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DISTANCE, THROWS CREWS HEAD TO STANFORD With a focus on its distance and throws groups, the Oregon track and field team takes on the Stanford Invitational this weekend. The Ducks' schedule starts Friday at 11 a.m. with invitational sections of the women's shot put and javelin. The two-day meet will be streamed live by FloTrack with a focus on running events. On Friday, the UO distance crew will compete at 1500 meters and in the steeplechase with Malia Pivec in the invitational section of the latter. Distance, Throws Crews Head to Stanford - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Two-day Stanford Invitational begins Friday at 11 a.m.

5-star EDGE Colin Simmons to visit Eugene for Oregon Spring Game The Oregon Ducks are quickly adding to their list of 5-star players who will be in attendance for the annual spring game in Eugene on April 29. On Friday morning, 5-star EDGE Colin Simmons announced that he would be in town for a visit, making it a total of five 5-star players, so far, who have confirmed that they will be checking out the Ducks that weekend. Simmons will join QB Dylan Railoa, S K.J. Bolden, and EDGE Elijah Rushing. 257Sports’ Steve Wiltfong also reported on Friday that 5-star safety Xavier Filsaime will be in Eugene for the Spring Game as well. Simmons is rated in the 247Sports Composite as the No. 3 overall player in the 2024 class, and the No. 1 EDGE. Per 247Sports, he is the No. 20 overall player, and No. 4 EDGE. He was supposed to take a visit to Eugene last summer, but it ended up falling through. Oregon Recruiting: 5-star EDGE Colin Simmons to visit Oregon in spring DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM 5-star EDGE Colin Simmons — the No. 3 overall player in the 2024 class — will be in Eugene for the Spring Game.

5-star Elijah Rushing, No. 8 player in 2024, to visit Oregon for Spring Game The list of blue-chip prospects who will be in Eugene for the annual Oregon Ducks spring game is starting to get incredibly long. Already, a total of five 5-star players have confirmed that they will be in town, with 5-star EDGE Elijah Rushing being the latest to do so. Rushing has made a number of visits to Eugene over the past several years, including a couple in the last calendar year. He is rated by 247Sports as the No. 8 overall player in the 2024 class, and the No. 1 EDGE rusher. Per the 247Sports Composite, he sits at No. 19 in the nation, and No. 3 at EDGE in 2024. Rushing will be joined by 5-star QB Dylan Raiola, 5-star S K.J. Bolden, 5-star EDGE Colin Simmons, and reportedly 5-star S Xavier Filsaime. Oregon Recruiting: 5-star EDGE Elijah Rushing to visit Ducks in spring DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Add EDGE Elijah Rushing to the list of 5-star players who will be in Eugene for the Oregon Ducks spring game on April 29.

RIVALRY SERIES NEXT FOR SOFTBALL No. 18 Oregon will travel up the Willamette Valley for the Rivalry Series with Oregon State. The two teams have played 200 times with the Ducks holding a 103-96-1 edge. The series begins Friday at 6 p.m. and continues Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. All games will be on Pac-12 Network. Monday, the Ducks will host Montana in a nonconference game at noon. BY THE NUMBERS 1 - Oregon has played the toughest schedule in the nation according to the latest RPI report. 12 - The Ducks are 12th in this week's RPI report. 10 - Terra McGowan has smashed a career-high 10 home runs this season. That ranks second among all catchers nationally. 5 - Allee Bunker is on pace to become the only player in program history ranked in the UO career top five in his, doubles and RBI. 153 - Allee Bunker has started 153 consecutive games. She was named the #6 player nationally 2B where she has started 145 straight. Rivalry Series Next for Softball - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM No. 18 Oregon plays at OSU this weekend before hosting Montana on Monday.

