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Ducks Defeat No. 39 Colorado, 4-3
02/08/09 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's tennis team showed some serious grit on Sunday morning at the Student Tennis Center, winning four of six singles matches to win 4-3 and defeat their second-straight ranked opponent, No. 39 Colorado.
After dropping the doubles point, the Ducks needed four singles matches to pull out the win and that is exactly what they got - but it didn't look that way to start with.
Colorado took down the first two singles matches to finish, at No. 2 and No. 4 to take a 3-0 lead in the dual. But Siobhan Cavan put the Ducks on the board with her critical 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles.
Then it was down to No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 singles to come through for the Ducks.
Carmen Seremeta was the first of the Ducks to win on the left side of the Student Tennis Center, sweeping through the third set of her match to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Pavlina Smatova fell into an early hole at No. 3 singles, down 5-2 in the first set, but the sophomore rallied to win three straight to tie it up 5-5. After a 6-6 draw moved the match into a seven-point tiebreaker, Smatova dominated, winning 7-0 to take the first set. She continued her strong play in the second set to 6-2.
The day was decided at No. 5 singles where Stephanie Macfarlane won after dropping the first set. Macfarlane lost the opening frame 6-2 but finished strong, even with all the pressure on her, to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
The Ducks should climb the national rankings after a stellar weekend home stand that saw No. 49 New Mexico and No. 39 Colorado fall to No. 58 ranked Oregon. The Ducks have a weekend off before hosting another set of tough teams, with Ohio State and Washington State coming to Eugene.
See the live blog transcript below for full results and match commentary.
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The Oregon women's tennis team will look to build on their upset of No. 49 ranked New Mexico on Friday morning as they battle No. 39 ranked Colorado this morning. The Ducks and Buffaloes are underway in the Student Tennis Center and you can follow all the action right here in the GoDucks.com live blog.
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Oregon enters the match with a 4-2 record on the season while Colorado sports a record of 3-2 with wins over ranked foes South Florida and UNLV in addition to Air Force. The Buffaloes pair of losses came to top-25 ranked Stanford and LSU.
DOUBLES
No. 1 UO Pavlina Smatova/Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. CU Melisa Esposito/Camila Belassi (OREGON WINS, 8-4)
9:45 - In the early going the Buffalos are up 2-1 ... 9:50 - Each team is holding serve on center court, tied up 2-2 ... 9:52 - Esposito and Belassi jump out to their first lead, 3-2 ... 9:57 - A fierce volley played at the net by both sides ends with Olivos slipping one in between the Buffs, Oregon ties it up 3-3 ... 10:05 - Ducks rallying on all courts and the No. 1s are leading the way, up 4-3 with back-to-back wins ... 10:12 - Ducks grab another game, up 5-3 ... 10:13 - Colorado gets one back, still down 5-4 ... 10:17 - Smatova and Olivos are killing it at the net this morning, win again, up 6-4 ... 10:22 - Oregon's lead grows, up 7-4 ... 10:24 - Match point Oregon ... 10:26 - Smatova and Olivos win No. 1 for Oregon, 8-4.
No. 2 UO Carmen Seremeta/Claudia Hirt vs. CU Ania Anuszkiewicz/Franziska Jendrian (COLORADO WINS, 8-5)
9:45 - Oregon leads 2-0 with Colorado on the serve ... 9:51 - Colorado gets on the board, Oregon still leads 2-1 ... 9:52 - Knotted up 2-2 ... 9:56 - Seremeta's drop shot lands just wide and Colorado takes its first lead of the match, 3-2 ... 10:02 - Ducks grab a game, tied up 3-3 ... 10:12 - Ducks and Buffs split a pair of games, tied up 4-4 ... 10:17 - Colorado takes back the lead, up 5-4 ... 10:20 - Buffs' lead is now two, up 6-4 ... 10:22 - Everything landing for Colorado, now leading 7-4 ... 10:27 - Match point Buffs ... 10:29 - Ducks avoid the loss but CU still leads 7-5 ... 10:31 - Oregon can't extend the match again, Colorado wins it 8-5.
