As of February 21, sophomores Allie and Kadie Hueffner are no longer a part of the Oregon women’s tennis team, Oregon Athletics has confirmed. The sisters had been walk-ons for the last two seasons, but had regularly started in matches. The two were the only walk-ons.
The Ducks flew south to Santa Barbara, California to face off against UCSB in their first game of their two-match road trip. The Ducks made work of the Gauchos, winning 5-2.
In its first dual meet of the season, the Oregon women’s tennis team traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to play the UNLV Lady Rebels. The Ducks dominated the Lady Rebels with a 6-1 win at the Fertitta Tennis Complex, an improvement over their 4-1 loss to them last season.
This Halloween weekend, the Oregon women’s tennis team headed down to Fresno, California for the Bulldog Classic to participate in its last tournament of the fall. The Ducks ended the meet 20-8 overall and were 10-3 the first day and 10-5 during the second day. The typically three-day competition was cut slightly short as Day 2 was cancelled due to rainy conditions.
In the first team event of the fall, the Oregon women’s tennis team headed to Pullman, Washington for the Washington State University Invitational. The tournament took place from Friday, Oct. 3 to Sunday, Oct. 5.
It was the second day of the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, Calif. and the women’s tennis team changed their focus from yesterday’s singles play to today’s doubles.
Representing Oregon in the doubles championship draw, Lana Buttner and Nicole Long faced California’s No. 4-seeded Lynn Chi and Anett Schutting in the round of 16. The Buttner-Long duo, which wasn’t a typical combination during the regular season, lost 8-4.
In the first day of the women’s tennis Pac-12 championships, the Oregon women’s tennis team had six girls competing. All except one fell in the round of 32 for their respective division.
Oregon women’s tennis (7-12, 1-7 Pac-12) lost their fifth straight conference match to No. 6 California 4-0 in its last home game of the season.
The Oregon women’s tennis team’s slump continued Friday when it faced off against the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal. Proving why five of their six players are ranked, Stanford showed their prowess and dominated Oregon 4-0.
The Ducks took on No. 40 Washington in its third-straight match against a ranked team and came away with its fourth-straight lost.
The doubles point was lost by the Ducks in a tiebreaker match between Washington’s Elianne Douglass-Miron and Riko Shimizu and Oregon’s Sofia Hager and Nicole Long.