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Hosts: Jordan Brenner, Matt Tyra and Jonathan Rifkind

6:02 Oregon Softball Travels to No. 12 Arizona for Pac-12 Opener

• Oregon's offense on the verge of breaking out?
• Oregon prepares to face Arizona's deep…

Times have been rough for Oregon Softball the past couple of weeks. After an impressive first two weeks to the season helped the team to the no. 17 ranking in the NFCA Poll, the Ducks have gone 4-8, taking six straight losses the past couple of weeks while dropping out of the top 25 for the first time in years. However, with five of those six losses coming by three runs or less, and three of them by only a single run, Oregon seems to feel comfortable with themselves on the eve of Pac-12 play. Though the Ducks have the hardest start to the conference slate, heading to no. 12 Arizona for three this weekend before returning home against no. 5 Washington at the end of March, head coach Melyssa Lombardi believes her team is on the cusp of breaking through. Listen to her takeaways from the past weekend, as well as reaction from second baseman Allee Bunker and lefty pitcher Jordan Dail, right below.

Head Coach Melyssa Lombardi

Times have been rough for Oregon Softball the past couple of weeks. After an impressive first two weeks to the season helped the team to the no. 17 ranking in the NFCA Poll, the Ducks have gone 4-8, taking six straight losses the past couple of weeks while dropping out of the top 25 for the first time in years. However, with five of those six losses coming by three runs or less, and three of them by only a single run, Oregon seems to feel comfortable with themselves on the eve of Pac-12 play. Though the Ducks have the hardest start to the conference slate, heading to no. 12 Arizona for three this weekend before returning home against no. 5 Washington at the end of March, head coach Melyssa Lombardi believes her team is on the cusp of breaking through. Listen to her takeaways from the past weekend, as well as reaction from second baseman Allee Bunker and lefty pitcher Jordan Dail, right below.

Head Coach Melyssa Lombardi

HOSTS: Matt Tyra, Sean MacPherson, and Brett Taylor

6:00 Promising Display for Oregon Baseball in Wacky Loss to Beavers

• Tough start for Somers, but otherwise pitching excellent
• What to take from Oregon's excellent RPI
• Washington series expectations

6:12 Oregon Softball Searching for Momentum as Pac-12 Play Starts

• Weighing offensive improvement against pitching depth concerns
• Common opponents, stats, records, location all favor Arizona this weekend
• Projecting the front-half…

HOSTS: Matt Tyra, Sean MacPherson, and Brett Taylor

6:00 Promising Display for Oregon Baseball in Wacky Loss to Beavers

• Tough start for Somers, but otherwise pitching excellent
• What to take from Oregon's excellent RPI
• Washington series expectations

6:12 Oregon Softball Searching for Momentum as Pac-12 Play Starts

• Weighing offensive improvement against pitching depth concerns
• Common opponents, stats, records, location all favor Arizona this weekend
• Projecting the front-half…

Oregon football hit the practice fields for its third practice of the 2019 spring season on Wednesday morning as the defense continues its work towards becoming a cohesive unit under new defensive coordinator Andy Avalos. Returning for the Ducks is now co-defensive coordinator Keith Hayward, who is tasked with helping coach the safeties and meshing the back-end of the defense with the front. Also new to the staff from Washington State is linebacker's coach Kent Wilson, listen below as both coaches spoke with the media following Wednesday's practice.

Co-Defensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach Keith Heyward

Linebackers Coach Ken…

Oregon football hit the practice fields for its third practice of the 2019 spring season on Wednesday morning as the defense continues its work towards becoming a cohesive unit under new defensive coordinator Andy Avalos. Returning for the Ducks is now co-defensive coordinator Keith Hayward, who is tasked with helping coach the safeties and meshing the back-end of the defense with the front. Also new to the staff from Washington State is linebacker's coach Kent Wilson, listen below as both coaches spoke with the media following Wednesday's practice.

Co-Defensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach Keith Heyward

Linebackers Coach Ken…

Hosts: Ethan Wyss, Sam Tidrick-Schmidt and Jonah Rosenberg

Oregon Men's Basketball holds the six-seed in the upcoming Pac-12 tournament thanks to their four-game win streak to close out the regular season. That pits the Ducks against Washington State, who they played as recently as March 6 in a 72-61 UO victory. While Oregon has to wait until Wednesday, March 13 to get the tournament started, head coach Dana Altman and select Oregon players had time to discuss the draw and the tournament overall on Monday, March 11. Listen in below for the team's full comments.

Head Coach Dana Altman

Guard Payton Pritchard

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Oregon Men's Basketball holds the six-seed in the upcoming Pac-12 tournament thanks to their four-game win streak to close out the regular season. That pits the Ducks against Washington State, who they played as recently as March 6 in a 72-61 UO victory. While Oregon has to wait until Wednesday, March 13 to get the tournament started, head coach Dana Altman and select Oregon players had time to discuss the draw and the tournament overall on Monday, March 11. Listen in below for the team's full comments.

Head Coach Dana Altman

Guard Payton Pritchard

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