Fresh off its best offensive performance in a Women’s College World Series game, the No. 1 Oregon softball team was silenced for the first six innings of its 6-2 loss to No. 5 Washington.

Although Oregon swept Washington in the regular season, the Huskies won the game that mattered most. Washington defeated two-time defending champion Oklahoma yesterday and looked to continue its hot postseason by defeating the top-seeded rival. Washington capitalized on Oregon’s defensive lapses with quality contact partnered with good base running.

“Today was more on our defense than it was on our offense,” Gwen Svekis told the media. “Yes, our offense didn’t play up to its abilities, but our defense is what let us down.”

Megan Kleist made her first start since May 24, when she lost 9-6 to Kentucky in the Super Regional.

Friday, things were different, as she came out strong, not allowing a run through the first four innings. However, it ultimately ended when Washington scored thanks to some well-placed hits and a couple wide throws by the Ducks.

“We’ve got to play better,” head coach Mike White told the media. “We should have been out of that inning. It’s a little frustrating and puts a lot of pressure on our pitchers. … We’ve just simply got to get better in key situations.”

The Huskies ultimately scored four runs, but only one of those runners reached base via a hit. The Ducks failed to get an out on two different fielder’s choices. The inning also included a rare Kleist walk, which later ended up scoring.

“Obviously I didn’t make the best pitches when I needed to,” Kleist said in the postgame press conference. “I could have gotten out of that easily by obviously not letting them get on base. You can’t give up walks because normally it comes back to bite you, and that’s what it did today.”

The winning pitcher was Washington’s Gabbie Plain, who also had the win over Oklahoma. The Australian freshman pitched the first five innings and the last one, allowing four hits and walking three.

Oregon had an earlier chance to get some runs back in the top of the sixth. Shannon Rhodes and Haley Cruse reached base with two outs, bringing postseason hero Lauren Burke to the plate with a chance to make the score 4-3. Washington reliever Taran Alvelo escaped the jam, getting the Burke to ground out for the third time on the day.

After the Huskies tacked on two more runs against Miranda Elish, Oregon made one last effort to tie the game in the seventh. The Ducks scored two and got the tying run into the on-deck circle, however; the game ended when Rhodes grounded to shortstop Sis Bates, who wisely ran into DJ Sanders, ending the game on a runner’s interference.

The Ducks will play the winner of Florida State and Georgia tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. Oregon defeated both teams earlier this season and will continue to game plan throughout the night on both opponents.

“We’ve just got to be ready,” White told the media.

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It took Oregon four innings to get pitcher Miranda Elish the lead last night.

It was a different story tonight as the Ducks scored seven runs in the second inning, highlighted by Shannon Rhodes’ leadoff home run and a DJ Sanders grand slam. The inning’s seven runs were more than the Ducks have scored in any single game this postseason.

The No. 1 Oregon Ducks defeated No. 16 Kentucky 11-1 Saturday, earning a trip to the Women’s College World Series.

“We were fortunate enough to get a great performance today with the bats,” head coach Mike White said. “Another tremendous performance from Miranda Elish on the mound. … Fortunately, we gave her some support and she did a great job.”

Elish retook the circle after getting the win last night, in Oregon’s first win of the best-of-three series. The ace threw a complete game and struck out seven and followed that performance with another dominant win.

Saturday, the sophomore struck out seven over five innings, allowing only one earned run. Although she was given an insurmountable lead, she did not let that affect her mindset, wanting to finish the game off effectively.

“[Having a big lead] is really nice,” Elish said. “But you can’t let it get to your head too much because you don’t want to lose focus.”

Sanders’ grand slam helped earn her first-ever trip to the College World Series, after missing out the last couple of years with Louisiana.

“I guess that was really my reason for making the move,” Sanders said. “At the end of the day, I knew I wanted to get a chance to play at OKC, so I think this just validated my decision to leave.”

