Ducks Finish Fall Season at Jack Kramer Invitational
11/03/15 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE – The Oregon women's tennis team wraps up its fall season this week when it travels to Rolling Hills, Calif., for the Jack Kramer Invitational hosted by the Jack Kramer Club. Action at the tournament will span from Nov. 5-8.
Six Ducks will be competing at the Jack Kramer Invitational this weekend, including Micheline Aubuchon, Kennan Johnson, Marlou Kluiving, Daniela Nasser, Shweta Sangwan and Alyssa Tobita.
Eyeing the Field: This week, the Ducks will face competitors from 12 different schools, including Arizona, Baylor, Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount, Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, San Diego, UC Santa Barabara and Washington.
Last Time Out: The Ducks are coming off an appearance at the Washington Invitational last month. Sophomore Kennan Johnson tallied the biggest win of the weekend, knocking off No. 65 Jean Runglerdkriangkrai in a 6-1, 6-3 match in the first day of competition.
The team's second day in Seattle saw the Ducks win two of three doubles matches. Johnson and Shweta Sangwan and knocked off Pepperdine's Laura Gulbe and Dzina Milovanovic, 6-2, in the pair's first action together. Daniela Nasser and Marlou Kluiving handled Pepperdine's Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai and Danielle Feneridis, 6-1.
Johnson picked up her second win of the weekend when she defeated Washington's Tami Grende, 6-4, 6-3, on the final day of action at the Washington Invitational. Kluiving knocked off Kenadi Hance of Washington, 6-3, 6-3 to tally her third win of the season. Micheline Aubuchon bounced back from dropping her opening set to Washington's Sophia Bott, 6-3, to win her match, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Paloma Gomez picked up the third straight-set win of the day for the Ducks, defeating Kate Lanier of Kentucky, 6-3, 6-2.
Ducks in the Rankings: Tobita, Rose, Johnson and Kluiving each appeared in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings when they were released on Sept. 15.
In singles, Rose will enter the 2016 season slotted at No. 60 after notching a 17-17 overall record and competing predominately in the No. 1 spot for Oregon last spring. Tobita is ranked No. 99 after a successful 20-14 freshman campaign last season.
Rose and Tobita also appear in the preseason doubles rankings at No. 26. The Oregon tandem teamed up to go 13-5 in the No. 1 spot in dual action last season on the way to an impressive 25-10 overall record. Kluiving and Johnson are slotted at No. 56 in the doubles rankings.
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