UO tennis teams face Northwest opponents
■The Duck men face a young
Portland State squad while
the women continue their
road trip
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
After 63 years in the making, the
men’s tennis program is deeply root
ed in Oregon athletics. Oregon has
fielded a Division I tennis team every
year since 1933, except during World
War n, and has established itself as a
traditional top-100 team.
This weekend, the Ducks face a
team that is going through the build
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Portland State, in only the second
year of varsity tennis play, visits Eu
gene this weekend for its first-ever
match against a ranked Division I
opponent.
The Vikings will have their hands
full against the No. 69-ranked
Ducks, who are 7-6 overall and 5-5
at home. Portland State will be look
ing for not only its second win of the
season, but its second win in pro
gram history.
The Vikings defeated NAIA foe
George Fox 7-0 on Feb. 5 for their
first win in school history.
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Portland State has gone through
many growing pains since starting
in the fall of 1999. After an 0-20 in
augural campaign, the Vikings are
1-7 this year. The majority of Port
land State players are freshmen
from the greater Portland vicinity or
junior college transfers.
Leading the Vikings are sopho
more Corey Bennett (3-5) and sen
ior transfer Luke Schroeter (2-6).
Portland State’s growth is shown in
its top two players, who have al
ready won more sets this season
than the entire team last season.
To find an Oregon team that went
through what the Vikings are going
through, you have to go back to the
1952-53 season, when the Ducks
went 1-7.
The Ducks have come a long way
since then, with most of their recent
success coming under head coach
Chris Russell. In five years at the
helm of Oregon tennis, Russell has
guided two teams to the NCAA
Tournament (1997-98 and 1999-00),
the first two in school history. He
has also helped two singles players
and a doubles team to the national
tournament.
This weekend, Russell plays his
final home game of the season in the
Student Tennis Center, Oregon’s
first indoor tennis facility.
The Ducks and Vikings clash at
noon on Saturday.
Women to face Washington
schools
The first round of the Northwest
tennis rivalry takes place this week
end when Oregon travels to Wash
ington and Washington State.
The No. 49-ranked Ducks (3-7,
0-5 Pac-10) hope to end a five
match losing streak in Seattle to
day or in Pullman, Wash., on Sat
urday.
No. 17 Washington will pose the
biggest challenge for the Ducks.
The Huskies are 9-4 on the year af
ter returning four starters from last
year’s team. Oregon lost to Wash
ington twice last season.
A more evenly matched contest
will take place Saturday against No.
48 Washington State. The Cougars
are 5-5 and led by junior Erica
Perkins, who is ranked No. 41 in
the latest ITA polls.
The Washington schools visit
Oregon March 30-31.
Women’s
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thing else would be icing on the
cake.”
The Beavers have won five
straight games, including a sweep
of first-place Arizona State and Ari
zona last weekend, and are thirsty
for their first postseason trip since
1996.“If we just come out and play
our game and stay focused for 40
minutes, I think we’ll have no prob
lem beating them,” Cook said. “I
don’t think there’s any bad blood;
it’s just a rivalry.”
The first meeting of the season
set the tone for Saturday’s at Mac
Court, a place where the Beavers
have not won since Feb. 5,1993.
“Our defense needs to be a lot
better than when we last played
them, and I think that our balance
will probably be a lot more bal
anced than when we played them
before,” Spoelstra said. “We’re both
different teams right now; it was
such a long time ago.”
As for the Ducks, who are averag
ing a Pac-10-best 4,845 fans per game
at The Pit, another win for the most
successful class in program history
— the senior class of 2001 — would
put a nice coat of wax on a tumul
tuous season and perhaps breed life
for a new beginning next weekend.
“We definitely want to be in the
[NCAA] Tournament, and this is
definitely a big turning point for
us,” Wolvert said. “It would be
awesome to end a senior season on
a win, even if we don’t go to the
tournament.”
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have criticized and berated head
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