Oregon Ducks softball

{{Infobox college softball team

| name = Oregon Ducks Softball

| logo = Oregon Ducks logo.svg

| logo_size = 120

| university = University of Oregon

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| conference_short = Big Ten

| division =

| city = Eugene

| stateabb = OR

| state = Oregon

| coach = Melyssa Lombardi

| tenure = 7th

| stadium = Jane Sanders Stadium

| capacity = 1,500

| nickname = Ducks

| national_champion =

| wcws = 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

| super_regional = 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023

| wcws2 = 1976, 1980

| ncaa_tourneys = 1989, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

| conference_tournament =

| conference_champion = 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018

|founded=1974 (51 years ago)}}

The Oregon Ducks softball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college softball. The Ducks compete in the Big Ten Conference and are led by head coach Melyssa Lombardi. Oregon plays their home games at Jane Sanders Stadium after playing at Howe Field through 2015. Oregon has appeared in eight Women's College World Series.{{cite book|title=A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series|first1=William|last1=Plummer|first2=Larry C.|last2=Floyd|year=2013|publisher= Turnkey Communications Inc.|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States|isbn=978-0-9893007-0-4}}

History

=Coaching history=

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1974–1979	Becky Sisley	57–59	{{winpct\|57\|59}}
1980	Nancy Platz	18–12	{{winpct\|18\|12}}
1981	John Feeney	8–19	{{winpct\|8\|19}}
1982	Charles Sylvester	8–13	{{winpct\|8\|13}}
1983–1985	P.J. Harlin	42–79	{{winpct\|42\|79}}
1986–1989	Teresa Wilson	126–104	{{winpct\|126\|104}}
1990–1996	Tami Brown	192–154	{{winpct\|192\|154}}
1997–2001	Rick Gamez	168–164–1	{{winpct\|168\|164\|1}}
2002	Brent Rincon	24–30	{{winpct\|24\|30}}
2002–2009	Kathy Arendsen	234–176	{{winpct\|234\|176}}
2010–2018	Mike White	435–111–1	{{winpct\|435\|111\|1}}
2019–present	Melyssa Lombardi	155–85	{{winpct\|155\|85}}

Championships

=Conference Championships=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Oregon Ducks\|Season\|Conference\|Record\|Head coach}}
2013	Pac–12 Conference	19–5	Mike White
2014	Pac–12 Conference	20–3–1	Mike White
2015	Pac–12 Conference	21–3	Mike White
2016	Pac–12 Conference	20–4	Mike White
2018	Pac–12 Conference	21–3	Mike White

Coaching staff

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Oregon Ducks\|Name\|Position coached\|Consecutive season at Oregon in current position}}
Melyssa Lombardi	Head coach	align=center\| 5th
Sam Marder	Associate head coach	align=center\| 2nd
Sydney Romero	Assistant coach	align=center\| 1st
Alyssa Palomino—Cardoza	Assistant coach and volunteer coach	align=center\| 2nd
colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"\|Reference:{{cite web \|title=2023 Softball Roster \|url=https://goducks.com/sports/softball/roster \|website=goducks.com \|publisher=Oregon Ducks Athletics \|access-date=June 25, 2023}}

Year-by-year results

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bgcolor="#BF5700"\|National Champions
bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series berth
bgcolor="#fffdd0"\|Conference Tournament Champions
bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\|Conference Regular Season Champions

