Ducks Host Rivalry Series, Senior Day

THIS WEEK
No. 20/22 Oregon will honor its nine seniors during the final home Pac-12 weekend of 2024 - the Rivalry Series with Oregon State - Friday through Sunday at Jane Sanders Stadium. The Ducks have won 32 of the last 41 meetings with the Beavers dating back to 2010. Oregon will recognize seniors Tehya Bird, Raegan Breedlove, Alyssa Daniell, Hanna Delgado, KK Humphreys, Ariel Carlson, Emma Kauf, Morgan Scott and Vallery Wong.

CARLSON PAC-12 CO-LEADER IN HR, RBI
Ariel Carlson is the Pac-12's co-leader in both HR (12) and RBI (45). She's also third in SLG% (.733) and fourth in 2B (10) and fifth in SB (15). The only Duck to lead the Pac-12 in homers was Ann Marie Topps with 19 in 2007. Anna Poore (44, 1991) and Jenn Salling (73, 2007) are the Ducks' two RBI champs.

OREGON LUMBERYARD 
Oregon natives Ariel Carlson and Alyssa Daniell have combined for 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 76 RBI.

NUMBERS GAME
1,471 - Combined, Oregon's 9 seniors have played 1,471 career games entering the week.
22 - With three stolen bases last week, Kai Luschar retook the Pac-12 lead with 22 steals on the season.
74 - Oregon leads the Pac-12 and ranks 20th nationally with 74 stolen bases on the season.
58 - Oregon is second in the Pac-12 with 58 doubles. Ariel Carlson, Alyssa Daniell and Hanna Delgado all have 10.
40 - Ariel Carlson now has 40 career home runs and is fourth on the UO career list.
4 - Ariel Carlson is the one of only 4 players nationally with 12+ HR and 14+ steals.

CARLSON CHASING PAC-12 HOME RUN, RBI CROWNS
Ariel Carlson is Pac-12's co-leader in both home runs (12) and RBI (45). Oregon's lone conference home run champion is Ann Marie Topps with her school-record 19 home runs in 2007. The Ducks have had the league's RBI leader twice - Jenn Salling in 2007 (73) and Anna Poor in 1991 (44). She's also third in the Pac-12 in slugging percentage (.733), fourth in doubles (10) and fifth in stolen bases (14). She's 21-for-56 (.375) in league games with seven home runs and 18 RBI. She's also been walked nine times in Pac-12 play and has six stolen bases. Over the weekend in Arizona, Carlson became just the fourth player in program history to reach 40 career home runs.

COMBINATION OF POWER & SPEED SEPARATES CARLSON
Ariel Carlson's combination of speed and power sets her apart. She is one of only four players in Division I - and the only one in the Pac-12 - with 12-plus home runs and 14-plus stolen bases.

Player, Team                          HR    SB
Ariel Carlson, Oregon            12    14
Taryn Jenkins, Nevada           12    16
Cori McMillan, Virginia Tech   12    15
Emma Ritter, Virginia Tech     12    24

LUSCHAR LEADING OFF
Kai Luschar leads the Pac-12 in steals (22) and is fourth in hits (58), third in average (.426) and fifth in on-base percentage (.483). Nationally, she's 17th in steals and 21st in hits.

SCOTT CLIMBS SAVES LIST
With a save last weekend at Arizona, Morgan Scott now has 11 saves in her Oregon career, which is tied for second on the UO career list. Oregon's career saves leader is Cheridan Hawkins, who has 17 saves (2013-16). With the three saves she recorded at UNC Greensboro, Scott is now third in the NCAA among active player with 14 career saves.

ELITE LEVEL DEFENSE
A hallmark of coach Melyssa Lombardi's program, Oregon is again one of the best defensive teams in the nation. The Ducks are 23rd nationally and third in the Pac-12 and in fielding percentage (.975). Two years ago (2022), Oregon led the Pac-12 and ranked 10th nationally with a .977 fielding percentage. That mark tied the program record set the year before (2021). 

GLOVE WORK
Oregon committed two errors in the season opener against Maryland and then had a stretch of 23 games committing one error or less. The streak ended when the Ducks had two errors March 16 at Utah. Oregon has 19 error-free games, 15 single-error games, four two error games and one three-error game so far in 2024.