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The rubber-match Civil War baseball game between Oregon and Oregon State takes place tonight, 6 p.m., in Corvallis. The Ducks won the first meeting in Eugene, and the Beavers won the second in Corvallis.
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After sweeping through the Eugene Regional last weekend, the Oregon softball team will play host to North Carolina State in Super Regionals starting Friday night at Howe Field. Oregon and NC State will meet at 6 p.m. on Friday and again at noon on Saturday. A final game, if needed, will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday. All three games will be aired live on ESPNU. The Ducks (49-6) advanced to Super Regionals after defeating North Dakota State twice and BYU once in the Eugene Regional. Pitcher Cheridan Hawkins was named regional MVP after earning two wins to go with a 1.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 14.0 innings pitching. Hawkins and righty Karissa Hovinga allowed just six combined hits over three games in the regional. Oregon is 18-0 now in regional games under head coach Mike White, in his sixth season at the helm. Overall this year, the Ducks sport a .366 team batting average with a 2.37 ERA. NC State (38-20) won the Harrisonburg Regional after knocking off Fordham twice and host, No. 15 seed James Madison, once. Pitcher Emily Weiman tossed a one-hit shutout of JMU with eight strikeouts in NC State’s second game of the regional. She allowed just one unearned run on four hits in seven innings with eight more strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Fordham in the regional final. On the season, NC State is hitting .271 as a team with a 2.48 ERA.