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Arizona State Rallies to Beat Ducks, 5-2
02/28/09 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 45 Oregon women's tennis team grabbed the doubles point against No. 19 Arizona State, but the Sun Devils took five of six singles matches and the Ducks fell 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Student Tennis Center.
Oregon's loss drops its overall record to 7-4 (1-1 Pac-10) while Arizona State improves to 6-1 (1-0 Pac-10) with the come-from-behind victory.
Oregon had the early lead after Pavlina Smatova and Ana Cecilia Olivos combined to win at No. 1 doubles and Carmen Seremeta and Trudie du Toit were victorious at No. 3 doubles.
But Arizona State came out strong, winning the first five singles matches before Siobhan Cavan won at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 7-5, to end the day.
The Ducks next seven matches are on the road, starting next weekend with Washington State in Pullman, Wash., and UW in Seattle.
Please see the transcript of the live blog below for full match results and match commentary.
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The Oregon women's tennis team is battling No. 19 Arizona State today at the Student Tennis Center behind McArthur Court. If you can't make it to the match (free pizza!) you can follow all the action right here at the GoDucks.com live blog. Be sure to hit refresh to keep the content current.
The Ducks knocked off Arizona yesterday at the STC, 4-3, and will look to remain unbeaten in conference play against the Sun Devils. ASU comes in with some impressive wins this season over No. 24 Florida State and No. 27 Texas and is the second-highest ranked foe Oregon has played thus far in 2009. Arizona State also features the No. 3 ranked singles player in the country, Kelcy McKenna, a native of North Bend, Ore., (with a large family cheering section here today) adding even more intrigue to the match between Oregon head coach Paul Reber and his alma mater.
Enough with the introduction, lets get down to business.
DOUBLES:
No. 1 - UO Pavlina Smatova/Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. ASU Micaela Hein/Kelcy McKenna (OREGON WINS, 8-5)
12:11 - Ducks use the serve to jump ahead 1-0 ... 12:13 - Another winner for the Ducks, ahead 2-0 ... 12:17- ASU on the board, Oregon still leads 2-1 ... 12:24 - A great drop shot by Pavlina gives the Ducks another win, and they lead 4-1 ... 12:29 - Ducks are pulling away, up 5-1 on an ASU team that is 14-3 on the season and took the ITA Gold Doubles Title in the fall ... 12:32 - Make that a 6-1 lead for Pavlina and Ceci, Ducks looking very, very strong thus far ... 12:40 - ASU closes the gap with back-to-back wins, Oregon leads 6-3 ... 12:47 - Ducks back on the winning track, up 7-3 ... 12:52 - 7-4 Oregon lead now on center court ... 12:55 - ASU not giving up, Oregon's lead is now two, 7-5 ... 12:57- Match point Oregon ... 12:58 - Big time win for the Ducks, 8-5.
No. 2 - UO Claudia Hirt/Stephanie Macfarlane vs. ASU Laila Abdala/Nadia Abdala (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 8-6)
12:12 - Oregon gets on the board first with Stephanie on the serve ... 12:15 - Tied up, 1-1 ... 12:19 - The sisters take the lead, ASU up 2-1 ... 12:25 - Ducks tie it up 2-2 and Steph is on the serve ... 12:28 - A big time hit by Claudia at the net gives the Ducks the lead once again, 3-2 ... 12:33 - Locked up 3-3 on court one with the serve dictating points thus far ... 12:37 - Ducks leading once again, 4-3 ... 12:39 - Tied up once more, 4-4 ... 12:48 - Still tied 5-5 and it looks like the first team to break serve will win this match ... 12:55 - Ducks up 6-5 ... 1:02 - ASU on top with back-to-back wins, 7-6 and on the serve right now ... 1:03 - Match point ASU ... 1:04 - ASU takes it, 8-6.