It was also the final home game for Oregon senior softball staples. Jenna Lilley, Lauren Lindvall and Gwen Svekis played their final game in Jane Sanders Stadium.

“It’s the worst thing ever, to say goodbye to the seniors,” White said. “They put so much heart and soul into the program. … It’s something you don’t want to think about, and I didn’t think about it.”

Lilley went 2-3 with two RBIs and a run scored, including an RBI single for the second run of the second inning. Svekis went 2-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored. She also hit her first triple since her freshman season, which scored Alexis Mack and Sanders.

This game was also the last home game for the dedicated Oregon crowd. The always intense fanbase was as loud as ever, garnering praise from Kentucky head coach Rachel Lawson and White.

One particular moment that exemplified the fans’ love for their team was when the entire crowd sang Cruse “Happy Birthday” pregame, and then again chanted it when she doubled Svekis home.

“Our fans. … just crazy fans,” White said. “That’s a fun atmosphere.”

Oregon joins UCLA, Washington, Arizona State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida and the winner of Florida State and LSU as teams to punch their tickets to Oklahoma City. The Women’s College World Series will start May 31 and run through June 5 and 6 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.

“Somebody pinch me,” White said with tears in his eyes. “This is my wildest dreams that we would come out and score that many runs. It’s just a tremendous achievement.”

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Just like the previous two games for Oregon softball, runs were hard to come by in Saturday’s Eugene Regional matchup against Drake.

Oregon had not allowed a run in its previous 23 innings of play coming into Saturday’s match up, putting pressure on Drake’s pitcher Nicole Newman to be perfect. Newman pitched well, but ultimately succumbed to Oregon’s offense in the fifth inning on an Alexis Mack single.

The No. 1 Oregon softball team (50-7) defeated the Drake Bulldogs 3-0, thanks to a stellar performance by pitcher Miranda Elish and a three-run fifth inning, earning a spot in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament as the Ducks look to advance on to the Women’s College World Series.

Mia Camuso led the inning off with a single and Lauren Lindvall repeated the result. Cherish Burks then pinch ran for Lindvall and the two Ducks were bunted over by Shannon Rhodes. Jenna Lilley was then intentionally walked, loading the bases for Mack.

The slap-hitting left fielder blooped a single through the shift, scoring Camuso and the sliding Burks, giving the Ducks a 2-0 lead.

“She was able to pop one over the top,” head coach Mike White said. “I thought she did a really good job in controlling that. In similar situations this year I pinch hit for her, but I just had a gut feeling that she was gonna come through.”

Alexis Mack's two-run single in the fifth was the big hit in today's 3-0 win over Drake in the regional final. #GoDuck pic.twitter.com/OjTGwmrwRw

— Oregon Softball (@OregonSB) May 20, 2018

Haley Cruse singled two pitches later to score Lilley, but Mack was thrown out at home by Drake left fielder Abby Buie on the play. Mack appeared to be safe, but was called out at the plate.

Elish and her 0.96 ERA took the circle for the Ducks, looking to go the distance. The sophomore ran into plenty of jams throughout the game, but never faltered, throwing seven innings of shutout softball. The righty struck out 11 Bulldogs, making her total in the regional 25 over 14 innings.

There came a time where it seemed imminent Maggie Balint would relieve Elish. With two runners on and one out in the sixth, White walked to the circle to chat with Elish and was met with the confidence and determination every coach wants to see out of their pitcher.

“Coach just said, ‘I’m gonna bring Maggie in,’” Elish said before catcher Gwen Svekis interjected.

“She said, ‘No. I got this,’” Svekis said.

That was all White needed as he retreated to the dugout and watched Elish strike out the next two batters to end the inning.

“It was three words,” White said. “‘I got this,’ I said, ‘Okay, show me.’”

Elish also flashed the leather, making a diving catch on a bunt attempt, which might be seen later tonight on ESPN.

