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Ducks and Wildcats Split Softball Doubleheader Behind Elite Pitching and Stranded Runners

by Jackson Elliott

Oregon Softball is now 33-14 overall and 11-9 in the PAC-12, while Arizona is now 34-10 overall, 11-7 in the conference after Saturday's doubleheader against the Wildcats. The Ducks will carry a 2-1 series lead into the finale Sunday afternoon, knowing that they at least have a series split against a very strong Arizona team.

Game 1 was a 1-0 pitchers duel between Brooke Yanez and Alyssa Denham, with only 10 hits given up between the two of them. Yanez struck out 12 batters, her best performance since the UCLA series. She got herself out of multiple tough situations with Arizona runners in scoring positions through strikeouts and groundouts, including once in the 2nd after giving up a leadoff triple. 5th inning back to back doubles made the difference for the Ducks, one being from Deijah Pangilinan, her first extra-base hit of the season. The other was from Haley Cruse, who finished the game 3-3, just a home run short of the…

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Ducks and Wildcats Split Softball Doubleheader Behind Elite Pitching and Stranded Runners

by Jackson Elliott

Oregon Softball is now 33-14 overall and 11-9 in the PAC-12, while Arizona is now 34-10 overall, 11-7 in the conference after Saturday's doubleheader against the Wildcats. The Ducks will carry a 2-1 series lead into the finale Sunday afternoon, knowing that they at least have a series split against a very strong Arizona team.

Game 1 was a 1-0 pitchers duel between Brooke Yanez and Alyssa Denham, with only 10 hits given up between the two of them. Yanez struck out 12 batters, her best performance since the UCLA series. She got herself out of multiple tough situations with Arizona runners in scoring positions through strikeouts and groundouts, including once in the 2nd after giving up a leadoff triple. 5th inning back to back doubles made the difference for the Ducks, one being from Deijah Pangilinan, her first extra-base hit of the season. The other was from Haley Cruse, who finished the game 3-3, just a home run short of the…

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Ducks Rally After Slow Start to Win Series vs. Huskies

Saturday afternoon the Oregon Ducks (28-11) faced off against the Washington Huskies (17-22) in game two of their three game series this weekend. It was a sluggish start from the Ducks offensively, who only got three hits in the first six innings, however a rally in the seventh lead to the 5-1 victory. 

            The rally was led by Sophomore Outfielder Tanner Smith who got things rocking for the Ducks with a three-run homer. The Ducks efforts were saw through in the eighth by an RBI triple from Josh Kasevich and a RBI double from Sam Olsson to push the Ducks run total to five. 

Kolby Somers came to relief in the eighth and earned the Save. Here’s what todays closer had to say about the Duck’s resiliency, “I think we are in a really good spot right now, it doesn’t matter if we’re down 5,10 runs, we always believe we are going to win the game until the very last out, that’s what makes this…

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Ducks Rally After Slow Start to Win Series vs. Huskies

Saturday afternoon the Oregon Ducks (28-11) faced off against the Washington Huskies (17-22) in game two of their three game series this weekend. It was a sluggish start from the Ducks offensively, who only got three hits in the first six innings, however a rally in the seventh lead to the 5-1 victory. 

            The rally was led by Sophomore Outfielder Tanner Smith who got things rocking for the Ducks with a three-run homer. The Ducks efforts were saw through in the eighth by an RBI triple from Josh Kasevich and a RBI double from Sam Olsson to push the Ducks run total to five. 

Kolby Somers came to relief in the eighth and earned the Save. Here’s what todays closer had to say about the Duck’s resiliency, “I think we are in a really good spot right now, it doesn’t matter if we’re down 5,10 runs, we always believe we are going to win the game until the very last out, that’s what makes this…

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Robert Ahlstrom Dominates as Oregon Baseball Beats Washington

By Knight Jarecki

Oregon Baseball (28-11, 12-7) bounced back Friday night after dropping their previous 2 games to beat Washington 8-0. With the win, Oregon won their 8th series opener of the season.

The story of the game was the pitching performance by Robert Ahlstrom. Ahlstrom finished the game with 11 strikeouts in 7 scoreless innings while just allowing 4 hits. The 11 strikeouts set a new career high in K's for the Junior out of Eugene.

