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Women’s tennis seeks revenge
The Ducks were lamed
by injuries last year
but feel they can win
By Mirjam Swanson
tor the Emerald
With payback in mind, the Ore
gon women’s tennis team faces
Loyola Marymount today in Los
Angeles and No. 25 San Diego
State on Sunday.
Last year, Loyola beat an injury
depleted Oregon, 5-2.
This year, things are different.
Oregon (4-2 overall, 0-2 Pacific
10 Conference) is healthy, and the
Ducks are eager for a chance to
avenge last season’s loss.
“I know the players who were
on the team last year are very, very
hungry to get them back,” head
coach Jack Griffin said. “We’re a
lot stronger than we were last year,
so we should be able to handle it
pretty easily if we play like we’ve
been playing.”
The Ducks, winners of four
straight matches, hope that a good
TENNIS
performance
against Loyola
will catapult
them into their
match with San
Diego State,
which is near
ing a top-20
ranking by the Intercollegiate Ten
nis Association.
Two years ago, Oregon played
the Aztecs twice, including a
match in the first round of the
NCAA Regional Tournament.
The Ducks lost the contests, but
both times they went away believ
ing that they could have won.
Now after struggling through
last season, Oregon is back on
track and primed for a chance to
take down San Diego State.
“I’m excited about the match,”
Griffin said. “The players know that
as a team they can handle them.
We’re very capable of winning. ”
A win would surely give the
Ducks a greater measure of respect
around the nation.
The match “will be a great gauge
as to where we stand,” Griffin
said. “It’s nice to have these oppor
tunities when you’re trying to
build a program.”
Oregon flattens Cal Poly SLO 6-1
Men’s tennis wins two in a row as
they come up on the Pac-10 season
By Mirjam Swanson
lor the Emerald
Thursday’s 6-1 win over Cal Poly SLO will give the
Oregon men’s tennis team some much-needed mo
mentum heading into its showdown with No. 18
Washington this weekend.
The Ducks (3-6) have won two matches in a row
after having dropped five of six to begin the season.
The wins seem to be coming at a particularly op
portune time for the Ducks. With performances like
Thursday’s, they may be getting on track just in time
for the Pacific-10 Conference season.
Thomas Schneiter, a freshman playing his second
career-match in Oregon’s No. 1 singles position, won
his sixth match of the season. He beat Tony Picutta
in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6.
Junior Guillermo Carter also won, breaking out of a
mini-slump with a convincing 6-1, 6-2, win against
Brett Masi.
It took freshman Bertrand Devillers three sets to
put his opponent away. But he eventually did, win
ning 6-3,4-6,6-3.
Senior Miguel Arriaga, whose only loss came
against No. 1 Stanford three weeks ago, won again
Thursday. He beat Sevan Zenopian in straight sets,
6-3,6-1.
Joaquin Hamdan, a junior, picked up Oregon’s fifth
singles victory, toppling Erin Carroll in two sets.
Senior team captain Carlos Navarro suffered the
Ducks’ only loss on the day, as he came up short in a
close, three-set match with David Wermuth.
The Ducks also won the doubles point for the sec
ond consecutive match.
Oregon’s duo of Carter and Devillers delivered an
8-2 win, while Navarro and Arriaga did away with
the Mustang’s Erin Carrol and Brandon Fallon, 8-4.
Saturday’s match with Washington (4-3) at 2:30
p.m. at the Willow Creek Tennis Courts should be a
more challenging one for the Ducks, head coach
Chris Russell said.
“They’re playing at a really high level right now,”
head coach Chris Russell said of the Huskies. “It’s go
ing to be a great opportunity for us to see if we can
compete at that level. I think we can.”
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