Allie and Kadie Hueffner call it quits

Daily Emerald, Stories & Features, Tennis, University of Oregon

Feb. 21 was a confusing night for Allie and Kadie Hueffner of the Oregon women’s tennis team. After two games in southern California against UC Santa Barbara and Santa Clara University, the girls sat in the PDX airport waiting for their flight back home to Eugene. The weekend went well for Kadie, but Allie had one of the roughest games of her life against UCSB. The fans were more hostile than usual and had chosen Allie as their verbal target.

Nia Rose and Alyssa Tobita find instant chemistry as freshmen

Daily Emerald, Stories & Features, Tennis, University of Oregon

Freshman Alyssa Tobita’s first impression of her current doubles partner, freshman Nia Rose, was less than ideal. It was the women’s tennis team’s first practice of the year and Rose was already late.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. Who is this girl on our team? She can’t even make the first practice on time,’” Tobita said, laughing.

Oregon women’s tennis beats Iowa 4-3 in final game of homestand

Daily Emerald, Recaps, Tennis, University of Oregon

Earlier this afternoon Oregon (2-2, 0-0 Pac-12) took on Iowa (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten) for what would be the Ducks’ final game of their homestand before heading to Santa Barbara, California next weekend. The Ducks edged out Iowa 4-3.

Oregon claimed the doubles point, but not without effort. After splitting the first two matches, clinching the point came down to the No. 1 doubles match between Nia Rose/Alyssa Tobita and Iowa’s Annette Dohanics/Shelby Talcott. Originally the Hawkeyes duo was up 5-2 and needed only one more point, but Rose/Tobita rallied a comeback eventually winning the set 7-6.