After a week layover for finals, the Oregon men’s and women’s tennis teams find themselves traveling in opposite directions.
After a 6-1 win in their home opener, the men rattled off three wins to up their win streak to five.
The Ducks swept San Francisco and got a 4-2 win against Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. On Mar. 25, Oregon beat Hawaii 5-1 in Honolulu.
Guillermo Carter, the Ducks 36th-ranked senior captain, extended his personal win streak to five with three wins. Freshmen Oded Teig and Leslie Eisinga also went 3-0 on the trip.
“We just need to build confidence,” head coach Chris Russell said in a released statement. “We’re playing some good tennis right now.”
On the women’s side, a devastating loss to Washington State on March 5 sent them into a tailspin. The Ducks lost two matches in Las Vegas over the break, making their overall record 5-9.
The No. 43 Ducks faced an opponent similar to themselvesin No. 40 Tulsa. The teams were deadlocked 3-3 after singles play.
Doubles play, Oregon’s weak spot, proved to be the difference in the match. Tulsa swept all three doubles to prevail, 6-3.
Three days later, the Ducks fell victim to an upset. On March 22, unranked Nevada-Las Vegas upended Oregon 6-3 on its home court. UNLV’s top three players defeated Oregon’s top three players.
“We let a lot of close matches slip away,” head coach Jack Griffin said.” It was a difficult day.”