Though the road to the Women's College World Series has not been easy for no. 1 Oregon Softball, the Ducks understand that nothing will get easier for them in Oklahoma City on the quest for a national championship. Oregon followed a Super Regional opening loss 9-6 to Kentucky with back-to-back dominant elimination game victories, but still must face the seven other highest seeded teams in the country in OKC. Before the team headed out to the Midwest, Head Coach Mike White, catcher Gwen Svekis, and third baseman Jenna Lilley all spoke to the media Memorial Day morning about the challenges awaiting them. The team plays Arizona State at 9AM PT on Thursday, while Oklahoma and Washington will do battle on the other side of the pool; UCLA, Georgia, Florida, and Florida State comprise the other side of the bracket. Head Coach Mike White… Read More

Oregon Softball is heading back to the Women's College World Series for the second straight year and their fourth time in five years because of an 11-1 mercy rule victory over the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday night. The Ducks were in control nearly all afternoon as they scored 7 runs in the second inning. Shannon Rhodes led off the second inning taking the first pitch she saw over the right field wall. Three at bats later, senior Jenna Lilley laced a single down the first base line to score Mia Camuso. Finally with the bases loaded, another senior, DJ Sanders, unleashed on a 1-0 fastball and hit a grand slam over the left-centerfield wall. With a comfortable 7-0 lead after two full innings, Oregon continued to pile on scoring four more runs in the third and fourth innings. In Gwen Svekis's last at-bat in Jane Sanders Stadium, she hit her fourth career triple to the right field wall to score DJ Sanders and Alexis Mack. With a comfortable 10-0 lead for right hander Miranda Elish, she… Read More

Oregon Softball is heading back to the Women's College World Series for the second straight year and their fourth time in five years because of an 11-1 mercy rule victory over the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday night. The Ducks were in control nearly all afternoon as they scored 7 runs in the second inning. Shannon Rhodes led off the second inning taking the first pitch she saw over the right field wall. Three at bats later, senior Jenna Lilley laced a single down the first base line to score Mia Camuso. Finally with the bases loaded, another senior, DJ Sanders, unleashed on a 1-0 fastball and hit a grand slam over the left-centerfield wall. With a comfortable 7-0 lead after two full innings, Oregon continued to pile on scoring four more runs in the third and fourth innings. In Gwen Svekis's last at-bat in Jane Sanders Stadium, she hit her fourth career triple to the right field wall to score DJ Sanders and Alexis Mack. With a comfortable 10-0 lead for right hander Miranda Elish, she… Read More

The record breaking came in bunches today at the final day of the Prefontaine Classic held at Historic Hayward Field. Day two picked up right where day one left off, in record breaking fashion. Starting with the women's pole vault where Jennifer Shur who set a meet record with a vault of 15-11 feet, a record that hadn't been broken since 2002. That was not the only record breaking performance for the women. Caster Semenya of South Africa set the meet record, stadium record, and ran the fastest time on American soil with a time of 1:55.92 in the women's 800 meter. The men side had an historic day as well. It started with Ronnie Baker in the men's 100 meter dash. Baker set a meet record and a season best time of 9.78 in the 100 meter. Benjamin Kigen of Kenya ran a personal best and fastest time in the world this year in the men's 3000 meter steeple chase with a time of 8:09.07. Noah Lyles followed with a performance in the men's 200 meter where he set personal best and now world leading… Read More

After coming off a 10-2 loss in game one on Thursday night, Oregon wins game two in dramatic fashion 2-1. Oregon struck first, scoring off a Jonny DeLuca RBI double in the bottom of the fourth. The rest of the game was relatively slow for both teams, despite Oregon's seven hits on the night, they weren't able to capitalize. Later in the same inning as the DeLuca double, only one out was recorded with the bases loaded and Ray Soderman and Jason Drees struck out back-to-back. The Wildcats didn't record their first hit of the night until the top of the seventh inning when Cesar Salazar hit a solo shot over the right field wall, his third home run of the series. That Salazar home run knotted the game up at one run a piece, but it didn't last long, because in the bottom of the seventh Kyle Kasser hit a RBI single to right center that drove in the eventual game winning run. Sparks flew in the ninth inning as the Wildcats had the bases loaded with no outs on the board. Kenyon Yovan decided… Read More

