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Ducks Start Pac-10 Play With 4-3 Win Over Arizona
02/28/09 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's tennis team dropped the doubles point to Arizona, but won the first four singles matches to start Pac-10 play with a 4-3 victory on Friday afternoon at the Student Tennis Center.
Oregon improved to 7-3 (1-0 Pac-10) on the season with the win while Arizona fell to 5-3 (0-1 Pac-10).
The four-hour long match saw all six singles matches go to third sets and the Ducks needed them, as two of Oregon's wins did not take the first set.
Pavlina Smatova, who won 8-4 with Ana Cecilia Olivos at No. 1 doubles, started of the singles victories with a 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 come-from-behind victory at No. 2 singles. Carmen Seremeta tacked on Oregon's next win at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 win. Oregon got another win in comeback fashion at No. 5 singles as Stephanie Macfarlane rallied from a 4-0 deficeit in the first set to win 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. Oregon sealed the deal with Siobhan Cavan's 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 6 singles.
The Ducks will need to rest and replenish quickly as they play their second-highest ranked foe of the season, No. 19 Arizona State, tomorrow at noon at the STC. The Sun Devils feature a pair of top-100 singles players, including No. 3 ranked sophomore Kelcy McKenna.
As at today's match, free pizza will be available for fans tomorrow afternoon.
Please see the transcript of the live blog below for full results and match commentary.
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The Oregon women's tennis team opens up Pac-10 play today against Arizona at the Student Tennis Center. If you can't make it over to the STC you can catch all the action right here in the GoDucks.com live blog.
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DOUBLES:
No. 1 UO Pavlina Smatova/Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. UA Natasha Marks/Claire Rietsch (OREGON WINS, 8-4)
12:10
- Arizona takes the first game, up 1-0, and Smatova is on the serve now
for the Ducks ... 12:16 - Tied up 1-1 now ... 12:21 - Ducks have taken
a 2-1 lead with back-to-back wins ... 12:31 - A split of the next two
games, Oregon leads 3-2 ... 12:36 - Ducks tack another game onto their
lead, up 4-2 on center court ... 12:39 - UA chips away at the Oregon
lead, Ducks still up 4-3 ... 12:46 - Serve is holding for the last few
games, Ducks protect theirs to take a two game lead once again, 5-3 ...
12:52 - Now a 6-3 lead for the Ducks as Pavlina and Ceci look to
improve their team best 4-1 doubles record to 5-1 ... 12:57 - Pavlina
and Ceci lead 7-3 ... 1:03 - Some amazing play at the net by Ceci seals
it for the Ducks, an 8-4 win.
No. 2 UO Carmen Seremeta/Trudie du Toit vs. UA Danielle Steinberg/Sarah Landsman (ARIZONA WINS, 8-5)
12:08
- Oregon has the serve to open the match but the Wildcats took the
first game, UA up 1-0 ... 12:16 - Ducks and Wildcats split the next two
games, UA up 2-1 ... 12:17 - Tied up 2-2 after Carmen finishes off the
point at the net ... 12:31 - Arizona pushes back ahead 4-2 ... 12:35 -
Now a 5-2 lead for Arizona .. 12:44 - Oregon tightens it up a bit but
UA leads 5-3 ... 12:46 - With Carmen on the serve, Oregon takes
back-to-back games to cut Arizona's lead to just one, 5-4 as this looks
like it will be the deciding match of the doubles session ... 12:55 -
Arizona had the advantage and took the game after the official
overruled Oregon's call that the ball was out, over the backline ... UA
up 6-4 ... 1:03 - No. 2 doubles is getting intense as Arizona's lead is
just one, 6-5 ... 1:04 - This match will decide the doubles point as
Oregon took the No. 1 doubles match and UA won at No. 3 ... 1:05 -
Arizona on the serve in a crucial game for Oregon ... 1:09 - A back and
forth advantage ends with UA taking the game, leads 7-5 ... 1:11 -
Match point Arizona ... 1:12 - Arizona wins 8-5 and takes the doubles
point.
No. 3 UO Stephanie Macfarlane/Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. UA Ariane Masschelein/Jane Huh (ARIZONA WINS, 8-2)
12:10 - Arizona leads 1-0 after protecting its serve, Madalie now serving for Oregon ... 12:16 - UA takes a second straight point, up 2-0 ... 12:22 - Ducks get on the board but UA leads 2-1 ... 12:30 - Another set of back-to-back UA wins has them leading 4-1 ... 12:35 - Masschelein and Huh and pulling away, leading 5-1 for the Wildcats ... 12:39 - Make that a 6-1 lead for the Wildcats ... 12:45 - Oregon stems the tide a bit, taking their second game of the match, UA up 6-2 ... 12:53 - UA up 7-2 ... 12:56 - 8-2 winner for UA at No. 3 doubles.
