The No. 49 Oregon women’s tennis team swept three matches at home this weekend to improve to 6-1 on the season while the No. 72 men dominated Portland 7-0, their third-straight victory.
The women, working on a three-game winning streak of their own heading into the weekend, beat No. 75 Sacramento St., 7-0 with strong doubles play and a three-set thriller between Duck sophomore No. 28 Daria Panova and No. 51 Margarita Karnaukhova. Panova took the match 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Saturday, the Ducks handled the Pacific Tigers 6-1 by winning all three doubles matches and five of the six singles bouts.
The men competed in the nightcap of Saturday’s tennis doubleheader and disposed of Portland, but it was not as easy as the shutout indicates.
“We were tested (by Portland),” head coach Chris Russell said. “It was tough, but I’m really happy with the way our guys played.”
Ducks Oded Teig and Sven Swinnen beat the doubles team of Quinn Borchard and Peter Malacek, 8-4, to add No. 55 to the long list of ranked opponents they have taken down this season.
In singles, No. 64 Manuel Kost improved to 3-0 on the season and freshmen Thomas Bieri and Arron Spencer remained undefeated with victories in three sets.
“Some of the guys lost some first sets,” Russell said. “And it forced them to buckle down and focus on what they needed to do.”
Teig also won the 62nd match of his career as he closes in on the Oregon singles record of 65.
The women resumed play Sunday morning and beat No. 73 California-Irvine, 6-1.
The Ducks rebounded from
losing the doubles point to take
all six singles matches, five in straight sets.
“We were a little bit defensive in the doubles today,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “We just tried to really focus on making no mistakes in the singles.”
In doubles, Panova and junior Courtney Nagle lost to No. 60 Jenny Bowman and Tiffany Chang 9-7, but both got their revenge in singles. Panova topped Bowman 6-4, 6-1 and Nagle ousted Chang 7-6, 6-2.
The women finished the weekend with a late match Sunday night against Portland State. They will travel to Arizona next weekend for conference matches against Arizona and Arizona State.
The men will be at home against No. 73 Boise State on Saturday.