Ducks Host No. 24 Utah on Senior Weekend

Oregon hosts No. 24 Utah the final week of the 2023 regular season for a series that begins Friday at 6 p.m. (Pac-12 Network). Both teams could finish as high as second in the league pending the results both in Eugene and Palo Alto (UW at Stanford).

SWINGING IN THE RAIN
Oregon has put up some impressive numbers during its 13-game winning streak. The team is batting .377 with 24 2B, 20 HR and 99 RBI. In the circle, the Ducks have a 1.17 ERA with 4 shutouts, 4 saves and have only given up 14 earned runs.

SENIORS HONORED SUNDAY
Oregon will honor five seniors in a postgame ceremony on Sunday. Those playing in their final regular season games at Jane Sanders Stadium include Allee Bunker, Katelyn Howard, Terra McGowan, Kyla Morris and Karissa Ornelas.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
13 - Oregon's current 13-game winning streak is its longest since winning 15 straight in 2021.
18 - Stevie Hansen has won 18 games in 2023 - five more than she won as a freshman last year - and ranks second in the Pac-12.
.523 - Kai Luschar is batting .523 (23-of-44) since being cleared to resume hitting on April 1 and has scored 24 runs.
169 - Allee Bunker has started 169 consecutive games. She was named the #6 player nationally 2B where she has started 161 straight.
82 - The Ducks have out-scored the opposition by 82 runs, 105-23, during their 13-game winning streak.

DUCKS IN THE POLLS
Oregon currently sits at No. 13 in the NFCA Coaches' Poll and No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Softball Poll. It is Oregon's 52nd consecutive appearance in the polls, dating back to the 2020 preseason poll.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
The Ducks are currently 8-4 vs. 2022 WCWS teams, and 19-10 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year. So far, the Ducks have played 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 played 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.

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' final home series versus Utah. Less than 15 tickets are left for the games May 5-7. General admission single-game tickets for all games also remain on sale (www.goducks.com/tickets).

SCOTT SHINES
Morgan Scott has thrown complete game wins against five different Pac-12 schools this season. She shutout both No. 3 UCLA (3-0) and Arizona (8-0), allowed an unearned run against both No. 7 Stanford (2-1) and California (9-1) and yielded just one earned run against Arizona State (5-2). Scott has won six straight and 10 of her last 11 decisions. She is also first in the Pac-12 in fewest walks per seven innings (1.04).

BUNKER STANDS ALONE IN CAREER TOP 5
Allee Bunker is the only player in program history ranked in the UO career top five in hits, doubles, runs and RBI. She's now third in hits (278), second in 2B (46) and fifth in runs (160) and RBI (166). She was named Pac-12 POTW on Monday.

BUNKER PASSING LEGENDS IN THE CAREER TOP 3
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 278. 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 46. Jenna Lilly (2015-18) is the school record holder with 52. She is also fifth in career RBI (166) and career runs (607)

BUNKER 16TH OVERALL WPF PICK
Allee Bunker was selected 16th overall by the USSSA Pride in the 2023 Women's Professional Fastpitch draft. Bunker is the 19th Duck to be drafted professionally and the first since three Ducks, including No. 3 overall pick Gwen Svekis, were drafted in 2018. (3rd overall), DJ Sanders (21st overall) and Jenna Lilley (22nd

BUNKER TOUGH TO K
Allee Bunker has only struck out six times this season (and only once in Pac-12 play). She hasn't been stuck out since March 11 at Washington. That's a string of 24 games/87 plate appearances without a strikeout.