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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…
Read MoreSoftball 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…
Read MoreSoftball 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…
Read MoreQuackSmack: 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
Read MoreQuackSmack: Tuesday, 5/4/21
Hosts: Sean MacPherson, Levi Profitt, Dylan Barton
6:00 Big Weekend for Oregon Football
- Spring Game takeaways
- NFL Draft fits for Oregon players
6:20 Oregon Softball Drops Another Pac-12 Series
- KWVA Sports Director Jordan Brenner joins the show
6:35 Oregon Baseball Drops Second Series of the Season
- What went wrong for the Ducks
- What this means for Oregon's goals
6:50 NBA Talk
- First-round series matchups we want to see most
- For or against play-in game?
QuackSmack: Monday, 4/3/21
Hosts: Jordan Brenner, Jonah Rosenberg and Alex Roth
6:00 Oregon Softball Drops Series in Tempe, AZ
- Maddi Hackbarth takes over in Tempe
- Oregon staff can’t avoid the big inning, despite going toe-to-toe for the majority of the weekend
- The offense is showing signs for the Ducks
6:25 Oregon Baseball Drops Series at WSU
- Pitching, errors cost Ducks on Sat/Sun
- Opportunity to go on a streak with upcoming schedule
6:40 Oregon Ducks in the NFL Draft
STORY: Oregon Football Showcases New Talent in 2021 Spring Game
Oregon Football took the field at Autzen Stadium for the first time since November 21st on Saturday for the 2021 Spring Game. Oregon showcased plenty of new talent on the field, but none more significant than the four QBs in play to start next season. Anthony Brown (20-29, 230 yards, TD) led the way, but we saw flashes from Jay Butterfield (6-9, 118 yards, TD), Ty Thompson (5-9, 75 yards), and Robby Ashford (7-8, 123 yards, TD). Ashford scampered into the endzone for the two-point conversion to win the game for the offense, 36-35. Several young weapons caught some eyes on Saturday as well. Freshman WRs Troy Franklin (4 catches, 93 yards), Dont'e Thornton (3 catches, 89 yards, TD), and Kris Hutson (3 catches, 49 yards, TD) all showed that there's an extremely bright future at the WR position for the Ducks.
Meanwhile, the Spring Game allowed fans to get a first look at the defense under first-year Defensive Coordinator Tim Deruyter. Oregon had 9 sacks, had 12 tackles for…
Read MoreSTORY: Oregon Football Showcases New Talent in 2021 Spring Game
Oregon Football took the field at Autzen Stadium for the first time since November 21st on Saturday for the 2021 Spring Game. Oregon showcased plenty of new talent on the field, but none more significant than the four QBs in play to start next season. Anthony Brown (20-29, 230 yards, TD) led the way, but we saw flashes from Jay Butterfield (6-9, 118 yards, TD), Ty Thompson (5-9, 75 yards), and Robby Ashford (7-8, 123 yards, TD). Ashford scampered into the endzone for the two-point conversion to win the game for the offense, 36-35. Several young weapons caught some eyes on Saturday as well. Freshman WRs Troy Franklin (4 catches, 93 yards), Dont'e Thornton (3 catches, 89 yards, TD), and Kris Hutson (3 catches, 49 yards, TD) all showed that there's an extremely bright future at the WR position for the Ducks.
Meanwhile, the Spring Game allowed fans to get a first look at the defense under first-year Defensive Coordinator Tim Deruyter. Oregon had 9 sacks, had 12 tackles for…
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