The Ducks softball team defeated the Beavers 8-0 in a mercy rule game. The win clinched the Pac-12 title for the Ducks, which is the first in school history. Jess Moore dominated on her senior night, with nine strikeouts in a complete game win.
The Softballl team is now ranked as high as number two in the nation, which is the highest ranking in program history. The Ducks will head to a Tempe, Arizona to take on ASU for a three game series before starting the postseason.
On Saturday the Ducks defeated the rival Beavers 11-0 to win the second game of the series. Cheridan Hawkins led the way for the Ducks, striking out six of her first batters and striking out nine overall.
The Ducks bats were also alive as they hit two grand slams in the day to force the mercy rule and end the game in the fifth inning.
Anthony Piganelli has more from Howe Field.
This week’s Around The League segment takes a look at the Pac-12 players selected in last week’s draft.
Among the topics of discussion: Which Pac-12 player will have the biggest impact at the next level, what the biggest surprise was coming out of the draft and which former Oregon player will surprise people in the NFL.
McLean Cannon, Jonathan Style, Anthony Piganelli and Ryan Ramirez provide the analysis
Shannon Hartley and Andy Abeyta take a look at the Ducks postseason starting with the Pac-12 tournament.
The Ducks finished the season on with two losses to make their record 23-8, a third place finish in the Pac-12.
Oregon will play either Washington or Washington State in its first game Thursday. The Ducks had a season sweep of those teams for the first time since the 1989-1990 season.
Johnathan Loyd came up big against Stanford, with a season high in points (15) and a career high 9 assists assists.
This game was special for Loyd as he had been struggling mightily since being forced into the starting lineup because of Dominic Artis’ injury.
Loyd describes this type of game as something he needed. DuckTV Sports’ Andrew Murray reports.
