The Oregon Club Sports men’s baseball team is heading into an unfamiliar setting this weekend, as it enters the regional tournament in Spokane, Wash.
The Ducks, who have not been to regionals in over 10 years, are ranked second in the Western Conference.
On Saturday, Oregon will face a tough Boise State team, and from there it’ll either play the winner or loser of the Eastern and Western Washington contest.
“I am really excited because this team has come a long way,” pitcher Regan Schaller said. “I want to let everyone see what we can do.”
Oregon has yet to face Boise State, who is ranked first in the Eastern Conference, but the Ducks have already defeated Western Washington twice. The one match-up Oregon had against Eastern Washington, ranked second in the Eastern conference, resulted in a one-run loss for the Ducks after they had dominated most of the game.
“We will play a tough game [against Boise State] but I have no idea how we will do,” Oregon coach Kurt Langworthy said. “I hope we can just deliver in the clutch.”
Oregon knows it needs to play an all-around solid game to win both contests and capture the tournament title, and it feels it’s capable of doing just that.
The Ducks have had trouble at times this season to get both their offense and defense to click at the same time, according to Schaller.
“I hope to accomplish a little respect and play some good ballgames,” Langworthy said. “We need to beat them with all the weapons we have.”
Oregon will certainly need all of those weapons to be firing against Boise State in order to advance on. The Ducks feel that if they get past their first game with a win, then they’re going to be hard to beat.

Other Club Sports in action
The club crew teams are heading to Sacramento for the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships and Pac-10 competitions. Club cricket heads to Portland for a contest. The club women’s soccer team has a home game on the Turf Field, Saturday at 1 p.m.