After losing 4-0 to the No. 25 Arizona State, the Ducks moved down south to play the University of Arizona (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12) for their second of nine road games. Oregon fell 4-0 to the Wildcats, making them 0-4 on the road this season, excluding neutral matches.

The doubles matches went similarly to those against ASU. Oregon lost two, 8-3 and 8-2. When the third match was suspended, Oregon’s duo of Nicole Long and Jasmine Minor were trailing 7-5 in the third game against Shayne Austin and Lacey Smyth.

The Ducks didn’t fare any better in singles. They came away with no victories, but led two of the unfinished matches.

Oregon’s Jasmine Minor played Arizona’s Kim Stubbe in the first match that completed. Stubbe took home the point 6-0, 6-1. The next match to finish was between Lauren Marker and Oregon’s Sofia Hager, where Marker won 6-3, 6-1.

Smyth and Long faced off again in the final singles match to be completed. Smyth clinched the match for Arizona 6-3, 6-2.

Oregon will now return to Tempe, Ariz. to play Northern Arizona University in their next match.

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[Originally published here by the Daily Emerald on March 22, 2014]