EUGENE, Ore. - The three-time defending Pac-12 champion Oregon softball team will play 16 games in its new home, Jane Sanders Stadium, as part of its 2016 schedule.

The Ducks, who return a pair of All-Americans this season in lefty Cheridan Hawkins and third baseman Jenna Lilley, will open up their new state-of-the-art stadium with a three-game series against Stanford starting March 24.

The Ducks will be featured on the ESPN family of networks twice and on Pac-12 Networks 12 times in 2016. All non-televised home games will be streamed live for free at GoDucks.com/live.

Oregon first televised game will be the series opener at Washington on March 19, which is the Pac-12 opener for the Ducks as well. The Ducks play UCLA on April 2 on ESPNU and Arizona on May 1 on ESPN2.

The Ducks will face 15 teams which played in the NCAA tournament last season, including five teams (UCLA, Arizona, Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana-Lafayette) which advanced to Super Regionals.

Central Arkansas (Southland), Cal State Northridge (Big West), New Mexico State (WAC) and Fresno State (Mountain West) all won its respective league a year ago.

In addition to Hawkins and Lilley, the Ducks bring back the bulk of a team which advanced to the Women's College World Series in 2015, the third time over the last four years.

Lilley, who led the Ducks with a .427 batting average last season as a freshman, will be joined in the infield by returning starters Nikki Udria (shortstop), Danica Mercado (second base), Hailey Decker (first base) and Janelle Lindvall (catcher). Lauren Lindvall, who started games both in the infield and outfield, is also back for the 2016 season. Gwen Svekis, who started 20 games and appeared in 38 as both a DP and catcher, slugged a team-best .840 last season as a freshman.

In the outfield the Ducks lose three-time All-American left fielder Janie Takeda, but bring back center fielder Koral Costa and right fielders Geri Ann Glasco and Alyssa Gillespie.

Oregon also welcomes seven new freshman for 2016, made up of six position players and one pitcher.