Notes - Oregon Opens WCWS Thursday Morning - University of Oregon Athletics

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 1 seed Oregon softball team kicks off its sixth trip to the NCAA Women's College World Series on Thursday at 9 AM PT against No. 8 seed Arizona State.

#1 SEED OREGON DUCKS (52-8, 21-3 Pac-12)
Team BA: .323 | Team ERA: 1.16 | Runs Scored: 371 | Runs Allowed: 83
Recently: Took 2-of-3 games vs. No. 16 seed UK to win Eugene Super Regional
Regular Season: Won the Pac-12 title, finishing one game ahead of UCLA
National Rankings: Ranked No. 1 in both the NFCA and USA Softball polls
Head Coach: Mike White (Ninth Season)
• Oregon is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championships for the second time in program history (2014).
• Heading to OKC, UO is third in the NCAA in ERA (1.16) and seventh in the nation in batting (.323).
• Oregon has allowed one run or fewer in five of its six postseason games thus far (9-6 loss to Kentucky).
• Senior 3B Jenna Lilley is hitting .421 this postseason (8-of-19), with five runs and five RBIs.
• Sophomore RHP Miranda Elish has a 0.27 ERA this postseason, with 39 strikeouts in 26 innings.
• Oregon's pitchers have tallied a program-record 515 strikeouts this year and issued just 64 walks.
• Oregon has reached 50+ wins for the sixth time in program history, five have come under Mike White.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HISTORY
Recently: Oregon has advanced to the WCWS in four of the last five seasons
WCWS Appearances: Six (1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 & 2018)
WCWS All-Time Record: 6-10 (0-2 in 2015, 1-2 in 1989 & 2012, 2-2 in 2014 & 2017)
WCWS Record Under Mike White: 5-8 (2012, 2014, 2015 & 2017)
• Oregon is 10-3 against teams in the WCWS, playing each except for Florida in the regular season
• No. 2 seed Florida - UO faced Florida in the 2014 WCWS, losing 4-0; UO has lost eight straight vs UF
• No. 3 seed UCLA - Went 2-1 vs. UCLA in Eugene; Rhodes hit walkoff three-run homer in series finale
• No. 4 seed Oklahoma - Kleist tossed a one-hitter in 5-0 win vs. OU in Eugene, Sanders & Iakopo homered
• No. 5 seed Washington - Swept the Huskies in Seattle this season; lost to UW in first game of 2017 WCWS
• No. 6 seed Florida State - Went 1-1 vs. Florida State in Tallahassee; Kleist tossed no-hitter in loss, 2-1
• No. 7 seed Georgia - Opened 2018 season with 8-3 win vs. Georgia, UO hit two homers, stole four bases
• No. 8 seed Arizona State - Went 2-1 in series at Arizona State, Ducks hit eight homers, scored 14 runs

TV INFO
ESPN networks will air every game of the Women's College World Series. Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough and Laura Rutledge will have the call of the morning session games while Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith and Holly Rowe will call the evening sessions. Fans can also stream each game on WatchESPN.com with a cable login.

RADIO INFO
Joey McMurry will have the call on the Oregon IMG Sports Network. In Eugene, 95.3 FM The Score will carry every Oregon game at the WCWS, as will 880 AM in Medford. Fans can also stream the broadcasts for free on the TuneIn app and TuneIn.com/Ducks.

SUPER REGIONAL COMEBACK
- Oregon saw its 16-game winning streak end in a 9-6 loss to Kentucky to open the Eugene Super Regional.
- The Ducks regrouped, however, and defeated the Wildcats, 6-1, in game two and run-ruled Kentucky, 11-1 (5), to clinch a trip to the WCWS.
- RHP Miranda Elish pitched in both wins, allowing just one run on two hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in game two. She then allowed one run on four hits with seven strikeouts and one walk in five innings of the run-rule game three.
- The Ducks exploded for seven runs, including a Shannon Rhodes solo homer and a DJ Sanders grand slam, in the second inning of the decisive game three.
- UO's run-rule vs. Kentucky was its first in Supers since defeating Minnesota, 10-2 (6), in 2014.

REGIONAL SHUTOUTS
- The No. 1 seed Ducks blanked their opponent in all three games of the Eugene Regional.
- Oregon defeated Albany 4-0, Drake 5-0 and Drake again, 3-0. Only Oklahoma also had three shutouts in the 2018 regionals.
- Oregon's pitchers allowed no runs on 10 hits and two walks in 21 innings with 36 strikeouts.
- In game two, Oregon's first against Drake, RHP Megan Kleist lost a perfect game with two outs in the seventh. The junior allowed just the one hit, a single to center, in seven innings with 11 strikeouts and no walks.
- RHP Miranda Elish was the regional MVP after picking up two wins. The sophomore tossed two shutouts with nine total hits allowed in 14.0 innings with 25 strikeouts and just two walks.
- Lauren Burke was named to the all-region team despite having just two at-bats. The Eugene native thrilled the home crowd with two pinch-hit two-run homers, coming in the opener against UAlbany and the second game against Drake. Both, oddly, came in the fifth inning.

