Pacific-10 Conference tennis teams gathered last weekend for the first of two conference tournaments this season. Seattle was the host of this year’s Pac-10 Indoor tournament.
The annual tournament kicks off the 2001 conference schedule, which includes dual matches and ends with the Pac-10 championships in Ojai, Calif.
Junior Adeline Arnaud picked up two wins en route to the flight three consolation finals, but fell to California’s Katherine Lynch, 6-2 and 6-3. On Saturday, Arnaud defeated Arizona’s Brooke Taylor and Cal’s Katherine Havilcekin straight sets.
Junior Janice Nyland and sophomore Jeanette Mattsson were the only other Ducks to make it out of the first round of play. Nyland disposed of Southern California’s Tiffany Brymer after dropping the first set. Nyland won 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.
In the quarterfinals, Nyland defeated Arizona’s Debbie Larocque, 7-5, 6-3, but fell in the semifinals to Cal’s Christina Fusano, 6-2, 6-4.
Mattsson came back from a first-set loss to USC’s Anita Loyola to win 6-3, 6-4. The Osthammar, Sweden, native was eliminated in the semifinals by No. 20 Laura Granville, 7-5, 6-0.
Oregon ace Monika Geiczys dropped a first-round match to USC’s No. 9 Jewel Peterson, 6-3, 6-3. Geiczys forfeited her consolation match against UCLA’s Zana Zlebnik.
Freshman Courtney Nagle lost to Washington State ace Moniek Van de Ven, 6-1, 6-3.
Both of Oregon’s doubles teams were eliminated in the first round. The team of Arnaud and Nyland dropped an 8-2 decision to Washington’s Clair Carter and Ilona Kordonskaya while Geiczys and Nagle fell to Loyola and Bernadette Bayani of USC.
The Ducks return home this weekend for conference matches with top-ranked Stanford and No. 5 California.