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Eugene Softball Regional: Schedule & Updates

Get the latest schedule, matchups, and live updates from the Eugene NCAA Softball Regional.
Maren Angus-Coombs, Allison Smith|
The Oregon softball team lines up for the National Anthem before their game against Michigan State at Jane Sanders Stadium.
The Oregon softball team lines up for the National Anthem before their game against Michigan State at Jane Sanders Stadium. | Chris Pietsch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

As the No. 16 overall seed, the Oregon Ducks will host the NCAA Eugene Regional May 16-18 at Jane Sanders Stadium.

Joining the Ducks are the Stanford Cardinal, the Weber State Wildcats and the Binghamton Bearcats.

* All times are Pacific and subject to change.

Friday

Game 1 – Stanford 9, Binghamton 2

Caelan Koch went 4-for-4 and the Stanford Cardinal scored in each of the first four innings to beat the Binghamton Bearcats.

The Card out-hit the Bearcats 10-3 and got contributions at the plate from 11 players.

Kylie Chung earned the win, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing two runs on three hits and three walks. She struck out seven.

Game 2 – Oregon 8, Weber State 0

No. 16 overall seed Oregon trounced Weber State 8-0 in five innings.

The Ducks scored first with a solo home run from first baseman Rylee McCoy, and after a scoreless second and third, opened up their offense in the fourth inning, scoring four runs. Kai Luschar walked the Ducks off early with a run-scoring infield single in the bottom of the fifth.

Lyndsey Grein threw a shutout for the Ducks, giving up only three hits and striking out nine batters. 

Saturday

Game 3 – Stanford 14, Oregon 1

Stanford didn't waste any time getting on the board in the first inning when Emily Jones singled up the middle, scoring Taryn Kern who singled in the previous and reached third base off a fielding error by Oregon.

The Cardinal had four players hit home runs and set a new program record when Joie Economides hit the team's 95th homer of the season in the second inning.

Stanford went into the fifth inning up 5-1, but Oregon's pitching fell apart, giving up an additional nine runs off timely hits, errors, and hit batters.

Game 4 – Binghamton 4, Weber State 7

Weber State kept its season alive and set up a Saturday night showdown with Oregon after beating Binghamton 7-4.

The Wildcats combined for 14 hits, inclduing two doubles from Sadie Kirk. Jordan McMahon opened the scoring with an RBI double in the second and Olivia Birkshaw followed with a three-run home run in the third.

Trailing 6-1, Binghamton responded with two unearned runs in the fifth. Weber State added another run in the sixth when Riley Whalen singled and came around to score on an Abby Grundy RBI single to push the lead to 7–3.

Game 5 – Weber State 1 vs. Oregon 9

After Oregon and Weber State exchanged runs in the first inning, the Ducks began to heat up in the second inning after a two-run home run from nine-hole batter Katie Flannery.

The floodgates opened in the fourth after Paige Sinicki and Rylee McCoy hit back-to-back doubles. Kedre Luschar homered later in the inning, and the Ducks extended their lead to 7-1 by the end of the frame.

Sinicki tripled in the fifth for Oregon's 15th hit of the night which broke the school record for most hits in an NCAA Tournament game.

Oregon used its one-two punch of Lyndsey Grein and Elise Sokolsky to put the Wildcats away. The two aces combined for six strikeouts, six walks, and only gave up three hits, with Grein giving up one earned run in the first inning.

Sunday

Game 6 – Stanford 5, Oregon 15

The bats of the Ducks were too much for Stanford, with the Luschar sisters leading the way. Kai and Kedre Luschar combined for five hits, two walks, four RBIs, and seven runs scored.

After the two teams exchanged a couple of runs in the first inning, Kendre Luschar started a five-run second inning when she doubled in Katie Flannery and moved Kai Luschar to third.

The sisters were at it again in the fifth when Kai Luschar singled and Kedre Luschar homered.

Riley McCoy also hit a three-run home run, and Paige Sinicki drove in three more runs on two hits.

The run-rule went into effect after six innings, and the Ducks forced an if-necessary Game 7.

Game 7 –  Oregon 10, Stanford 7

In game two, the Oregon Ducks and Stanford Cardinals engaged in a back-and-forth hitting duel, registering five home runs, 16 hits, and 16 RBIs, which ultimately saw Oregon advance 10-7.

Stanford struck first with a grand slam from freshman Joie Economides off Ducks’ pitcher Lyndsey Grein. Economides would crush a second three-run home run in the third, again off Grein. 

In a scary turn of events in the second inning, Oregon first baseman Rylee McCoy took a sharp line drive off her face and prematurely exited the game. McCoy walked off the field on her own but did not re-enter the game.

The Ducks notched a three-run home run in the bottom of the second from Katie Flannery, a two-run home run in the third from catcher Emma Cox, and scored again in the fifth off a passed ball, which brought the Ducks within one, 6-5. 

In the sixth, Kai Luschar’s swinging bunt scored Dezianna Patmon, who tripled to lead off the inning, which tied the game, 7-7.

Patmon, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, was the hero as she blasted a two-run home run to secure the Ducks' victory.

The Ducks will host Liberty next in the Eugene Super Regional.

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Maren Angus-Coombs
MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.

Allison Smith
ALLISON SMITH

Allison Smith is an expert in leadership and organizational behavior in collegiate and professional women’s sports. Smith is a professor (Georgia State University), researcher, and writer. Smith holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Kinesiology and Sport Studies. Smith’s research centers on combatting the underrepresentation of women leaders in sport, lack of organizational structure for work life integration for sport employees, and lack of programming and oversight for preparing athletes to transition to life after sport. Since graduating with a bachelor’s in journalism in 2011, Smith has sought opportunities to write about sports as a contributing writer focused on the growth of women’s collegiate, Olympic, and professional sports in this new age and movement for multiple outlets including Athletic Director U, and now Forbes.com. As a former Division I and II pitcher and Division III pitching coach Smith will bring unique insight and expertise to Softball on SI.

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