No. 4 Ducks Host Stanford at The Jane

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 4 ranked Oregon softball team plays host to Stanford this weekend with a three-game series starting on Friday.

The Ducks and Cardinal play at 6 PM on Friday, 5 PM on Saturday and 12 PM on Sunday. Tickets are available at GoDucks.com.

#4 OREGON DUCKS (35-7, 9-3 Pac-12)
Team BA: .321 | Team ERA: 1.05 | Runs Scored: 260 | Runs Allowed: 53
Recently: Beat No. 2 Oklahoma on Tuesday, 5-0; took 2-of-3 games at No. 7 ASU
National Rankings: Ranked No. 4 in both the NFCA and USA Softball polls
All-Time Series: Oregon leads, 48-32 (Won 16 straight vs. Stanford back to 2012)
Last Year: Swept the Cardinal, outscoring Stanford 26-2 in the series
Notable: Oregon comes into the Stanford series ranked No. 1 in the NCAA RPI due to the team's difficult strength of schedule. The Ducks have played or will play 11 of the other 14 teams in the top-15 of this week's RPI. The Ducks won a big non-league matchup against Oklahoma on Thursday, 5-0, with the Ducks racking up 11 hits. The Sooners are No. 2 in the NFCA poll and No. 6 in the RPI. Oregon features one of the top pitching staffs in the NCAA. Oregon's 1.05 ERA is third-best in the nation this year. Both Megan Kleist (0.81) and Miranda Elish (0.85) rank in the top-15 of the NCAA in ERA.

STANFORD CARDINAL (22-20, 2-10 Pac-12)
Team BA: .277 | Team ERA: 3.79 | Runs Scored: 183 | Runs Allowed: 175
Recently: Lost 6-0 to Pacific on Wednesday; swept by Oregon State at home
National Rankings: Unranked
Head Coach: Jessica Allister, 1st Season (Was a UO assistant in 2010 under Mike White)
Notable: Stanford enters this weekend's series on a four-game losing streak. Prior to that, the Cardinal won the last of a three-game series with then-No. 3 UCLA and also defeated Saint Mary's, 11-3 (6) in a midweek game. Pitcher Maddy Dwyer has started a team-high 18 games and thrown a team-high 112.0 innings this season. Dwyer is 11-7 with a 2.12 ERA and has 74 strikeouts compared to 34 walks. Teaghan Cowles is hitting a team-best .371 and is a perfect 17-for-17 on stolen bases. No player on the roster has more than three home runs. The Cardinal have been hit by 46 pitches this year, the most in the Pac-12.

BROADCAST INFO
There will be no TV for the Stanford series but a free live stream will be available at pac-12.com/live/pac-12-plus. Links are also available on the softball schedule page at GoDucks.com.

RADIO INFO
KWVA 88.1 FM will air each of Oregon's three games this weekend with Marc Grandi on the call. Fans outside of Eugene can stream the broadcast at kwva.uoregon.edu.

STANFORD SERIES HISTORY
- The Ducks are 48-32 all-time against Stanford
- Oregon has won 16 straight meetings against the Cardinal, with the Ducks' last loss coming on April 6, 2012 in Palo Alto. The Ducks haven't lost at home to Stanford since May 6, 2011.
- Oregon has outscored the Cardinal 120-38 during its 16-game winning streak in the series.
- The Ducks are 19-5 against Stanford since Mike White took over the program in 2010.
- Oregon blanked Stanford 19-0 on March 21, 1993. It is still the Ducks' largest ever conference win.
- The Ducks have three no-hitters against Stanford. Rachelle Taylor had one in an 11-0 win on April 12, 1991. Amy Godwin had another in a 10-0 win on April 24, 1992. The most recent was Alicia Cook in a 9-0 five-inning perfect game on April 28, 2006.

