Written By Levi Bergthold

#17 Oregon Softball (24-11) will try to snap a 6-game losing streak against #25 Arizona (21-14) this weekend.  Oregon is in the middle of their toughest stretch of the season, as Arizona is their 3rd straight opponent who appeared in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, with 18 of 19 games against currently ranked teams.  Oregon has not fared well so far during this stretch, being consecutively swept by #5 UCLA and #13 Arizona State.  Arizona Softball has won 2 of their last 10 games, all against conference opponents.

This series is an important point in the season for the Ducks, as they currently sit 6th in the Pac-12 standings.  After the most recent loss, senior Infielder Allee Bunker spoke on the team’s attitude going forward: “You’ve got to decide where you’re going to go from here, and we’ve made a decision as team that we need to make a change going into next weekend in order to get what we want.  We understood…

Written by Jonah Bruneau

Oregon Baseball (21-11) comes into this series against the Washington Huskies (16-15) back on the right foot after taking three of four from the Ball State Cardinals. Their conference play, however, will look to get back on track after suffering a three game sweep at the hands of the now 12th ranked team in the country UCLA Bruins (22-9). Currently, Oregon's conference play record stands at 7-5, a mark that they will look to improve upon against a struggling Huskies squad that has lost five of their last seven games coming into this weekend.

The bats have cooled off a bit for the Ducks as of late, but that is speaking based on their overall season performance through the month of March. As it stands, the team batting average for Oregon is still an impressive .314, with Colby Shade still leading the lineup with a .351 average at the plate. The .314 number is good for 14th in the nation, with UNLV leading the country with a .332. For…

Written by Jonah Bruneau

Oregon Baseball (21-11) comes into this series against the Washington Huskies (16-15) back on the right foot after taking three of four from the Ball State Cardinals. Their conference play, however, will look to get back on track after suffering a three game sweep at the hands of the now 12th ranked team in the country UCLA Bruins (22-9). Currently, Oregon's conference play record stands at 7-5, a mark that they will look to improve upon against a struggling Huskies squad that has lost five of their last seven games coming into this weekend.

The bats have cooled off a bit for the Ducks as of late, but that is speaking based on their overall season performance through the month of March. As it stands, the team batting average for Oregon is still an impressive .314, with Colby Shade still leading the lineup with a .351 average at the plate. The .314 number is good for 14th in the nation, with UNLV leading the country with a .332. For…

Hosts: Knight Jarecki, Liam Baker, Kent Williams and Jack McArthur

6:00 Oregon Baseball Wins Series vs Ball St

• Oregon walks it off in Game 4
• What does this series win mean for the Ducks?
• Washington coming up. Assessing how the Ducks will play with Maier out for the year and Cowley returning

6:20 GUEST: Alexis Cross, Director of Women in Flight

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Hosts: Justin Grossweiner, Levi Profitt, Ben McGrath

6:00 Oregon Baseball Takes 3/4 from Ball St

• Adam Maier OUT for the season, Drew Cowley expected to return against Washington. What are the implications?
• Assessing how Oregon performed against Ball St.
• Tyler Ganus walks it off in game 4

6:20 Oregon Softball Swept by ASU

• What does this series about the Ducks place in the Pac-12?
• Was the 6th inning of game 2 a pivot point in Oregon's season?
• Looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the Ducks after an 0-6 stretch against UCLA and ASU

6:50 Pro Sports Talk

• Reacting to Nyara Sabally reuniting with Sabrina Ionescu in New York
• NBA Playoffs: Who makes it into round 2?

Hosts: Ryan Milano, Levi Bergthold, Jack McArthur, Dylan Farrell

6:00 Oregon Softball swept against ASU

• Are we pressing the panic button yet?
• Who needs to step up?
• What's Oregon's ceiling?
• How good is Stevie Hansen?

