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ON DECK No. 15/17 Oregon heads to the East Coast for its first visit to Maryland. The Ducks and Terrapins play a three-game series Friday through Sunday at Maryland Softball Stadium. Friday's game is on Big Ten Network. The two teams have played six times with Oregon holding a 4-2 lead. The teams last met in 2024 when the Ducks and Terrapins split a pair of games in the Jane Sanders Classic. NUMBERS * 12 - Oregon is No. 12 in the current RPI rankings. * 15 - Oregon has 15 come-from-behind wins this season. * 16 - Oregon has played the 16th most difficult schedule nationally. * 27 - Oregon leads the NCAA with a program-record 27 sacrifice flies. * 28 - 28 of Oregon's 35 games have come against teams in the top 75 of the RPI (28 vs. the top 100). * 6 - Elon Butler broke Big Ten and Oregon single-game records with 6 hits vs. Iowa. * 12 - Oregon has won 12 straight Big Ten series, dating back to last season. * 16 - Elon Butler leads the Big Ten and is third nationally with 16 doubles. * 18 - Lyndsey Grein has won 18 games, second in the Big Ten and fifth nationally *139 - Lyndsey Grein has 139 K's which is second in the Big Ten (13th nationally). IOWA POWER SURGE In the three-game series with Iowa, Oregon hit .404 (36-of-89) with 30 runs, five doubles, four triples, five home runs and 28 RBI. The team slugged .719 and had a .471 on-base percentage. CYCLE POWER Elon Butler hit for the cycle April 4 against Iowa. She is the first Duck in program history to hit for the cycle. Butler singled in the first, tripled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the seventh. She also set a Big Ten and UO record with six hits against the Hawkeyes. She was named Softball America National Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week after hitting .583 with a double, a triple, two home runs and five RBI. She slugged 1.333 and had a .583 on-base percentage as the Ducks swept Iowa. She currently leads the team in batting (.325), doubles (16), hits (52), home runs (12), RBI (48), runs (46), on-base percentage (.527) and slugging percentage (.924). HO NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK For her efforts in Oregon;s sweep of Iowa, Tayrn ho was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Aoril 6). Ho hit .556 (5-of-9) with a triple and five RBI in the three-game sweep. She singled and scored a run in Oregon's 10-1 win in the opener. Saturday, she helped Oregon come from behind and win, 14-13, in eight innings. Down 7-4 in the third inning, Ho hit a two-run triple to bring the Ducks within one. She then singled and scored in the fifth inning and drove in a run with her third hit of the game in the sixth inning. Her RBI ground out in the seventh inning brought the Ducks to within 13-12, before the next batter, Stefini Ma'ake, tied the game. She had a hit and an RBI in Oregon's 6-2 game three win and also tagged two runners out at third base on a double play that ended the top of fourth inning. She was perfect in the field with five put out, nine assists and no errors. CONSISTENT K-DUB Kaylynn Jones - aka K-Dub - has been Oregon's most consistent hitter this season. Currently with a .387 average, she's hit .300 or better every weekend (and .350-plus at all five tournaments): Week 1 - .400 (NFCA Leadoff Classic), Week 2 - .462 (Cardinal Classic), Week 3 - .353 (Mary Nutter Classic), Week 4 - .364 (Oregon Classic), Week - .375 (Jane Sanders Classic), Week 6 - .300 (Penn State), Week 7 - .353 (Purdue/Indiana), Week 8 -.444 (Northwestern) and Week 9 - .400 (Iowa). BUTLER CLEANS UP ON DOUBLES, RBI Elon Butler leads the Big Ten and is third nationally with a career-high 16 doubles. That's tied for fifth on the UO single season list and just two off the school record. She also has three six-RBI games this season and a fourth game with five runs driven in to lead the Ducks with 48 RBI. With 12 home runs this season, Butler now has recorded double digit home runs all four years in college. GETTING THE RUNNER HOME FROM THIRD Oregon leads the NCAA with a program tying 27 sacrifice flies. Emma Cox leads the team with six. Amari Harper and Stefini Ma'ake have five apiece. Rylee McCoy has three and Addison Amaral, Elon Butler and Kaylynn Jones all have two.

Once in a lifetime opportunity to gain answers and knowledge from Tom Brady. Oregon Ducks On SIDante Moore Details Night With Tom Brady He Won’t ForgetOregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore didn't just meet legendary quarterback Tom Brady: he maximized the interaction. Moore got to pick the brain of the seven-ti

Coach Koa Ka'ai makes a point with his question. Larry Brown SportsFans roast Oregon coach for odd question he asks recruitsNew Oregon Ducks quarterbacks coach Koa Ka’ai has no chill with his ice-cold question to recruits. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Koa Ka’ai revealed

I do believe this is speaking with wallets, not a reflection of being happy with being irrelevant. 2 years to go I guess.

