The Oregon men played one meet on Friday, defending their home court at the Student Tennis Center in Eugene from the Liberty Flames 6-1. The Ducks got off to a fast start taking the the doubles point 2-0. The pairs of Matthew Burton / Pierre Mouesca and Vlad Breazu / Declan Galligan won 6-3 and 6-2, meaning the final pair of Cameron Burton / Lachlan Robertson did not need to try to break the 5-5 tie they were playing. The Ducks took the meet in singles play with straight set victories by Brezau and Sam Olszakowski, finished off with a three set victory by Robertson.
With the meet early in the season and the only competition of the weekend, the remaining matches were allowed to finish and provided some stiff competition. All three matches not only went to three sets, but also to extra games in the third set. Mouesca triumphed but Matthew Burton took Oregonâs only loss of the weekend. Fortunately, Matthewâs younger brother Cameron won the final match of the day to salvage the honor of his family and native Australia.
The menâs team will be off until March, when they will take on UNC Wilmington before promptly beginning Big Ten play with trips to Illinois and Northwestern.
The Oregon women played a double header on Valentines day, sweeping UC Riverside and Seattle University. Against the UC-R Highlanders Virginia Crocker / Hadley Appling had to go to extra games to take their doubles match 7-5, while Tilde Jagare / Olivia Symons defeated their opponents 6-1. Jagare, Appling, Patsy Daughters, and Bridget Mihulka all won in straight sets to put the meet away.
Against Seattle, the doubles point was harder to come by as Jagare / Symons took a 7-5 loss, but the Ducks took the other two matches. Singles victories by Jagare, Mihulka, and Hinata Furutani (all in straight sets) took the drama out of the afternoon meet.
Mihulka and Furutani are currently undefeated in singles play, as is the freshman doubles pair of Appling / Crocker. Jagare, Crocker, and Daughters have only lost a single match each. This is particularly impressive for Jagare who has played in the #1 spot. The competition will ramp up for the women this weekend at the Red-Blue Invite in Tucson, AZ. There the Ducks will face Grand Canyon University, the University of Denver, and the host Arizona Wildcats.
As always, GO DUCKS!!!
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