Editor, GoDucks.com
She had her nails painted just so, and the right necklace picked out, and her favorite toe ring reliably in place.
Then, Koral Costa saw her name on the lineup card for a game at Louisiana earlier this season. Oregon’s superstitious center fielder, accustomed to hitting seventh, didn’t have to scan as far down to see her name this time.
There it was, in the No. 3 hole. Immediately, nerves crept in.
“I was worried, I’m not going to lie,” said Costa, who led the Ducks with 15 homers and an obscene 1.