This diving grab by @OregonSB's Miranda Elish. 👌 pic.twitter.com/HpAeOtCSio

— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) May 20, 2018

“That’s what I told Gwen,” Elish said. “I said, ‘If I’m not on SportsCenter Top-10, I’m gonna be really upset.’”

Oregon will sit back and await the winner of the Kentucky regional with its scoreless streak now at 30, including the 21 innings from the regional.

“Hearing they didn’t let up a run is so cool to me,” Svekis said. “I just think that is the most awesome, fun statistic to hear. They’re some tough cookies in the circle.”

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The Pac-12 champion Oregon softball team will host Albany, BYU and Drake at the Eugene Regional for the first round of the Women’s College World Series starting Thursday.

The Ducks own the No. 1 ranking and the pressure packaged with it.

“[We’re] just taking it day by day,” center fielder Shannon Rhodes said. “I don’t think we really paid attention too much to the polls before … We don’t really drink our own Kool-Aid in this situation. We’re just kicking it — playing some softball.”

Head coach Mike White stressed the game-by-game approach, quickly brushing aside the noise of having the one-seed. The team is focused on No. 64 seed Albany.

With little film on the Great Danes, Oregon is going in less prepared than it normally would.

“[White] is trying to make us prepare more of what we need to do, rather focusing on what they do,” senior shortstop DJ Sanders  said. “That’s all we can do at this point.”

Albany, the America East conference champions, has an overall record of 32-14 and is 13-4 on the road, which helps as the team will be playing 3,000 miles away from home.

“My grandfather told me, ‘You always want to bet on a racehorse that travels the most because they are not coming just to lose,’” White said. “They are gonna come out here and give it their best effort.”

Albany’s ace, Celeste Verdolivo, has a 1.73 ERA in 121.1 innings and 16 complete games this season. She also had a perfect game in the 2016 season. Offensively, Albany is a contact-heavy team. Catcher Chelsea Henige leads the team with a .366 batting average and only three strikeouts this season. Designated hitter Kelly Barkevich leads the team with nine home runs but 34 strikeouts.

BYU and Drake give Oregon a little more film to work with. White is aware of both teams’ stellar pitching, highlighting Drake’s Nicole Newman.

Newman has a 0.62 ERA in 146 innings and headlines a staff of three pitchers with a sub-two ERA. Offensively, Drake’s Tasha Alexander and Kallee Smith lead the team with five home runs. Right fielder Macy Johnson and shortstop Mandi Roemmich are both hitting over .350.

The Ducks are most familiar with BYU. Although the Ducks are 2-0 against the Cougars, including a 1-0 win last season, none of the current Oregon players have a career hit against them. Miranda Elish and Maggie Balint combined for the shutout win and Alexis Mack scored the lone run.

“I think last year they were probably one of the better pitching staffs we saw,” Rhodes said. “It’s really exciting to have them come back and face them again.”

Kerisa Viramontes will head the BYU pitching staff with her 2.05 ERA and catcher Libby Sugg leads the team in the triple-crown categories with a .423 average, 11 home runs and 64 RBIs.

Overall, the Ducks feel they should have no problem moving on to the Super Regionals as long as they play the brand of softball they have excelled with all season.

“Just looking at who we faced this year, we shouldn’t be surprised by anybody,” White said. “But we gotta make sure we play our best.”

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Tie game, two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning. That was the situation for Oregon center fielder Johnny DeLuca. As he prepared to swing, Utah pitcher Trenton Stoltz lost control of a pitch and it got away from catcher Shea Kramer. Kyle Kasser read the pitch perfectly and was able to score the winning run for the Ducks.

Oregon baseball defeated Utah 4-3 on a walk-off wild pitch, scored by Kasser, earning Oregon its first sweep of the season.

The Ducks showed their ability to manufacture runs, as Kasser scored in four different ways. He scored on a hit by pitch, a single with an error, a sac-fly and a wild pitch.

“That’s a lot of different ways,” Kasser said. “Usually it’s on a hit, but that’s pretty cool. I think that speaks volume about our team. …  It doesn’t always have to be the big hit.”

