NCAA Tournament and Santa Barbara Regional Brackets Attached (PDF Format)
EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon baseball team will make its fourth consecutive postseason appearance starting on Friday. The Ducks were selected as an at-large team and will play in the Santa Barbara Regional along with UC Santa Barbara, San Diego and Fresno State.
The Ducks (37-18) open the regional on against San Diego (40-13) on Friday at 12 p.m. on ESPNU at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. No. 14 UCSB (42-12) faces Fresno State (33-27) at 6 p.m. on Friday in the other first round game. Winners on Friday advance to play on Saturday at 7 p.m. while the two losers meet in the first game of the day at 1 p.m.
Oregon is 38-26 all-time against the tournament field including a 32-19 record in the modern era of Oregon baseball. The Ducks own a 12-5 advantage over the Toreros with all but one of those games coming since 2009. The Ducks and USD last played last season when Oregon swept a four-game series in Eugene.
Oregon and UCSB have split their all-time series with both teams winning 11 times. The Gauchos won two of three against Oregon earlier this year while Oregon swept UCSB in a four-game series that last time the two programs met in Santa Barbara in 2021.
Oregon holds a 15-10 all-time series advantage over Fresno State, including a 10-5 record against the Bulldogs since 2009. The Ducks and Bulldogs last played in 2019 when the two squads split a four-game series in Eugene.
Oregon is making its 11th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The four consecutive appearances matches the longest stretch in school history with the Ducks also qualifying four straight seasons from 2012 to 2015. The Ducks have two regional championships winning the Eugene Regional in 2012, while also winning the Nashville Regional last season.
Santa Barbara Regional Field
No. 1 UC Santa Barbara (Big West Champions)
No. 2 San Diego (West Coast Conference Champions)
No. 3 Oregon (At-Large)
No. 4 Fresno State (Mountain West Champions)
