For the second straight week, Oregon will be pitted against a former tennis affiliate of head coach Nils Schyllander.
Last weekend, the Ducks captured a victory over Schyllander’s college tennis head coach, Mark Tichenor, when the Ducks defeated Boise State 5-2. Schyllander played for Tichenor at Northern Arizona, where he earned the team’s MVP award and was named athlete of the year in 1995.
This week, the Ducks (10-2, 1-1 Pacific-10 Conference) will host their former assistant coach Kathy Sell and her Princeton (3-3) team at noon on Sunday at the Student Tennis Center.
Schyllander downplayed the close ties in both matches.
“It’s just another match,” Schyllander said. “They are both two special matches, in a way, but also it’s all business, and Princeton is hopefully another ‘W’ for us.”
Oregon’s 10-2 record is the team’s best start since the Pac-10 merged women’s tennis into a nine-team conference in 1997. The Ducks will also try to continue their strong play at home after having lost just once in eight home dual matches.