University of Oregon
UC Santa Barbara
Ducks Lose Heartbreaker to UCSB
02/07/09 | Men's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - It came down to a tiebreaker in the final match but UC Santa Barbara won 4-3 in a four hour marathon of a match on Friday night inside the Student Tennis Center.
Oregon won the doubles point but UCSB took four of six singles matches to hand the Ducks their first loss this season in Eugene.
Freshman Ayrton Wibowo won in dominating fashion for Oregon, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 3 singles but the final three matches all went into third sets to decide the outcome of the dual.
Ric Mortera, playing in his first duals singles match of the season after overcoming injury early in the year, battled back after losing the first set to force a tiebreaker at No. 5 singles. Mortera jumped out a to an early lead in the tiebreaker but UCSB's Josh Finkelstein rallied to take the tiebreaker 8-6 and the match 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.
Jose' Izquierdo dropped his opening set as well but won 6-7, 6-4, 6-0 after forcing the third set.
The match was decided at No. 1 singles when Marcos Verdasco and Philip Therp needed more than just a third set to settle thier match. After a back-and-forth affair in the extra frame which was tied 6-6, Therp won the final two points to win the tiebreaker 8-6 and the match 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).
The Ducks will look to rebound from the tough loss on Sunday when they take on No. 41 ranked New Mexico.
Please see the transcript below for the full results and the riveting match commentary.
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DOUBLES:
No. 1 UO Marcos Verdasco/Alexander Cornelissen vs. UCSB Philip Therp/Scott Hohenstein (OREGON WINS, 8-3)
5:55
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Oregon dropped the first game of this match but Marcos and Alex have
rattled off four straight winners to take a commanding 4-1 lead ...
6:03 - Ducks and Gauchos split the last two games, Oregon leads 5-2 ...
6:08- 6-2 is the Oregon lead now ... 6:14 - Smooth sailing for Oregon,
up 7-2 on center court ... 6:17 - Match point for Oregon ... 6:18 -
UCSB staves off a pair of match points, deuce ... 6:20 - UCSB lives to
play another game, 7-3 Oregon leads ... 6:23 - Gauchos can't extend the
match again, Oregon wins 8-3.
No. 2 UO Ric Mortera/Duncan MacDonald-Korth vs. UCSB Alexander Konigsfeldt/Josh Finkelstein (OREGON WINS, 8-7)
5:56
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The
tightest match thus far is developing on court four, where the
two sides are all knotted up, 3-3 ... 6:00 - UCSB jumps ahead for the
first time, 4-3 ... 6:03 - Ducks waste little time in evening the
score, 4-4 ... 6:05 - Serves are proving to be vital now, as neither
side can break their opponent, UCSB leads 5-4 ... 6:08 - Duncan's serve
is overpowering tonight ... 6:09 - An ace from DMK ties it up, 5-5 ...
6:11 - Break point for the Ducks and Ric and Duncan take a 6-5 lead ...
6:15 - All square once again, 6-6 ... 6:21 - 7-6 UCSB leads ... 6:28 -
Duncan and Ric are FIRED UP! ... All tied up, 7-7 ... 6:30 - Ducks lead
3-2 in the tiebreaker ... 6:31 - Ducks up 4-2 as they switch sides ...
6:32 - Oregon up 6-3 and looking to sweep the doubles session ... 6:33
- It's over, Oregon wins 8-7.
No. 3 UO Jose' Izquierdo/Ayrton Wibowo vs. UCSB Taylor Chavez Goggin/Nick Caledonia (OREGON WINS, 8-6)
5:56 - Oregon's pair of freshmen phenoms, Izquierdo and Wibowo, have taken a 4-1 lead on court six ... 5:59 - Goggin and Caledonia, also underclassmen (Frosh-Soph) have protected their serve and cut Oregon's lead to 4-2 ... 6:03 - Jose' and Ayrton grab another game, lead 5-2 ... 6:09 - UCSB and Oregon split the next two games, Ducks still lead 6-3 ... 6:12 - UCSB tightens it up a bit, Ducks still lead 6-4 ... 6:17 - A Gaucho rally on court six, Ducks still lead but barely, 6-5 ... 6:20 - Oregon is slipping and it is all square, 6-6 ... 6:23 - Jose' and Ayrton back on track, up 7-6 ... 6:26 - Match point for the Ducks and the doubles point in the balance ... 6:28 - Ducks take it, 8-6.
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
After a very entertaining and tense doubles session, the teams are breaking for 10 minutes and singles will begin.
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* singles records show duals matches only and are updated to include Oregon/UCSB match results *
SINGLES
No. 1 UO Marcos Verdasco (3-4) vs. UCSB Philip Therp (1-2) UCSB WINS 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
6:54 - Marcos wins the first game at center court, leads 1-0 ...
