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ah well. made it to the Final Four in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. can't complain.

The ump made a bad call, but it should have been in our favor. Easy throw and we have an out instead of a foul ball. The ump didn't really hurt us, poor play did.

Yep, that and the baffling decision to go home by Udria hurt us big.

OregonFan4Life wrote:Oregon 2
Oklahoma 0
Umps 1


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I don't get it. On that Okie bunt which was clearly foul, the home plate up was giving the wave off/foul sign. Guess he remembers 2006.

It was a combination of the umpire error, the bad throw to first, then the mental error to throw home from shortstop. Each of those mistakes individually might have been okay, but all in the same inning and with the Sooners capitalizing on the opportunity = season over.

Tray Dub wrote:It was a combination of the umpire error, the bad throw to first, then the mental error to throw home from shortstop. Each of those mistakes individually might have been okay, but all in the same inning and with the Sooners capitalizing on the opportunity = season over.

Had the umpire not rushed to make the call before Svekas even touched it, that play never happens and maybe neither does 4 runs. Oh well, next year may be a better opportunity. Depending on recruiting. Great year ladies!

tough way to lose, the future is bright with their two hottest hitters Freshman and all three pitchers returning for at least two more years.

Terrible call on the "fair ball" on ok bunt...... but it's part of the game, great Ducks sports and until next year.

If Track finishes strong, we'd have to be up there in the -all sports combined - Capital Cup, or whatever that thing is called?

Tough way to go out, was looking promising at 2-0. What a fun season though and super proud of this team! GO DUCKS!


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a 2018 primer:

of our every day players, we only lose ss nikki udria and rf danica mercado. i don't say "only" to diminish what they brought -- udria has arguably been our best player the last two years, and mercado's speed at the top of the line-up was instrumental in transforming this team from a power-heavy offense in 2016 to a speed-oriented offense in 2017. both will be missed.

but we do bring back everybody else. lilly, svekis, and lindvall will be seniors. neither lilly nor lindvall had their best years at the plate in 2017, hopefully we can count on big bounce-back seasons from both. mack will be a junior, and should take over the lead-off spot from mercado. rhodoes and camuso will be sophomores. that's six spots that are pretty much locked up prior to fall ball. returnees utecht, bishop, and elish will all likely compete for open spots along with this year's incoming class, ranked #8 in the nation (the highest ranking among teams that signed four players or less): c/of mary iakopo (#8 overall recruit), of laurne burke (#18 overall recruit, from marist high), utility shaye bowden (#23 recruit), and 1b/p olivia kinsey (#40 recruit).

in the circle, kleist, balint, and elish are all back. if a change is going to be made (and i don't really see it happening), it would be turning one of the three into a closer, kind of like what oklahoma had yesterday. but i think white likes what he's got. elish splits time as the dp on offense sometimes.

around the pac-12, we're going to pack the top 10 again. just as we return our pitching staff, ucla brings back rachel garcia, washington brings back taran alvelo, and utah brings back miranda viramontes. arizona graduates their top pitcher, but they do bring back their #2 who's also very good. everybody in this conference reloads with great recruiting classes.

Great season, looking forward to next year.

Thanks for the primer, oregontrack. Sadly, I also assuage myself after falling short yet again by reminding myself that the Huskies also didn't advance any further.