After a marathon 11 innings and nearly four hours of play in a must-win appearance, No. 3 Oregon bested No. 14 Nebraska, 4-3, during the second game of their series in the NCAA Super Regionals.
The best-of-three game series continues at an adjusted time of 4:30 p.m. PST at Howe Field in Eugene, Ore. The winner of that game will advance to the Women’s Colleges World Series in Oklahoma City.
Oregon’s Samantha Pappas, left, screams in celebration with junior infielder Courtney Ceo after the latter scores a critical run in the top of the seventh inning, tying the game at 3-3. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon’s Kaylan Howard slides into Nebraska infielder Alicia Armstrong at second base during the top of the eighth inning. She was ruled out on the play. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon junior Kailee Cuico acknowledges her teammates while flashing a grin after tagging Huskers player Tatum Edwards out at first base during the bottom of the third inning. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Cornhusker infielder Alicia Armstrong collides with Duck Courtney Ceo at second base during the bottom of the second inning. She was ruled out by umpire Tanya Garig. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Umpire Tanya Garig rules Nebraska infielder Alicia Armstrong out at second base as she and Oregon outfielder Courtney Ceo look upward for a decision. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon sophomore Sara Goodrum fields a ball in the outfield during pregame warmups. The No. 3 Ducks won, 4-3, after 11 innings against the No. 14 Cornhuskers at Howe Field during game two of the NCAA Super Regionals tournament, forcing a third and final game at 4:30 p.m. PST. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
The Ducks celebrate as they are introduced to a home crowd of 1,632 at Howe Field. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon assistant coaches Blake Miller, center, and Chelsea Spencer, center left, express their frustrations to umpire Steve Arnold after Arnold ruled Oregon’s Allie Burger out at first base during the top of the first inning. The decision was shortly overturned after Oregon head coach Mike White appealed the decision to home plate umpire James Colzey. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Ducks pitcher Karissa Hovinga inscribes her number on her left wrist in the dugout during the bottom of the fourth inning. Her team number was preceded by the word “Relentless,” written in all-capital letters and featured on several Oregon players’ forearms. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon senior outfielder Samantha Pappas prepares to receive a pitch from Nebraska pitcher Tatum Edwards during the top of the fifth inning. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
The Oregon dugout tracks the ball after Janie Takeda connects on a pitch during the top of the sixth inning. The koala that clings to the fence in front of Oregon’s Samantha Pappas is Takeda’s childhood stuffed animal that travels with the team. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Huskers outfielder Jordan Bettiol, left, embraces with Katie Brown in the Nebraska dugout after Oregon concludes the top of the sixth inning trailing the Huskers, 3-2. Brown is the director of softball operations for Nebraska. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Karissa Hovinga, from left, Janelle Lindvall, and Oregon head coach Mike White watch an Oregon pitch fly past during the bottom of the sixth inning as their team trailed, 3-2. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Six-year-old Jaden Jones rests on the knee of Ryan Thom as the game enters the eighth inning in overtime. The pair met for the first time at the beginning of the game, and Jones took to following Thom around the bleachers, starting cheers for the crowd and pumping up the fans at Howe Field. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Cornhusker senior outfielder Brooke Thomason clings to the fencing at Howe Field as she watches Duck Janelle Lindvall’s home run sail out of the park, making it a 3-2 game with the Cornhuskers still in the lead at the top of the sixth inning. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Oregon redshirt freshman outfielder Alyssa Gillespie leads her teammates back to the dugout as the team heads into the fifth inning trailing 3-1 to Nebraska. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Freshman utility player Koral Costa, left, and teammate Kailee Cuico eye the Nebraska team as they take to the outfield at Howe Field. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)