Softball Hosts No. 3 UCLA

THIS WEEK
No. 19/18 Oregon will face its third top-10 opponent in as many weeks when it hosts No. 3 UCLA for a weekend series at Jane Sanders Stadium. The series begins Friday at 6 p.m. and continues Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at noon. All games will be on Pac-12 Network. The Ducks are 2-4 in Pac-12 play after series against No. 10 Washington and No. 7 Stanford. Overall, Oregon is 5-5 against ranked opponents this season.

BUNKER DOES BUNKER THINGS
Allee Bunker has moved into the company of some of the greatest players in program history on Oregon's career lists. Last week, she passed two-time All-American Nikki Udria (now Nikki Ragin AND UO's assistant coach) for third in career hits. She also passed three-time All-American and U.S. Olympian Janie Takeda Reed for second on the career doubles list.

NUMBERS
* 11 - Oregon has turned 11 double plays so far this season (tied for the Pac-12 lead).
* 8 - Oregon has played the 8th toughest schedule in the nation according to the latest RPI report.
* 150 - Allee Bunker has started 150 consecutive games. She was named the #6 player nationally 2B where she has started 142 straight.

DUCKS IN THE POLLS
Oregon currently sits at No. 19 in the NFCA Coaches' Poll and No. 18 in the ESPN/USA Softball Poll. It is Oregon's 46th consecutive appearance in the polls, dating back to the 2020 preseason poll.

RESERVED SEASON TICKETS SELL OUT
Oregon sold out of reserved season tickets for the 2023 season on Jan. 17 - a full two months prior to the March 17 home opener with Stanford. Single-game reserved tickets are nearly gone for the Ducks' series versus UCLA - 3 tickets remain for both Friday and Saturday and there are 5 available for Sunday. Two games for the Arizona series are also almost sold out of reserved seats as well - April 22 (5 left) and April 23 (11 left). Between 50 and 100 reserved tickets are available for Montana (April 3), Lindenwood (April 6-7), Portland State DH (April 18), Arizona (April 21) and Utah (May 5-6-7). General admission season and single-game tickets for all games remain on sale (www.goducks.com/tickets).

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
The Ducks are currently 2-1 vs. 2022 WCWS teams, and 10-7 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year. Last season, Oregon played the second-most difficult schedule in the nation. In 2023, the Ducks will play six of the eight teams that reached the 2022 Women's College World Series – Florida, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Oregon State and UCLA. In all, Oregon has 29 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago. In addition to the six WCWS teams, the Ducks' 2023 opponents who played in the 2022 NCAA Tournament are Wisconsin, Ole Miss, LMU, San Diego State, Fullerton, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona State, Washington and Stanford.

BUNKER REACHES TOP 3 IN CAREER HITS AND DOUBLES
Allee Bunker has moved into the UO career top three in both hits and doubles. She passed Nikki Udria - now assistant coach Nikki Ragin - (2014-17) for third in hits and now shows 252. Courtney Ceo (2011-14) is second with 288. Bunker has also passed Janie (Takeda) Reed 2012-15) for second in career doubles wand now shows 43. Jenna Lilly (2015-18) is the school record holder with 52.

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Allee Bunker

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