Kasser went 2-4 overall and scored every run for the Ducks in their much-needed win.

“He was obviously our catalyst today,” head coach George Horton said. “We made the most out of not very much.”

The Ducks struggled for the first half of the game against Utah starter Josh Lapiana. The lefty held the Ducks to no hits until Kasser led off the fourth with a single to left. Lapiana’s ERA was over seven to start the game, but he was able to effectively go six innings, only surrendering two runs.

“I don’t know what it is against Lapiana,” Horton said. “He sure looked like Clayton Kershaw against us. He was all we could handle today.”

The Utes ran into trouble and lost the lead when they went to the bullpen in the seventh. Former Duck, Kyle Robeniol, took over for Lapiana and gave up the lead on a Kasser triple and Spencer Steer’s sac-fly.

Kolby Somers was on the mound for the Ducks. The freshman got his second career win in his last start when he beat UC Irvine in a six-inning performance, but got the no-decision today. After six innings, Horton made the move to Parker Kelly and eventually to Ryne Nelson. The bullpen duo went 3.2 innings and allowed zero runs.

“With the two great bullets that we had in the bullpen with Kelly and Nelson, it was certainly a quick hook,” Horton said. “It made coach Dietrich and the coaching staff look smart because Kelly did his job and Nelly did his.”

The Ducks’ last sweep came last season against UC Irvine. It is their first conference sweep since the April, 2016 series against USC.

“We have been scuffling for a bit and haven’t been putting too many wins together,” Kasser said. “To get a sweep for the first time in I don’t know how long, it feels good going into the last six games of conference play.”

Oregon now sits at 25-24 on the season and 11-13 in Pac-12 play. The Ducks will travel to Los Angeles next weekend to take on UCLA before closing out the season at home against the Arizona Wildcats.

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One day after winning the program’s first NCAA Tournament match since 2004 over No. 38 Tennessee, the No. 33 Oregon women’s tennis team retook the courts Saturday against No. 3 Duke.

Although being ranked 30 positions lower than the Blue Devils, Oregon kept the match very close, being only a couple games away from pulling off the historical upset.

The Ducks ultimately fell 4-2 to Duke, despite coming back from a 2-0 deficit thanks to wins from from freshman Paiton Wagner and junior Shweta Sangwan.

With this dominant 6-1, 6-2, win over No. 55 Meible Chi, Sangwan is now 3-0 in her NCAA Tournament career.

Wagner’s win was the first NCAA Tournament victory in her young career. She defeated Hannah Zhao 6-4, 6-3, which originally tied the match at two.

Oregon’s doubles play was very competitive. Alyssa Tobita and Rifanty Kahfiani defeated the No. 6 ranked Samantha Harris and Kelly Chen 6-2. The Ducks were unable to capitalize on that win however, as Duke won its matches on the other two courts. No. 9 Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy defeated No. 74 Sangwan and Julia Eshet 6-4. Chi and Zhao then defeated the freshman tandem of Wagner and Lilien, which gave the point to the Blue Devils.

The other three points came from No. 28 Chen defeating Nasser 6-3, 6-2, No. 84 Hamlin beating Eshet 6-2, 6-3 and No. 116 McCarthy closing out Lilien 7-6, 6-1, which also ended the season.

Although it ended in defeat, this young Ducks team has gained plenty of experience for this year. Five of the six usual singles players will be returning next season and they now all have at least one career NCAA Tournament victory under their belt.

The one player leaving is No. 42 Tobita, whose team tennis career at Oregon is now finished with the third most wins in program history (77). The senior still has more matches to play, however, as she was selected for the singles tournament that begins May 23. She is the fourth Duck ever to be selected for that tournament.

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The No. 33 Oregon men’s tennis team kicked off its NCAA Tournament with an impressive 4-0 win over No. 27 Dartmouth.