No. 3 UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg/Trudie du Toit vs. CU Abbie Probert/Michala Jensen (COLORADO WINS, 9-7)
9:45 - All square, 1-1, but Colorado leads 40-15 with Madelie serving ... 9:46 - Colorado breaks Oregon's serve, leads 2-1 ... 9:51 - Ducks down 3-1 ... 9:53 - Oregon led 40-love and owned break point, but Probert and Jensen rallied and now lead 4-1 ... 9:58 - Oregon's freshmen pair are rallying, have taken two straight games to cut the Colorado lead to just one, 4-3 ... 10:06 - Make that three straight winners for the young Ducks, tied up 4-4 ... 10:11 - Buffs stem the tide by protecting their serve, up 5-4 ... 10:13 - Madelie and Trudie lock it up again, 5-5 ... 10:16 - Serve is holding now, Colorado back up 6-5 ... 10:20 - Colorado breaks Oregon's serve to jump ahead 7-5 ... 10:23 - Ducks stave off a pair of match points ... 10:24 - Ducks do it again, deuce ... 10:30 - About the fifth deuce in this game ... 10:31 - Ducks work their way out of six match points to win the game, CU leads 7-6 ... 10:32 - It all comes down to this match for the doubles point ... 10:32 - Oregon has the serve ... 10:33 - Everyone is crowded around court three and Colorado takes the early lead in the vital game, 40-15, the Ducks face match point again ... 10:34 - Wow! Ace for Trudie but still match point ... 10:35 - Another match point for Colorado, another win for Oregon, deuce ... 10:36 - Advantage Ducks ... 10:38 - Deuce again, but Madelie with some amazing play near the net earns the advantage for Oregon once again ... 10:39 - Ducks win the game, tied up 7-7, what a poise from the Oregon freshmen ... 10:42 - 40-30 Ducks ... 10:43 - Deuce ... 10:45 - Back-and-forth we go but CU holds the advantage now ... 10:46 - Colorado leads 8-7 in the deciding match of the doubles session ... 10:50 - Match point Colorado ... 10:52 - An intense volley ends with an Oregon shot soaring deep, Colorado wins the match and the doubles point, 9-7.
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3*
Colorado wins the doubles point and the Ducks will need to take 4-of-6 singles matches to win today ...
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SINGLES
No. 1 UO Carmen Seremeta vs. CU Camila Belassi (OREGON WINS, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0)
11:16 - Points are coming off the serve thus far at No. 1 singles, Belassi leads 2-1 ... 11:27 - Serves still holding, 3-2 lead for Belassi ... 11:39 - Tied up 4-4 on center court ... 11:42 - Carmen takes her first lead of the match, 5-4 ... 11:46 - 6-4 winner for Carmen in the first set ... 11:58 - Belassi takes the first two games of the second set but Carmen snags the third, 2-1 CU lead ... 12:25 - Belassi takes the second set 6-3 ... 12:35 - Carmen fires out to a 3-0 lead in the third set ... 12:40 - Carmen is blazing through the third set, up 5-0 ... 12:43 - Match point for Carmen ... 12:44 - An overhead smash puts the match away for Carmen, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
No. 2 UO Ana Cecilia Olivos vs. CU Melisa Esposito (COLORADO WINS, 6-1, 6-2)
11:13 - Ceci off to a good start, up 1-0 ... 11:19 - Tied up 1-1 ... 11:26 - Esposito with three-straight winners, up 3-1 ... 11:34 - Make that four-straight for the Colorado junior, up 4-1 ... 11:42 - Esposito locks down the first set, 6-1 ... 11:57 - Esposito is on fire and has continued where she left off in the first set, winning the first three games of the second set, 3-0 ... 12:03 - Ceci gets on the board but Esposito still leading 4-1 ... 12:10 - 5-2 lead for Esposito ... 12:17 - Esposito takes the match, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 3 UO Pavlina Smatova vs. CU Franziska Jendrian (OREGON WINS, 7-6, 6-2)
