After two months of preseason tournaments and a holiday break, the Oregon women’s tennis team gets down to business this weekend.
The Ducks travel to Seattle for the Pacific-10 Indoors at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. All conference teams will be in attendance for the annual meet, which is a four-flight tournament.
Sophomore Monika Geiczys leads the Oregon contingent. The Sopot, Poland, native was the Ducks’ No. 2 singles player last year and finished the season ranked among the nation’s top-100 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Supporting Geiczys is a band of juniors with significant varsity experience. Adeline Arnaud, Janice Nyland and Valerie Young are all two-year varsity lettermen with two NCAA tournament appearances.
Added to the mix is junior Vickie Gunnarson, who is 3-2 in singles matches since transferring from Northern Arizona.
Freshman Courtney Nagle adds talent as well. Nagle won her flight of the San Diego State Fall Classic in October and should make an immediate impact for Oregon.
Sophomore Jeanette Mattsson, another valuable asset, rounds out the roster and is 4-2 on the year.
There will also be two flights of doubles play. Oregon has put together teams of Geiczys and Nagle, Nyland and Gunnarson and Arnaud and Mattsson.
The Pac-10 has always been a tough conference in women’s tennis, and this year shouldn’t be any different. All nine schools with tennis programs are ranked, and five of them are in the top-15, including top-ranked Stanford.
The Ducks are ranked eighth among Pac-10 schools despite a No. 54 national ranking.
Top individuals conference-wide are Laura Kalvaria and Laura Granville of Stanford, and Jewel Peterson of Southern California.
Oregon’s Pac-10 regular season begins on Jan. 20 against No. 1 Stanford and No. 5 California.
Oregon women’s tennis swings into action against Pac-10 foes
Daily Emerald
January 11, 2001
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