The match marked the first top-30 win of the season for the Ducks, who have really hit their stride at the perfect time. Since the 4-3 loss to No. 13 USC on March 10, Oregon has now won eight of its last 11, including five against top-50 opponents.

The match started with the Ducks getting wins from the two and three positions in doubles. Ty Gentry and Simon Stevens got their now team-leading No. 24 win, downing Roko Glasnovic and Casey Ross 6-3. Armando Soemarno and Charles Roberts then won the doubles point by defeating Peter Conkin and Max Fliegner 6-4.

Akihiro Tanaka picked up his first career NCAA Tournament victory with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Dan Martin.

Thomas Laurent continued his winning ways, defeating No. 119 Charlie Broom, 6-3, 6-3. This marked Laurent’s fifth straight win and also his fourth straight over a ranked opponent.

Gentry closed out the sweep with a strong 6-4, 6-2 win. That victory was also Gentry’s first NCAA Tournament win.

Awaiting the Ducks in the next round will either be No. 50 Utah State or the host school, No. 8 TCU.

If Utah State is able to upset TCU, Oregon has shown the ability to dominate the Aggies, after beating them 4-0 on Feb. 28.

No matter the opponent, Oregon’s second round match of the NCAA Tournament will be tomorrow, Sunday, at 11 a.m.

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The No. 33 Oregon women’s tennis team took the courts Friday morning against No. 38 Tennessee in quest of the program’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2004.

Today’s match was filled with grit and perseverance, something head coach Alison Silverio has preached and praised all season. The Ducks trailed two different times in the match, but ultimately came away with a convincing 4-2 victory over the Volunteers.

Today was also a day of firsts, as only junior Shweta Sangwan had a career NCAA Tournament victory prior to today. Junior Daniela Nasser, sophomore Julia Eshet, freshman Julia Lilien all came away with their first career victories in the tournament. It also marks the first victory for Silverio as she continues to reach new heights with this rising program.

COME ON! Sangwan clinches it! She wins 7-6, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot to secure UO's first NCAA Tournament victory since 2004! #GoDucks #NCAATennis pic.twitter.com/AwO7yckQMu

— Oregon Ducks WTennis (@OregonWTennis) May 11, 2018

The Ducks got off to a slow start in doubles play. Tennessee, a very strong doubles team, took the point. Tennessee’s Sadie Hammond and Gabby Schuck defeated Alyssa Tobita and Rifanty Kahfiani 6-2. The other half of the doubles point came from court three, where there was a battle of freshman. Tenika McGiffin and Chelsea Sawyer defeated Julia Lilien and Paiton Wagner 6-4.

Nasser was the one to tie the match the first time, quickly downing Kaitlin Staines 6-2, 6-3. Tennessee then regained the lead after Johanna Silva defeated Wagner 6-4, 6-2.

Although the Ducks were trailing 2-1, the four remaining singles players were all tied or winning their match.

Once again, continuing on this season’s many themes, a race ensued to see who would get their first career NCAA Tournament victory between Lilien, Tobita and Eshet.

Eshet was the first victor in that race, tying the match at two after defeating Schuck 6-4, 7-6.

Lilien was the next, taking her match over Ariadna Riley. Lilien was able to bounce back just like the team did. After dropping the first set 0-6, she won the next two 6-4, 6-3 and put the Ducks one win away from the historic victory.

Sangwan clinched her match 7-6, 6-2 over Elizabeth Profit, which sent the Ducks into the second round.

Oregon’s next match will most likely be against No. 3 Duke Saturday. The Blue Devils have two doubles pairs ranked in the top-10 in No. 6 Samantha Harris and Kelly Chen and No. 9 Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy. They also have five players ranked in the top-125, led by No. 6 Harris and followed by No. 28 Chen, No. 55 Meible Chi, No. 84 Hamlin and No. 116 McCarthy.

Despite being outranked, Oregon will look to continue its year of firsts and get out of Durham, North Carolina with a 2-0 weekend.