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2*
Arizona takes the doubles point and we will take a short break before singles play fires up.
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SINGLES:
No. 1 UO Carmen Seremeta vs. UA Danielle Steinberg (OREGON WINS, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4)
1:32
- Locked up 1-1 at center court ... 1:36 - Carmen leads 2-1 ... 1:43 -
Tied up 2-2 with both players yet to be broken ... 1:55 - Seremeta
breaks first and Steinberg takes the lead, up 4-3 ... 2:01 - Carmen
battles back with patient, consistent play and now leads 5-4 ... 2:04 -
Carmen wins the first set, 6-4 ... 2:18 - Tied up 1-1 to start the
second set ... 2:30 - Three straight winners for Steinberg gives UA a
4-1 lead in the second set ... 2:40 - Steinberg has been nearly perfect in the second set, leads 5-1 ... 2:45 - Steinberg wins the second set 6-1 ... 2:49 - 1-1 to begin the third set ... 2:56 - Still locked up, 2-2 ... 3:01 - Carmen takes a 3-2 lead and is up early 30-love with the serve in the sixth game ... 3:04 - Carmen pushes ahead, 4-2 ... 3:11 - Steinberg closes the gap, Carmen up 4-3 ... 3:22 - It did not come easy, but Carmen has put herself up 5-3 and looking for the win with Steinberg on the serve ... 3:25 - Match point for Carmen ... 3:28 - Steinberg survives but Carmen leads 5-4 and has the serve ... 3:31 - 40-love Carmen, match point ... 3:32 - The tennis gods were on her side, as Carmen's shot hits the top of the net and dribbles over the top for the winner, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
No. 2 UO Pavlina Smatova vs. UA Natasha Marks (OREGON WINS, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2)
1:32
- Pavlina leads 1-0 in a hurry ... 1:33 - Serve holding early, tied 1-1
... 1:44 - Pavlina is the first to be broken as Marks jumps out to a
2-1 lead ... 1:47 - A 3-1 lead now for Marks ... 1:55 - Pavlina down
4-2 on court five ... 2:05 - Another winner for Marks as she leads 5-2
... 2:11 - Marks wins the first set for the Wildcats, 6-2 ... 2:24 -
Pavlina wins the first two games of the second set ... 2:34 - Now a 3-0
lead for Pavlina in the second set ... 2:40 - Pavlina has really turned it around, up 4-0 ... 2:44 - An amazing turnaround for Pavlina, who sweeps through the second set 6-0 after dropping the first frame ... 2:51 - Pavlina is getting stronger with each game and she is also getting more vocal as the momentum is clearly in her favor, up 1-0 in the third set ... 3:02 - Tied up 1-1 in the third ... 3:06 - 2-1 lead for Pavlina in the third set ... 3:10 Pavlina up 3-1 now on Marks ... 3:15 - After losing the first set 6-2, Pavlina has won 10 of 11 games over the last two sets and leads the third set 4-1 - amazing ... 3:25 - Pavlina still rolling up 5-2 ... 3:28 - Match point Pavlina ... 3:29 - A big hand from the crowd as Pavlina wins it, the first match to finish on the afternoon, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 3 UO Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. UA Sarah Landsman (ARIZONA WINS, 6-4, 0-6, 7-5)
1:34
- Landsman up 1-0 in the early going ... 1:45 - Landsman rolling, up
3-0 ... 1:54 - Ceci on the board but Landsman grabs another game, UA up
4-1 ... 2:11 - Ceci rallying on court one, cuts Landsman's lead to just
one at 5-4 ... 2:17 - Landsman takes the first set, 6-4 ... 2:30 - Ceci
has come out hot to start the second set, leading 3-0 ... 2:44 - Four straight winners for Ceci, up 4-0 ... 2:55 - Ceci sweeps through the second set, wins 6-0 ... Landsman takes the first game of the third set, UA up 1-0 ... 3:05 - Make that a 2-0 lead for Landsman in the third ... 3:11 - Ceci gets on the board in the third set, UA still leads 2-1 ... 3:16 - Ceci ties it up, 2-2 ... 3:20 - Ceci playing like she did in the second set, winning three straight games to take a 3-2 lead ... 3:24 - Another winner for Ceci, up 4-2 ... 3:27 - A ridiculous fifth straight game goes to Ceci ... 3:33 - Landsman not ready to fold yet, but Ceci still leads 5-3 ... 3:36 - Match point Ceci ... 3:44 - Landsman staves up multiple match points and takes the game but Ceci is still up 5-4 and has the serve now ... 3:48 - With her back against the wall, Landsman has responded to tie it up 5-5 ... 3:54 - Landsman takes a 6-5 lead in the third and Ceci looks gassed ... 3:56 - Landsman wins it 6-4, 0-6, 7-5.
