NCAA Tournament destination announced for Oregon baseball

The Oregon Ducks significantly bolstered their postseason resume last week by notching four wins in a five-day span to capture the Pac-12 Tournament title.

Ultimately, their run through Scottsdale may made their path to the College World Series a bit clearer.

On Monday, the 64-team field was announced for the NCAA Tournament.

Mark Wasikowski’s Ducks (37-20) will be the No. 2 seed at the Nashville Regional, where they will be grouped with the host Vanderbilt Commodores (41-18), who ended the regular season as the No. 6 team in the nation. Xavier is the No. 3 seed in the regional and Eastern Illinois is No. 4.

Earlier this season, Oregon notched a three-game sweep of Xavier in Eugene.

The Nashville Regional is paired with the Stillwater Regional, where No. 11-seeded Oklahoma State will play host. Oral Roberts, Washington, and Dallas Baptist are also in the region.

The winners of the Nashville Regional and Stillwater Regional will play in a best-of-three super regional that will begin on June 9.

The Ducks were ranked as high as No. 15 nationally this season and appeared to be in the mix to host a regional midway through the campaign. But the Ducks’ Friday starter, Jace Stoffal, is dealing with an injury to his non-throwing hand and has not pitched since April 28.

His absence coincided with a 3-7 end to the regular season for Oregon that dropped the Ducks out of the hosting conversation — and out of the national top-25.

However, Wasikowski’s squad rebounded by beating Cal, Stanford, Washington, and Arizona to win the Pac-12 title.

Last season, Oregon lost its first two games of the Pac-12 Tournament, resulting in an early trip back to Eugene. From there, they headed to the Louisville Regional, where they were the No. 2 seed. They suffered a loss to No. 3 Michigan in their opening game and then notched a blowout win over Southeast Missouri State.

However, they suffered a season-ending loss to the host Cardinals the next day and finished the season 36-25.

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