The Oregon Ducks Track and Field team opened up at Hayward Field on Saturday for the Pepsi Team Invitational against the Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, and BYU Cougars. Oregon walked away with titles on both sides and had impressive performances all across the board. The Women's team won the meet in dominant fashion and came out strong from the beginning. Kiana Phelps won the first event of the day in the Women's Discus, while Madddie Rabing won the women's hammer. Those two later went 2-3 in the women's shot put as well. To start the running events, Oregon's 4x100 relay teams went 1-2 in which was just the start of the dominant day of sprints for Oregon. The Women would go on to go 1-2 in the 100 meter, 1-2 in the long jump, and a dominating 1-5 finish in the 200 meter. The women of Oregon ultimately won the meet by 33 points. For the Men side, Oregon started a little slow but stayed in the meet with several solid performances until they ultimately started to dominate… Read More

Behind superb pitching from starters, Matt Mercer and Kenyon Yovan, the Oregon Ducks were able to win both games of the doubleheader against the Washington State Cougars, and secure their second series victory of the Pac 12 season. In the first game, Oregon failed to record a hit past the 3rd inning but was able to hang on to win 2-1. In the second game, Daniel Patzlaff cranked his first homer of the season and gave Oregon critical insurance runs en route to a 4-2 win. Mercer, in game one, totaled 6 IP, giving up only 1 run on 2 hits, while in game 2, Yovan remained undefeated in starts this season, throwing 7 IP,  surrendering only 1 run, and striking out 8. Ryne Nelson closed out both games for the Ducks and earned his 3rd and 4th saves of the season. Despite the pitching dominance, the offense failed to score runs after the 3rd inning in both contests. The Ducks will play the Cougars once more over the weekend, although it is yet to be announced whether that will take place on… Read More

Behind superb pitching from starters, Matt Mercer and Kenyon Yovan, the Oregon Ducks were able to win both games of the doubleheader against the Washington State Cougars, and secure their second series victory of the Pac 12 season. In the first game, Oregon failed to record a hit past the 3rd inning but was able to hang on to win 2-1. In the second game, Daniel Patzlaff cranked his first homer of the season and gave Oregon critical insurance runs en route to a 4-2 win. Mercer, in game one, totaled 6 IP, giving up only 1 run on 2 hits, while in game 2, Yovan remained undefeated in starts this season, throwing 7 IP,  surrendering only 1 run, and striking out 8. Ryne Nelson closed out both games for the Ducks and earned his 3rd and 4th saves of the season. Despite the pitching dominance, the offense failed to score runs after the 3rd inning in both contests. The Ducks will play the Cougars once more over the weekend, although it is yet to be announced whether that will take place on… Read More

The long ball proved to be the difference as the #5 Oregon Ducks defeated the #9 Arizona Wildcats 5-1 in game one of their three game series. The Ducks had recorded only one hit through five innings and that one hit was a solo shot to right-center field off the bat of Gwen Svekis in the bottom of the second inning. In the top of the sixth inning, the Wildcats tied the score at 1-1 on a chopper to DJ Sanders at shortstop who could not get the ball to home in time to record the out. The Ducks were to quick respond in the bottom half of the inning as Gwen Svekis hit a three blast for her second home run of the night and her 11th of the season. Shannon Rhodes followed it up with a solo shot of her own in the following at-bat. The Ducks improve to 30-6 on the season and 5-3 in Pac 12 play. They will look to win the series tomorrow as Miranda Elish takes the circle at noon tomorrow in game two of their three game series. Game Story (by: Bill Braker)… Read More

The long ball proved to be the difference as the #5 Oregon Ducks defeated the #9 Arizona Wildcats 5-1 in game one of their three game series. The Ducks had recorded only one hit through five innings and that one hit was a solo shot to right-center field off the bat of Gwen Svekis in the bottom of the second inning. In the top of the sixth inning, the Wildcats tied the score at 1-1 on a chopper to DJ Sanders at shortstop who could not get the ball to home in time to record the out. The Ducks were to quick respond in the bottom half of the inning as Gwen Svekis hit a three blast for her second home run of the night and her 11th of the season. Shannon Rhodes followed it up with a solo shot of her own in the following at-bat. The Ducks improve to 30-6 on the season and 5-3 in Pac 12 play. They will look to win the series tomorrow as Miranda Elish takes the circle at noon tomorrow in game two of their three game series. Game Story (by: Bill Braker)… Read More

