EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon softball team has hit on a winning formula early in this postseason. And it has the Ducks one win away from advancing to the Super Regional round.
For the second day in a row, the UO softball team on Friday got a shutout from one of its ace pitchers, an early lead thanks to speed on the basepaths and insurance from a pinch-hit homer by freshman Lauren Burke. A day after that formula helped the Ducks win their Eugene Regional opener against Albany, they used the same recipe to beat Drake, 5-0, and set up a potential regional-clinching game Saturday at 4 p.