The Oregon men’s tennis team’s quest to win its first Pacific-10 Conference match in two years continues at home this weekend.
The Ducks (0-4 Pac-10) will play No. 10 USC today and No. 3 UCLA on Saturday.
No. 33 Andrew Park, a senior, leads a Trojans team that features four ranked players. USC has a 16-4 overall record (7-3 Pac-10).
The Trojans have won four straight matches over No. 17 California, No. 6 Stanford, No. 59 Arizona and No. 38 Arizona State.
“USC has beaten many of the top teams in the country this season,” Oregon head coach Chris Russell said. “We’ll need to play at their intensity level.”
UCLA has had to battle injuries this season and is coming off two upset losses to Stanford and California. No. 10 sophomore Tobias Clemens, UCLA’s No. 1 singles player, upset No. 4 K.J. Hippensteel in the loss to Stanford last week.
“California and Stanford were able to upset UCLA at UCLA last week, which proves that anything can happen in the Pac-10,” Russell said. “The teams we’re playing against are beatable, and our depth gives us a chance… We want to be in a situation where if we win three singles matches, then we pull off the upset.”
The doubles game was a problem for the Ducks in their two losses last weekend against the Arizona schools. They lost five of six doubles matches and would have beaten Arizona had they won the doubles point.
The action begins today at 1 p.m. in the Student Tennis Center;if weather permits, on the outdoor courts.

Women head back south
The women’s team will try to continue its success this weekend in Louisiana.
The No. 54 Ducks, fresh off a 3-0 trip to Florida, will play No. 44 Louisiana State on Saturday and No. 56 Tulane on Sunday.
Newcomer Daria Panova will lead the Ducks at the No. 1 singles spot. The freshman went 2-1 in her first three matches with Oregon. Junior Monika Gieczys is healthy and playing well and gives the Ducks a solid No. 2 player.
“Right now with Daria and a healthy Monika, it’s like adding two new players to our team and putting them at the top of the order,” said Oregon assistant coach Nils Schyllander. “We are a totally different team right now, and I think we showed that in Florida. We beat the 22nd-ranked team in the country and they were coming off a win against Tennessee, which at the time was the ninth-ranked team.”
Tulane is 10-9 overall this season, but has lost five of its last six matches. The lone victory coming against No. 40 Oklahoma State.
Louisiana State is 10-10 overall this season and is coming off a loss to No. 35 Mississippi. The Tigers have played 13 ranked teams including losses to No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Florida and No. 6 Vanderbilt. They have three wins against ranked teams this season including a 4-3 win over No. 17 Kentucky.