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#46 Ducks Suffer First Home Loss to #39 Ohio State
02/22/09 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 46 ranked Oregon women's tennis team lost its first home dual match of the season, falling 5-2 to No. 38 Ohio State on Sunday afternoon inside the Student Tennis Center. The Buckeyes claimed the doubles point and won four of six singles matches to earn the win.
Oregon falls to 6-3 on the season after their three match winning streak was snapped while the Buckeyes improve to 5-5 in 2009.
The Ducks got wins from Pavlina Smatova and Ana Cecilia Olivos and No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Olivos came out strong and took the first set easily and battled back from an early deficiet to win the second set and take the match 6-1, 6-3. Smatova took the first set easily but need an extra game to win the second, taking the match 6-1, 7-5.
Oregon will begin Pac-10 play next weekend when Arizona and Arizona State come to Eugene for a pair of matches inside the Student Tennis Center. As with all Oregon home matches, you can follow the action live on the GoDucks.com live blog.
Please the the live blog transcript below for full results and match commentary.
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LIVE BLOG - The Oregon women's tennis team is riding its second three-match winning streak of the young season and is looking to knock off its fourth straight top-60 opponent. You can follow all of the action between the Ducks and Buckeyes live right here at the GoDucks.com live blog.
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After Mighty Oregon is blasted on the PA, its time for doubles to begin:
DOUBLES:
No. 1 UO Pavlina Smatova/Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. OSU Angela DiPastina/Christina Keesey (OHIO STATE WINS, 9-8 (7-3))
12:14
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Oregon
has jumped out to a 2-0 lead ... 12:32 - Ducks are rolling now
at center court, leading 5-1 on the Buckeyes ... 12:38 - Buckeyes grab
a game, UO still leads 5-2 ... 12:44 - A little bit closer now, Oregon
lead is now just 5-3 ... 12:48 - Three-straight games go to OSU,
Oregon's lead is just one, 5-4 ... 12:54 - Ducks stem the tide, up 6-4
... 12:56 - A big win for the Buckeyes, cut Oregon's lead to one once
again, UO up 6-5 ... 1:01 - Buckeyes break the Oregon serve to tie it
up 6-6 ... 1:10 - Some controversy and arguing between the OSU head
coach and the official at center court delays the game somewhat, but
the Ducks answer when it is resumed and push ahead 7-6 ... 1:12 - Match
point Oregon ... Deuce ... 1:14 - OSU avoids defeat on center court and
ties it up 7-7 ... 11:18 - Buckeyes take the lead for the first time,
lead 8-7 ... 1:23 - Match point OSU ... 1:24 - An overhead smash by
Pavlina emphatically keeps Oregon in the match, deuce ... 1:26 -
Advantage Oregon after Pavlina makes another great play at the net ...
1:31 - It went back-and-forth between deuce and UO advantage but Ceci
and Pavlina break through to tie it up 8-8 ... TIEBREAKER - Buckeyes
ahead 2-0 to start the extra session ... 1:34 - They split the next two
points, OSU up 3-1 ... 1:35 - Oregon rallies to tie it up, 3-3 ... 1:37
- OSU jumps back ahead, leads 5-3 ... 1:38 - OSU up 6-3, match point
... 1:38 - A double-fault ends it, Ohio State wins the match 9-8 (7-3)
and takes the doubles point.
No. 2 UO Claudia Hirt/Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. OSU Cami Hubbs/Julie Blackmore (OHIO STATE WINS, 8-3)
12:14
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Claudia and Madelie have just won the first game of the match, UO
leads 1-0 ... 12:21 - Back-to-back winners for OSU, Hubbs and Blackmore
lead 2-1 ... 12:34 - Back and forth on court one, with OSU currently up
3-2 ... 12:38 - Two more games go to the Buckeyes and Hubbs and
Blackmore are up 5-2 ... 12:43 - A great play at the net by Claudia
tightens it up a bit, OSU leads 5-3 ... 12:48 - 6-3 lead for OSU ...
12:50 - Buckeyes pulling away, up 7-3 ... 12:54 - Oregon staves off a
pair of match points but the Buckeyes lock it down, winning 8-3.
No. 3 UO Trudie du Toit/Carmen Seremeta vs. OSU Kirsten Flower/Paloma Escobedo (OREGON WINS, 9-8 (7-4))
12:15
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A quick 2-0 lead for the Ducks ... 12:21 - Buckeyes get on the board,
2-1 Oregon leads ... 12:23 - Tied up, 2-2 ... 12:33 - After a couple
breaks in the first few games, serve is holding lately, Oregon leads
4-3 ... 12:38 - Knotted up, 4-4 ... 12:43 - Still tied up, now at 5-5
... 12:47 - Ducks up 6-5 ... 12:51 - Tied up again, 6-6, this match
looks destined for a tiebreaker ... 12:56 - Ducks lead 7-6 and can put
it away by breaking the OSU serve ... 12:59 - Doesn't happen for
Oregon, tied up once again 7-7 ... 1:09 - Ducks had the advantage
almost 10 times before they were able to win the game and now lead 8-7
... 1:12 - Oregon will try once again to break the OSU serve and win
the match ... 1:15 - Oregon was able to make it deuce, but the Buckeyes
saved serve and tied it up 8-8 ... TIEBREAKER - Oregon jumps ahead 3-0
in the extra session ... 1:19 - Buckeyes win back-to-back points but
Trudie hits an overhead smash to put the Ducks up 4-2 ... 1:20 - What
would this match be without another tie? 4-4 ... 1:22 - Oregon wins the
tiebreaker, 7-4.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1*
Ohio
State takes the doubles point and we will break for 10 minutes before
singles fires up ... Time for this blogger to go grab a cup of coffee
... Mmmmm, Dutch Bros.
