Home Sweet Home for Soccer

After opening Pac-12 play with three consecutive road games, the Ducks play six of their final eight games in the state of Oregon. That stretch begins with California on Thursday (7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks) and No. 2 Stanford on Sunday (noon, Pac-12 Networks).

• Oregon's 22 goals in the first 11 games of the season is the second-best total in the modern era. The 2007 club scored 24 goals in its first 11 games. In fact, The 22 goals exceeds the season total for both the 2018 and 2017 seasons (21 goals each).
• Of Oregon's 22 goals, nine have been scored by sophomores and seven have been scored by freshmen.
• Nine different Ducks have scored so far in 2019. That's three more than the number of Ducks who scored goals all of last season.
• Thirteen different Ducks have recorded an assist this season led by Sakura Yoshida's six.
• Head coach Kat Mertz earned her 100th career coaching victory Sept. 22 against Buffalo (2-1).
• Sakura Yoshida has recorded an assist in four consecutive games. That's one shy of the program record of five, set by Sierra Marsh in 1997. Yoshida has six assists on the season, which is tied for third on the UO single-season list.
• Sophomore Jordan Wormdahl has six goals already this season. Earlier this year, she became just the third player in program history score a goal in four consecutive matches.
• Half of Oregon's 2019 matches have gone to overtime this season (1-0-3).

SCOREGON
The Ducks' 22 goals in the first 11 games to open the season is the second-best 11-game total in the modern era. The 2007 club scored 24 goals in its first 11 games. The 22 goals are more than the Ducks have scored in 12 of the previous 24 seasons.

SCORING STREAK
The 2-0 loss to Utah on Oct. 6 marked the end of Oregon's modern-era record consecutive games scoring streak at 13. The only longer streak in team history is a 25-match streak that spanned the 1980 and 1981 seasons.

YOUTH OF DUCK NATION
Of Oregon's 22 goals so far in 2019, 16 have been scored by freshmen or sophomores. The breakdown:
Senior Class - 3 goals (Eddy 3)
Junior Class - 3 goals (Curran, Hardy, Palmer)
Sophomore Class - 9 goals (Wormdahl 6, Hasenauer 3)
Freshman Class - 7 goals (Cook 3, Hahn 3, Lacey)

THE SPREAD OFFENSE
Through 11 games, 16 different Ducks have recorded at least one point (a goal or an assist). Eight different Oregon players have scored, while 13 Ducks already have an assist this season.

BONUS SOCCER
Oregon has played five overtime matches this season (1-0-4), which is already tied for the second-most in program history behind only the eight overtime matches played by the 2014 team

SAKI SETTING THEM UP
Freshman forward Sakura "Saki" Yoshida recently recorded an assist in four straight games, and leads the team with six on the season. That total ranks second in the Pac-12. She assisted both Jordan Wormdahl and Ally Cook against Furman (Sept. 8), Cook's score against Portland (Sept. 13), Zoe Hasenauer's goal against Buffalo (Sept. 22) and got the second assist on a corner kick at Washington (Sept. 27) that saw Emma Eddy head the ball home. She's just the second player in program history to record an assist in four straight games. Sierra Marsh recorded an assist in five straight games during the 1997 season.

WORMDAHL JOINS CLUB OF THREE
Sophomore forward Jordan Wormdahl scored a goal in each of the Ducks' first four games (and has six on the season). She became just the third player in program history to score a goal in four straight matches. The other two are all-Pac-10 first team selection Jen Stoltenberg, who scored in five straight contests during the 2010 season, and UO Hall of Famer Michele Potestio, who scored in four straight in 1980.

HASENAUSER HELPERS
Sophomore midfielder Zoe Hasneauer led the team in assists in 2018 (five) and picked up where she left off with four so far in 2019. The Simi Valley, Calif., native jumped to 10th on the UO career assists list with nine. Hasenauer also netted her first goal as a Duck, finishing her own deflected shot against Portland State. She attempted 10 shots versus the Vikings, one shy of the school record of 11 set by Beth Bowler in a 2001 game versus the Vikings. She followed that by scoring the game-winner at Furman in the 86th minute. He third score of the year tied the Sept. 22 match with Buffalo, a game the Ducks won in extra time.

IRON ALYSSA
Senior Alyssa Hinojosa has played in 2,954 consecutive minutes dating back to the second-to-last game of the 2017 season. That streak includes every minute of 2019 (1078) and 2018 (1764). In the last three years, the defender from Sylmar, Calif., has missed a grand total of 32 minutes of game action.

EDDY FINDS THE NET
Emma Eddy, who was second on the squad in goals a year ago with six, has found the net three times in the last three games. She scored the golden goal in the 98th minute to lift Oregon to a 2-1 win over Buffalo on Sept. 22. She found the net again on Sept. 27 at Washington, heading in a centering pass from Alyssa Hinojosa. And she then recorded the game-tying goal at No. 17 Colorado on Oct. 2.

TIE THE TIGERS
Oregon's 1-1 tie at then-No. 19 Clemson on Sept. 6 is one of the better non-conference results in the NCAA this season. The Tigers are No. 4 in this week's RPI report.

WHAT'S COOKING?
Freshman forward Ally Cook recently scored in three of four games - Villanova (Sept. 1), Furman (Sept. 8) and Portland (Sept. 13) - and had a 90th minute strike bounce off the post at No. 19 Clemson (Sept. 6) in between the Villanova and Furman matches. Cook scored the game-winning goal against Villanova.