The Oregon men’s and women’s tennis teams continued to struggle, with losses that extended their losing streaks to four and five matches, respectively.
The No. 58 men lost to No. 52 Arizona, 5-2, on Friday in Tucson, Ariz., and fell short against No. 40 Arizona State, 4-3.
Duck sophomore Manuel Kost, ranked No. 92 nationally, was the most consistent player for the men with victories against Whi Kim of Arizona and No. 125 Pim Van Mele from Arizona State.
The Ducks were able to win all three of the top singles spots against the Sun Devils, but couldn’t manage a victory in doubles.
Ducks Sven Swinnen and Oded Teig, ranked No. 42 nationally in doubles, both won their singles matches, but fell to Clinton Letcher and Chris Stewart. Stewart had been ranked as high as No. 21 in doubles with his old partner, Olivier Charroin.
“We actually competed better today,” head coach Chris Russell said. “We just need to get a little better at the bottom of the lineup.”
The No. 33 women dropped their fifth match in a row and 10th of the last 11 against No. 54 Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.
The lone victories for the Ducks on Saturday came from No. 15 Daria Panova over Pepperdine’s Charlotte Vernaz, No. 51 in the nation, and No. 40 Courtney Nagle beating Merve Asimgil. No. 27 Nagle and Panova also teamed up to get the only doubles win for the Ducks.
Sunday, the Ducks fell to Loyola Marymount, 4-3, despite winning the doubles point and numbers one and three in singles.
Panova dropped Edit Pakay in straight sets and senior captain Monika Geiczys handled Diana Vinis, also in straight sets.
“There were some good individual matches out there,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “We need everybody to show up on the same day as a group. We just need to do it across the board.”