The Ducks fell to the Arizona State Sun Devils 4-1 on Friday afternoon in their first of two match-ups with the Arizona schools. The Ducks only point came on their two doubles victories to start off match play. In the doubles, the #1 pairing of Cormac Clissold and Thomas Laurent won their 60th match as a duo and are now 60-13 all-time as a pairing. They are now two wins ahead of the old record set by Robin Cambier and Jeff Mullen, and hold the all-time doubles wins record as a duo in program history. As for the Sun Devils, they reeled off four straight singles wins to clinch the match victory. Those wins came at the #1, #2, #3, and #4 singles spots, not in this order. The Ducks are now 13-7 overall and fall to 1-3 in Pac-12 play, while the Sun Devils improve to 12-7 overall and 1-2 in conference. The Ducks play next on Sunday, April 8th, as they host Arizona at 11 am. This is the last home match of the season and is senior day. Game Story (Naveed Habibelahian)… Read More

The Ducks fell to the Arizona State Sun Devils 4-1 on Friday afternoon in their first of two match-ups with the Arizona schools. The Ducks only point came on their two doubles victories to start off match play. In the doubles, the #1 pairing of Cormac Clissold and Thomas Laurent won their 60th match as a duo and are now 60-13 all-time as a pairing. They are now two wins ahead of the old record set by Robin Cambier and Jeff Mullen, and hold the all-time doubles wins record as a duo in program history. As for the Sun Devils, they reeled off four straight singles wins to clinch the match victory. Those wins came at the #1, #2, #3, and #4 singles spots, not in this order. The Ducks are now 13-7 overall and fall to 1-3 in Pac-12 play, while the Sun Devils improve to 12-7 overall and 1-2 in conference. The Ducks play next on Sunday, April 8th, as they host Arizona at 11 am. This is the last home match of the season and is senior day. Game Story (Naveed Habibelahian)… Read More

The Oregon Lacrosse team opened the second half of Pac-12 play with a big 21 to 8 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Ducks led in every major statistical category on the way to their seventh win of the season. Oregon was led by Jill Zubillaga, who tallied six scores, all in the first half of the game and helped Oregon to a 17-3 lead at halftime. The Ducks played a slew of different players in the second half, which allowed the Sun Devils to build a little momentum and outscore the Ducks 5-4. While the Sun Devils were never able to muster any consistency, they forced eight Duck-turnovers, which they were able to convert into points on two separate occasions. The Ducks scored their most points in a game all season and will look to harness the momentum from this win in their game against USC on Sunday, April 6. Game Story ( By Jonathan Rifkind)… Read More

The Oregon Lacrosse team opened the second half of Pac-12 play with a big 21 to 8 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Ducks led in every major statistical category on the way to their seventh win of the season. Oregon was led by Jill Zubillaga, who tallied six scores, all in the first half of the game and helped Oregon to a 17-3 lead at halftime. The Ducks played a slew of different players in the second half, which allowed the Sun Devils to build a little momentum and outscore the Ducks 5-4. While the Sun Devils were never able to muster any consistency, they forced eight Duck-turnovers, which they were able to convert into points on two separate occasions. The Ducks scored their most points in a game all season and will look to harness the momentum from this win in their game against USC on Sunday, April 6. Game Story ( By Jonathan Rifkind)… Read More

HOSTS: Marc Grandi, Alex Castle, and Matt Tyra QuackSmack is live from the Valley River Inn. Watch live on Twitter @KWVASports. 6:00  Oregon Softball hosts Arizona, weather permitting

• Importance of playing three games this weekend
• What do the Wildcats do well?
• Weekend predictions

6:20  Oregon Baseball hosts Washington State for three games

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