A year ago at this time, the University of Oregon athletics department was celebrating a "March to Victory" by its women's programs, major steps toward the Ducks' best-ever finish in the Director's Cup standings, at No. 9.
In March 2017, the UO women's basketball team shocked the nation by reaching the Elite Eight, the softball program went undefeated on the way to a 35-0 start to its season, and women's track and field won the NCAA Indoor title, the second jewel in what ended up being an unprecedented Triple Crown of national championships for that program in 2016-2017.