OREGON VS. THE WCWS TEAMS
- The Ducks have played every team in the WCWS except Florida. Oregon went 10-3 in those games.
- Oregon swept a three game series from Washington and took 2-of-3 games against UCLA and Arizona State.
- The Ducks split a pair of games at Florida State and won matchups with Georgia and Oklahoma.
- In those 13 total games, SS DJ Sanders hit .368 (14-for-38) with four homers, three doubles, 13 RBIs, six walks. She slugged .763 and posted a .467 OBP.
- RHP Megan Kleist went 6-3 with a 1.52 ERA in nine starts against WCWS teams. She allowed 43 hits in 55.1 innings with 59 strikeouts and just eight walks.
- RHP Miranda Elish posted a 1.99 ERA and a 4-0 record against WCWS teams this year. The sophomore allowed 23 hits in 31.2 inning with 39 strikeouts and 11 walks.
- The Ducks outscored WCWS teams, 61-28.

IN THE CIRCLE
- Oregon is third in the NCAA with a 1.16 team ERA.
- The UO pitching staff has the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the NCAA at 8.05-to-1. UO pitchers have a program-record 515 strikeouts and just 64 walks this season.
- Megan Kleist's incredible 12.59-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio leads the NCAA. Miranda Elish is close behind, fourth in the NCAA with a 8.10-to-1 ratio.
- Elish is fourth in the NCAA with a 0.89 ERA and Kleist is 12th with a 1.14 ERA.
- Oregon, Washington and Oklahoma are the only teams with two pitchers in the top-15 nationally in ERA. The Ducks have wins against three of the other four - OU's Paige Parker (2nd, 0.86), UW's Gabbie Plain (10th, 1.06) and UW's Taran Alvelo (11th, 1.12).

IN THE BOX
- Oregon is seventh in the NCAA in batting average, hitting .323 this season.
- The Ducks are third in slugging percentage (.529) and 11th in on-base percentage (.404).
- Oregon is seventh in the NCAA in home runs per game (1.27).
- The Ducks are also seventh the country in scoring, averaging 6.18 runs per game.

IN THE FIELD
- The Ducks are 16th in the NCAA and second in the Pac-12 with a .975 fielding percentage. The mark would be a single-season program record if the season ended today.
- Oregon has made more than two errors in a game just twice all season (3 vs. Stanford on April 20 and a season-high four vs. Kentucky on May 24).
- Oregon is 29-1 this year when making no errors.

SUB-1
Only five times in UO history has a pitcher recorded a sub-1.00 ERA in a season. Miranda Elish currently owns a 0.89 ERA while Megan Kleist has a 1.14.

EARLY LEAD
The Ducks are 18-0 this season when scoring in the first inning and 44-2 when they score first.

PACKED FOR POSTSEASON
The Ducks welcomed over 15,000 fans to Jane Sanders Stadium for six NCAA postseason games this year. The Jane was packed with a sell out crowd of 2,522 for all three days of regionals and all three games of Super Regionals vs. Kentucky.

TEAM RECORDS WATCH
- Season strikeouts: 515 (record was 470, 2010)
- Season opponent BA: .173 (1st - .176, 1985)
- Season fielding percentage: .975 (1st - .974, 2007)
- Season ERA: 1.16, T-4th (1st - 0.30, 1979)
- Season shutouts: 24, T-2nd (1st - 28, 1989)

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS WATCH
- Career doubles: Lilley, 51 (record was 42, Takeda)
- Career walks: Lilley, 135 (record was 121, T. Custer)
- Season HRs: Svekis, 17, T-2nd (1st - Topps, 19)
- Season HRs: Sanders, 16, 4th
- Career runs: Lilley, 172, 4th (3rd - Ceo, 193)
- Career RBIs: Svekis, 166, 4th (3rd - Udria, 179)
- Career HRs: Svekis, 45, 3rd (2nd - Cuico, 46)

