Season Ends In Extra Innings For Oregon Baseball Team

Editor, GoDucks.com

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Oregon's run of success in extra innings came to an end Sunday, and thus so too did the UO baseball team's season, in the NCAA Regional round.

After squandering a bases-loaded, no-out opportunity in the bottom of the ninth, the Ducks lost 2-1 in 11 innings to Iowa at Hammons Field in the Springfield Regional. The Hawkeyes advanced to face regional host Missouri State later in the day, needing to beat the Bears on Sunday evening and again Monday to advance to Super Regionals.

Oregon's season came to an end at 38-25, just shy of the program's fourth straight 40-win campaign. The postseason seemed improbable in April, before a late surge that included three…