6:58 - All square, 1-1 ... 7:02 - Marcos protects his serve again, back
up 2-1 ... 7:05 - Knotted up again, 2-2 ... 7:14 - Winner for Marcos,
he leads 3-2 ... 7:21 - Back-to-back winners for Verdasco, he leads 5-2
... 7:26 - Marcos takes the first set, 6-3 ... 7:43 - Therp has come
out on fire in the second set, leading 3-0 in a hurry ... 7:54 - A
couple slow games are split, Therp up 4-1 ... 8:01 - Verdasco wins
again, 4-2 in favor of Therp ... 8:05 - Therp up 5-2 in the second set
... 8:10 - Therp wins the second set, 6-3, and forces a deciding third
set ... 8:18 - Verdasco takes the first game of the third set ... 8:33
- Two straight winners for Therp as he breaks Verdasco's serve, 2-1
UCSB ... 8:38 - Marcos breaks Therp right back, tied 2-2 ... 8:43 -
Another broken serve as Therp steals one away from Verdasco and he
leads 3-2 ... 8:46 - Therp jumps ahead 4-2 ... 8:52 - Marco holds,
Therp still leading 4-3 ... 9:01 - With Therp up 5-3, the ninth game is
deuce ... 9:03 - Advantage Marcos ... And he takes the game but Therp
still leads 5-4 and Marcos will have to break his serve to tie it up
... 9:13 - Marcos does indeed BREAK Therp and leads 6-5 ... 9:17 - All
square once again as we move to a tiebreaker, like we would have had it
any other way? ... TIEBREAKER
... Therp takes the opening point but Verdsaco ties it up, 1-1 ...
Overhead smash by Verdasco sails just long, Therp up 2-1 ... Verdasco plays one down the line, tied 2-2 ... Another ball down the line for Marcos but this time just wide ... Therp takes another point, up 4-2 ... This time Therp plays a ball just outside the line, his lead is now one, 4-3 ... ACE! Marcos evens it up 4-4 ... Verdasco pops one into the net, 5-4 in favor of Therp ... Tied up again, 5-5, after Marcos puts one perfectly into the far back corner ... Therp sends one long, Marcos leads 6-5 ... Match point for the Ducks ... Therp's ball jumps up off the top of the net and Marcos cannot handle it, sends it long, tied up 6-6 ... Therp plays the serve back perfectly, takes the lead 7-6 ... Match point ... One volley and Therp smashes it past Verdasco for the set win, the match win and the dual win - 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).
No. 2 UO Alexander Cornelissen (4-2) vs. UCSB Alexander Konigsfeldt (1-3) UCSB WINS 6-1, 7-5
6:52
- Konigsfeldt wins the first game in the battle of Alexanders, UCSB
leads 1-0 ... 6:54 - UCSB up 2-0 ... 6:59 - Cornelissen gets on the
board, UCSB leads 2-1 ... 7:02 - Two straight winners for Konigsfeldt,
USCB leads 4-1 ... 7:15 - Konigsfeldt takes the first set, 6-1 ... 7:33
- UCSB leads 2-1 in the second set ... 7:39 - Cornelissen ties it up,
2-2 ... 7:44 - Waffle takes the lead, 3-2 ... 8:10 - Cornelissen up 5-4
in the second set ... 8:17 - Locked up 5-5 ... 8:19 - Konigsfeldt up
6-5 ... 8:24 - Winner for Konigsfeldt, 6-1, 7-5.
No. 3 UO Ayrton Wibowo (6-1) vs. UCSB Scott Hohenstein (1-3) OREGON WINS, 6-2, 6-2
6:56 - Ayrton takes a 2-1 lead on Hohenstein with head coach Nils
Schyllander watching courtside ... 7:00 - The pinpoint shots are
working thus far for Wibowo, it must be the black and yellow shoes that
are enhancing his already superb accuracy, Oregon leads 3-1 ... 7:06 -
Wibowo with an overhead smash to take a 4-1 lead in the first set ...
7:14 - 5-2 lead for Wibowo ... 7:18 - 6-2 win for Wibowo in the first
set ... 7:25 - Ayrton keeps the momentum going, wins the first game of
the second set, 1-0 ... 7:30 - Wibowo makes people look silly on the
court, leads 3-0 ... 7:37 - Wibowo just mowing through games now, up
5-0 and looking invincible ... 7:50 - Winner, winner Wibowo - 6-2, 6-2.
