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gee-shiz) has switched off with
Wygonowska as Oregon’s No. 1
player.
Last week, Gieczys became
the second player in Oregon
history to be nationally ranked.
The pollsters were so impressed
by the freshman’s upsets against
ranked opponents, they ranked
her 65th.
The trip to the top hasn’t
been easy for the Sopot, Poland
native. Four of the eight oppo
nents Gieczys faced in singles
competition have been ranked.
The highlight of her season
came on Jan. 22, when Gieczys
upset then-No. 9 Amy Jensen of
California.
“Monica had been on the
edge of making an appearance
in the national rankings,” Grif
fin said. “So that was a huge
win.”
Two of Gieczys’s five losses
have been heart-breaking, third
set, tie breakers to top-10 oppo
nents.
“It’s been tough,” Gieczys
said. “I knew there would be
some tough games, but not so
many.”
Part of the reason why
Gieczys chose Oregon was the
quality of the competition that
she knew she would face.
“She just had to move away
from Poland because there was
no competition left for her,”
Griffin said.
While in Poland, Gieczys was
a three-time champion at the
junior level.
“It [heightened competition]
has helped my game,” Gieczys
said.
“I needed more matches and I
think it’s good that we have so
many matches each weekend,”
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said Gieczys.
Another reason Gieczys chose
Oregon stemmed a little closer
to home. Wygonowska, the
Ducks’ team captain who
played at the same tennis facili
ty as Gieczys in Poland, recom
mended Oregon.
“Only because of [Alina] I am
here,” Gieczys said.
“She has helped me out so
much. She told me about the
coach [Griffin] and helped me
register and everything.”
“I thought that she was the
perfect person to come here,”
Wygonowska said.
“I’m really proud of her and
proud that there is another Pol
ish girl on the team.”
As impressive as Gieczys has
been in singles play, she has
been equally, if not more, effec
tive in doubles action. Together
with redshirt sophomore Sarah
Colistro, the two have compiled
a 5-2 record and risen to Ore
gon’s top doubles position.
Colistro and Gieczys have left
a wake of destruction behind
them. The duo knocked off the
/ thought that
[Gieczys] would be the
perfect person to come
here. I’m really proud of
her and proud that there
is another Polish girl on
the team.
Alina Wygonowska ■
team captain T
No. 34 team of Abigail Spears
and Elizibeth Schmidt of
UCLA, and No. 38 Kara War
ketin and Tiffany Brymer of
USC on consecutive days.
Geiczys “never lets down,
never gives up,” Colistro said.
“I know she’s going to be
there and that she’s going to get
the next point. She’s solid and
doesn’t make a lot of mistakes.”
Geiczys has benefited from
the pairing as well.
“I really like to play with
[Sarah],” Gieczys said.
“Her attitude is always great.
She motivates me and I moti
vate her back. We’ll be down 6
2 or 5-2, and we’ll still come
back to win. It’s great.”
Griffin can’t say enough
about the freshman phenom.
“She’s an unbelievable asset
to the team and a very hard
worker. You couldn’t ask for a
better kid.”
And Gieczys has flourished
among her new teammates.
“In Poland, tennis is really
more of an individual sport,”
she said.
“Here, we are so close. I real
ly like my team a lot. They are
good to practice with; they have
really helped my game.”
While Gieczys has received
praise for her athletic ability on
the court, one of the motivating
factors in her decision to come
to Oregon was academic.
“America is the only place
where you can go to school and
play tennis at the same time,”
Gieczys said.
“I really want to study well
and get good grades on top of
playing tennis.”
Along with goals of graduat
ing with a degree in business
administration, Gieczys wants
to follow Wygonowska and be
come the second player in Ore
gon history to qualify for the
NCAA tournament.