Ducks Set for Final Home Weekend, Senior Day

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women's tennis team enters its final home weekend of the spring season, as the Ducks host No. 31 Wisconsin on Friday (1 p.m.) before hosting Minnesota on Senior Day on Sunday (10 a.m.) at the UO Student Tennis Center.

Oregon (11-10, 2-7) comes in at No. 65 in the latest ITA rankings after dropping a pair of road matches against top-20 teams in UCLA and USC last weekend. The Ducks' top doubles team of Tilde Jagare and Olivia Symons entered the ITA doubles rankings this week, checking in at No. 80. Including this upcoming weekend, the Ducks will have faced a ranked opponent in 13 of their last 15 matches, while winning four matches against the nation's top 75.

Symons will be honored prior to Sunday's Senior Day match against Minnesota in a special pre-match ceremony. Symons, a native of Leopold, Australia, spent the last three seasons at Oregon and has accumulated 24 career singles wins to go with 34 total doubles victories over five collegiate seasons.

MATCH #22
No. 65 Oregon (11-10, 2-7) vs. No. 31 Wisconsin (13-5, 6-3)
When: Friday, April 10 | 1 p.m.
Where: UO Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)
Promotion: $100 Dave's Hot Chicken Gift Card Raffle
Live Stream (indoors only)
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MATCH #23
No. 65 Oregon (11-10, 2-7) vs. Minnesota (10-13, 0-9)
When: Sunday, April 12 | 10 a.m.
Where: UO Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)
Promotion: Senior Day / Free Donuts
Live Stream (indoors only)
Live Stats

Through 21 dual matches, UO has compiled a 54-38 overall singles record while its doubles teams are a combined 32-18. Seven players in the Ducks' singles lineup boast winning records, including a 13-6 mark from sophomore Bridget Mihulka, a 9-6 record from Jagare and matching 8-6 marks from freshman Virginia Crocker, sophomore Patsy Daughters and freshman Hinata Furutani.

Jagare has played every match at the top spot in the lineup and has tallied two ranked singles victories to go with a pair of ranked doubles wins along with her partner in Olivia Symons. Jagare and Symons are 12-7 this spring while going 4-3 in Big Ten play at the top spot in the lineup.

Furutani and Juliet Santitto boast a 10-5 doubles record, primarily playing at the No. 2 spot, including a ranked win against Northwestern. The Ducks have picked up the doubles point in 15 of 21 dual matches.

The Badgers have won five of their last seven outings, including ranked wins over then-No. 64 Minnesota and No. 75 Michigan State. UW is led by 19^th-ranked Maria Sholokhova, who is 15-5 on the year, and 60th-ranked Ekaterina Ivanova (12-6). Sholokhova and doubles partner Lucie Urbanova make up the nation's 20^th-ranked pair.

The Golden Gophers enter the weekend having dropped five consecutive matches while seeking their first Big Ten win of the season. Minnesota reached a ranking as high as No. 53 this season and owns one ranked victory on the year.

Friday's match will mark just the second-ever between Oregon and Wisconsin, and the first as Big Ten members. UO defeated the Badgers 4-3 in a neutral-site match during the 2022 season. Sunday's matchup will be the first as Big Ten members for the Ducks and Gophers. Oregon is 2-4 against UM all-time, coming away with a 5-2 neutral win in 2024 in the last meeting.

All matches at the Student Tennis Center are free and open to the public. Follow Oregon women's tennis on Twitter and Instagram (@OregonWTennis) with live results available at Oregon.statbroadcast.com.