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Postseason dreams are still a little new to the No. 33 Oregon women’s tennis team.

Oregon was a lock for postseason play this season after a strong 15-9 season. Despite ending their Pac-12 Championship campaign in heartbreak with a close 4-3 loss against No. 14 UCLA, the Ducks knew there was a bigger goal at hand. It might be a tall task to win both matches this weekend, but the Ducks are confident and ready.

“We knew this was our last chance this season,” junior Shweta Sangwan said. “We were a little disappointed after the Pac-12 tournament. We’re going to make it happen this time.”

Just one year ago however, the goal was much simpler. The Ducks wanted to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. Oregon of course achieved that, but in all the excitement, it ended with a bitter taste, losing to North Carolina State 4-2 in the first round.

“We were kind of expecting to be in the tournament,” senior Alyssa Tobita said. “It wasn’t as much of a celebration making the tournament. It was more of an, ‘Okay, we’re focused on this match.’ It doesn’t matter who is across the match or what.”

This year, Oregon men’s and women’s tennis held a watch party to find out both teams’ first round matchups. Since the release was during school hours, not all the players could be there, but the absentees found a way to stay in the loop.

“I was chatting with them and messaging them,” Sangwan said, who missed the party for school office hours. “I know everyone was really excited. Instantly in the group we said, ‘Okay, let’s start preparing now.’”

The team they are preparing to face will be No. 38 Tennessee, the ninth place finishers in the SEC.

The teams shared and defeated two common opponents this season in Georgia State and William and Mary. Tennessee defeated Georgia State 4-1 and William and Mary 6-1. Oregon defeated Georgia State 6-1 and William and Mary 7-0.

As far as records go, Tennessee went 18-11 this season and lost seven of its last eight matches outside of Knoxville. The Volunteers were ranked as high as No. 17 in the last week of February. Their season was highlighted by an upset win over then-ranked No. 15 Auburn.

“I am expecting an exciting, exciting fight and battle,” head coach Alison Silverio said. “We’re certainly not going to take them lightly. We’re going to respect them, but not fear them, and be ready to go out and get the job done.”

Doubles play will be a little different with the Volunteers possessing a top-50 pair. The No. 40 doubles pair of Ariadna Riley and Kaitlin Staines started the season 10-0 together and are currently 15-4. Oregon’s No. 74-ranked Sangwan and Julia Eshet will most likely be the Duck duo in opposition.

If the Ducks are able to defeat Tennessee, they will most likely face host-school, No. 3 Duke.

Duke boasts quite the résumé in both singles and doubles play. The Blue Devils have two doubles pairs ranked in the top-10 in No. 6 Samantha Harris and Kelly Chen and No. 9 Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy. They also have five players ranked in the top-125, led by No. 6 Harris and followed by No. 28 Chen, No. 55 Meible Chi, No. 84 Hamlin and No. 116 McCarthy.

The Ducks will look to improve upon their memorable season by winning their first tournament match since 2004. Oregon’s first match will be this Friday, at 10 a.m. against Tennessee.

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Oregon men’s basketball forward, M.J. Cage has announced his intention to transfer from the program.

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— Michael Cage Jr. (@mjcage_) May 7, 2018

The redshirt-freshman played in 11 games last season and scored 19 points, with a career-high 11 against Central Arkansas.

Cage was a three-star recruit out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. His father, Michael, is a former SDSU basketball standout, NBA player and is now a television analyst for the Oklahoma City Thunder. SDSU was one of the eight teams that offered Cage out of high school.

Cage will be the sixth player to leave the program this offseason after Elijah Brown, MiKyle McIntosh and Roman Sorkin graduated, Troy Brown declared for the NBA Draft and Keith Smith announced a transfer to Pepperdine.

Abu Kigab, Paul White and Kenneth Wooten are all returning forwards and the Ducks will also be adding three top-recruits of similar positions in Bol Bol, Louis King and Miles Norris.

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