No. 60 Oregon edges out No. 56 Colorado, 4-3

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It came down to the final match to determine who would win the meet in Boulder, Colorado between the No. 60 Oregon Ducks and No. 56 Colorado Buffaloes.

Tommy Yang enters club wushu with performance background

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Oregon club wushu newcomers usually fit into two categories: They either come in with a martial arts background or they join with no relevant experience whatsoever.

Freshman Tommy Yang doesn’t quite fit the mold of either. He has experience—in dance.

Women’s tennis: No. 67 Oregon falls to No. 52 BYU, 4-3.

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Following yesterday’s 5-2 win over Utah State, Oregon (7-4, 1-0 Pac-12) took on BYU (7-6, 1-2 WCC) and ultimately lost 4-3 in a meet that came down to the final match. It was Oregon’s second game in the Beehive State this weekend.

Women’s tennis: No. 67 Oregon beats No. 69 Utah State, 5-2, on road stint

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In their first match of the season against a ranked team, the No. 67 Oregon women’s tennis team took on the No. 69 Utah State Aggies and won 5-2, taking the doubles point after wins from Nia Rose/Alyssa Tobita and Marlou Kluiving/Nicole Long.

Allie and Kadie Hueffner call it quits

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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.

Oregon women’s tennis edged out by Portland, 4-3

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Oregon (5-2, 0-0 Pac-12) faced off against the Portland Pilots (4-2, 0-1 West Coast) in the Student Tennis Center for their eighth match of the regular season. After some extremely close singles matches, Portland narrowly came away with a 4-3 victory.

Oregon women’s tennis: Ducks sweep Santa Clara University 7-0

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It was Oregon’s second consecutive road game, but their fourth consecutive win. After a more difficult meet against UC Santa Barbara yesterday, today the Ducks made easy work of Santa Clara and swept the Broncos 7-0.

Nia Rose and Alyssa Tobita find instant chemistry as freshmen

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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

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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.