11:17 - Smatova in a little bit of a hole to start the first set, down 2-0 ... 11:19 - Pavlina gets on the board but Jendrian still leads 2-1 ... 11:26 - Jendrian wins two more games, up 4-1 ... 11:42 - Pavlina and Franziska split two games, Jendrian leads 5-2 ... 11:48 - Pavlina grabs a game, CU leads 5-3 ... 11:52 - Another win for Pavlina as she cuts Jendrian's lead to just one, 5-4 ... 11:54 - Big time rally from Pavlina as she wins her third straight game to even it up, 5-5 ... 12:03 - Jendrian breaks the tie, leads 6-5 ... 12:06 - Pavlina ties it up 6-6 and this first set will be decided in a tiebreaker ... 12:08 - Smatova dominates the tiebreaker, 7-0, to take the first set in comeback fashion, 7-6 ... 12:16 - Pavlina up 1-0 to start the second set ... 12:26 - Pavlina and Franziska split two games, Oregon up 2-1 ... 12:35 - Tied up 2-2 ... 12:37 - 3-2 lead for Pavlina as the Ducks need to win all three of the remaining matches (No. 1, No. 3, No. 5) to take the dual ... 12:42 - Pavlina leads 4-2 ... 12:48 - Pavlina breaks CU serve again, now leads 5-2 ... 12:50 - Oregon has the serve in a vital game ... 12:53 - Match point for Oregon ... 12:54 - Pavlina locks it down, takes the match 7-6, 6-2 and the dual will be decided on court three and No. 5 singles.
No. 4 UO Madelie Janse van Rensburg vs. CU Abbie Probert (COLORADO WINS, 6-2, 6-3)
11:17 - Madelie down 2-0 to start the match ... 11:25 - After her marathon doubles match, Madelie is looking tired,down 4-0 ... 11:37 - Madelie gets on the board but Probert leads 5-2 ... 11:43 - Probert wins the first set 6-2 ... 11:53 - Madelie has found her second wind and looks much stronger in the second set, leads 2-1 ... 11:59 - All square, 2-2 in the second set ... 12:10 - Still locked up, 3-3 ... 12:16 - Probert back on top, winning back-to-back games, leads 5-3 ... 12:24 - Probert takes the match, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 5 UO Stephanie Macfarlane vs. CU Ania Anuszkiewicz (OREGON WINS, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1)
11:13 - Macfarlane takes the first game, up 1-0 ... 11:20 - After taking the first game Ania has rattled off four straight winners, up 4-1 ... 11:33 - Steph and Ania split a pair of games, Colorado leads 5-2 ... 11:36 - Ania takes the first set 6-2 ... 11:52 - Steph wins the first game of the second set, 1-0 ... 11:59 - Players holding serve in the second set, Steph up 2-1 ... 12:19 - Macfarlane pushing ahead in the second set, leads 4-2 ... 12:26 - Ania wins a game, Stephanie still leads 4-3 ... 12:34 - Macfarlane takes the second set, 6-3 ... 12:55 - This third set will decide the dual between the Ducks and Buffs and Oregon is in a good spot with Macfarlane leading 4-1 ... 1:01 - Steph takes the sixth game, leads 5-1 ... 1:02 - Match point for Macfarlane ... 1:04 - Steph takes the game, the set, the match and the dual for Oregon, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 6 UO Siobhan Cavan vs. CU Michala Jensen (OREGON WINS, 6-2, 6-4)
11:16 - All square, 1-1, on court six ... 11:19 - Siobhan leading early, 2-1 ... 11:25 - Siobhan up 3-1 ... 11:34 - Michala grabs a game but Cavan leads 3-2 ... 11:43 - Siobhan looking strong this morning, up 5-2 ... 11:46 - Cavan takes the first set, 6-2 ... 11:53 - Cavan still rolling, leads 1-0 to start the second set ... 11:59 - Cavan and Jensen split a pair of games, Ducks lead 2-1 ... 12:10 - The pace has slowed down considerably on court six but Cavan still leads 3-2 ... 12:17 - All tied up 3-3 in the second set ... 12:34 - Siobhan locks down the match with a 6-2, 6-4 win.
Order of finish: 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5*
Oregon needed to win four of six singles matches to beat Colorado and the Ducks pulled it out, winning the last three matches playing to knock off No. 39 Colorado.
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