Ducks Open Three-Match Homestand Thursday

The Ducks begin a three-game homestand to close out the regular season by facing No. 15 Wisconsin Thursday at 6 p.m. Oregon will then host Minnesota Sunday at 12 p.m. Both matches will be on B1G+.

ON THE PITCH
• Oregon will celebrate nine seniors in a postgame ceremony on Sunday. Those making their final appearances at Papé Field over the next two weeks include forwards Taylor Bryan, Sydney Chura and Carys Hall, defenders Sydney Hennessey, Jayde Holley, Bryana Pizarro and Jasmine Young, goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein and manager Tori Villarreal.
• Among active players, Caeley Goldstein has played the second-most career minutes in goal in the NCAA (6,705). She's also sixth in saves (307) and seventh in shutouts (23).
• Carly Cormack scored two goals in the first 25 minutes to help Oregon play to a 2-2 draw with Penn State on Oct. 12. Cormack now leads the team in goals (3) and points (8).
• Oregon is sixth in the Big Ten in shots per game (13.8).
• Eight different players have scored a goal for Oregon this season.
• Last Sunday at Penn State, sisters Jayde and Savannah Holley were in the starting lineup together for the first time in college.
• Tracy Joyner now has a 129-86-31 career record. Prior to Oregon, she built winning programs at a junior college (42-15-7 at Santa Rosa JC), at an NCAA Division II school (36-25-12 at San Francisco State) and at the DI level (49-37-8 at UC Davis).

CLUB 80
A pair of Ducks are on target to reach the vaunted 80 career matches played mark by the end of the season. Taylor Bryan needs to play in two more to reach 80 and could hit that mark this weekend, while goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein needs to play in three more matches to reach 80.

DUCKS PLAY TOUGH ON CHALLENGING ROAD TRIP
Embarking on one of the most arduous roads trips in the Big Ten, Oregon played a tight match with No. 22 Ohio State, falling 1-0 on Oct. 9, before going into University Park and emerging with a 2-2 draw at Penn State. Caeley Goldstein matched her season high with seven saves against the Buckeyes. Oct. 12 at Penn State, Carly Cormack scored twice in a 2-2 tie. She scored off an Abella Hunter cross in the 5th minute and off a turnover in the 25th minute.

SISTER ACT
Sisters Jayde and Savannah Holley are just the second sisters to play soccer for the Ducks. They were in the same starting lineup for the first time in college Oct. 12 at Penn State. The other set of sisters, Karen and Kathryn DePorter, player together at Oregon in 1996-97. Jayde Holley led the Big West in assists last season with eight.