.

Prior to this season, the most stolen bases a Lombardi-lead team has swiped was 90 and it came last season over the course of 51 games. 

Sunday against the Washington Huskies (21-9, 1-2 Big Ten) the Ducks hit 100 stolen bases on the year in a 2-1 series win, after playing only 29 games.

“It just shows again we can win in many ways,” Lombardi said. “We can win with our speed. We can win with the deep long ball. We can win with our short game and it’s important, the game is going to ask us to win in different ways all year so I just love how fast we are and the ability to run when we need to.”

Oregon is currently the only Power Four team in collegiate softball to hit 100 stolen bases on the season. The Alabama Crimson Tide is the next Power Four team on the list with 76 stolen bases. South…

“This is home for me. You never want to say goodbye, not even goodbye, this is just a see you later,” offensive lineman Marcus Harper II reflected on his last moments at the University of Oregon.

Oregon football hosted scouts from dozens of NFL teams at the Moshofsky Center for its inaugural Pro Day. This was a big opportunity for Duck draft prospects to make an impression on professional teams outside of the combine but before private workouts.

The mid-week showcase included 23 Ducks working out, as well as former Oregon wide receiver Chase Cota, who graduated in 2022 and had a one-year stint with the Detroit Lions and is currently looking to make an NFL return. The 2024-25 players were also joined on defense by former Oregon linebacker Mase Funa, also attempting to make an NFL team.

Oregon star tight end Terrance Ferguson was listed for Pro-Day but did not participate in any workouts. He spent the day in the facilities supporting his teammates.

Players…

The No. 9 Oregon Ducks baseball team (17-4, 5-1 Big Ten) fell short on Sunday to the Minnesota Gophers (8-10, 2-4 Big Ten) in the last game of the series with a final score of 9-1. 

After a five-hour rain delay and eight innings, the Ducks were only able to tack one onto the board after a Minnesota error. 

Oregon stepped up to the plate straight off back-to-back wins against Minnesota earlier in the weekend to clinch the series, as well as a five-game winning streak in Big Ten play. 

Despite the lack of offensive momentum, senior pitcher Jaxon Jordan and junior pitcher Ian Umlandt played a strong defensive game for the Ducks. 

“Those guys threw really well,” head coach Mark Wasikowski said. “Those two pitchers, it was really good. They gave us a chance, threw a couple of zeros out there for us and I thought they were outstanding.” 

Jordan pitched for two innings with five kills, while Umlandt pitched for 2 ⅓ innings and racked…

As the northwest rain poured down, a single shot lit up Papé Field as Oregon’s Alex Matsuoka launched her free possession shot past the keeper. Her second goal of the year kept the hopes of a comeback alive. 

This wouldn’t be enough, however, as Oregon (5-4, 0-2 Big Ten) would lose at home 10-6. Dominant first and third periods for Rutgers (6-3, 1-0 Big Ten) were enough to carry it to a win.

The Scarlet Knights got out to a big lead early as four different players put one past Oregon goalkeeper Paige Crowther within the first 10 minutes of the game. Oregon was able to get a few back as Lyla Hurley and Bri Carrasquillo would each end the game with two goals. 

Both teams entered Sunday’s game hungry as they were both coming off losses. Oregon fell 20-6 to Ohio State in its conference opener on Wednesday and was looking to get back on the right track. Gabby Santucci was the ray of light in Wednesday’s game for the Ducks, as she was able to launch four past…

On a rainy, frigid and windy Saturday afternoon at PK Park, the Oregon Ducks (17-3, 5-0 Big Ten) were up 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-10, 1-4 Big Ten). 

Despite the defensive dominance from Oregon, the Gophers had the tying run at the plate and a runner on first. Sophomore right-handed reliever Ryan Featherston was on the hill for the Ducks with only one out.

Featherston got ahead in the count 0-2, but Minnesota senior third baseman Jake Perry worked back in to make it 2-2. On the next pitch, Perry rolled over to second. It was an ideal double play ball for sophomore Ryan Cooney, but Gophers junior first baseman Jake Elbeery barreled into Cooney in an attempt to break up the play. Cooney stayed resilient, though, as he made the tag, bounced off of Elbeery and fired it over to first to complete the double play and cap off a 4-2 Ducks win and series win.

