The Ducks returned to Tempe, Ariz. three days after their 4-0 loss to Arizona State to take on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. Unlike the match against Arizona State, the Ducks came out on top with a 4-1 victory and swept doubles for the first time since Jan. 26, when they faced Eastern Washington.

The win against NAU was the first of the Ducks’ current nine-game road stint.

In doubles, Marlou Kluiving and Lina Åkesson were the first to topple their NAU opponents. The pair took down Johanna Vang and Sarah Spruch, 8-2.

In a contest similar to the one finished first, Hager and Hueffner defeated Tatum Rochin and Jordan Denesik of NAU, 8-3.

The third and final doubles match went unfinished, but the Ducks led 5-3 when play was suspended.

Oregon nearly swept singles play as well. With exception to Tatum Rochin’s 6-2, 6-1 wins against Oregon’s Kadie Hueffner (and the unfinished match between NAU’s Hailey Rochin and Oregon’s Allie Hueffner), the Ducks were winning match after match.

In the first singles match, Åkesson defeated Spruch for the second time that day (6-2, 6-2). For Åkesson, the win snapped a four-game losing skid. Then after the Rochin vs. Hueffner match, Hager and Denesik faced off again. Hager came away with a dominating 6-3, 6-2 win.

It was the No. 1 singles match that ended Oregon’s time in Tempe. Nicole Long’s 6-3, 6-4 win over Vang clinched the match, giving the Ducks their 4-1 victory.

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[Originally published here by the Daily Emerald on March 24, 2014]