Ducks Set to Host Inaugural Jane Sanders Classic

THIS WEEK
No. 25 Oregon hosts the inaugural Jane Sanders Classic, presented by Graduate Hotels Thursday through Saturday at Jane Sanders Stadium. The Ducks will face Mount St. Mary's three times and Maryland twice. No. 6 Washington is also in the field, but does not play Oregon; the two teams will play a Pac-12 series at The Jane next month.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 29    
Time (PT)    Teams
12:30 p.m.    Mount St. Mary's vs. Oregon
3:00 p.m.    Mount St. Mary's vs. Oregon
12:00 p.m.    Maryland at Washington (Seattle, WA)
2:30 p.m.    Maryland at Washington (Seattle, WA)

Friday, March 1
Time (PT)    Teams
10:30 a.m.    Mount St. Mary's vs. Oregon
1:00 p.m.    Maryland vs. Oregon
3:30 p.m.    Mount St. Mary's vs. Washington

Saturday, March 2
Time (PT)    Teams
10:00 a.m.    Mount St. Mary's vs Maryland
12:30 p.m.    Maryland vs. Oregon
3:00 p.m.    Washington vs. Mount St. Mary's

LEADERS OF THE PAC
Kai Luschar leads the Pac-12 in on-base percentage (.565), is second in hits with 27 (No. 4 nationally) and batting average (.500) and third in stolen bases (10). Ariel Carlson ranks second in the Pac-12 in RBI with 20.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
59 - The Ducks have now made 59 consecutive appearance in the Top 25. The streak dates back to the 2020 preseason poll.
17 - Oregon has issued just 17 walks in 16 games this season for an average of 1.06 per game.
3- Oregon has 3 of the Pac-12's top 7 pitchers in fewest BB per 7 IP - Morgan Scott (1st), Stevie Hansen (2nd) and Taylour Spencer (7th).
1,772 - Oregon ranked 10th nationally in attendance in 2023, averaging 1,772 fans per game.

TOP OF THE PAC
Oregon has walked the fewest batters in the Pac-12 this season - 17 - and ranks second in the conference in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.24-to-1), shutouts (4) and fielding percentage (.981).

EARNED RUN STREAK
Earlier this season, the Oregon staff had a 13-game stretch where it allowed three earned runs or less (Feb. 9-23).

LUSCHAR PACING PAC-12
Kai Luschar leads the Pac-12 in on-base percentage (.565), is second in both hits (27) and batting average (.500) and is third in stolen bases. She ranks in the top 50 nationally in all four categories. Last year, Luschar hit .419 (31-of-74) after being cleared to resume hitting on April 1 and scored 28 runs with 14 stolen bases. The team went 18-7 following her return to the plate.

CARLSON NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After knocking in 10 runs and being named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic all-tournament team, outfielder Ariel Carlson was named Pac-12 player of the week for Feb. 8-11. The fifth-year senior from Eugene, Ore., hit .500 (8-for-16) over six games with three doubles and two home runs. She had a 1.063 slugging percentage for the tournament in Clearwater, Fla. She also stole two bases. Carlson crushed a pair of home runs against Liberty, including a solo shot in the fifth inning that ended the game in walk-off fashion via the run rule, 8-0. The scene was reminiscent of her walk-off grand slam last May in the NCAA Regional Final at Arkansas. She also tied the school's single-game record with three doubles Sunday against Army. The Ducks went 4-0 in games Carlson had at least one RBI. She drove in four runs against Army, three versus Liberty, two against Missouri State and one versus Kansas. This is the first career Pac-12 honor for Carlson.

CARLSON RAKING IN RBIs
Ariel Carlson had a 10-RBI weekend to open the season (NFCA Leadoff Classic) and then drove in another nine runs at the Mary Nutter Classic, including a six-RBI game versus Long Beach State with a grand slam. She's second in the Pac-12 and 14th nationally with 20 RBI on the season.

DUCKS TIE DOUBLES RECORD
Oregon tied the school's single-game record for doubles when the Ducks hit seven Feb. 11 versus Army. It was the fourth time in program history Oregon posted a seven-double game. In that outing, Ariel Carlson matched the individual school record by hitting three doubles.

VERSATILE VALLERY 
No one has been a more versatile player for the Ducks than Vallery Wong. She's seen action at nine different positions - catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field, center field, right field and designated player and has started at least one game at every one of those positions except shortstop. The only position Wong has yet to play is pitcher. She's currently second on the team in batting average (.390) and slugging percentage (.732).

KAUF DOUBLES DOWN
Emma Kauf came to Oregon following a career at Georgia Tech that saw her hit 50 doubles. She enters the week ranked third on the NCAA's career active doubles list with 51. The three-time all-ACC selection at catcher had a career batting average of .344 in 175 games with the Yellow Jackets, In addition to the 50 doubles, Kauf also had 196 career hits with eight triples, 29 home runs and 114 RBI. She led the NCAA in doubles per game - 0.45 - in 2022.