Photos: Oregon softball — No. 3 Ducks hold strong, take down Badgers, 3-0, in NCAA Regional Final

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The Oregon Ducks celebrate a big two-run homer by freshman catcher Janelle Lindvall (26). (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

The Ducks celebrate a big two-run homer by freshman catcher Janelle Lindvall. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Junior infielder Stephanie Peace (22) connects with a pitch by freshman left hand pitcher Cheridian Hawkins (11). (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Wisconsin’s Stephanie Peace (22) connects with a pitch by freshman left-hand pitcher Cheridian Hawkins. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Ducks head coach Mike White argues with an umpire over a call that resulted in the Ducks' third out of the inning. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Oregon head coach Mike White argues with an umpire over a call that resulted in the Ducks third out of the inning. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Senior outfielder Kendall Grimm (17) barely misses reaching first base before the ball. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Badger Kendall Grimm (17) barely misses reaching first base safely due to the ball coming home in the first basewoman’s glove beforehand. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Senior right hand pitcher Jessica Moore (12) turns around and smiles at head coach Mike White (stationed at third base) after celebrating freshman catcher Janelle Lindvall's (26) home run that put the Ducks up 3 - 0 at the top of the 7th. Moore then shrugged at Coach White and headed back to the dugout. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Senior right-hand pitcher Jessica Moore (12) turns around and smiles at head coach Mike White (stationed at third base) after celebrating freshman catcher Janelle Lindvall’s home run that put the Ducks up 3-0 at the top of the 7th. She then shrugged at him and headed back to the dugout. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Senior outfielder Kendall Grimm (17) pull back to make the easy catch of a pop-fly ball. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Badger Kendall Grimm (17) pulls back to make the easy catch of a pop-fly ball. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

The Wisconsin Badgers huddle during a change in innings. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Wisconsin huddles during a change in innings. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Junior catcher Alexa Peterson (14) picks up a nearly-foul ball that rolled just short of crossing the line. Both Peterson and a fellow teammate purposely let the ball roll, in anticipation that it would cross the line, though it ended up stopping an inch or so away from it. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Oregon’s Alexa Peterson picks up a nearly foul ball that rolled just short of crossing the line. Both she and a fellow teammate purposely let the ball roll, in anticipation that it would cross the line — though it ended up stopping an inch or so away from it. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Junior outfielder Mary Massei (3) swings and hits the ball in the bottom of the 6th inning. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Wisconsin’s Mary Massei (3) swings and hits the ball in the bottom of the 6th inning. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Senior infielder Whiteney Massey (2) and senior right hand pitcher Jessica Moore (12) find each other after the Badgers-Ducks NCAA Regional final and chat.  (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

Badger Whitney Massey (2) and Duck Jessica Moore (12) find each other after the NCAA Regional final for a chat. (Nate Barrett/Emerald)

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