Cooney had an error in a similar situation in the third inning,…

On a night filled with emotion and excitement, the No. 4 Oregon acrobatics and tumbling (3-1) team took to the mat for one last time at home in a senior night showdown win over No. 5 Mary Hardin-Baylor (3-2). With the home crowd energy lifting them high, the Ducks made it a night to remember beating the Crusaders 275.180 to 256.005.

“It was an awesome atmosphere tonight,” senior Bethany Glick said. “Great energy all around and I feel like that really showed with our skills on the mat.”

Despite a season-low 37.15 in the compulsory event last Friday against Gannon University, Oregon soared to success and outscored the crusaders in all four heats.

“I feel like we were able to hone in on those small details,” Glick said. “Thinking about cleanliness and the really little things. That's kinda what we focused on this meet and we felt a lot more confident with that.”

Glick carried her team in the acro event with changes made by head coach Taylor Susnara to rework…

Oregon softball (25-2, 1-0 Big Ten) flew north and run-ruled the Washington Huskies (20-8, 0-1 Big Ten) 9-0 in the first of a three-game series to open Big Ten conference play.

Sophomore third-baseman Katie Flannery picked up her first career multi-homer game with two long balls and racked up five RBI in the win.

“I was just trying to see ball hit ball hard,” Katie Flannery said. “Our coaches do a lot of work with our scouts and our practice, so just trying to see what I can hit hard and just do that.”

Flannery went 2-for-3 at the plate with two home runs to go along with her five RBI. She took both of Washington’s pitchers yard, a two-run bomb off Husky starter Sophia Ramuno in the third, and another two-run homer off reliever Rylee Rehbein in the fifth.

“I felt like after the Mary Nutter she started to get hot,” head coach Melyssa Lombardi said. “From there [she] has been staying hot so I thought she did a really great job today.”

Flannery sported a…

The Oregon Ducks (16-3, 4-0 Big Ten) seemed safe in the top of the ninth of Friday’s series opener at PK Park against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-9, 1-3 Big Ten). The Ducks were up 5-2 and had junior right-handed reliever Jason Reitz on the mound, who had put up a zero in the inning before. 

The Gophers were looking to make it interesting though as they got the first two batters on. Sophomore right-handed reliever Cole Stokes then came in to replace Reitz, and showed his dominance by striking out the first batter he saw. He walked the next, though, and the bases were juiced. He got the next batter to pop out with no harm done to put Minnesota’s back against the wall. 

Stokes fell behind in the count 2-0, but got right back in it with two consecutive strikes. On the next pitch, Stokes kicked, fired and delivered a nasty breaking ball that slid into the strike zone to ice the win for Oregon. Stokes let out a roar for the 16th win of the season for the Ducks…

The Ducks flew north to Washington to play their former Pac-12 foe the Washington Huskies (20-8, 0-1 Big Ten). Oregon softball (25-2, 1-0 Big Ten) entered the weekend with the lowest ERA in seven innings of the Big Ten conference with an average 1.75 ERA. 

Oregon came off of back-to-back shutouts over No. 8 Florida State in its two-game split during the Jane Sanders Classic where the Ducks finished 4-1 overall.

The Virginia Tech transfer Lyndsey Grein stepped into the circle and put on a show in the 9-0 shutout, allowing just two hits off of 99 total pitches.

Grein notched 11 strikeouts, marking her 103rd strikeout of the season and up in the running to jump from 15th in the nation to be tied for seventh.

On the offensive side of the pitch, sophomore third baseman Katie Flannery notched her first career multi-home run game with multiple RBI of her career.

At the top of the third, Flannery homered to right center field to send Kai Luschar and…

The final home meet of the season ended with the Oregon Ducks (3-1) taking care of business at Matthew Knight Arena as they took on the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders (3-2). In a rematch of the 2024 NCATA quarterfinals, which the Ducks also won, Oregon continued its domination against the Crusaders.

Acrobatics and tumbling meets are composed of six events - compulsory, acro, pyramid, toss, tumbling and the team routine — each with a varying number of heats. Every heat has a maximum of 10 points up for grabs, except the team routine, which has a maximum of 110 points up for grabs. The most a team could score in a single meet is 300 points.

The event begins with the compulsory event, where teams compete in four heats –- acro, pyramid, toss and tumbling — showcasing the same required set of skills with a predetermined start value of 10.00 points.

While there weren’t any wobbles this week, both teams made mistakes. The Crusaders and the Ducks didn’t break above 9.00…