Oregon tops Oregon State 4-1, advances to NCAA Super Regionals
A third straight sellout at PK Park watched Oregon beat Oregon State 4-1, sending the Ducks to Super Regionals and keeping the rivalry fever high in Eugene.
PK Park got the postseason payoff Eugene had been waiting for. In front of a third straight sellout crowd, No. 11 Oregon beat Oregon State 4-1 on Sunday night to win the Eugene Regional and move on to the NCAA Super Regionals.
The in-state matchup carried the kind of edge that made the ballpark feel bigger than a regional final. Oregon State arrived after battling through the bracket following an opening loss to Washington State, while Oregon had already handled Yale and then shut out Washington State behind a dominant outing from Will Sanford. The Ducks, who entered the regional at 40-16, completed an unbeaten weekend and sent a home crowd into the next round with the kind of late push that had been building all day.
Oregon State opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Easton Talt, but Oregon answered in the third when Drew Smith delivered an RBI single of his own. From there, the game settled into a tight, 1-1 grind until the Ducks broke it open with a three-run seventh inning. That surge proved decisive and turned a tense Oregon Civil War postseason stage into a home celebration for Ducks fans who packed PK Park for the final.
The regional run gave Eugene a high-stakes series with statewide meaning, and the atmosphere reflected it. Oregon and Oregon State entered the weekend with a long-running rivalry already loaded with numbers, with the Beavers holding a 198-177 all-time edge and a 48-31 lead in the modern era. But Oregon left no doubt in the bracket, following its 14-2 win over Yale and 4-0 shutout of Washington State with a win over its biggest in-state rival. Sanford’s 14 strikeouts in 6.1 scoreless innings against Washington State set the tone for a weekend in which Oregon controlled the path to the title game.
The Ducks will now head to the Super Regionals for the third time in the last four years, starting Friday against Texas. Oregon’s previous trip to this round ended at PK Park in 2023 against Oral Roberts, and the Ducks fell to Texas A&M in 2024. This time, Eugene’s regional crowd got the finish it wanted, and Oregon kept its path to Omaha alive.
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