Ducks Face Illinois, Northwestern at Papé

Oregon welcomes Big Ten opponents Illinois and Northwestern to Papé Field for the first time. The Ducks and Illini have squared off once previously (2011), while this will be Oregon's first game against the Wildcats. Thursday's game versus Illinois will be on Big Ten Network, while B1G+ will carry the Oregon-Northwestern game.

OFF THE CROSSBAR
• Seven different players have scored for Oregon this season. Only Taylor Bryan, who had a brace in the season opener against Weber State, has scored more than once in 2025.
• Four of those seven players scored their first career NCAA goals - freshmen Miya Alamares (Weber State) and Addisen Boyer (Seattle) and fifth-year players Sydney Chura and Cailin Bloom, both at Hawai'i (Chura scored 74 goals at the NAIA level).
• Carly Cormack also found the net against Hawai'i, scoring a goal on the same field where she won the 2024 high school state title.
• The Ducks have outshot the opposition in six-of-eight games this season.
• The Ducks fired off 30 shots Aug. 31 against Grand Canyon, the most for Oregon in six years and tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in program history. Several Ducks set or tied career highs in shots in that game, including Lauren Kenny (6), Cloe Chase (5), Carly Cormack (5) and Ella Osmussen (3).
• Tracy Joyner now has a 129-82-28 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).
• Sixth-year player Taylor Bryan opened the season with her second career two-goal game, and first at Oregon, Aug. 14 against Weber State. They were her 11th and 12th career goals. Miya Alamares and Lauren Kenny also found the net against the Wildcats.
• Aug. 17 versus Portland, the Ducks limited the Pilots to just two shots on goal in a 0-0 draw..
• Oregon has two alums playing professionally in the NWSL: Chardonnay Curran (Chicago Red Stars) and Leah Freeman (Bay FC).

USC GAME MOVED
The game between Oregon and USC has been moved to Friday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. The game was initially scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4.

ON TARGET
Oregon is among the Big Ten leaders in shots per game at 15.5 (seventh). But what may be more impressive that the Ducks are fourth in the league in shot accuracy (.444). In other words, close to half of Oregon's shots have been on target.

DUCKS PLAY TOUGH VS. NO. 4 UCLA
Oregon didn't allow a goal during the run of play - conceding only two PK goals - in the Sept. 13, 2-0 loss at No. 4 UCLA.

BOYER JOINS GOALS LIST
Addisen Boyer became the seventh different Duck to score a goal this season when she found the net Sept. 5 at Seattle. In her first start for Oregon, the Oak Harbor, Wash., native also attempted a career-best four shots in the Ducks' 2-1 loss.

SHOTS FIRED
Oregon attempted 30 shots Aug. 31 against Grand Canyon. That was the most by the Ducks since getting off 36 shots against Portland State in 2019. It was also tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in program history. Several Ducks set or tied career highs in shots, including Lauren Kenny (6), Cloe Chase (5), Carly Cormack (5) and Ella Osmussen (3). Oregon has out-shot the opposition in six-of-eight games this season and ranks seventh in the Big Ten at 15.5 shots per game.