No. 4 UO Jose' Izquierdo (5-1) vs. UCSB Max Taylor (0-3) OREGON WINS 6-7, 6-4, 6-0
6:52 - Jose' jumps out to an early 1-0 lead ... 7:03 - Izquierdo and
Taylor split two games, Jose' still leads 2-1 ... 7:13 - Izquierdo up
3-2 ... 7:18 - Knotted up, 3-3 ... 7:23 - Taylor takes his first lead
of the match, up 4-3 ... 7:30 - Tied up 4-4 ... 7:36 - Taylor up 5-4
... 7:43 - Slowly but surely this match is moving along, tied up again
at 5-5 ... 7:45 - Make that 6-5 in favor of Taylor ... 7:48 - 6-6 in
the first set and we're on to a tiebreaker to decide this one ... 7:55
- Taylor wins the tiebreaker, 7-5 to win the first set 7-6 ... 8:17 -
Izquierdo leads 2-1 in the second set ... 8:20 - 3-2 lead for Izzy ...
8:29 - Izquierdo up 4-3, holding on to his one game lead ... 8:37 -
Jose' now leads 5-3 ... 8:44 - Jose' forces a third set on his match as
well with a 6-4 win the second ... 8:50 - Jose' breaks Taylor's serve
to start the third set, up 1-0 ... 8:59 - Jose' leads the third set 3-0
... 9:06 - The Oregon strength and conditioning crew get props in this
match, as Jose' is simply outlasting his opponent and leads 5-0 ...
9:12 - Jose' blasts through the third set to win 6-7, 6-4, 6-0.
No. 5 UO Ric Mortera (0-0) vs. UCSB Josh Finkelstein (1-0) UCSB WINS 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6)
6:47
- Mortera playing in his first duals singles match of the season after
dealing with an injury in the fall and early spring ... 6:56 - Each man
holds his serve, all square 1-1 ... 7:04 - Still tied up, 2-2 ... 7:13
- Finkelstein pulling away, up 4-2 on Mortera ... 7:16 - Mortera down
5-2 ... 7:19 - Ric gets one back, UCSB up 5-3 ... 7:27 - 6-3 win in the
first set for Finkelstein ... 7:30 - Ric wins the first game of the
second set, leads 1-0 ... 7:39 - Mortera still leads in the second set,
up 3-2 on Finkelstein ... 7:44 - Tied up, 3-3 ... 7:45 - Mortera,
rockin' the day-glo green sleeveless tee, is up 4-3 in the second set
... 7:52 - The shirt continues to work, Mortera wins the second set 6-3
... 8:00 - Knotted up 1-1 to start the third and final set ... 8:03 -
Mortera takes a 2-1 lead ... 8:08 - Ric ahead 3-1 now and looking to
steal a victory on court six ... 8:15 - Finkelstein protects his serve
but Mortera still leads 3-2 ... 8:21 - 4-2 lead for Mortera as he holds
his serve as well ... 8:27 - After breaking Finkelstein's first serve
Mortera has sat back and protected his own, leads 5-3 ... 8:34 - 5-4
Mortera leads and has the serve ... 8:37 - UCSB breaks serve and ties
it up 5-5 ... 8:43 - Finkelstein jumps ahead in the third set, leads
6-5 ... 8:47 - This match couldn't get any more nerve-racking, as
Mortera ties it up 6-6 ... 8:48 - Ric goes ahead 3-0 to start the
tiebreaker ... 8:50 - Mortera up 5-1 in the tiebreaker ... 8:54 -
Finkelstein battles back, Mortera leads the tiebreaker by just one, 6-5
... 8:55 - What a match! All tied up 6-6 in the tiebreaker ... 8:56 -
UCSB up 7-6 in the tiebreaker, match point for Finkelstein ... 8:56 -
And he wins it, USCB takes the match 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 6 UO Duncan MacDonald-Korth (5-2) vs. USCB Taylor Chavez Goggin (1-2) UCSB WINS 6-4, 6-1
6:51 - Duncan wins the first game of the singles session, up 1-0 ... 6:58 - DMK leads 2-1 on court three ... 7:05 - Serves hold, Duncan leads 3-2 ... 7:14 - Serves still holding, Duncan up 4-3 ... 7:25 - Tied up, 4-4 ... 7:28 - DMK falls, down 5-4 to Goggin ... 7:35 - Goggin takes the first set, 6-4 ... 7:44 - Goggin grabs the first two games of the second set, leads 2-0 ... 7:54 - Four-straight winners for Goggin, he leads DMK 4-0 in the second set ... 7:57 - Now 5-0 in favor of Chavez Goggin ... 8:07 - Goggin wins the match, 6-4, 6-1.
Order of finish: 3, 6, 2, 5, 4, 1*
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