After coming off a 10-2 loss in game one on Thursday night, Oregon wins game two in dramatic fashion 2-1. Oregon struck first, scoring off a Jonny DeLuca RBI double in the bottom of the fourth. The rest of the game was relatively slow for both teams, despite Oregon's seven hits on the night, they weren't able to capitalize. Later in the same inning as the DeLuca double, only one out was recorded with the bases loaded and Ray Soderman and Jason Drees struck out back-to-back. The Wildcats didn't record their first hit of the night until the top of the seventh inning when Cesar Salazar hit a solo shot over the right field wall, his third home run of the series. That Salazar home run knotted the game up at one run a piece, but it didn't last long, because in the bottom of the seventh Kyle Kasser hit a RBI single to right center that drove in the eventual game winning run. Sparks flew in the ninth inning as the Wildcats had the bases loaded with no outs on the board. Kenyon Yovan decided… Read More

No. 1 Oregon softball controlled game two of the NCAA Super Regionals on Friday night, defeating no. 16 Kentucky 6-1 to tie the best-of-three series at 1-1. After each offense poured it on early and often the day before, neither team could generate anything through the first three frames. With the Ducks serving as the away team, it wasn't until the top of the fourth when the freshman Lauren Burke stepped in with the bases loaded and delivered a one-out single that scored two, with a throwing error bringing in another run. Mia Camuso then brought Burke around to make it 4-0 Ducks, and though Kentucky would muster one-run response in the bottom of the inning, Oregon starter Miranda Elish shut the powerful Wildcat offense down the rest of the way on her way to two-hit, seven strikeout complete game performance. Jenna Lilley doubled in two insurance runs in the sixth for a 6-1 Oregon lead, which the Ducks closed out with ease down the stretch. The win for Oregon means the two sides will… Read More

No. 1 Oregon softball controlled game two of the NCAA Super Regionals on Friday night, defeating no. 16 Kentucky 6-1 to tie the best-of-three series at 1-1. After each offense poured it on early and often the day before, neither team could generate anything through the first three frames. With the Ducks serving as the away team, it wasn't until the top of the fourth when the freshman Lauren Burke stepped in with the bases loaded and delivered a one-out single that scored two, with a throwing error bringing in another run. Mia Camuso then brought Burke around to make it 4-0 Ducks, and though Kentucky would muster one-run response in the bottom of the inning, Oregon starter Miranda Elish shut the powerful Wildcat offense down the rest of the way on her way to two-hit, seven strikeout complete game performance. Jenna Lilley doubled in two insurance runs in the sixth for a 6-1 Oregon lead, which the Ducks closed out with ease down the stretch. The win for Oregon means the two sides will… Read More

Day one of the Prefontaine Classic kicked off in historical fashion Friday at Historic Hayward Field. The first event of the evening, the men's javelin, provided early fireworks for the 7,500 in attendance. The Germans swept the event going 1-2-3 but not before each of them set the meet and stadium record. First, Andreas Hofmann set the record with a throw of 282.2 feet. This was short lived, fellow countryman Johannes Vetter responded with a record throw of 289.11 feet. Thomas Rohler got the last laugh and victory with a throw of 294.10 feet. The second field event was won by Sam Kendricks of the United States with a vault of 19-3/4 feet. Kendricks defeated the defending champion Renaud Lavillenie of France. The first event of the night on the track was the women's 800 meter which was won by Natoya Goule of Jamica. The second and final track event for the women of the night was the women's 1500 meters. The winner of the 1500 meters was won by Dani Jones of the United States who ran a… Read More

Historic Hayward Field will host the 44th annual Pre Classic for one last time before renovations begin this summer. The Pre Classic has always been one of the most competitive meets in the world. This year the same goes. The Pre Classic will play host to 19 gold medal winners this year, each event is as stacked and as competitive as can be. The Pre Classic will kick off tonight with "Distance Night" and will follow tomorrow with the rest of the events. "Distance Night" is welcoming back a former Duck and gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz, who is seeking his first Diamond League win. After Justin Gatlin had to pull out of the 100 meter dash with a hamstring injury the event now turns its focus to new blood and one of the most successful NCAA sprinters, Christian Coleman, who is looking to dominate. Matthew Centrowitz… Read More