Duck Softball is No. 14, 15-1 and Has National Players of the Week!

[Charles Fischer]

EUGENE, Ore. – A day after being recognized by the Big Ten Conference, Lyndsey Grein and Rylee McCoy picked up some national honors on Tuesday.

 

Grein was selected as the Wilson/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week, while McCoy was named the Freshman of the Week nationally by D1 Softball. Grein was also singled out at one of Softball America’s “Stars of the Week.”

 

Grein is the first Duck to win NFCA Pitcher of the Week since Brooke Yanez in 2021.

 

McCoy and Grein helped lead Oregon to a 5-0 record at the Mary Nutter Classic for the first time since 2020. The Ducks defeated five teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Tournament – California, No. 5 Tennessee, Utah, No. 25 San Diego State and No. 22 Missouri.

 

At 15-1, the Ducks are off to their best start since 2021 (24-1). Oregon opens the home portion of the 2025 schedule with two games Friday – San Diego (3:30 p.m.) and Portland State (6 p.m.).

 

 

Grein threw 18.0 shutout innings and won four games. She pitched in all five games and allowed five hits while striking out 24. Opposing batters hit just .088 against her. She pitched the final 3.1 innings against No. 5 Tennessee, striking out five and allowing no hits in the Ducks' 1-0 win in eight innings.

 

In 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 Missouri, Grein went 4.1 innings and gave up one hit while striking out eight. She struck out six, walked none and allowed just one hit in the Ducks' 2-0 win over Utah.

 

Grein has not allowed a run in her last seven appearances (24.1 innings) and is 9-0 on the season, which leads the nation. She is second in the Big Ten and fifth nationally with 62 strikeouts and fifth in the Big Ten with an 0.95 earned run average.

 

McCoy, who was also named tournament MVP by D1 Softball, hit four home runs at the Mary Nutter Classic. She hit two homers in the Ducks' 11-3 win over No. 22 Missouri and also had home runs against California and Utah. She hit .438 for the tournament (7-of-16) and slugged 1.313.

 

On the season McCoy is tied for second in the Big Ten with seven home runs, is third in slugging percentage at 1.114 and eighth in batting average (.457).

 

 

[30Duck]

15-1 gets No.14?

[Charles Fischer]

On 2/25/2025 at 4:14 PM, 30Duck said:

15-1 gets No.14?

I hear you, as another poll has them at No. 13...

 

 

[JB89]

Previously, my expectations for this year were similar to the past several years. Top 15-20 team unlikely to make the college world series. If Grein can continue to pitch like she did last weekend then I could see Oregon making the college world series. An elite pitcher or two has been the only thing keeping Oregon out of the world series recently. Hopefully Grein is the pitcher that can get us back to the world series.