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  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | James Crepea

    OKLAHOMA CITY — No. 16 seed Oregon lost to No. 9 seed UCLA, 4-2, on a walk-off home run at the Women’s College World Series. Oregon coach Melyssa Lombardi, shortstop Paige Sinicki, outfielder Kedre Luschar and pitcher Lyndsey Grein spoke after the game. Below is a transcript of Oregon’s postgame press conference. MELYSSA LOMBARDI: I absolutely loved our fight tonight. This group has been waiting all day, we have been waiting all year to be in this moment.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | James Crepea

    OKLAHOMA CITY — No. 9 seed UCLA defeated No. 16 seed Oregon, 4-2, on a walk-off two-run home run at the Women’s College World Series. UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez, center fielder Jessica Clements, catcher Alexis Ramirez and pitcher Kaitlyn Terry spoke after the game. Below is a transcript of UCLA’s postgame press conference. KELLY INOUYE-PEREZ: Yeah, just we knew it would be a great game. They’re a great competitor, a great team. But I love the way my team fought tonight.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | James Crepea

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Oregon tied it in the top of the seventh thanks to the obstruction rule, but Jessica Clements sent UCLA home victorious with a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the frame. Clements, the 2024 Big West Player of the Year for Cal Poly who transferred to UCLA, drilled an 0-1 pitch off Elise Sokolsky for a two-run home run in a 4-2 Bruins win over the Ducks at Devon Park Thursday night at the Women’s College World Series.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | James Crepea

    OKLAHOMA CITY — We are live from Devon Park for tonight‘s Women’s College World Series game between No. 16 seed Oregon and No. 9 seed UCLA. The Ducks (53-8) rallied to win the Eugene Regional over Stanford and defeated Liberty in the Eugene Super Regional to reach the WCWS for the first time since 2018. The Bruins (50-13) won the Los Angeles Regional and defeated South Carolina in the Columbia Super Regional to return to the WCWS for a 33rd time.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | James Crepea

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Melyssa Lombardi keeps things close to the vest. Oregon’s seventh-year coach is not one to expound much. Lombardi is reserved. A silent tactician and strategist. Lombardi has a few coaching confidants, none more than Oklahoma legend Patty Gasso, whom she played for and coached for before coming to Eugene in 2018. Lombardi told Gasso this Oregon team, Version 7, was special before the season even began.

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James Crepea
James Crepea @JamesCrepea
13 May 25

Sabrina Ionescu says tonight was about thanking Oregon and the community. "This was just a thank you. This wasn't any type of celebration for me."

James Crepea
James Crepea @JamesCrepea
13 May 25

Oregon MBB had 2 sellouts in past 4 seasons; vs. Purdue this season, vs. Arizona in 2023-24

James Crepea
James Crepea @JamesCrepea

Sabrina Ionescu with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in her return to Oregon in front of a sellout 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena - 1st since her final college home game and 6th for WBB at MKA, all with her playing

James Crepea
James Crepea @JamesCrepea
13 May 25

Sabrina Ionescu scores 25 points in return to Oregon, leads New York Liberty in preseason win https://t.co/v4RdaC6hjc