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Oregon Softball Releases 2017 Schedule

EUGENE, Ore. – The four-time defending Pac-12 champion Oregon softball team will play 23 home games as part of its 2017 schedule, head coach Mike White announced.

The Ducks will host four Pac-12 series this season – California, Arizona State, Washington and Oregon State – in addition to a three-game series against Florida State and a non-conference invitationalfor the first time under White. The Ducks will play host to Idaho State, Hofstra and Pacific the weekend of Mar. 10-12 for the Oregon Invitational.

Florida State advanced to the Women’s College World Series a year ago, as did UCLA. The Ducks will also face 2016 NCAA Tournament teams Kentucky, Illinois, Butler, Arizona, Oregon State, BYU, Arizona State, California, Washington and Missouri. In all, the Ducks will play 27 games against teams which competed in the postseason last year.

Last season the Ducks led the nation in batting at .353 en route to a fourth straight Pac-12 championship. After sweeping through NCAA regionals in Eugene, the Ducks fell, 2-1, to UCLA in super regionals. Oregon is 21-0 all-time in NCAA regional games in seven seasons under White.

While Oregon graduated the most successful group of seniors in program history – LHP Cheridan Hawkins, C Janelle Lindvall, OF Koral Costa, OF Alyssa Gillespie, 1B Hailey Decker, OF/RHP Geri Ann Glasco, IF Stevie Jo Knapp and RHP Jasmine Smithson-Willett – the Ducks welcome the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the nation this year, including the top two high school pitchers in RHP Miranda Elish and RHP Maggie Balint.

Oregon also returns All-American SS Nikki Udria as well as Pac-12 co-freshman of the year RHP Megan Kleist. Infielders Lauren Lindvall and Jenna Lilley, both third team all-Pac-12 choices a season ago, return as well.

NOTE: Television selections have not been made for Pac-12 games or the Florida State series. Location and weekends of play will not change but series could be moved to Thursday-Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday-Monday instead of the Friday-Saturday-Sunday format currently listed.

Media by Joe Waltasti

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