University of Oregon
Idaho
Oregon Starts Season Strong, Defeats Idaho 6-1
01/23/09 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon came out strong against Idaho, winning the doubles point and then taking five of six matches in singles play to win its first match of the season, 6-1, at the Oregon Tennis Complex.
Pavlina Smatova, after missing last season due to NCAA age restrictions, looked very strong in her Oregon debut. The sophomore won 8-2 in doubles with teammate Ana Cecilia Olivos and took her No. 2 singles match by a score of 6-0, 6-4.
The Oregon freshmen also shined, with Trudie du Toit and Madelie Janse van Rensburg teaming up to win at doubles and then both winning at singles in dominating fashion.
See below for all the results from the match and comments from the earlier live blog.Doubles
No. 1 - UO Ana Cecilia Olivos/Pavlina Smatova vs. IDAHO Maria Perevoshchikova/Silvia Irimescu (Oregon wins, 8-2)
9:13 - Center court is where the action is thus far in the match, with Ceci and Pavlina jumping out to a two point lead at No. 1 doubles ... 9:18 - Oregon's No. 1 doubles team has taken the third point heading into the break ...9:30 - Ceci and Pavlina are marching ahead, surrendering their first point of the match to the Vandals but taking the fifth point to push their lead to 4-1 ... 9:45 - Oregon is on the verge of putting away at least one point in doubles, with Ceci and Pavlina winning 6-1 and on the verge of taking their seventh point ... 9:58 - Ducks are up 7-2 at center court, but down 40-love in the 10th point ... 10:04 - In a stunning rally, Oregon fought back to take the advantage and ice their first point of the day with an 8-2 Oregon winner!
No. 2 - UO Carmen Seremeta/Claudia Hirt vs. IDAHO Basia Maciocha/Jana Siwa (Oregon wins, 8-3)
9:14 - On court one, Carmen and Claudia took the first point but the second point is proving to be more difficult to obtain ... 9:23 - After a long battle for the second point, Idaho snatched the third point in much quicker fashion, building a 2-1 lead over Oregon ... 9:28 - Carmen and Claudia have responded, snatching the next two points to jump back to a 3-2 lead ... 9:40 - Claudia and Carmen are really starting to put away the match, playing far more consistently than their opponents and the 5-2 score is a direct reflection of it ... 9:42 - Claudia has been a beast at the net thus far, slamming back any ball within her reach ... 9:55 - Both teams have tallied a point since my last update, with the score sitting at 6-3 ... 10:07 - While the scoreboard still shows 6-3 (come on ref!) the Ducks have taken their second match in doubles and have secured the always important doubles point with an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles.
No. 3 - UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg/Trudie du Toit vs. IDAHO Yvette Ly/Alexandra Ulesanu
9:15 - In an interesting move, head coach Paul Reber has paired both of his true freshmen at No. 3 doubles for their first collegiate match ... 9:17 - After losing the first point, Trudie and Madelie have evened up the match at 1-1 ... 9:22 - The young Ducks are starting to roll, taking the third point quickly to post a 2-1 lead ... 9:29 - Oregon continues to hold a one point lead with the score now sitting at 3-2 ... 9:41 - The sixth point is still being decided ... 9:55 - After a long sixth point, the action has picked up temendously with the scoring now at 6-4 in favor of Madelie and Trudie ... 10:08 - Everyone is huddled around court three, where Oregon's freshmen duo has just taken then advantage with a 7-5 lead over their opponents ... 10:09 - Trudie finished off the match with a nice drop shot that she scoped right off the floor and Oregon sweeps the doubles action with an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles.
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10:36 - And we are underway with singles play:
Singles
No. 1 Seremeta/Perevoshchikova (Idaho wins, 6-4, 6-4)
10:45 - The most interesting match of the day has, not surprisingly, turned out to be at No. 1 singles - with Seremeta holding the lead in a 3-2 battle ... 10:56 - The Ducks seem to have this battle against Idaho locked up, but don't tell the ladies at center court as the first set is tied up 4-4 ... 11:05 - Oregon lost a set for the first time today, as Carmen lost 4-6 in the first frame ... 11:45 - With her teammates cheering her on, Seremeta is making a match of it in the second set with the score now tied at 4-4 ... 11:49 - After tying it up, Idaho pulled out their only win of the day, taking the No. 1 singles match 6-4, 6-4.
No. 2 Smatova/Irimescu (Oregon wins 6-0, 6-4)
10:48 - Pavlina, after sitting out last season due to an NCAA ruling, has come out on fire in her first duals singles match, leading 5-0 at No. 2 singles ... 10:53 - Smatova skunked her opponent in the first set, with a 6-0 victory ... 11:06 - Pavlina is still firing on all cylinders, as she is up 3-0 in the second set after sweeping her first frame ... 11:12 - Smatova is getting more of a challenge as of late from Irimescu, as the Oregon sophomore has surrendered two straight points to bring the score to 3-2 ... 11:20 - Pavlina regrouped well and took the next point to build her lead back to two points, 4-2 ...11:23 - A very fast point for Smatova, as she is now up 5-2 in the second set and looking for the victory ... 11:43 - After a missing the chance to seal a victory on her first match point, Smatova pulled out the win in her second chance, with a 6-0, 6-4 win.
No. 3 Janse van Rensburg/Ulesanu (Oregon wins, 6-0, 6-1)
10:41 - The freshmen are dominating today for the Ducks, as Madelie has also jumped out to a 4-0 lead in her first collegiate singles match ... 10:48 - Madelie blazed through her first set, earning the bagel in a 6-0 shutout victory in set one ... 10:59 - Madelie has continued her dominance in the second set, with a 3-0 lead and the match thoroughly in hand ... 11:06 - Madelie just surrendered her first singles point, as she is now up 4-1 in the second set ... 11:15 - Just a minute after Cavan wins, Madelie puts away her match in nearly perfect fashion, 6-0, 6-1 in her first collegiate singles match.
No. 4 Macfarlane/Maciocha (Oregon wins 6-1, 2-6, 10-7)
10:55 - Oregon is cleaning up this morning, as Macfarlane has secured another first set victory for the Ducks with a 6-1 win at court one ... 11:07 - Macfarlane is struggling a bit at the start of the second set, down 2-1 ... 11:17 - Macfarlane's accuracy is off in the second set, particularly on service returns, and she is clearly frustrated at being down 5-2 ... 11:28 - On to the third set, as Maciocha wins 6-2 in the second frame ... 11:41 - In the 10-point tiebreaker Macfarlane fell into a hole early, but her toughness showed as she battled back to take the final five points to win 6-1, 2-6, 10-7.
No. 5 Cavan/Korotaeva (Oregon wins 6-0, 6-0)
10:51 - Another Duck is having a phenomenal morning as Cavan is up 5-0 at court six ... 11:07 - Siobhan iced her first set with a 6-0 victory and is up 3-0 in the second set ... 11:10 - Make that a 5-0 lead for the Ducks on court No. 6 as Cavan is looking for her second straight perfect set ... 11:14 - A perfect start to the 2-9 season for Siobhan Cavan, as she takes the first victory in singles action, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 6 du Toit/Siwa (Oregon wins 6-2, 6-1)
10:38 - Trudie is the first Duck to reach four points in her first set, blanking Siwa 4-0 thus far in her first collegiate singles match ... 10:53 - Trudie used her hot start to defeat Siwa 6-2 in her first set ... 11:08 - The freshman from South Africa by way of Canada is cruising in her second set, up 4-1 and looking strong ... 11:32 - Make that another win for the Oregon freshmen, with du Toit winning 6-2, 6-1.
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