University of Oregon Softball

Melyssa Lombardi, the 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year, is in her eighth season as Oregon's head coach. She was named the 12th head coach in program history on July 9, 2018, and brought an elite championship resume to Eugene after a highly successful 21-year tenure on the staff of Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso, including the final 11 seasons as associate head coach. Lombardi was recognized as 2025 Coach of the Year by her peers in the Big Ten after leading Oregon to the conference's regular season title in a year that culminated in the Ducks first Women's College World Series appearance since 2018. She was also named the 2025 Oregon Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year. Following the WCWS, Lombardi signed a contract extension that runs through the 2030 season. The 2025 season was a banner year for the program. The team went 54-10 and 19-3 in the Big Ten. The 54 victories were tied for the second-most in team history. Oregon set program records for runs (491), runs per game (7.67), RBI

Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza, a two-time All-American and the 2018 Pac-12 home run champion, is in her fifth season on Melyssa Lombardi's staff, which was named the NFCA Regional Staff of the Year in both 2024 and 2025. She was promoted to assistant coach in 2023 after serving the previous two years as Oregon's volunteer assistant coach. The 2025 season saw the Ducks go 54-10 overall and 19-3 in the Big Ten to claim the conference's regular season title. The 54 victories were tied for the second-most in team history as the Ducks advaned to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2018. Oregon set program records for runs (491), runs per game (7.67), RBI (438), total bases (970), sacrifice flies (25), stolen bases (175) and fielding percentage (.980), and posted the second-best mark in school history in hits (583), triples (19), home runs (86) and walks (243). Under Palomino-Cardoza's tutelage, Kai Luschar was named the recipient of the 2025 NFCA Golden Shoe award

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Associate head coach Sam Marder is in her fifth season on Melyssa Lombardi's staff, which was named the NFCA Regional Staff of the Year in both 2024 and 2025. Marder's first four years in Eugene have coincided with four of the program's all-time top 10 seasons for slugging percentage, three of the best in terms of home run production and two top-10 marks for batting average and doubles. The 2025 offense experienced a banner season under Marder's watch. Nationally, Oregon ranked third in hits (583), fourth in scoring (7.67 runs per game), fifth in RBI (438), eighth in batting average (.345), 10th in on base percentage (.438), 11th in home runs (86), 11th in triples (19) and 14th in slugging percentage (.574). Additionally, the Ducks ranked in the top five of the Big Ten in batting average, hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, walks (243) and on base percentage. The team set or tied six program season records in 2025: runs, scoring, RBI, total bases (970), sacrifice flies (25) a

Sydney Romero, a two-time NCAA champion as both a coach and a player, is in her third season as assistant coach on Melyssa Lombardi's staff, which was named the NFCA Regional Staff of the Year in both 2024 and 2025. Oregon's defense anchored the team's Big Ten Championship and Women's College World Series run in 2025. The team went 54-10 and 19-3 in the Big Ten. The 54 victories were tied for the second-most in team history. The team set a program record for fielding percentage at .980, which ranked fifth nationally. Kedre Luschar, Rylee McCoy and Paige Sinicki were all named to the Big Ten All-Defensive team. Luschar and McCoy earned NFCA All-America second team honors, while Lyndsey Grein was a third team All-America selection. Romero was drafted by the Talons in the 2025 Athletes Unlimited Softball League professional draft. She was the 51st overall pick (11th round) and was a part of the AUSL's inaugural season.