LAST YEAR VS. STANFORD
- Oregon swept the series at Stanford last season.
- The Ducks outscored the Cardinal 26-2.
- Shannon Rhodes had a huge series, going 4-for-9 with four runs scored and nine RBIs. She doubled and homered once each.
- Jenna Lilley hit .750 in the series with a double and three RBIs. She drew two walks and didn't strikeout.
- Alexis Mack went 4-for-4 on stolen bases.
- Miranda Elish tossed a one-hit shutout in a six-inning win. She struck out five and walked one.
- Megan Kleist made two starts and allowed two runs on nine hits in 11.0 total innings. She struck out 12 batters and issued two walks.

RPI REPORT
The Ducks are No. 1 in the RPI this week after taking 2-of-3 games at Arizona State last weekend and defeating Oklahoma, 5-0, on Thursday.
- Oregon has played or will play 11 of the other 14 teams in the top-15 of this week's RPI.
- No. 1 Oregon has already played No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 7 Florida State, No. 8 Georgia, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 11 Arizona, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 13 LSU and No. 15 Oregon State.
- The Ducks meet No. 2 Washington next weekend.

TOP-25 STREAK
Oregon softball has been ranked in the top-25 of the NFCA poll for 130 straight weeks (preseason and postseason polls included). The Ducks climbed to No. 23 in week 10 of the 2010 season (Mike White's first season in Eugene) and have never dipped below that mark since.

TOP-25 RECORD
The Ducks have played 18 times this season against NFCA top-25 foes, going 12-6 in those games. UO took 2-of-3 games against both No. 3 UCLA and No. 7 Arizona State and swept No. 9 Arizona. Oregon also has wins against then-No. 13 Florida State, No. 7 LSU, No. 18 Oklahoma State and No. 2 Oklahoma.

EARLY GAME DOMINANCE
Oregon's pitchers have been outstanding in every inning this season, but they have been particularly strong early in games.
- Oregon has allowed just two runs in both the first and second innings this season. The Ducks have allowed only three runs in the third inning.
- Over the first three innings this year, Oregon is outscoring opponents 128-7.

IN THE CIRCLE
- The UO pitching staff has the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the NCAA this season at 7.72-to-1.
- Megan Kleist's incredible 12.75-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio leads the NCAA. Elish is 8th in the NCAA with a 7.95-to-1 ratio.
- UO's 46 walks issued is the fewest in the Pac-12.
- Oregon's 1.05 team ERA ranks fourth in the NCAA and second in the Pac-12, behind Washington (0.86).
- Kleist is fourth in the Pac-12 and 10th in the NCAA with a 0.81 ERA. Elish is fifth in the Pac-12 and 12th in the NCAA with a 0.85 ERA.
- Elish is second in the NCAA with nine shutouts.
- Elish is fifth in the NCAA, averaging 10.6 strikeouts per seven innings pitched.

IN THE BOX
- Oregon is 17th in the NCAA in batting average (.321), 16th in on-base percentage (.409) and fifth in slugging percentage (.539).
- Oregon's 57 home runs in 42 games this year is already more than the Ducks hit all of last year (46 homers in 62 games).

IN THE FIELD
- The Ducks are ninth in the NCAA and second in the Pac-12 with a .977 fielding percentage.
- Oregon hasn't made more than two errors in any game this season.
- The Ducks have made just two errors over their last 10 games.
- Oregon is 21-1 this year when making no errors, 11-3 when making one error and 3-3 when making two errors.

LEFT ON BASE
Despite ranking 17th in the NCAA in runs per game (6.19), the Ducks have left 255 runners on base in 258.1 innings this season. Oregon left 20 runners on base in the Oregon State series, 22 on base in the UCLA series, 18 on base in the Arizona series and 15 on base in the Arizona State series. The Ducks still went 9-3 in those 12 games.

ON THE BOARD
The Ducks are 32-2 this season when scoring first and 12-0 when they've scored in the first inning.

DON'T EVEN TRY IT
Oregon's catcher have allowed just five stole bases all season, the fewest in the Pac-12, on 14 attempts. Mary Iakopo has thrown out 4-of-6 stolen base attempts while Gwen Svekis has thrown out 5-of-8. There have been no successful steals when Miranda Elish has pitched for the Ducks this year.