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class="wikitable" \| rowspan="2" style= "width:20px; background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Season \| rowspan="2" style= "width:90px; background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Head coach \| colspan="4" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Overall \| colspan="4" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Conference \| rowspan="2" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Conference Standing \| rowspan="2" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Conference Tournament \| rowspan="2" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| NCAA Tournament \| rowspan="2" style= "background: #154733; color:white; text-align:center" \| Final Rank
text-align:center" \| 1974	text-align:center" \| Becky Sisley	text-align:center" \| 3	text-align:center" \| 8	text-align:center" \| 0	text-align:center" \| {{winpct\|3\|8\|0}}	text-align:center" \| 0	text-align:center" \| 0	text-align:center" \| 0	text-align:center" \| {{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	text-align:center" \| N/A	text-align:center" \|	text-align:center" \|
1975	Becky Sisley	5	7	0	{{winpct\|5\|7\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1976	Becky Sisley	16	6	0	{{winpct\|16\|6\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A		AIAW World Series 2nd Round
1977	Becky Sisley	12	9	0	{{winpct\|12\|9\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1978	Becky Sisley	4	13	0	{{winpct\|4\|13\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1979	Becky Sisley	17	16	0	{{winpct\|17\|16\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1980	Nancy Platz	18	12	0	{{winpct\|18\|12\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A		AIAW World Series 3rd Round
1981	John Feeney	8	19	0	{{winpct\|8\|19\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1982	Charles Sylvester	8	13	0	{{winpct\|8\|13\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1983	P.J. Harlin	6	21	0	{{winpct\|6\|21\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1984	P.J. Harlin	17	33	0	{{winpct\|17\|33\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1985	P.J. Harlin	19	25	0	{{winpct\|19\|25\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1986	Teresa Wilson	17	30	0	{{winpct\|17\|30\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A
1987	Teresa Wilson	23	30	0	{{winpct\|23\|30\|0}}	2	8	0	{{winpct\|2\|8\|0}}	5th
1988	Teresa Wilson	32	26	0	{{winpct\|32\|26\|0}}	9	11	0	{{winpct\|9\|11\|0}}	3rd
1989	Teresa Wilson	54	18	0	{{winpct\|54\|18\|0}}	13	7	0	{{winpct\|13\|7\|0}}	2nd		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series 3rd Round
1990	Tami Brown	35	23	0	{{winpct\|35\|23\|0}}	9	9	0	{{winpct\|9\|9\|0}}	T-3rd		Regional #8 Semifinal
1991	Tami Brown	29	29	0	{{winpct\|29\|29\|0}}	4	16	0	{{winpct\|4\|16\|0}}	5th
1992	Tami Brown	26	28	0	{{winpct\|26\|28\|0}}	5	13	0	{{winpct\|5\|13\|0}}	5th
1993	Tami Brown	18	16	0	{{winpct\|18\|16\|0}}	8	8	0	{{winpct\|8\|8\|0}}	5th
1994	Tami Brown	38	22	0	{{winpct\|38\|22\|0}}	12	12	0	{{winpct\|12\|12\|0}}	4th		Regional #6 Finals
1995	Tami Brown	25	26	0	{{winpct\|25\|26\|0}}	12	15	0	{{winpct\|12\|15\|0}}	5th
1996	Tami Brown	21	30	0	{{winpct\|21\|30\|0}}	5	18	0	{{winpct\|5\|18\|0}}	7th
1997	Rick Gamez	24	35	1	{{winpct\|24\|35\|1}}	9	19	0	{{winpct\|9\|19\|0}}	T-6th
1998	Rick Gamez	40	31	0	{{winpct\|40\|31\|0}}	10	18	0	{{winpct\|10\|18\|0}}	5th		Regional #2 Finals	20
1999	Rick Gamez	40	29	0	{{winpct\|40\|29\|0}}	10	18	0	{{winpct\|10\|18\|0}}	T-6th		Regional #8 Semifinals	25
2000	Rick Gamez	36	29	0	{{winpct\|36\|29\|0}}	6	15	0	{{winpct\|6\|15\|0}}	T-7th		Regional #7 Semifinals	16
2001	Rick Gamez	28	40	0	{{winpct\|28\|40\|0}}	1	20	0	{{winpct\|1\|20\|0}}	8th
2002	Brent Rincon	24	30	0	{{winpct\|24\|30\|0}}	2	19	0	{{winpct\|2\|19\|0}}	8th
2003	Kathy Arendsen	37	19	0	{{winpct\|37\|19\|0}}	10	11	0	{{winpct\|10\|11\|0}}	T-3rd		Regional #7 Finals	16
