Oregon Ducks Softball – Cheridan Hawkins

@CheridanH11 The Ducks beat the NCAA Division I player of the year (Lacey Waldrop of Florida State) this afternoon. The final score was 3-0 thanks to the shutout thrown by Cheridan Hawkins. Hawkins still has two more seasons of eligibility after this season so one of those player of the year honors may be going to her in 2015 and/or 2016.

Oregon plays again Friday (5/30/14) against #5 seed Flordia. Game time is 4 p.m. PST on ESPN2.

Posted on May 29th, 2014 under Oregon. Tags: eugene, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 EDIF AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Oregon, softball, sports photography. Comments Off on No rest for the winners

Oregon Ducks Softball – Janie Takeda

@jtakeda19 Most programs are happy when they have one All-American. Oregon has three in 2014. The other two are Cheridan Hawkins and Courtney Ceo. Only Ceo is in her final season.

Posted on May 29th, 2014 under Oregon. Tags: eugene, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 EDIF AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Oregon, softball, sports photography. Comments Off on Ducks land three players on the All-American list

Oregon Ducks Softball – Janelle Lindvall

@jlindvall26 Oregon had no problem with the Golden Gophers yesterday, easily winning 10-2. Courtney Ceo was the offensive hero, leading off the Ducks’ half of the first inning with a home run, but since I posted a photo of her yesterday, today’s photo is of one of last weekend’s stars (when I took this picture), Janelle Lindvall, who had a two-run home run against Wisconsin. Janelle also had a good game against Minnesota with two hits and an RBI.

Today’s game is at 2 p.m. on ESPN. If Minnesota pulls off an upset, they’ll have to beat the Ducks again on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. PST.

Posted on May 25th, 2014 under Oregon. Tags: eugene, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 EDIF AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Oregon, softball, sports photography. Comments Off on Ducks need just one win today to go to College World Series

11 Ducks a Leaping

The #1 ranked Ducks danced for joy this past weekend as they defeated #25 Wisconsin twice to move on to the next round of the 2014 College Softball World Series.

Posted on May 19th, 2014 under Oregon. Tags: eugene, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 EDIF AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Oregon, softball, sports photography. Comments Off on Ducks go 3-0 to advance to Super Regionals

Oregon Ducks Baseball
Matt Krook

@OregonBaseball @krook_daddy This past Saturday evening I watched this freshman pitcher strike out 10 in just 5.1 innings. He only gave up one hit too. However, the Ducks couldn’t score. The next night they scored 20 runs. Go figure.

Posted on March 11th, 2014 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, eugene, Nikon D600, Oregon, sports photography. Comments Off on Freshman phenom Matt Krook