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BSB Preview: Ducks return to PK park for four game series with Northwestern State

By: Saul Galvan

Written Preview - KWVA Sports

After a three game series in Pullman last weekend, the Oregon baseball team returns to PK Park for a four game series with Northwestern State (13-7). The Ducks were able to take two of the three games against Washington State, including a comeback victory in the rubber match on Sunday. This will be the second and last opponent the Ducks play from outside the West Coast region

Oregon: The series against Pullman gave life to this young Oregon team. After losing two out of three against UCLA, then dropping a midweek contest with Niagara and the series open at Washington State, hope started to dwindle for the Ducks. It is still early in the season, but looking at the upcoming schedule, Oregon needs to be consistent if they wish to make it to the top of the Pac 12 standings. Sunday’s comeback victory started and should spark the fire for this team to make a run that will…

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BSB Preview: Ducks return to PK park for four game series with Northwestern State

By: Saul Galvan

Written Preview - KWVA Sports

After a three game series in Pullman last weekend, the Oregon baseball team returns to PK Park for a four game series with Northwestern State (13-7). The Ducks were able to take two of the three games against Washington State, including a comeback victory in the rubber match on Sunday. This will be the second and last opponent the Ducks play from outside the West Coast region

Oregon: The series against Pullman gave life to this young Oregon team. After losing two out of three against UCLA, then dropping a midweek contest with Niagara and the series open at Washington State, hope started to dwindle for the Ducks. It is still early in the season, but looking at the upcoming schedule, Oregon needs to be consistent if they wish to make it to the top of the Pac 12 standings. Sunday’s comeback victory started and should spark the fire for this team to make a run that will…

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QuackSmack: Wednesday (3/22/23)

Hosted by Austin Ota, John Evans, and Aiden Hess

Oregon Men’s Basketball Ends the Season on a Low Note (6:00)

  • Who impressed throughout the NIT?
  • Breaking down yesterday’s postgame
  • Previewing next year’s team

GUEST: Jared Mack of Duck Territory (6:15)

Oregon Women’s Basketball Reaches the Super 16  (6:30)

  • Breaking down the first two games of the tournament?
  • Who has impressed so far and who needs to take a step up?
  • Which team through the rest of the way worries you most?

Oregon Softball Faces the Toughest Team in the Conference (6:45)

  • After the bats broke out in Seattle, a little home cooking helped the arms
  • What does Oregon need to do to beat UCLA this weekend?
  • If the Ducks finish top four in the conference, do they host a regional?

STORY: Oregon Men's Basketball sees their season end in the NIT, losing at home to Wisconsin, 61-58

QuackSmack: Tuesday (3/21/23)

Hosted by Knight Jarecki, Saul Galvan

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Oregon Softball Closes Stanford Series with Another Nail-Biting Loss

By Dylan Farrell

Tough, close losses continued to be the theme of Pac-12 play for the Ducks on Sunday afternoon, as the flock dropped the third game of its home-opening series to the Stanford Cardinal to the tune of a 3-2 loss following a series full of 1- and 2-run games. Despite the losses, No. 19 Oregon (19-8, 2-4) has been anything but disappointing in conference play thus far. Five of its six games in the Pac-12 have been decided by two or fewer runs against very strong opponents, namely then-No. 10 Washington last weekend and No. 7 Stanford this weekend.

Defenses shined bright throughout the matchup, and the showdown on the mounds between Stevie Hansen and Alana Vawter continued to live up to its billing. Stanford’s Vawter pitched a complete 7 innings and allowed two runs, though it certainly could’ve been more if not for stellar play from second base River Mahler. With a runner on third and just one out in the frame, Vallery Wong sent a blistering line…

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Oregon Softball Closes Stanford Series with Another Nail-Biting Loss

By Dylan Farrell

Tough, close losses continued to be the theme of Pac-12 play for the Ducks on Sunday afternoon, as the flock dropped the third game of its home-opening series to the Stanford Cardinal to the tune of a 3-2 loss following a series full of 1- and 2-run games. Despite the losses, No. 19 Oregon (19-8, 2-4) has been anything but disappointing in conference play thus far. Five of its six games in the Pac-12 have been decided by two or fewer runs against very strong opponents, namely then-No. 10 Washington last weekend and No. 7 Stanford this weekend.

Defenses shined bright throughout the matchup, and the showdown on the mounds between Stevie Hansen and Alana Vawter continued to live up to its billing. Stanford’s Vawter pitched a complete 7 innings and allowed two runs, though it certainly could’ve been more if not for stellar play from second base River Mahler. With a runner on third and just one out in the frame, Vallery Wong sent a blistering line…

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The Ducks Take Game Two Against Stanford in a Back and Forth Defensive Battle

Audio and Written Story by Wilder Lewis

The Ducks needed a win today against #7 Stanford is they wanted to still have a chance to win the series as yesterday they dropped game one against the Cardinal 1-3 in a extra inning thriller. Today's game had more of the same in the since that it was a back and forth defensive battle between the two teams. However Oregon in the end was able to make it out on top and take the game 2-1, here is how it happened.

Stanford got things going early off the rip as the first batter of the game
Gindlesperger got a single. Later on in the inning Kaneshiro had a single as well allowing Gindlesperger to advance to 3rd. She then went on to eventually score from 3rd on an error from Allee Bunker. The Ducks would be able to get out of the inning only allowing the one unearned run which would be Stanford's only run of the day. However the lead wouldn't last for long as in the bottom of the 1st the Ducks would get one right back…

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The Ducks Take Game Two Against Stanford in a Back and Forth Defensive Battle

Audio and Written Story by Wilder Lewis

The Ducks needed a win today against #7 Stanford is they wanted to still have a chance to win the series as yesterday they dropped game one against the Cardinal 1-3 in a extra inning thriller. Today's game had more of the same in the since that it was a back and forth defensive battle between the two teams. However Oregon in the end was able to make it out on top and take the game 2-1, here is how it happened.

Stanford got things going early off the rip as the first batter of the game
Gindlesperger got a single. Later on in the inning Kaneshiro had a single as well allowing Gindlesperger to advance to 3rd. She then went on to eventually score from 3rd on an error from Allee Bunker. The Ducks would be able to get out of the inning only allowing the one unearned run which would be Stanford's only run of the day. However the lead wouldn't last for long as in the bottom of the 1st the Ducks would get one right back…

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No. 19 Ducks Drop Home Opener to Cardinal but Show Plenty to Look Forward to

By Dylan Farrell

EUGENE — No. 19 Oregon (18-7, 1-3) opened its first home series against No. 7 Stanford (23-2, 1-0) on Friday, and the Ducks looked like a completely different team than they did last weekend against Washington. Oregon put out a strong defensive performance, allowing just one run through seven innings of regulation play against a Stanford team that averages over five runs per game. Stanford’s bullpen will likely not allow the Ducks to put up 7-8 run performances like Washington did. Oregon ultimately fell to Stanford 3-1 in extra innings, but the team held its own against a very strong opponent. Oregon will need more of that defense to succeed later this weekend, but the offense will need to step up to give it a chance.

“I think it’s nice to keep runs off the board, because that puts less pressure on our offense,” Oregon second base Allee Bunker said postgame. “Today we did keep those runs off the board until the eighth, and we just need to be…

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