Oregon Softball Player Makes History with Jaw-Dropping Offensive Performance

Iowa softball swept by No. 18 Oregon

The Iowa softball team traveled to Eugene, Oregon, to face No. 18 Oregon for a three-game series on April 3-5. The Hawkeyes were swept by the Ducks and sit at 21-16 overall and 5-10 in the Big Ten.  Game One Iowa fell to Oregon on Friday to open the three-day series. The Ducks beat the Hawkeyes 10-1 in six innings. The Ducks struck first, putting up three runs with two home runs in the first inning. The Hawkeyes responded in the third, with seni…

Oregon softball player makes history with jaw-dropping offensive performance

On a night where Oregon softball set a single-season record for sacrifice flies, winning a marathon game over Iowa 14-13 in eight innings, Elon Butler was an absolute force at the plate for the No. 18 Ducks (28-9).

Hawkeyes fall in extra innings to No. 18 Oregon

UI Athletics news release EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Iowa softball team dropped game two against No. 18 Oregon, 14-13, in eight innings on Saturday afternoon at Jane Sanders Stadium. HOW IT HAPPENED  The Ducks struck first, scoring two runs on a single in the bottom of the first. Iowa answered in the second when Leah McAnally hit her sixth home run of the season over the left-field wall, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Oregon added two more ru…

Walk-Off Win Caps Comeback To Beat Iowa

Elon Butler hit for the cycle to help Oregon softball win a slugfest Saturday over the Hawkeyes.

First cycle in program history keys No. 18 Oregon softball’s 14-13 extra-innings win over Iowa

Emma Cox was living every little kid’s dream: A tie game, in extra innings, with the bases loaded, a full count and one out. It was hero time. Oregon scratched and clawed its way back from a four-run deficit against Iowa to complete another shocking comeback on Saturday. It was down 13-9 to enter the seventh. Then Elon Butler’s cycle-completing double started it. The Ducks dug deep and climbed their way out of the hole to tie it. When Cox lifted…