2004	Kathy Arendsen	42	21	0	{{winpct\|42\|21\|0}}	10	11	0	{{winpct\|10\|11\|0}}	6th		Regional #4 Finals	12
2005	Kathy Arendsen	36	25	0	{{winpct\|36\|25\|0}}	7	14	0	{{winpct\|7\|14\|0}}	7th		Norman Regional Finals	23
2006	Kathy Arendsen	24	29	0	{{winpct\|24\|29\|0}}	5	16	0	{{winpct\|5\|16\|0}}	8th
2007	Kathy Arendsen	44	19	0	{{winpct\|44\|19\|0}}	7	14	0	{{winpct\|7\|14\|0}}	7th		Columbia Regional Finals	22
2008	Kathy Arendsen	35	29	0	{{winpct\|35\|29\|0}}	5	16	0	{{winpct\|5\|16\|0}}	8th		Norman Regional Finals
2009	Kathy Arendsen	16	34	0	{{winpct\|16\|34\|0}}	3	18	0	{{winpct\|3\|18\|0}}	8th
2010	Mike White	36	21	0	{{winpct\|36\|21\|0}}	8	13	0	{{winpct\|8\|13\|0}}	T-6th		Columbia Super Regional	14
2011	Mike White	42	16	0	{{winpct\|42\|16\|0}}	11	10	0	{{winpct\|11\|10\|0}}	T-3rd		Gainesville Super Regional	15
2012	Mike White	45	18	0	{{winpct\|45\|18\|0}}	12	9	0	{{winpct\|12\|9\|0}}	3rd		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series 2nd Round	5
2013	Mike White	50	11	0	{{winpct\|50\|11\|0}}	19	5	0	{{winpct\|19\|5\|0}}	bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| 1st		Eugene Super Regional	9
2014	Mike White	56	9	1	{{winpct\|56\|9\|1}}	20	3	1	{{winpct\|20\|3\|1}}	bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| 1st		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series Semifinals	3
2015	Mike White	51	8	0	{{winpct\|51\|8\|0}}	21	3	0	{{winpct\|21\|3\|0}}	bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| 1st		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series 1st Round	7
2016	Mike White	48	10	0	{{winpct\|48\|10\|0}}	20	4	0	{{winpct\|20\|4\|0}}	bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| 1st		Eugene Super Regional	10
2017	Mike White	54	8	0	{{winpct\|54\|8\|0}}	17	6	0	{{winpct\|17\|6\|0}}	2nd		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series Semifinals	4
2018	Mike White	53	10	0	{{winpct\|53\|10\|0}}	21	3	0	{{winpct\|21\|3\|0}}	bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| 1st		bgcolor="#FFE6BD"\|Women's College World Series 2nd Round	6
2019	Melyssa Lombardi	22	30	0	{{winpct\|22\|30\|0}}	5	19	0	{{winpct\|5\|19\|0}}	9th
2020	Melyssa Lombardi	22	2	0	{{winpct\|22\|2\|0}}	0	0	0	{{winpct\|0\|0\|0}}	N/A		Cancelled due to COVID-19	9
2021	Melyssa Lombardi	40	17	0	{{winpct\|40\|17\|0}}	14	10	0	{{winpct\|14\|10\|0}}	3rd		Austin Regional Finals	17
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2022	Melyssa Lombardi	33	19	0	{{winpct\|33\|19\|0}}	10	14	0	{{winpct\|10\|14\|0}}	5th		Fayetteville Regional Finals	24
2023	Melyssa Lombardi	38	17	0	{{winpct\|38\|17\|0}}	14	10	0	{{winpct\|14\|10\|0}}	5th		Stillwater Super Regional	19
2024	Melyssa Lombardi	30	21	0	{{winpct\|30\|21\|0}}	13	10	0	{{winpct\|13\|10\|0}}	T-3rd		Norman Regional Finals	22
style= "background: #154733; color:white" \|colspan="2" align="right"\| Total	1,487	1,025	2	{{winpct\|1487\|1025\|2}}	369	447	1	{{winpct\|369\|447\|1}}	5	0	0

Women's College World Series Results

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align="center" \| 1976	Minnesota Mayville State Indiana State	First Round First Round First Round	L W L	5–1 11–0 14–6
align="center" \| 1980	Massachusetts Utah State Southwest Missouri State Western Michigan	First Round Second Round Second Round Third Round	W L W L	\| 7–3 5–0 2–1 1–0
align="center" \|1989	Cal Poly Pomona South Carolina Arizona	First Round Second Round Third Round	L W L	1–0 1–0 4–0
align="center" \|2012	Arizona State Tennessee California	First Round First Round Second Round	L W L	\| 3–1 3–1 6–3
align="center" \|2014	Florida State Florida Oklahoma Alabama	First Round Second Round Second Round National Semi-Finals	W L W L	3–0 4–0 4–2 2–0
align="center" \|2015	UCLA Alabama	First Round First Round	L L	7–1 2–1
align="center" \|2017	Washington Baylor LSU Oklahoma	First Round First Round Second Round National Semi-Finals	L W W L	3–1 7–4 4–1 4–2
align="center" \|2018	Arizona State Washington Florida State	First Round Second Round Second Round	W L L	11–6 6–2 4–1
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