Oregon college coaches, athletic directors won’t be suspended for bad behavior of fans under amended House bill Bynum told the committee she removed the penalties against college coaches and athletic directors for fan behavior, which would have been unprecedented, “based on feedback from the committee and from the public.” I'm glad she finally realized how silly her bill was. Oregon college coaches, athletic directors won’t be suspended for bad behavior of fans under amended House bill WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The rewritten bill would still require public universities to maintain a “transparent complaint process” with a reporting system for...

Head Coach Melyssa Lombardi meets with the media ahead of this weekend's series against rival Oregon State Jr. INF KK Humphreys Jr. OF Hanna Delgado

WSU's Pat Chun before Congress blasts 'toxic, unsustainable, current form of NIL' WASHINGTON STATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Pat Chun, testifying in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday before the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, pulled no punches in forcefully saying name, image, likeness (NIL), in its current form, is toxic for WSU’s student-athletes. “Although true NIL provides tremendous opportunities for student-athletes, the existing environment consists of recruiting inducements, tampering and ultimately pay-for-play, and is wrought with pitfalls and misinformation,” Chun said. Chun, sepaking at the hearing Taking the Buzzer Beater to the Bank: Protecting College Athletes’ NIL Dealmaking Rights, said NIL could and should be a major positive for student-athletes -- but the NIL model schools are working under is unsustainable and toxic. He called on Congress to partner with the NCAA and member institutions to develop federal standards, with transparency and enforceable safeguards. WSU's Pat Chun before Congress blasts 'toxic, unsustainable, current form of NIL' 247SPORTS.COM 'Although true NIL provides tremendous opportunities for student-athletes, the existing environment consists of recruiting...

Endyia Rogers announces she's off to the WNBA Senior guard Endyia Rogers has elected to declare for the WNBA Draft and end her college basketball career . She submitted her declration for the draft earlier this week and the league announced the news in an updated list of players who like Rogers got their decisions in just before the deadline. Rogers led Oregon in scoring with 15.9 points per game this season and was the team's lone All-Pac-12 selection. Rogers scored a career-high 556 points this past season and did so on career-best shooting splits, making 45.3 percent of field goal attempts and 38.7 percent of long distance shots. Endyia Rogers announces she's off to the WNBA 247SPORTS.COM Senior guard Endyia Rogers has announced her basketball playing plans for the 2023-24 season.

Ducks begin challenging three-week stretch of conference play starting Friday against Arizona Over the next three weeks of Pac-12 baseball, each team will have a much better idea of where their team stands amongst the rest. As of Thursday, Oregon sits in sixth place in the Pac-12, playing in only six conference games, tied for the fewest with Arizona State. The Sun Devils, surprisingly, leads the Pac-12 with a 5-1 record, but Stanford and USC sport a 7-2 record. Oregon will go through arguably their toughest stretch of conference play starting on Friday, as they travel to Tucson and take on the Arizona Wildcats before hosting rival Oregon State and Pac-12 preseason favorite Stanford. Ducks begin challenging three-week stretch of conference play starting Friday against Arizona 247SPORTS.COM Starting Friday, Oregon enters a challenging three-week stretch against Arizona. Oregon pitching coach Jake Angier discusses starters’ success and challenges of handling a young staff Underneath all the offensive flare, one area quietly slipped under the radar for Oregon last weekend: starting pitching. Oregon’s starters struggled badly against Washington State two weekends ago, despite the team’s overall series victory. However, in a young season that has already seen so many ups and downs, there was another “up,” as the pitchers thrived en route to a four-game sweep of the Northwestern State Demons. “It’s not going to be sunshine and rainbows all the time,” pitching coach Jake Angier said. “But that’s why I’m doing it. I’m having fun with it. These guys are young, and they’re growing and they’re getting better, and you can see it with their confidence in what they’re doing.” Click here to read more about the Duck pitchers in this article from the Daily Emerald. ------------------------------- Oregon finds a lineup that works during six-game winning streak If this Oregon baseball season has proven anything, it’s that so much can change from week to week, and even game to game. The Ducks have now continued a rather odd pattern in their rollercoaster season. They started with a four-game sweep; they followed by getting swept in three games. Then they won five in a row, and then they lost four in a row. Now, they’re on a commanding six-game winning streak. For those keeping score at home, that’s 4-3, 5-4, 6 — a trend which would require them to lose five in a row to keep the pattern going. But if they play anywhere as well as they did last weekend against Northwestern State, it’s hard to envision that happening — particularly if they keep swinging the bats the way they are, with an absurd 73 runs in that six-game span. Read more about the lineup in this article from The Daily Emerald.