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SINGLES:
No. 1 UO Carmen Seremeta vs. OSU Kirsten Flower (OHIO STATE WINS, 7-5, 6-0)
2:06 - Tied up 2-2 on center court ... 2:11 - Carmen out in front, 3-2 ... 2:19 - Back and forth we go, Carmen still on top 4-3 ... 2:24 - Serve is still holding but that is a good thing thus far for Carmen as she still leads, 5-4 ... 2:31 - Flower takes her first lead of the match, up 6-5 ... 2:39 - Flower wins the first set, 7-5 ... 2:43 - Flower continues her strong play as of late and takes the first game of the second set ... 2:56 - Flowers is rolling, up 5-0 in the second set ... 3:00 - Its over at No. 1 singles, Flower takes the match 7-5, 6-0.
No. 2 UO Pavlina Smatova vs. OSU Paloma Escobedo (OREGON WINS, 6-1, 7-5)
2:06 - Escobedo leads 1-0 ... 2:11 - Pavlina protects her serve and breaks Escobedo's to jump ahead 2-1 ... 2:17 - Three straight winners for Pavlina and she leads 3-1 ... 2:25 - Pavlina looks very strong on court five, sprinting out to a 5-1 lead in the first set ... 2:36 - A 6-1 win for Smatova in the first set ... 2:43 - Escobedo wins the first game of the second set, 1-0 ... 2:57 - Pavlina is up 3-1 in the second set ... 3:09 - A commanding 5-1 lead for Pavlina and she looks unstoppable ... 3:26 - Just when it looked like Pavlina had the match in hand, Escobedo rallied and amazingly its all tied up 5-5 ... 3:30 - Pavlina jumps back into the lead, 6-5 ... 3:34 - An ace by Pavlina on match point gives her the set and the match, 6-1, 7-5.
No. 3 UO Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. OSU Cami Hubbs (OREGON WINS, 6-1, 6-3)
2:06 - Tied up 1-1 with Ceci on the serve ... 2:12 - Ceci saves serve, leads 2-1 ... 2:17 - Ceci grabs another game, leads 3-1 ... 2:19 - Make that a 4-1 lead for Olivos ... 2:25 - Ceci is playing patient and mistake-free tennis and leads 5-1 ... 2:26 - Olivos wins the first set, 6-1 ... 2:36 - Hubbs has come out hot in the second set, jumping ahead 2-0 after losing the first frame ... 2:44 - Hubbs up 3-0 now on court one ... 2:57 - Ceci has battled back to tie it up at 3-3 ... 3:04 - Ceci leads 5-3 after winning five straight games, OSU with the serve as Olivos looks to seal the deal ... 3:07 - Ceci breaks Hubbs' serve and wins the match, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 4 UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. OSU Angela DiPastina (OHIO STATE WINS, 6-3, 6-1)
2:06 - DiPastina up 1-0 in the early going ... 2:12 - Two straight winners for Madelie and she gives UO the lead, 2-1 ... 2:18 - DiPastina battles back to get the lead for OSU, 3-2 ... 2:26 - Tied up 3-3 on court four, directly in front of your blogger extraordinaire ... 2:43 - OSU takes the first set in this match, 6-3 ... 2:57 - Going back into the first set, DiPastina has won six straight games and is up 3-0 to start the second set ... 3:08 - DiPastina leads 5-0 in the second set ... 3:17 - DiPastina takes the match and clinches the dual for the Buckeyes, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 5 UO Trudie du Toit vs. OSU Christina Keesey (OHIO STATE WINS, 6-1, 6-2)
2:07
- Trudie is down 2-1 to Keesey after the first three games of the first
set ... 2:11 - Back-to-back winners for Keesey has her up 4-1 ... 2:18 - Keesey wins the first set, 6-1 ... 2:44 - Trudie on top, 2-1, to begin the second set ... 2:58 - Keesey is back on top, winning four straight games to go ahead 5-2 ... 3:01 - Keesey takes the match, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 6 UO Claudia Hirt vs. OSU Kelsey Haviland (OHIO STATE WINS, 6-4, 6-3).
2:08 - Haviland has jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Claudia ... 2:11 - Claudia is in a hole early, OSU up 4-0 ... 2:17 - Haviland looking strong, leads 5-0 ... 2:30 - Back-to-back wins for Claudia and the OSU lead is 5-2 ... 2:38 - Claudia has a heck of a rally going on at court six, cutting the OSU lead to just 5-4 with four straight wins ... 2:44 - Haviland puts away the first set, wins 6-4 ... 2:58 - Claudia is up in the early going, leading 2-1 in the second set ... 3:20 - Haviland takes the match 6-4, 6-3.
Order of finish: 1, 5, 3, 4*, 6, 2
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