Tennis teams set up new digs
■The completion of the
freshly built indoor tennis
facility brings optimism to the
future of Oregon tennis
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
At last, the Oregon tennis teams
will have a new home under one
roof.
The completion of the new on
campus, indoor tennis facility ush
ers in a new era for Duck tennis.
This summer, the final touches
were put on the $2.1 million,
48,000 square-foot facility that will
be the new home for both the
men’s and women’s teams. The
building features six clay courts in
side the climate controlled facility.
The Ducks will use it for practice
and for all of their home games.
“We have everything we could
possibly want here,” women’s
coach Jack Griffin said. “To be able
to have an on-campus facility for
the students and the community is
huge.”
Prior to this year, Oregon played
the majority of its home games at
the Eugene Swim and Tennis Cen
ter, six miles from campus, and at
the Willow Creek Racquet Club, 10
miles from campus.
Practice was held, weather-per
mitting, at the covered outdoor
courts adjacent to the new facility.
CC It is as much ours as it
is [the students’]. Students
should take advantage of
it.
Jack Griffen
women’s tennis
Practice also took place at the in
door clubs whenever they were
available, which often meant play
ing in the early morning or the late
night.
“There’s only so much you can
sell on indoor clubs to recruits,”
Griffin said. “If you don’t have a
Emerald
The newly finished tennis courts lend an intimidating presence to visiting teams.
proper place to develop and entice
recruits, your program becomes
stagnant.”
“We will never miss a practice,”
men’s coach Chris Russell said.
“California and Arizona can have
the best weather and play outside,
but if it rains — you don’t play.”
Not only will the new facility
help the tennis teams, but it will
also be available to students and
physical education courses.
“It is as much ours as it is [the
students’],” Griffin said. “Students
should take advantage of it.”
The new facility is one major
step in Russell and Griffin’s plan to
build the Oregon tennis program
into a national power. Last season,
both Duck squads qualified for the
NCAA tournament for the first time
in school history.
“Now, there are no excuses,”
Russell said. “We’ve been compet
itive before, but this is the next step
towards getting to that next level of
play.”
Although ready for play, the fa
cility is still far from finished. Rus
sell and Griffin have plans for sta
dium seating that will hold as
many as 250-300 spectators and
also implementing nine-by-three
inch digital scoreboards for each of
the six courts.
Things are looking optimistic for
the Ducks this season in their new
home with a core group of players
returning and talented recruits ex
pected to join the team.
Junior Thomas Schneiter and
sophomore Monika Geiczys are the
top returning players for each team.
Schneiter was Oregon’s No. 2 sin
gles player and helped the Ducks to
only their second NCAA tourna
ment appearance ever. The Worb,
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