No. 3 - UO Carmen Seremeta/Trudie du Toit vs. ASU Ashlee Brown/Sianna Simmons (OREGON WINS, 9-8)
12:14 - A 12 minute game ends with ASU taking a 1-0 early lead ... 12:16 - Much faster second game but result is the same, ASU up 2-0 ... 12:25 - The teams split a pair of games, ASU leads 3-1 ... 12:26 - Ducks cut the lead to one, ASU up 3-2 ... 12:33 - Tied up 3-3 now as the match continues to go back-and-forth ... 12:37 - Ducks on top, 4-3 ... 12:42 - Carmen and Trudie steal one, up 5-3 ... 12:48 - Oregon up 6-3 ... 12:50 - ASU cuts the Oregon lead to just one, 6-5 ... 12:56 - Tied up 6-6 on court three ... 1:04 - The whole crowd has moved down to court three as this match will decide the doubles point ... 1:08 - Ducks on top 7-6 after a very intense game but ASU is on the serve now ... 1:15 - Oregon had one match point but could not capitalize and ASU ties it up 7-7 ... 1:18 - Ducks get the lead again, 8-7 ... 1:23 - Time for the tiebreaker as ASU ties it up 8-8 ... 1:24 - Oregon out to a 3-0 lead in the tiebreaker ... 1:25 - Ducks up 4-0 ... 1:27 - Match point Ducks, 6-0 ... 1:28 - Ducks take it down, winning a crucial doubles point, 9-8 (6-1).
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3*
Oregon grabs the doubles point and will head into singles against No. 19 Arizona State with a 1-0 lead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*I'm having some serious internet/computer issues over here at the STC, my apologies for the lack of updates thus far in singles*
SINGLES:
No. 1 UO Carmen Seremeta vs. ASU #3 Kelcy McKenna (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 6-3, 6-1)
2:00 - Tied up 2-2 on center court ... 2:10 - McKenna with back-to-back wins to take a 4-2 lead ... 2:29 - McKenna wins the first set for ASU, 6-3 ... 2:35 - Carmen is down 3-1 in the second set ... 2:42 - A 5-1 lead for Kelcy and match point ... 2:43 - Kelcy wins the match, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2 UO Pavlina Smatova vs. ASU Nadia Abdala (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 6-2, 6-3)
2:00 - Pavlina down early, ASU up 1-0 ... 2:10 - Slowly but surely, Nadia still leads 2-1 ...2:30 - Nadia up 5-2 in the first set ... 2:42 - Nadia wins the first set, 6-2 ... 2:54 - Tied up 2-2 in the second set ... 3:13 - Pavlina down 5-3 ... 3:18 - Nadia wins 6-2, 6-3.
No. 3 UO Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. ASU Laila Abdala (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 6-0. 6-2)
1:49 - Laila on top early, 1-0 ... 2:07 - Ceci is in trouble one court one, down 5-0 to Laila ... 2:09 - Laila wins the first set handily, 6-0 ...2:30 - Tied up 2-2 in the second set ... 2:42 - Laila has blown the doors off after a tight start to the second set, up 5-2 now on Ceci ... 2:45 - Match point for ASU ... 2:47 - Laila wins it for ASU, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 4 UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. ASU Sianna Simmons (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 6-2, 6-2)
2:05 - Simmons has sprinted out a 5-1 lead in the first set ... 2:14 - Madelie gets another win but still a big lead for Sianna, ASU up 5-2 ...2:30 - Sianna wins the first set for the Sun Devils, 6-2 ... 2:35 - Tied up 1-1 in the second set ... 2:54 - Sianna up 5-2 in the second ... 2:56 - Sianna wins the match, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 5 UO Stephanie Macfarlane vs. ASU Ashlee Brown (ARIZONA STATE WINS, 6-3, 6-1)
Interestingly, the two opponenets are friends and both native Australians ... 2:08 - Brown on top 3-2 as the serve has held for both players thus far ... 2:30 - Ashlee wins the first set, 6-3 ... 2:54 - Ashlee up 4-1 in the second set ... 3:04 - Brown clinches the match and the dual for the Sun Devils, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 6 UO Siobhan Cavan vs. ASU Ali Van Horne (OREGON WINS, 6-1, 7-5)
2:01 - Siobhan with a nice 3-0 lead ... 2:07 - Make that a 4-0 lead for Siobhan ... 2:31 - Siobhan takes the first set 6-1 ... 2:55 - Locked up at 3-3 right now in the second set ... 3:12 - Siobhan is up 5-4 ... 3:23 - Siobhan wins the match for the Ducks, 6-1, 7-5.
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5*, 2, 6
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