NCAA WCWS HISTORY
- Oregon has advanced to its sixth NCAA Women's College World Series in 2018 and the fifth under head coach Mike White.
- White is 5-8 in four previous trips to the WCWS, with two trips to the semifinals.
- Oregon has never advanced to the WCWS championship series.
- Oregon has opened the WCWS with a win just once, coming in 2014, 3-0 vs. Florida State as LHP Cheridan Hawkins outdueled RHP Lacey Waldrop.
- Oregon has made it to OKC four times in the last five seasons and five times in the last seven years.
- UO first went to the NCAA WCWS in 1989 in Sunnyvale, Calif. The Ducks didn't make it back until 2012, White's third season. White took the Ducks back to the WCWS in 2014, 2015, 2017 and now again in 2018.
- Oregon made it the semifinals of the WCWS for the second time in 2017. The Ducks lost to Washington in the opening game but battled back to beat Baylor and LSU in a doubleheader before falling to eventual-champion Oklahoma in the final four.
- The Ducks also made it to the semifinals in 2014 when Oregon opened with a win over Florida State, lost to Florida, knocked off Oklahoma and was eliminated by Alabama. The semifinals is the deepest the Ducks have ever been in the WCWS.

WCWS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM SELECTIONS
Alexis Mack and Mia Camuso were named to the 2017 WCWS all-tournament team. They joined Courtney Ceo (2014), Alexa Peterson (2012) and Sam Pappas (2012) as UO's all-time WCWS team selections.

OREGON WCWS HISTORY VS. 2018 TEAMS
- Of Oregon's 16 all-time WCWS games, seven have come against teams in the WCWS this season.
- UO is 1-1 vs. Oklahoma in the WCWS, 1-0 vs. Florida State, 0-1 vs. UCLA, 0-1 vs. Arizona State, 0-1 vs. Washington and 0-1 vs. Florida.
- The Ducks will open the 2018 WCWS against Arizona State. Oregon did the same in 2012. The No. 3 seed Sun Devils beat the No. 11 seed Ducks, 3-1, spoiling head coach Mike White's WCWS debut.
- Oregon also lost it's opener in the 2015 WCWS. The No. 2 seed Ducks fell, 7-1, to No. 7 seed UCLA.
- Oregon lost it's 2017 WCWS opener in 2017. No. 3 seed Oregon fell, 3-1, to No. 6 seed Washington.
- The Ducks did better in their 2014 opener. No. 1 seed Oregon beat No. 8 seed Florida State, 3-0.

POSTSEASON HISTORY
- UO is making its 20th NCAA appearance, not including two AIAW tournament trips in 1976 and 1980 before the NCAA sponsored women's sports.
- Oregon is 70-41 all-time in the NCAA tournament and 44-18 under head coach Mike White. The Ducks swept through Regionals and took 2-of-3 games against Kentucky in Super Regionals.
- The Ducks are 12-10 all-time in Super Regional games, with each contest coming under White. UO has won nine of its last 12 Super Regional games, defeating No. 16 seed Kentucky, 2-1, this year and sweeping No. 14 seed Kentucky last year. The Ducks also swept unseeded NC State in 2015 and No. 16 seed Minnesota in 2014.
- Oregon has been upset twice in Super Regionals. The No. 5 seed Ducks were beaten by No. 12 seed UCLA in 2016. No. 3 seed Oregon was also upset by No. 14 seed Nebraska in 2013.
- Oregon's first Super Regionals win was in 2012, when the No. 11 seed Ducks upset No. 6 seed Texas.
- The Ducks played in Super Regionals for the ninth straight season this year and sixth straight in Eugene.
- Oregon is 27-0 in regional games under White. Five of those wins have been via run-rule and one came in extra innings (6-5 in 8 innings vs. Wisconsin last year).
- UO has hosted regionals seven straight years.
- Oregon is 52-21 all-time in regional games. Super Regionals began in 2005, with regionals consisting of eight teams in previous years.

THE DUCKS UNDER MIKE WHITE
- Longest losing streak is just four games (2010)
- Longest winning streak is 35 games (2017)
- Oregon is 19-8 vs. Arizona, 16-10-1 vs. Arizona State, 20-8 vs. California, 23-4 vs. Oregon State, 22-5 vs. Stanford, 15-16 vs. UCLA, 21-1 vs. Utah and 17-10 vs. Washington in nine seasons under Mike White.
- White's only losing record against Pac-12 opponents is to UCLA by just one game (15-16).
- The Ducks are 51-15-3 overall in Pac-12 series.
- UO has been swept three times in a Pac-12 series under White while sweeping opponents 32 times.
- 4-11 against No. 1 ranked teams
- 44-18 in the postseason, 27-0 in regionals.
- UO has advanced to Super Regionals in all nine seasons under White with five WCWS trips.
- Including 2018, White has coached 34 first team all-Pac-12 selections in his nine seasons in Eugene.