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Game Story by: Elias Esquivel

Fans were treated to a couple of tough, grind-it-out games Friday afternoon at The Jane. Entering today’s contest ranked sixth in the country, the Oregon Ducks woman’s softball team was hoping to regain some momentum after a couple disappointing weekends at Washington and against UCLA. With some top ten plays performed, added with a healthy amount of controversy, Friday’s games gave fans a taste of what the rest of the weekend will hold.

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Game Story by: Elias Esquivel

Fans were treated to a couple of tough, grind-it-out games Friday afternoon at The Jane. Entering today’s contest ranked sixth in the country, the Oregon Ducks woman’s softball team was hoping to regain some momentum after a couple disappointing weekends at Washington and against UCLA. With some top ten plays performed, added with a healthy amount of controversy, Friday’s games gave fans a taste of what the rest of the weekend will hold.

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Hosts: Adam Susman, Ryan Milano, Xavier Aguiar

6:00 Oregon Baseball Back at P.K

• Not the same ol' UCLA but still a test
• Impressions from the USC weekend?

6:10 Softball Struggles

• Issues beyond tougher competition?
• What's a successful weekend vs Stanford?

6:20 GUEST: Andrew Haubner (KEZI)

Hosts: Jordan Brenner, Adam Susman, Levi Profitt and Alex Roth

6:00 Oregon Soccer Wins Closer vs. OSU

• A win to take into a bright future

6:15 NBA Playoffs

• Power ranking the top five playoff players in the East
• Power ranking the top five playoff players in the West

6:45 GUEST: Melyssa Lombardi (Oregon Softball Head Coach)

6:53: Oregon Volleyball Drops Sweet 16 Game to Purdue

• Early hole too much to dig out of
• Bright future ahead for this core

Hosts: Sean MacPherson, Jonah Rosenberg, Bill Braker

Hosts: Adam Susman, Jonah Rosenburg, Ethan Hartley

Hosts: Sean MacPherson, Levi Profitt, Ryan Milano

6:00 Oregon Baseball Sweeps Oregon State For the First Time Since 2011

• The Waz Effect
• Contributions from all over
• Ducks will continue to get tested

6:15 Oregon Softball Loses Series to UCLA; Drops to #4 in the Country

• Missed opportunities for the Ducks
• Cruse/Bunker provide silver-lining
• Should this weekend worry Duck fans?

6:30 Oregon Volleyball Gears Up for Round of 32 in Omaha

• ND or Army will be the opponent
• The case for Oregon to make a deep run
• Several Ducks receiving award recognition
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Story by: Dylan Reubenking

The 20th-ranked Oregon Ducks completed a three-game sweep over the 18th-ranked Oregon State Beavers with a 5-4 victory Sunday at PK Park.

Starting pitcher Brett Walker rolled through the Beavers rotation in the first six innings, allowing one run and two hits. In a 1-1 tie in the 7th, the Beavers scored three runs on three hits off Walker to take a 4-1 lead and send Walker to the dugout.

The Ducks rallied to tie the game in the eighth, scoring three runs on clutch at-bats from Aaron Zavala, Gabe Matthews, Sam Novitske, and true freshman Tyler Ganus. Ganus was struck by a pitch from Jake Mulholland to bring home the tying run.

It was a brilliant performance from the Ducks bullpen in relief of Walker. RJ Gordon, Isaac Ayon, Hunter Breault, and Decker Stedman combined for 4.1 scoreless innings to keep the game within distance for Oregon.

With two down in the 11th, Tristan Hanoian dropped a drag bunt for a…

In the series finale of #3 Oregon and #2 UCLA, the Bruins proved to be too much to handle for the Ducks. Oregon got off to a good start both offensively and defensively in this one, with solo HRs from Allee Bunker and Haley Cruse in the first few innings to go up 2-0. Brooke Yanez held UCLA without a hit for the first four innings, but then the bats woke up for the Bruins. Kinsley Washington drove in a run for the Bruins in the fifth to make it 2-1. Then in the sixth, Rachel Garcia hit a two-run shot to left field to claim the lead at 3-2. Oregon had a chance to tie or lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when the first two runners were walked, but Rachel Garcia managed to retire three straight to keep the game at 3-2. Then in the top of the 7th, Briana Perez struck a 3 run HR to stretch the lead to 6-2 and pull Brooke Yanez out of the game. In 6.2 innings, Yanez allowed 5 hits and threw 8 K's. Oregon's offense stalled when Rachel Garcia entered the game in the third inning,…

Saturday evening saw the No. 21 ranked Ducks defeat the No. 19 Oregon State Beavers at PK Park in game two of their weekend series. The Ducks defeated the Beavers on Friday night 4-1, and Saturday night, the Ducks won again, this time 5-1. 

“You want to be able to win in a lot of different ways-that’s when we are a good team. It’s not easy sometimes to score when the weather turns cold at PK park at a late night game…it was just fun to watch the players, they wanted to win and it was evident through their execution.” Coach Wasikowski stated in the post-game presser.

The game started off with Oregon State playing aggressive in the box, and throughout the evening had opportunities with runners on base, but left a total of 12 on base. It was a struggle throughout, with the Beavers only batting .152 for the game. 

            Defensively for the Ducks, tonight presented opportunities…