EUGENE, Ore. – Rylee McCoy became the third different Duck in as many weeks to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. She was joined on the league’s honor roll by Lyndsey Grein, who was recognized as the league’s Pitcher of the Week on Monday.
Emma Cox was the Big Ten freshman of the week the opening week of the season, while Stefini Ma’ake took home top freshman honors last week.
Grein and McCoy played instrumental roles as Oregon went 5-0 at the Mary Nutter Classic for the first time since 2020. The Ducks defeated five teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Tournament – California, No. 5 Tennessee, Utah, No. 25 San Diego State and No. 22 Missouri.
At 15-1, the Ducks are off to their best start since 2021 (24-1). Oregon opens the home portion of the 2025 schedule with two games Friday – San Diego (3:30 p.m.) and Portland State (6 p.m.)
Grein threw 18.0 shutout innings and won four games. She pitched in all five games and allowed five hits while striking out 24. Opposing batters hit just .088 against her. She pitched the final 3.1 innings against No. 5 Tennessee, striking out five and allowing no hits in the Ducks’ 1-0 win in eight innings.
In 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 Missouri, Grein went 4.1 innings and gave up one hit while striking out eight. She struck out six, walked none and allowed just one hit in the Ducks’ 2-0 win over Utah.
Grein has not allowed a run in her last seven appearances (24.1 innings) and is 9-0 on the season, which leads the nation. She is second in the Big Ten and fifth nationally with 62 strikeouts and fifth in the Big Ten with an 0.95 earned run average.
McCoy hit four home runs at the Mary Nutter Classic. She hit two homers in the Ducks’ 11-3 win over No. 22 Missouri and also had home runs against California and Utah. She hit .438 for the tournament (7-of-16) and slugged 1.313.
On the season McCoy is tied for second in the Big Ten with seven home runs, is third in slugging percentage at 1.114 and eighth in batting average (.457).
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