No. 4 UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. UA Ariane Masschelein (ARIZONA WINS, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0)
1:33
- Madelie out to the early lead, 1-0 ... 1:43 - A 2-1 lead now for
Madelie ... 1:54 - Back and forth we go, Madelie still leads 3-2 ...
2:05 - Slow and steady on court four, Madelie still leads 4-3 ... 2:16
- 5-4 lead for Madelie and has the serve ... 2:18 - Apparently the
scoreboard was wrong and it was tied up 5-5 with Madelie on the serve
and Ariane broke it to take a 6-5 lead ... 2:39 - She needed a tiebreaker, but Madelie took the first set, 7-6 ... 3:02 - Serve is holding in the second set, Ariane up 3-2 but UO has the serve ... 3:23 - Masschelein takes the second set 6-3 and another match goes to a third set ... 3:40 - An early hole for Madelie as Ariane is up 3-0 in the third ... 3:55 - Ariane wins it, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0.
No. 5 UO Stephanie Macfarlane vs. UA Jane Huh (OREGON WINS, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2)
1:33
- Huh leads 1-0 ... 1:42 - Huh starting to roll on court three, up 3-0
... 1:46 - A perfect drop shot by Huh sneaks just over the net, over
the shoulder from beyond the back line no less, UA up 4-0 ... 1:56 -
Steph coming to life a bit on court three, but Huh still leads 5-2 ...
2:04 - Make the Arizona lead just two as Macfarlane has cut it to 5-3
... 2:09 - One heck of a comeback by Stephanie brewing on court three
if she can finish it off, UA leads 5-4 and has Huh has the serve ...
2:15 - Not only does she tie it up at 5-5, but Macfarlane takes the
lead 6-5, what an amazing effort ... 2:20 - Huh ties it up 6-6 and the
match will be decided in tiebreaker ... 2:22 - Tied up 2-2 to begin the
tiebreaker ... 2:24 - A 6-4 lead for Steph in the tiebreaker ... 2:28 -
And the comeback is capped by Macfarlane, who rallied from a 4-0
defeciet to win the first set 7-6 ... 2:31 - Steph takes the first game
of the second set ... 2:35 - Steph leads 2-1 in the second set ... 2:43 - Huh with back-to-back winners to lead 3-2 ... 3:00 - Huh wins the second set 6-2 ... 3:03 - Tied up 1-1 in the third set ... 3:11 - Huh up 2-1 in the third set ... 3:17 - Steph breaks Huh's serve to take a 3-2 lead ... 3:30 - Now a 4-2 lead for Steph after a marathon 15-minute game ... 3:38 - An amazing comeback in the first set and a strong performance in the third gives Steph the win, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2.
No. 6 UO Siobhan Cavan vs. UA Debora Castany (OREGON WINS, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5)
1:33 - Castany with the early lead, 1-0 ... 1:42 - Castany and Cavan split the next two games, UA up 2-1 ... 1:54 - Cavan and Castany split a pair of games, UA up 3-2 ... 2:04 - Another split and Castany still leads, 4-3 ... 2:16 - Castany takes the first set, 6-4 ... 2:29 - Siobhan has taken a 2-1 lead to begin the second set ... 2:44 - Siobhan still leads, up 3-2 ... 2:49 - Siobhan is rolling through the second, up 5-2 ... 2:55 - Siobhan wins the second set, 6-3 ... 3:12 - Castany grabs the first two games of the third set, up 2-0 ... 3:18 - Siobhan on the board, UA up 2-1 ... 3:42 - 5-4 lead for Castany but Siobhan has won the last two games ... 3:46 - Tied up 5-5 and and Siobhan is up 40-love ... 3:49 - Siobhan takes the lead for the first time in the third set, up 6-5 ... 3:51 - Match point Siobhan ... 3:52 - Siobhan locks it down 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and wins it for the Ducks.
Order of finsh: 2, 1, 5, 6*, 4, 3
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