Oregon Ducks Softball Starts Post Season As 5 Seed, Face Fordham on Friday
The Oregon Ducks Softball team start the post season as the 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face Long Beach State, Baylor and Fordham this weekend.
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Entering the weekend, the talk was if Oregon would be on the outside looking in at Super Regionals. They needed to land a Top 8 seed to host potentially the next two weekends and before facing Utah they came in at 9 in the RPI. On Sunday night they learned they were the 5th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Jane Sanders Stadium starting on Friday.
The teams coming to Eugene to play in the first round, which is double elimination, include Baylor, Long Beach State, and Fordham for the four team pod. Friday night will see Long Beach State and Baylor starting the evening at 7pm Pacific Time before Oregon and Fordham the field at Jane Sanders Stadium.
The 5 seed Oregon Ducks have never lost in the Regional Round under Head Coach Mike White. Six Straight seasons have led to an 18-0 record. What does it mean? It’s simple. If you win one game each day of the double elimination tournament, your in good shape. If Oregon stumbles, the number of games could go to four games to win the Eugene Regional.
The Oregon Ducks cannot be caught looking ahead. If both the Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins make it through their respective Regional Finals, the Bruins would come to Eugene for the Super Regional Round.
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Oregon and Fordham take the field at 8:30pm Pacific Time on Friday. The game will be on ESPN2.