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Schneiter for a 9-7 doubles win,
Teig broke a 3-3 tie by winning his
match against Michel Stopa.
“It says a lot about Oded’s char
acter,” Russell said. “He’s a build
ing block for our future. Oded’s
won some big matches against
some big schools this year.”
Teig lost his first set 6-4 but
stormed back, taking the next two.
Schneiter and senior Joaquin
Hamdan also played key roles in
the upset victory. Both were victo
rious in doubles and both earned
solid wins in singles play as well.
Hamdan defeated Tom Lloyd,
6-4, 6-1, and Schneiter disposed
of Jean-Noel LaCoste, 6-4, 6-3.
The win was Russell’s first in
the Pac-10 as a coach, and Ore
gon’s first since 1995.
The Ducks were even more of an
underdog against No. 63 Arizona
State Sunday. Oregon had won
Pac-10 matches before, but not con
secutively, and certainly not on the
same weekend.
The match played out much
like the Arizona contest.
Oregon began by taking the ever
important doubles portion. Senior
Guillermo Carter and Leslie Eisin
ga got back on track with a con
vincing 8-3 win over Matt Klinger
and Mitchell Bowen. Teig and
Schneiter played in their second
overtime doubles match of the
weekend, beating Alex Osterrieth
and Andrew Golub, 9-8(7).
Eisinga and Schneiter won
their singles matches quickly to
put the Ducks up 3-1. This time,
Hamdan was the hero of the day,
clinching the match with a three
set win.
Although he lost his first set to
the Sun Devils’ Pim Van Mele 6-2,
r
Hamdan stormed back, winning
the next two matches 7-6,6-3.
Carter put the finishing touches
on the win with a come-from-be
hind victory over No. 82 Osterri
eth. Final score: 5-2 Oregon.
“We showed some intensity,
battling from being down one set
in the last three singles matches,”
Russell said. “To come back and
win two of those was huge.”
Oregon improves to 11-6 over
all, 2-3 Pac-10, with four matches
remaining. Next weekend, top
ranked UCLA and No. 18 South
ern California come to Eugene.
“I feel really confident about
UCLA and USC next week,” Rus
sell said. “Our guys are defining the
level that we expect them to play;
with that sort of intensity and focus
and the desire to win every point.”
The women’s team is another
story.
After achieving a respectable 5-5
record at the midway mark, the
Ducks have gone into a tailspin, los
ing nine of their last ten matches.
Oregon headed to Texas for two
non-conference matches against
Rice and Baylor hoping to halt the
recent slide and pick up momen
tum for a possible post-season run.
Unfortunately, Rice and Baylor
had other plans.
The Ducks lost 7-2 against Rice
on Friday. Two freshman led the
Ducks. No. 58 Monika Geiczys
and Jeanette Mattson both won.
“It was a difficult day for us;
we’re just being overwhelmed at
this point,” Griffin said in a re
leased statement. “We had a lot of
close matches but didn’t get it
done. I’m disappointed that some
of us didn’t show up. ”
On Sunday, Oregon was out
gunned by No. 18 Baylor.
Sophomore Janice Nyland’s up
set of the Bears’ No. 100 Vida
Mulec was the Ducks’ lone win of
the match. Nyland has won four
of her last five matches, including
two over top-100 opponents.
“We’re disappointed,” Griffin
said. “We had some good individ
ual efforts, but it wasn’t enough.”
Oregon has two matches left be
fore the Pac-10 championships on
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