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Ducks gear up for postseason
■ The tennis teams enter
their final matches of the
season with the NCAA
tournament on their minds
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
There are no easy matches left.
The Oregon men’s tennis team en
ters its most crucial stretch of the
; season today. The Ducks close out
! their season against five Pacific
; 10 conference opponents.
The good news: all five match
■ es are at home.
i
! The bad news: all five oppo
nents are ranked higher than the
No. 70 Ducks.
\ “We’ll need to win three of
j these five next matches to even be
\( considered for the NCAAs,” head
coach Chris Russell said. “This is
a huge weekend for us. The win
l will come down to who fights
f harder that day.”
| Arizona comes into Eugene
with an 8-7 record and a No. 55
! ranking. The Wildcats are led by
No. 89 Alex Taylor, a junior from
the Dominican Republic. The
Ducks counter with senior
Guillermo Carter, who is current
ly ranked 51st and sports a 15-5
season record.
Playing behind Carter at the
No. 2 singles position is sopho
more Thomas Schneiter, who has
dipped into the national rankings
with a 12-5 record.
On Saturday, the Ducks play
their fifth back
to-back game
of the season
against Ari
zona State. The
Sun Devils are
ranked lower
than Arizona at
63rd, but have more individually
ranked players.
Seniors Alex Osterrieth and Ed
Carter, ranked 82nd and 98th re
spectively, lead Arizona State.
The duo also teams up for the Sun
Devils’ top doubles team.
The Arizona match will be
played at the 15th Avenue courts
while the Arizona State match
will be indoors at the Eugene
Swim and Tennis Club, Russell
said.
Women
The Oregon women are also in
action this weekend. The No. 52
Ducks have completed the Pac-10
season, but are looking to finish
strong with four non-conference
matches on the road.
Oregon is in Texas for matches
against Rice and No. 18 Baylor;
today, the Ducks face Rice. Al
though their record does not
show it at 8-9, the Owls are a dan
gerous team, with upsets over No.
60 Texas A&M and Cornell.
The team to watch out for on
the road trip is Baylor. The Bears
are a Big-12 conference power
house and hold a 15-2 record. Ju
nior Jahnavi Parekh, sophomore
Katja Kovac and freshman Vida
Mulec lead the Bear attack. Kovac
and Mulec are ranked No. 16 in
doubles play.
The Ducks, losers in seven of
their last eight matches, look to
end a recent slump.
“Right now things are not going
our way. The good thing is that
they still believe in our team and
they’re still excited about play
ing,” head coach Jack Griffin said
in a released statement. “It’s a
chance for us to redeem ourselves
and pick up some wins that will
put us into the NCAA tourna
ment.”
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