After coming from behind in the eighth inning to beat South Dakota State 3-2 in Friday’s regionals game, Oregon has been placed in the winners bracket and will play Rice Saturday.
Rice beat the University of San Francisco 3-2 in extra innings on Friday to advance and play the Ducks.
Tommy Thorpe (2.22 ERA) will get the start for Oregon. Thorpe is on a hot streak having won his last five starts. In his previous two outings he went a combined 15 shut out innings, giving up just two hits.
First pitch is at 6 p.m. and television coverage can be found on ESPN3.