Well, U of Portland is 3-11 vs Ducks in basketball, and the Pilots women are 4-16. But, baseball is 18-29 and Pilots are 6-1 vs Ducks in last 7 after being 1-6 in the 7 before that. I don't think an opportunity to beat Portland State offsets being 1-6 vs UofP in the last 7? I can feel Charles discomfort through my computer screen. Show up, or get shown up. Respect every opponent. etc. etc. U of P is 1-0 vs Beavis, and will play them twice more this season: Hillsboro and Corvallis.

Not gonna feel sorry for PSU when they are receiving their annual ars kicking at Autzen on Sept. 19th. Just saying.

Is this is really one of Oregon’s targets to fill the PG position? 5’10” and shoots 39% from the floor and 31% from three? If that is true, then I have to continue to assume there is a major NIL issue with men’s hoops.

Ducks lose 13-9...fourth loss to the Pilots in a row. Un-fricken-believable.

13-8 Pilots after seven innings. Too ugly to report as both Luke Morgan and Michael Meckna gave up three-run homers.

7-5 Pilots after six innings. Toby Twist gave up a couple of hits and a run. Luke Morgan came in to pitch for the Ducks, and closed out the inning.

6-5 Pilots after five innings. Nothing on offense of consequence, and Toby Twist came in for relief for Oregon and easily retired the side.

Dylan Raiola is recovering from injury and looking good in Oregon practices- EssentiallySportsJoey McGuire Confirms Consulting Matt Rhule on Dylan Raio...Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire opens up about almost recruiting Dylan Raiola and his relationship with Matt Rhule.

6-5 Pilots after four innings. Both teams went down 1-2-3...

Did we drop hoops and I missed it?

6-5 Portland after three innings. Jax Gimenez got plinked, and Brayden Jaksa hit to shallow LF for a hit. Ryan Cooney sac-flies out to move both runners up, and then Drew Smith blasted a 3-run homer over the LF wall. But geez...Miles Gosztola got beat up. He gave up a plinked batter, two walks, two hits to tie it up. Oregon's Tanner Bradley came in to give up a double that scores another Pilot run.

2-2 after two innings. RS freshman Naulivou Lauaki is playing DH and hit the ball to the wall for a double, and Burke-Lee Mabeus hit deep down the RF line to score Lauaki. Miles Gosztola had a bad inning with giving up a plinked batter, two walks, two hits and two runs.

1-0 Ducks after one inning. Freshman Brayden Jaksa got a beautiful swing and knocked the pitch over the LF wall for a solo homer! Pitching for Oregon is Miles Gosztola, who gave up a hit, but dispensed with the rest. Miles Gosztola

Demir just entered the portal. Down to Stewart, Vatan, and Phillips. I am shocked that Phillips has not entered yet.

I found it interesting that the estimated NIL for Michigan was $10,000,000 and they started five portal players. It truly is a whole new day/game.

Agreed. We should not have lost the series last year at Ohio State, and now at Michigan. We cannot change the B1G schedule, and we will have back-to-back road series, but Waz has learned to not add mid-week games which add to the energy drain. (I hope)

Excellent analysis; and I agree, winning in the NIL/transfer era all starts with a successful head coach’s ability to target players that fit his system, and then access to a wallet.

Football still turns on the same old question: which side understands the next snap before it happens? Super Bowl LX gave a clean answer on 8 February 2026, when Seattle beat New England 29-13 at Levi’s Stadium behind the league’s No. 1 defense, and the College Football Playoff title game gave another on 19 January, when Indiana finished 16-0 by ... Football Strategy and Analysis: How Games Are Really Won

Life in a coast to coast league is down right hard on any sport, but especially on the diamonds where three game series are common. It almost seems like an average three away game pattern in the B1G for us is, loss, win and push, with the better team normally on that last game winning side. No easy answer. Scheduling might try grouping two regional series together (Maryland/Rutgers; Michigan/Ohio State) which mostly solves time zone issues, but puts teams in motels for a week. Charter flights that can better cater to the needs of sports teams might help, but NCAA regs may limit that. Learning how to better deal with it over time is likely the only answer.

This article from the Wall Street Journal appears to be locked but it is not. https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/michigan-national-championship-final-four-998a1ed9?st=9L8J1u&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

What we learned about Oregon’s quarterback room from Lanning, Koa Ka’ai and Dante Moore