University of Oregon
UC Santa Barbara
Ducks Defeat UC Santa Barbara and Display Impressive Doubles Play
02/24/17 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The University of Oregon women's tennis team defeated the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Friday afternoon at the Student Tennis Center 5-2.
The Ducks are now 4-4 on the season, while the Gauchos move to 4-5.
How it Happened: In doubles, the Ducks earned the point with dominance displaying on each court. First to finish was sophomore Daniela Nasser and junior Nia Rose, who took down Natalie Da Silveria and Jaimee Gilbertson, 6-3. Tobita and sophomore Shweta Sangwan solidified the Duck point with a 6-4 win over Stefani Stojic and Palina Dubavets. Senior Marlou Kluiving and freshman Julia Eshet's match against Melissa Baker and Stephanie Yamada was at 5-3, advantage Oregon, but went unfinished.
In singles Kluiving, who usually is one of the last few to finish, took home the first singles win for the Duck with a two-set 6-1, 6-0 victory over Amanda Atanasson. Tobita finished second with a 6-1, 6-3 result against Stojic. Sangwan solidified the Ducks' win with a 6-2, 6-2 clinch against Da Silveira. In a tiebreak, Eshet fell to Gilbertson, 7-5, 1-6, 10-4. Nasser took home the win against Yamada, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5, for Oreogn's fifth point of the day. In the final match that went down to wire, Rose fell to Dubavets, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2).
What it Means: With her win today, Kluiving leads the Ducks at 13-2 overall this season is doubles play. Sangwan and Tobita are 13-5 in doubles play, just shy of Eshet and Kluiving's 14-3 record.
Quotes: Head coach Alison Silverio -
"All around, I think our whole team stepped up today. One of our goals today was to come out with a lot of energy and be able to execute in the adverse moments. I thought we did that well and it was great to see No. 1 (Tobita/Sangwan) and No. 3 (Nasser/Rose) get it done, with our No. 2 (Kluiving/Eshet) in a position to grab the win too. In singles, we were in heated battles up and down every single court. We had great leadership from our upperclassmen getting it done quickly and being the catalysts for everyone else. Even though Nia (Rose) and Julia (Eshet) didn't get singles wins today, they definitely had little victories in their matches and they're going to learn a lot from the fight we had today."
"The wonderful thing is that this team is hungry. They're excited to bring it every single day. I think this is going to be a motivating momentum shift for the team in tomorrow's practice, and also in Sunday's match."
Junior, Alyssa Tobita
"After having the last two weeks off, which was very unusual for the season, it was nice to get back into match mode and everyone was excited to go out there and face some tough opponents. We wanted to have a lot of positive energy today, which we did. I know we'll be able to carry that through into Sunday's match as well."
Oregon vs. UC Santa Barbara Results
DOUBLES
1. (UO) Alyssa Tobita/Shweta Sangwan def. (UCSB) Stefani Stojic/Palina Dubavets, 6-4
2. (UO) Marlou Kluiving/Julia Eshet vs. (UCSB) Melissa Baker/Stephanie Yamada, 5-3, unfinished
3. (UO) Daniela Nasser/Nia Rose def. (UCSB) Natalie Da Silveira/Jaimee Gilbertson, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Point: Oregon
SINGLES
1. (UCSB) Dubavets def. (UO) Rose, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
2. (UO) Sangwan def. (UCSB) Da Silveira, 6-2, 6-2
3. (UCSB) Gilbertson def. (UO) Eshet, 7-5, 1-6, 10-4
4. (UO) Tobita def. (UCSB) Stojic, 6-1, 6-3
5. (UO) Kluiving def. (UCSB) Atanasson, 6-1, 6-0
6. (UO) Nasser def. (UCSB) Yamada, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 1
Final Match Score: 5-2, Oregon
Looking Ahead: The Ducks will return to the Student Tennis Center this Sunday for a 9:00 a.m. match against Houston. Following Sunday's match, the Ducks will travel to Boise Idaho to face Denver on Saturday, March 4 and Boise State on Sunday, March 5. Both times are TBD.
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