SB: Michigan @ #5 Oregon (Apr 4-6, Fri-Sun)

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Apr. 4 (FRI) 6 PM Big Ten Network
Apr. 5 (SAT) 3 PM B1G+
Apr. 5 (SAT) ~1 hour after first game B1G+

[rockthief]

Ducks 3 to 2. I don't know if it was the Michigan pitching or just a mediocre bat day. We won.

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Ducks will play a doubleheader on Saturday due to inclement weather on Sunday.

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[rockthief]

The Ducks won it with runs in the bottom of the 7th. This team does not give up.

[rockthief]

Efficient team blasted Michigan 9 to 1 and run ruled them

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[StevensTechU]

35-3. Pretty good, I'd say.

[Greenblood]

35-3. Pretty good, I'd say.

Yeah. And I wish I knew just how good. The main difficulty for me is that the B1G appears to be a relatively weak softball conference, with only the Ducks and UCLA in the top ten and then Nebraska and Ohio State down in the 20s. (SEC is the softball conference, placing 7 of the top 9 and led by Mike White's Longhorns at a unanimous #1.) The Ducks, at #5, have indeed taken care of business against highly ranked foes, beating Tennessee at a neutral site and Florida State twice at the Jane. Yet in the RPI, the Ducks only stand at #21 -- though other schools aren't necessarily where you might expect them to be in the RPI either, with Texas at #6 and UCLA at 14 (but Ducks-defeated teams Florida State is strong at #5 and Tennessee is #12).

Would love anyone to shed any light on any of this.

[rockthief]

Ma'ake has a beautiful swing. She is wonderfully exuberant. She is a Freshman so good things are coming in the next seasons.

[Merganzer]

This team is looking like the great teams, White's teams, from a decade or so ago. Coach Lombardi has done an incredible job. She left the power team in the sport to take over a team that was in ruins and look where it is now!

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