This tweet is just a small snippet of the interview. To view the full interview, click on the link in the tweet. Is Morgan Scott Oregon Softball’s New Ace? With the exodus of several pitchers at the end of the 2022 season, it was imperative that coach Melyssa Lombardi find a pitcher or pitchers that could take off the excessive pitching load that Stevie Hansen was forced to endure last year. That was a huge number of pitches for any pitcher to have to throw, and it doesn’t matter how talented one is at the circle; you’re going to falter at some point, and just have to suck it up because there is no one to relieve you. There were many stages in last year where the Ducks had to relieve Hansen, and there were no pitchers consistently up to the task. Scotty came from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, had a reputation for throwing strikes, and was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year. The background looked good, but how would Scott perform in an elite softball conference like the Pac-12? Is Morgan Scott Oregon Softball’s New Ace? WWW.ADDICTEDTOQUACK.COM Scotty has looked impressive the past few series

Oregon Football 2024 Recruiting Hot Board: EDGE If you watched Oregon's defense in 2022 it didn't take long to notice a recurring theme. The Ducks couldn't get after the quarterback, totaling just 18 sacks on the year and getting shredded through the air. Dan Lanning and Tosh Lupoi signed a number of talented edge rushers in the 2023 recruiting class to try and fix that problem including Matayo Uiagalelei, Blake Purchase and Teitum Tuioti. They also added highly-coveted South Carolina transfer Jordan Burch from the transfer portal. Now we're taking a look at the top EDGE targets for Oregon in the 2024 recruiting class. Read who the Edge targets are in this Max Torres article from Ducks Digest.

Pre-Game Interviews Head Coach Mark Wasikowski meets with the media ahead of Oregon's upcoming road series at Arizona Assistant Coach Jake Angier Fr. Infielder Dominic Hellman Sr. Pitcher Josh Mollerus Jr. Outfielder Colby Shade

A congressional hearing Wednesday targeting "NIL chaos" in college sports drifted into the ramifications of athletes being deemed employees of their schools and mostly highlighted those who support congressional intervention to protect the collegiate model. A subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held the first hearing related to college sports on Capitol Hill in more than two years. The intended focus was name, image and likeness compensation for athletes. College sports leaders have been calling for help in the form of a federal law to bring uniform regulation to the way athletes can earn money off their fame with sponsorship or endorsement deals. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (Fla.-R), the chairman of the subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, said passing a federal NIL law that would pre-empt existing state laws would provide clarity and transparency for athletes. Congressional hearing targets 'NIL chaos' in college sports WWW.ESPN.COM A congressional hearing, amid calls for a federal law to regulate "NIL chaos," discussed the ramifications of athletes being...

Oregon Football 2024 Recruiting Hot Board: Safety The Ducks need some help at safety in 2024 and have plenty of big-time recruits they're after. Safety has been up-and-down at Oregon since the days of Jevon Holland and Verone McKinley III roaming the secondary. It's a priority for new Oregon safeties coach Chris Hampton and the rest of the staff in 2024 and we're looking at the top safeties to know for Oregon Football recruiting. Check out this article by Max Torres and see who the Ducks are targeting in Ducks Digest.

