Sports

Zone Read PM: Colt Lyerla featured in national list, Oregon baseball rained out

By on Tuesday, May. 21 at 5:05 pm.

Oregon tight-end Colt Lyerla was named to CBS Sports’ Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List. He joins the ranks of Jadeveon Clowney and former Duck Lache Seastrunk as one of the top-20 craziest athletes in college football. At number 15, Lyerla’s paragraph in the article includes this video, which depicts the tight end’s massive vertical leap. *** [...]


Oregon, Oregon State baseball game in Corvallis canceled due to rain

By on Tuesday, May. 21 at 3:25 pm.

The final meeting between Oregon and Oregon State, scheduled to take place Tuesday night in Corvallis, has been canceled due to rain and will not be rescheduled. The game was supposed to be the second of two, nonconference games — both played in Corvallis, the first being won by the Ducks. The Pac-12 conference series, [...]


Zone Read AM: Oregon baseball struggles down stretch, Larry Scott highest paid commissioner

By on Tuesday, May. 21 at 3:31 pm.

Ducks baseball team has aspirations to play in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Coming within a game of the tournament last season, Oregon head coach George Horton and his squad entered 2013 with a College World Series berth as one of their main objectives. Earlier in the season, the Ducks looked poised to [...]


Zone Read PM: Ducks baseball unlikely to clinch Pac-12 title, OSU pitcher Andrew Moore named Pac-12 pitcher of the week

By on Tuesday, May. 21 at 12:36 pm.

In addition to dropping two-straight games to Oregon State in the Civil War conference series, the Oregon baseball team also lost their once-realistic hopes of clinching the Pac-12 title. The Ducks are tied with UCLA for second place in the Pac-12 with four games left and are a full two games behind Oregon State. The [...]


Zone Read AM: Oregon softball moves on, track prelims ahead, Pistorius speaks

By on Monday, May. 20 at 10:21 am.

After sweeping in the first regional round of the postseason, Oregon softball will again host a super regional this season. The Ducks will take on the Cornhuskers of Nebraska in a best-of-three series to start Saturday. Oregon is ranked No. 3 in the nation. See the details here. *** The preliminary qualifiers for the NCAA [...]


Oregon baseball drops second-straight game to Oregon State

By on Monday, May. 20 at 11:02 am.

Much like Saturday’s loss, Oregon’s 12-2 loss to Oregon State will be one they will quickly try to forget. Aside from Friday’s win, a testament to how incredibly well Tommy Thorpe pitched, Oregon didn’t look to be in the same league as Oregon State. With the loss, Oregon falls two games behind Oregon State in the Pac-12 [...]


Oregon baseball pitcher Tommy Thorpe shines in 3-0 win over Oregon State in the first game of the Civil War series

By on Saturday, May. 18 at 12:04 pm.

Oregon took the first game of its three game series with Oregon State 3-0 behind a career night for pitcher Tommy Thorpe and some blistering offense to start the game. Oregon, notoriously slow starters at home, came ready to play Friday night. Brett Thomas hit a strong line drive up centerfield to lead off the [...]


Zone Read PM: Softball cruises past UNC, baseball takes on Oregon State

By on Saturday, May. 18 at 12:10 pm.

Oregon softball took care of business in their second-straight game in regional play as they took a 3-0 victory over UNC. Star pitcher Jessica Moore had her second start in under 12 hours but was effective as always. The Emerald’s Hayden Kim has a full recap. *** Oregon baseball will take on Oregon State in [...]


Zone Read AM: Softball wins first regional game, men’s golf tied for fourth going into round two

By on Friday, May. 17 at 4:01 pm.

Oregon softball came out on top Thursday night in their first game of regionals as they beat BYU, 5-2. Oregon struggled at times but, as they have come to expect, were helped by a strong game from pitcher Jessica Moore. Moore, the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, threw her 12th complete game of the season. [...]


UO men’s Ultimate team ranked No. 1 going into USA Ultimate College Championships

By on Monday, May. 20 at 11:05 am.

As they get ready to head into the national tournament, University of Oregon’s men’s club Ultimate team, Ego, enters ranked No. 1 in the nation. Their ranking is thrilling for the team, but this isn’t the first time they’ve earned the ranking. “It’s pretty cool,” Ego captain Dylan Freechild said. “We were number one last [...]