6:30 (Guest): Mojo Hill (Daily Emerald)

6:40 Oregon baseball wins series vs Ball State

• Tyler Ganus plays the hero
• Isaac Ayon stringing together some really strong starts
• Does Logan Mercado deserve an opportunity to start?
• Is there a Kolby Sommers problem?
• Have Oregon's bats returned to form?

KWVA Sports- April 10th, 2022

Written story by Ben McGrath

The 14th ranked Oregon Ducks Softball team suffered a tough 8-6 home loss to the 16th ranked Arizona State Sun Devils on a rainy Sunday afternoon. The Ducks looked for revenge in this one after dropping 5 straight games, however the dominant ASU offense shut the Ducks down and handed them their 6th straight loss. The conditions were certainly a factor as both teams struggled to field the ball cleanly as well as get a good grip on their throws.

Stevie Hansen started the game off strong holding ASU scoreless in the first two innings. Meanwhile the Ducks were able to gather two runs after an RBI double from Terra McGowen and a fielder's choice RBI to end the 1st inning. However the momentum shifted to the Sun Devils as Jazmine Hill hit a grand slam to take the lead for ASU 4-2 in the top of the third. Reagan Breedlove checked into the circle in the top of the third to replace Stevie Hansen…

Written Story By Jakob Salao

Oregon capped off the series against Ball State with a walk-off victory, 7-6 on Sunday. They finish the weekend series with a record of 3-1.

Oregon’s offense was able to start off hot in the 2nd inning after two straight hits off Bargo. After a wild pitch, Hall was able to advance home to put Oregon up 1-0.  Bargo’s struggles continued with a walk against Novitske and then an RBI single to left field from Grant to put Oregon up 2-0. Before the inning ended, Bargo gave up another RBI against Smith before finally finishing the inning. Oregon was headed into the top of the third leading 3-0. 

Ball State was able to force long appearances at-bat, but couldn’t get much offense against Caleb Sloan pitching. He allowed just 3 hits in the 3 innings he pitched. However, once Stone Churby came in to pitch during the 5th inning, the Cardinal’s offense came to life. Churby gave up a walk, a wild pitch, and hit a batter,…

Written Story by Alex Roth

The 14th ranked Oregon Ducks Softball team suffered a tough 9-4 home loss to the 13th ranked Arizona State Sun Devils Saturday night at Jane Saunders Stadium after leading 4-1 through the first five innings. Stevie Hansen pitched lights out early on for Oregon, not allowing a hit through the first three innings. In those early innings, the Oregon offense was able to score 4 runs off two RBI hits, a sacrifice fly, and an Arizona State error. Paige Sinicki and Jasmine Williams provided the RBI hits early on, allowing for Oregon to capitalize on runners in scoring position in the 2nd inning.
Stevie Hansen would surrender her first hit of the day to Jazmine Hill on a solo home run in the top of the 5th, which only cut the Ducks lead to 4-1 at that point. Following a scoreless fifth for both teams, Arizona State piled on the runs in the 6th inning. Stevie Hansen gave up a two-run bomb to Alynah Torres to start the inning, before…

By Kent Williams

After a rough weekend in Los Angeles, the Oregon Ducks(19-10) returned to Eugene looking to get back on track against the Ball State Cardinals(17-10). They came out victorious in game 1 of the 4-game series against the Cardinals on Friday evening, 13-7. In a game with plenty of ties and lead changes, ultimately it was the Ducks who finished on top after 9 innings.

The game was started by sophomore right RJ Gordon, who finished with 4.2 IP, 4 ER allowed, 3 strikeouts, and 3 walks. This was his 4th start of the season, and he was looking very strong for his first four innings. After running into some trouble in the 5th, he was replaced by Dylan Sabia, who would allow a few inherited runners to score and make it an interesting ballgame. Getting the win for the Ducks though would be Matt Dallas, who pitched 2 innings, only giving up 1 run.

The Ducks offense gave their pitchers plenty of support throughout the game, especially later in the…