How Oregon signees Mookie Cook and Kwame Evans Jr. performed at the McDonald's All-American Game Two of Oregon's three signees of the 2023 class participated in the McDonald's All-American Game last night as Mookie Cook lost to Kwame Evans Jr. and Team East in a thrilling 109-106 game, marking one of the most competitive MCDAAG in recent memory. Cook played 13 minutes and 46 seconds for the West team and scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting. He went 0-for-1 on three-point attempts. Has also racked up three rebounds and one assist. Cook played excellent man-to-man defense during his time on the court, including getting a strip deflection early in the game after falling down. Evans Jr. played a similar amount of time as Cook, registering 13 minutes and 13 seconds for the East team and scoring five points on 1-of-3 shooting. He also shot 3-for-3 from the free-throw line and grabbed three rebounds. Evans Jr.'s highlight play was a coast-to-coast transition layup, where he split a pair of defenders and was fouled going up for the layup. Evans Jr. mainly guarded wings, but at 6-foot-11, he could switch on to guards and hold his own. How Oregon signees Mookie Cook and Kwame Evans Jr. performed at the McDonald's All-American Game 247SPORTS.COM Find out how Mookie Cook and Kwame Evans Jr. performed at the McDonald's All-American Game

Oregon basketball involved with three of the Top 10 Transfer Portal Prospects As the NCAA Transfer Portal continues to churn and new players enter and leave the portal, the Oregon Duck men's basketball program has become involved with three of the best 10 players to enter the transfer portal this offseason. The Ducks need to add shooting to their roster ahead of next season and that's represented by the targets inside the Top 10 the Ducks are involved with. Northern Colorado's Dalton Knecht, Temple's Khalif Battle, and Washington State's TJ Bamba are all ranked inside the Top 10 for the 247Sports Transfer Rankings. All three have been contacted and are considering the Oregon Ducks. Knecht ranks No. 6 overall, Battle ranks No. 8 overall, and Bamba ranks No. 9 overall. Oregon basketball involved with three of the Top 10 Transfer Portal Prospects 247SPORTS.COM The Oregon Ducks are recruiting three of the top 10 best players in the transfer portal this offseason for basketball.

Ducks open series at Arizona Friday Road Trip - The Ducks are back on the road for just the second time this season. - Oregon played its first 15 games at PK Park before traveling to Washington State, where the Ducks won the series over the Cougars with wins in the final two games of the series. - The Ducks played a four-game series vs. Northwestern State last weekend making it 19 of 22 games played at home. Ducks open series at Arizona Friday - University of Oregon Athletics GODUCKS.COM Ducks looking for first series win in Tucson since 2012 Oregon announces rotation heading into three-game series against Arizona Oregon's rotation hit a bright spot this past weekend against Northwestern State, adding in Logan Mercado and finishing the four-game sweep with a combined ERA of 2.05 in 22 innings pitched. On Wednesday, the Ducks announced their rotation of Jace Stoffal, Logan Mercado, and Leo Uelmen as they head down to Tucson to take on the Wildcats for a three-game series. Oregon announces rotation heading into three-game series against Arizona 247SPORTS.COM On Wednesday, Oregon announced their rotation for an important upcoming series against Arizona in Tucson.

Prediction: Duce Robinson to USC? Trojans poised to land 5-star tight end Pinnacle (Arizona) five-star tight end Duce Robinson is set to announce his commitment Thursday. Robinson has long been an Oregon target. So, where is he headed? See the prediction in the article from Score Book Live.

Ducks land among top schools for 5-star Xavier Filsaime 5-star safety Xavier Filsaime listed the Ducks as one of this top 5 schools, along with USC, Georgia, LSU, and Florida. Filsaime is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 32 overall player in the class of 2024, and the No. 2 safety in the nation. He has yet to take a visit to Oregon, but that will likely change in the coming months as he continues to narrow down his recruitment. At the moment, the Ducks have the No. 8 ranked class in 2024, and they are set up in a great spot going forward, with a number of highly-rated players coming to Eugene over the next several weeks. Oregon Recruiting: 5-star S Xavier Filsaime puts Ducks in top 5 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Ducks landed among the top schools for 5-star Xavier Filsaime, the No. 2 safety in the 2024 class.