After a non-conference match against Idaho, the Oregon women’s tennis team headed to Pullman, Wash., for its final match of the regular season. There the Ducks faced off against the No. 45 Washington State Cougars and lost 4-2.

The No. 1 doubles match was the first to complete. Eliza Luzina and Lize Leenknecht beat Oregon’s Nicole Long and Jasmine Minor in lopsided 8-1 score. In No. 2 doubles, WSU’s Maria Biryukova and Olga Musilovich defeated Lina Åkesson and Marlou Kluiving in a closer match 8-4.

In singles, only the No. 6 match went unfinished. Oregon lost the first match to Musilovich 6-0, 6-1. When Sofia Hager of Oregon fell 6-0, 6-2 to Leenknecht, the match nearly seemed over. However, in the third match, Lana Buttner came through for Oregon with a 6-0, 6-2 win against Charlotte Koning.

In No. 1 singles, Long took on No. 82 Luzina again. After a close first set, Long put another point on the score-sheet for Oregon after she won 7-5, 6-1.

The match to clinch it for Washington State was determined by a third set after Jasmine Minor won the second set after losing the first. The final score was 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 in favor of Washington State’s Maria Biryukova.

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[Originally published here by the Daily Emerald on April 19, 2014]