Ahlstrom was able to work his way through jams in the 2nd and 3rd innings. Both innings Washington was able to put men on the corners with no outs before Alhstrom retired the next 3 batters to escape both innings with no runs. After that point in the 3rd inning, Washington did not have a runner reach second base in the game.

Oregon scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning off of a Tanner Smith RBI double, a Kenyon Yovan RBI ground out, and a Gabe Matthews RBI single. In the 5th…

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Robert Ahlstrom Dominates as Oregon Baseball Beats Washington

By Knight Jarecki

Oregon Baseball (28-11, 12-7) bounced back Friday night after dropping their previous 2 games to beat Washington 8-0. With the win, Oregon won their 8th series opener of the season.

The story of the game was the pitching performance by Robert Ahlstrom. Ahlstrom finished the game with 11 strikeouts in 7 scoreless innings while just allowing 4 hits. The 11 strikeouts set a new career high in K's for the Junior out of Eugene.

Ahlstrom was able to work his way through jams in the 2nd and 3rd innings. Both innings Washington was able to put men on the corners with no outs before Alhstrom retired the next 3 batters to escape both innings with no runs. After that point in the 3rd inning, Washington did not have a runner reach second base in the game.

Oregon scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning off of a Tanner Smith RBI double, a Kenyon Yovan RBI ground out, and a Gabe Matthews RBI single. In the 5th…

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Softball Story: McGowan's Walk-Off Home Run Turns Nightmare Game Into Impressive Victory for Oregon Softball

Story By Justin Grossweiner

It was almost a tough start to an important series for Oregon softball against Arizona following a near perfect game by opposing pitcher Hanah Bowen, but in the bottom of the 7th inning a heroic home run by Terra McGowan gave the Ducks a shocking 2-1 victory over the Wildcats. It was a pitcher’s duel the whole way as Brooke Yanez went toe to toe with Bowen until the 6th inning when she gave up a home run to Redshirt-Junior Hannah Martinez. Besides Arizona’s one big hit Yanez was dominant throughout the rest of the ballgame. She totaled 8 strikeouts and only allowed 2 hits and a walk. It would have been a tough luck loss for Yanez as she did more than enough to keep her team in the game even though she did allow a home run to Arizona’s nine-hole hitter.

Going into the 7th inning the Ducks had yet to put on a baserunner, but the energy for Oregon’s dugout was still high. Almost every player was wearing an upside-down rally cap…

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Softball Story: McGowan's Walk-Off Home Run Turns Nightmare Game Into Impressive Victory for Oregon Softball

Story By Justin Grossweiner

It was almost a tough start to an important series for Oregon softball against Arizona following a near perfect game by opposing pitcher Hanah Bowen, but in the bottom of the 7th inning a heroic home run by Terra McGowan gave the Ducks a shocking 2-1 victory over the Wildcats. It was a pitcher’s duel the whole way as Brooke Yanez went toe to toe with Bowen until the 6th inning when she gave up a home run to Redshirt-Junior Hannah Martinez. Besides Arizona’s one big hit Yanez was dominant throughout the rest of the ballgame. She totaled 8 strikeouts and only allowed 2 hits and a walk. It would have been a tough luck loss for Yanez as she did more than enough to keep her team in the game even though she did allow a home run to Arizona’s nine-hole hitter.

Going into the 7th inning the Ducks had yet to put on a baserunner, but the energy for Oregon’s dugout was still high. Almost every player was wearing an upside-down rally cap…

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QuackSmack: Thursday, 5/6/21

Hosts: Justin Grossweiner, Dylan Ruebenking

6:00: Oregon Baseball

  • Looking back at the season so far including WSU series
  • Oregon looks to bounce back when they take on Washington for 3 games this weekend
  • What are the biggest strengths of this team?

6:20: Oregon Softball

  • Expectations in the Arizona series
  • Will Oregon host a regional?
  • Discussing the differences between Oregon's team and other top teams

6:40 Oregon Football

  • Looking at the landing spots for Oregon draft picks
  • How does draft success help Oregon's program?
  • What could last year have been like if these guys didn't opt out?

QuackSmack: Wednesday, 5/5/21

Hosts: Adam Susman, Ryan Milano, Ethan Hartley

6:00 Oregon Softball Disappoint in the Desert

  • Arizona homers the story of the weekend
  • ASU and Oregon essentially swap spots in the rankings
  • Still no definite lineup with regionals approaching
  • Arizona next

6:15 GUEST Joey McMurray

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