With a move into a conference not necessarily known for juggernaut baseball squads, it looked as though Oregon’s blazing bats could carry them even further in 2025 than they had gone in 2024, when they made the Super Regional.
That meant a trip to Omaha, and admittedly, at regular season’s end it didn’t seem out of the realm of possibility.
Heading into Big Ten play, the Ducks were already in a fairly good spot with only three losses to show and a win in every series.
The first series loss for Oregon occurred in Columbus to the Buckeyes, and that was followed up by a rather inexplicable single game loss to Portland.